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Effects Of Contingent Music On Performance Of Retarded Children In A Two-Choice Discrimination Task, Dieter H. Eberl

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

A 125-item, two-choice discrimination test was given to 14 institutionalized mentally retarded children who were subsequently matched on several relevant variables. After Test I was given, all subjects received a music-preference test, and according to their preference were placed in one of two experimental treatment groups. Experimental Group A received music as reinforcement, and Group B received M & M's. The results indicated that a reliable difference was found between the two groups with the music group showing a highly significant increase in performance over Test I and Group B.

Effects Of Nurturance On Incidental Imitative Behavior, Ronald Raymond Monti

All Master's Theses

The purpose of the present study was twofold. It was hypothesized that a prior nurturant interaction with an adult model (M) would significantly increase incidental imitation in a child subject (S) receiving this positive relationship over Ss who interacted with a non-nurturant M, or Ss who received no interaction with M. Secondly, the length of the experimental nurturant relationship was manipulated in an attempt to determine its importance in obtaining increased imitative behavior.

The Effects Of Motivation Level And Task Difficulty On Performance On A Vigilance Task, Donald C. Johnston

All Master's Theses

Although many variables affecting vigilance behavior have been identified, there has not been substantial agreement on the importance of these variables as contributors either to performance decrements often found in laboratory research or to performance levels in industrial inspection tasks. Two variables of presumed importance are level of motivation and task difficulty. The purpose of the present experiment was to assess the main and interactive effects of these variables on performance on a task which approximated more closely an industrial inspection task than have the bulk of traditional vigilance studies.

A Comparison Of The Classical And Modern Concepts Of Memory With Suggestions For Further Study, Kathleen Oros Reed

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

A Study Of Early Reasoning Skills In The Trainable Mentally Retarded : As Related To Piaget's Seriation Theory, Robert William Ginther

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

In terms of Piaget's theory of cognitive development and the relationship he attributes between reasoning and the development of classification and seriation skills, the following questions arise: can early reasoning ability be enhanced through training? If IQ tests are accepted as measures of intellectual function, do they then contain a significant number of seriation type questions? If so, will the seriation test be an accepted measure of intellectual function?

The Combined Effects Of D-Amphetamine Sulfate And Bilateral Lesions Of The Medial Hypothalamus On Food And Water Deprived Rats, Edward Vicar Reynolds

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

Suppression Of The Galvanic Skin Response By Cognitively Mediated Behavior, William Gresby Hughes

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

The Modification Of A Specific Inappropriate Behavior By Using Visual Feedback, Stephen E. Jones

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

The study demonstrated the use of self-observation via video tape as a treatment technique. The specific behavior modified was the inappropriate sitting position of ten mildly and moderately retarded adolescent girls. A repeated measures design with two matched groups was used with the experimental group receiving visual feedback of their behavior and the control group a non related visual presentation. The subjects in both groups were observed individually while participating in dyadic discussions with the experimenter. The dependent variable was the number of seconds the subjects exhibited the inappropriate sitting position per 15 minute discussion period. During the baseline and …

The Effects Of Early Handling On Behavior In The Albino Rat, William Reed Tucker

Legacy ETDs

No abstract provided.

Relationship Of Vmh, Amygdala, And Taste Under Two Feeding Schedules, Winifred Lee Angelo

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Harmonic And Inharmonic Frequency Components On The Perception Of Loudness And Annoyance In Complex Sounds, Ann Berenson Carroll

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

An Experimenter Variable: Subjects' Perception Of The Psychologist-Clergyman In Psychological Testing, John M. Cade

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of Non-Contingent Stimuli On Rate Of Lever Pressing Using Human Subjects, Dan V. Lebenta

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of Teacher-Aides On Teachers Perceptions: An Exploratory Study Of Definitions Of Status-Role Activities, Major Classroom Problems, And Status-Role Satisfaction, John H. Natzke

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

An Experimental Analysis Of Human Social Behavior In A Competitive Situation With The Opportunity For Aggression, William A. Michael

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Are Pschological Principles Useful?(A Guid To The Study Of Human Learning), David R. Stone

Faculty Honor Lectures

To some extent, each person is his own doctor, his own economist, his own historian, his own counselor, his own psychologist, and his own teacher.

It is said that a man who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client. Can the same be said of a man's other roles? At least for learning (which professionally intersects education and psychology) any person may have the goal of helping himself to appreciate and evaluate the role of the learning professional.

