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Existentialism And The Freedom Theme, Kalmain D. Smith

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Cumulative Effect Of Teachers' Racial Identities On Black Students: An Eight Year Study, Karen Van Wagner

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

A Geographical Analysis Of Selected Causes And Effects Of Michigan Tornado Patterns, 1930-1969, Hans J. Stolle

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Development Of Behavioral Contrast In Human Subjects, Joel Steven Ray

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Short Term Retention Of A Positioning Movement Under Three Levels Of Interfering Task Conditions, Mark E. Conklin

Masters Theses

This study is concerned with the short term memory of a simple arm-hand motor response. The response is studied under three task conditions: (1) visual kinesthetic interference (’2 ) kinesthetic interference and (3 ) a rest condition generating no sensory interference. Five movement amplitudes (2, 6 , 12, 18 and 24 cm) and four intervals (0, 20, 40 and 60 seconds) are compared in this study. A total of thirty-six right-handed subjects were used; twelve subjects were tested under each of the three task conditions.

The findings do not support an interference theory of forgetting which has been theorized to …

Stimulus Control And The Effects Of Stimulus Change On Aggression In Children, Marilyn S. Arnett

Masters Theses

Five children has the opportunity at programmed intervals to shock a rat during daily 10 min sessions. An aggression response was defined as producing rat shock and reinforcement was not made contingent on any response within the experimental chamber. Response increment occurred for all subjects upon introduction of a visual cue which signaled shock period onset. A discrimination between shock and no-shock periods developed for all subjects and response increment occurred for all subjects due to a change in the manipulanda. Two subjects who initially preferred shocking the rat, also produced visual feedback when available, although average shock rate was …

Student Dissonance Toward Teachers: An Effect Of Family Structure, Martha Bullock Lamberts

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Avoidance And Escape Responses In A Free Operant Avoidance Procedure As A Function Of Avoidance-Shock Intervals, Kathleen M. Krumhus

Masters Theses

Rats were trained on an unsignalled shock procedure, using a two lever apparatus. Responses on one lever postponed the onset of electric shock for a specified time period, the Avoidance-Shock interval. A response on the second lever terminated shock and delayed the onset of the next shock eight seconds, the Escape-Shock interval. Shock was continuous until the subject depressed the second lever. Changes in response rate on both levers were recorded as a function of manipulations of the duration of the Avoidance-Shock interval.

If responses on both bars are summed, data obtained are comparable with findings obtained from the manipulation …

Conditioned Punishment Of Self-Injurious Behavior, George Hunt

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Strength Of Conditioned Reinforcement In Chain Schedules: The Effect Of Altering Minimum Time To Reinforcement, Robert P. Ludlow

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of Chlorpromazine On Escape And Avoidance Behavior, Susan E. Bohlmann Lapato

Masters Theses

The present study was designed to investigate the effectiveness of a two lever escape avoidance paradigm as a potential drug evaluation procedure. In this procedure responses on one lever postponed the onset of shock for a fixed period of time while responses on the other lever were effective only in terminating shock. This procedure effectively separates the escape and avoidance behaviors of a single organism and should provide a sensitive baseline upon which to measure the specific effects of drugs upon these two behaviors. The specific and differential effects of three dose levels of chlorpromazine upon escape and avoidance behaviors …

The Effects Of Repetitive Stimulation On The Aggressive Behavior Of The Fighting Cock: A Test For Habituation, Howard E. Farris, Thomas W. Cey

Honors Theses

A fighting cock was repeatedly presented with its own mirror image. The rate of aggressive display and attack behavior elicited by the mirror rapidly decreased to zero. Subsequent exposure of the experimental subject to a live target bird was found to be sufficient to reinstate responding to the mirror. However, upon repeated exposure to the mirror image alone aggressive responding quickly decreased again to zero.

Baseline Response Rate And The Effect Of A Stimulus Which Precedes Response-Independent Reinforcement, William M. Arnold

Masters Theses

The relationship between baseline response rate and the effect of presenting a stimulus followed by response-independent reinforcement on baseline response rate was investigated in this study. Six pigeons were divided into two equal groups, one of which was conditioned to key peck on a VI-DRH schedule of food reinforcement, the other on a VI-DRL schedule of food reinforcement. Once responding had stabilized, a tone was introduced seven times during each session followed by a response-independent food reinforcement. The results indicated no change in the response rate of the VI-DRH group during the tone, and acceleration of responding during the tone …

A Comparative Analysis Of The Language Of Mentally Retarded And Non-Retarded Children, Hartmut Günther

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Maintaining Responding During Stimulus Generalization Testing In Extinction, Michael F. Glenn

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of Maternal Deprivation And Early Social Isolation On Emotionality And Discriminated Avoidance Learning In The Rat, Edward N. Schneider

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

A Comparison Of The Explanatory Utility Of Theories Of Social Change: Parsons And Other Selected Theorists, Joseph N. Muthiani

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Extraneous Auditory Stimulation On Visual Choice Reaction Time, William J. Wenger

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

An Investigation Of Factors Related To Student Satisfaction And Dissatisfaction With High School, Delbert B. Beelick

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Comparison Of Teacher Role Between Parochial And Public Schools, Gordon Lee Deblaey

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Utility Of Social Psychological Variables As Predictors Of Educational Aspirations, Robert W. Bilby

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of Light Deprivation, Housing Arrangement And Duration Of Treatment In Problem Solving Behavior In The Rat, Juan Carlos Carena

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of Token Reinforcement On School Attendance And Study Behavior In A Special School For Delinquent And Pre-Delinquent Juvenile Males, Michael L. Boyle

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

A Study Of The Effectiveness Of Mail Order Library Service To Rural Communtities In Upper Michigan, Dorrine Ann Anderson

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

An Analysis Of Dogmatism And Military Experience, Daniel C. Hoeschen

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

A Utilization Of Topographic Maps To Verify Selected Aspects Of Pre-Collected Data Accuracy, Larry L. Patrick

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Informant Volume Iii, Number 1, Western Michigan University

Informant (1968-1981)

Volume III, Number 1

October 1970

• Riddle
• Mystery Ballad
• Faculty and Senate
• Pluses and Minuses
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Forecasting Classroom Adjustment: The Utility Of Standard Language Fluency, Anne Despres

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

A Test Of The Affects Of Selected Variables On Student Attitudes Toward Political Participation, Donald R. Clark

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Septal And Amygdaloid Lesions On Pain-Elicited Fighting, John H. Bryant

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.