Abstract
The effect of noncontingent verbal praise on the amount of learning and integration of the circular and linear movements of the rho task was examined in 6-, 11-, and 17-yr.-old boys. The 120 boys were randomly and equally divided such that one group at each age level received noncontingent praise while the other group acted as control. Analyses showed significant improvements in the circular and linear movement times for all age groups. The 6-yr.-old boys showed increasing disassociation of the two task components over trials while the correlation coefficients for the 11- and 17-yr.-old boys generally increased over trials. Noncontingent verbal praise, however, did not reliably influence performance or integration of the circular and linear movement times over the age groups.
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