A knowledge explosion has taken place in the area of learning, as in the many fields of science in …

Effects Of Serial Position Of Relevant Cue In The Rehearsal Order And Method Of Encoding On Attention In A Single Cue Concept Identification Task, Barbara M. Bethel

Student Work

Five groups of Ss were forced to encode briefly exposed stimuli in a prescribed order and to classify the stimulus as a negative or a positive instance of the concept. For the first four groups, trials to criterion were found to be a function of the ordinal position of the relevant cue in the encoding order. These groups were forced to encode in an ungrammatical order. The fifth group employed a grammatical order of encoding and the position of the relevant cue was randomly assigned to an S. The fifth group was found to be superior to the other four …

Relevancy Of Exteroceptive And Response Produced Cues As A Determinant Of Mixed Delayed Matching To Sample Performance., David Perkins

Psychology ETDs

ABSTRACT

Traditional delayed matching-to-sample paradigms may confound the cue properties associated with external stimuli and those cues produced by Ss delay interval behavior. This possible confounding arises since traditional paradigms explicitly control external stimuli, but include no control of Ss delay interval behavior.

In order to control the response produced cues during the delay interval, the present experiment required three groups of four pigeons each to complete, either a FR8 or FR16 during the delay intervals between the offset of standard hues and the onset of the comparison or matching stimuli. Depending upon the experimental conditions, a particular fixed ratio …

Stimulus Balance And Preference In The Japanese Quail, Richard Leon Mead

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Brighton Rock: Growth In Psychological Insight, Sr. Catherine Madigan

Electronic Thesis and Dissertation

A major literary trend in twentieth century Western literature is psychological realism in the novel. Henry James, generally acknowledged as a master in this field of writing, set the pattern for this type. It is difficult to follow a literary form that has been well developed by another author, particularly a writer like James; yet, this is what Graham Greene has attempted to do. In his fictional works, Greene has used some of the insights that he gleaned from reading Henry James, whom he "ranks with the greatest of creative writers"

Effect Of Self-Concept Upon Performance Following Failure Stress, Daniel Stern

Master's Theses

Jahoda (1958) has summarized the thinking, which has been done about a group of behaviors jointly labeled "positive mental health." After reviewing the conceptualizations of both phenomenologically and analytically oriented writers, Jahoda distilled six classes of responses, which have been listed as representative of mental health. These general classes of responses includes (1) positive self-attitudes, (2) self-actualizing behavior, (J) integrative behavior, (4) autonomous behavior, (5) accurate perceptual behavior, (6) behavior by which the subject obtains mastery over his environment. Of the six response classes listed, two were chosen for the present study. Specifically, the relationship between the general categories of …

The Effects Of Varying A T Group Design Upon Self Concept, George Richard Woodruff

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was to examine what effects the varying of a T Group design would have upon self-concept and also to determine whether or not individuals who had participated in a T Group would report more positive self-concepts than persons who had not had such an experience.

The Effect Of Pretesting On The Training Of Conservation Behavior, Lynn Mannan

All Master's Theses

The purpose of the present research is to determine if a relationship exists between the traditional Piaget tasks used to identify the preoperational and transitional children and the effects of the training procedures designed to increase conservation behavior.

Semantic Differential Relationships As A Determinant Of Clustering, Burr R. Beckwith

All Master's Theses

In the past, clustering research has focused primarily on the effect of pre-experimental associations and/or conceptual relationships on clustering in free recall. The present study marks a departure from this trend in that it was designed to determine under what conditions SD relationships among task-items would mediate clustering.

An Attempt To Manipulate The Results Of A Psychomotor Learning Task, Robert D. Cable

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of Morphine On Shock-Induced Aggression In The Squirrel Monkey, Grace S. Emley

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Effects Of X-Radiation On Saccharine Consumption As A Function Of Dosage And Interstimulus Interval, Michael Drillings

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Generalization Effects Of Verbal Conditioning In Chronic Schizophrenics, James Larry Tichenor

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Avoidance Of Time-Out From, And Withdrawal Of, Positive Reinforcement In Humans: Reduction In Actual And Potential Reinforcement As A Stimulus For Aggression, Brigitte Symannek

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Use Of An Avoidance Paradigm In The Treatment Of Torticollis, Sharon L. Surratt

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.