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Creating A More Ecologically Valid Decision Task, Kevin L. Kenney
Creating A More Ecologically Valid Decision Task, Kevin L. Kenney
Master's Theses
There has been a standing debate in the field regarding the effectiveness of frequencies and probabilities to accurately convey information. This study utilized a naturalistic sampling procedure to determine risk preferences on binary choice decision using time, sex, and goal deficit variables as predictors. Participants consisted of 110 undergraduate students enrolled in core psychology courses at Fort Hays State University. A web application was created to conduct this specific study that will be made available to other researchers. Significant effects existed for time and goal deficit variables that predicted risk preferences.
The Cowan Adolescent Adjustment Analyzer Used As An Instrument For The Evaluation Of Academic Functional Efficiency., Wilbert J. Mueller
The Cowan Adolescent Adjustment Analyzer Used As An Instrument For The Evaluation Of Academic Functional Efficiency., Wilbert J. Mueller
Master's Theses
The development of The Cowan Adolescent Adjustment Analyzer, an Instrument of Clinical Psychology, was the product of more than twenty-five years of study by its original author, the late Dr. Edwina Abbott Cowan. This study is a further contribution to needed research to enhance an already accepted instrument of clinic al psychology. The area of major emphasis in the present study is academic functional efficiency. To this has been added, however, some significant data relating to the comparison of the Analyzer s cores to I. Q. scores and a comparison of the score s of students in early adolescence with …