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A Comparative Study Of Ecological And Attitudinal Factors In The Parents Of Achieving And Non-Achieving Gifted Children, Jacqueline Larcombe Doyle

Psychology ETDs

The increased emphasis on technology throughout the world triggered by the realization of both its importance for survival in this decade and its utility for gaining economic affluence has led to a resurgence of interest in educational methods in general. The search for scientists, engineers and technicians had focused attention on the education of the gifted child in particular.

The Relationship Of Skin Conductance To Behavior In A Vigilance Task, David Stea

Psychology ETDs

The present study is an attempt to measure the correlation between "vigilance", as indicated by signal detection, and the galvanic skin response (GSR). The following four dependent variables were measured:

(a) Galvanic skin response (continuously recorded, although discrete values were later selected for measurement);

(b) ommission errors (where S fails to detect a signal which has occurred);

(c) commission errors (or "false detections", where S detects a signal which has not in fact occurred); and

(d) reaction times to signals.

The major purpose of the present study was, in part, to replicate the Ross, Dardano, and Hackman study utilizing more …

A Comparative Study Of Age, Sex, Intelligence And Achievement Factors In Achieving And Non-Achieving Gifted Children, Betty Perry Clark

Psychology ETDs

For the purpose of this study the author scanned the results of the California Short-Form Test of Mental Maturity (CTMM) which had been administered to all pupils in the sixth grade of the Albuquerque Public Schools. From this population of approximately 5000 subjects, all children with a total I.Q. of 130 or above were selected and arbitrarily designated as gifted.

The Cortical Destruction Necessary To Produce A Transfer Of A Forced Practice Function, Patricia E. Barnett

Psychology ETDs

The present study is aimed at mapping the cortical region which controls forced practice of the handedness function, in the hope that such delineation may provide a specific region for the study of the neural equivalent of practice.