The Effect Of Delay Of Information On The Learning Of A Motor Task By Retarded And Normal Adolescents

The present study was concerned with the effect of delayed reinforcement on learning of normal and mentally retarted subjects. Reinforcement was defined as the knowledge of results of a motor task. Specifically, the present experiment was to designed to study the effect of delayed knowledge of results on the speed with which human subjects learn a simple motor task; i.e., the drawing of a three-inch line while blindfolded. The criterion of learning was five consecutive correct responses.