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Verbal influences on children's behavior.

"No brief is necessary for the worthwhileness of an intensive and careful study of the language controls of behavior. Verbal influences constitute one of the universal and accepted techniques for the direction of learning and for human management. The teacher, the dentist the physician, the law...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Johnson, Marguerite Wilker
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor, Mich., University of Michigan Press [©1939]
Series:On cover: University of Michigan monographs in education ; no. 1.
Subjects:
Child rearing.
Child psychology.
Child Rearing
Psychology, Child
Child Behavior
Éducation des enfants.
Enfants > Psychologie.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • An experimental study of verbal influences
  • Behavior in like situations
  • Verbal directions compared with no directions
  • Verbal prohibition compared with no prohibition
  • Comparative remarks and requests
  • Comparative remarks and requests (continued)
  • Positive and negative requests and prohibitions
  • Positive prohibitions and unpleasant negative prohibitions
  • The cumulative influence of verbal directions
  • Delayed reactions
  • Verbal directions and related factors
  • Qualitative differences
  • Summary and conclusions.