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Modes Of Representation, The Epistemic Subject And Developmental Word Association Phenomena, Ellen M. Gerschitz Jan 1978

Modes Of Representation, The Epistemic Subject And Developmental Word Association Phenomena, Ellen M. Gerschitz

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This study was devised to investigate the developmental syntagmaticparadigmatic word association shift. In syntagmatic associations the stimulus and associative response are of different grammatical form classes and appear to be grammatically continuous, as response may follow stimulus in an utterance (e.g. cat-meows). These are the predominant responses of children before the ages of six to eight. Older children and adults shift to making paradigmatic associations in which stimulus and response are from the same form class and may be substituted for one another in an utterance (e.g. cat-dog). This shift was explained in terms of underlying symbolic mediational processes and …


Theatre And Drama And The Nazi Concentration Camps, Alvin Goldfarb Jan 1978

Theatre And Drama And The Nazi Concentration Camps, Alvin Goldfarb

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“Theatre and Drama and the Nazi Concentration Camps” analyzes the use of the camps in post-war dramatic literature and in post-war theatrical production. In the Introduction, the history and functions of the internment centers in the Third Reich are discussed. A brief history of actual theatrical activities in the concentration camps is also presented. In the first chapter, entitled “Dramas Set Inside the Concentration Camps,” a number of plays whose dramatic actions are set in the Nazi internment centers are analyzed. These include Charlotte Delbo's Qui Rapportera Ces Paroles?, James Schevill's Cathedral of Ice, Rolf Hochhuth's The Deputy …


The Effect Of Anxiety On Direction Of Attention And Short-Term Memory, Charles B. Kreitzberg Jan 1978

The Effect Of Anxiety On Direction Of Attention And Short-Term Memory, Charles B. Kreitzberg

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The purpose of this research was to examine the effect of anxiety on rehearsal in short-term memory. It was hypothesized that anxiety arousal would result in attentional alternation between task-relevant rehearsal and task-irrelevant personalized thinking. Because atten­tional focus becomes increasingly unitary at high levels of arousal, it was anticipated that the alternation resulting from anxiety would interfere with rehearsal of task-relevant information in short-term memory.

One hundred-fifty subjects were randomly assigned to a high-stress (testlike) or low-stress (neutral) condition. They were shown to-be- recalled strings consisting of seven consonants of low associability. Following a 1.5 second exposure to a given …


The Effects Of Apprehension, Conviction And Incarceration On Crime In New York State, Hope Corman Jan 1978

The Effects Of Apprehension, Conviction And Incarceration On Crime In New York State, Hope Corman

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No abstract provided.


Wilkie Collins And His Victorian Readers: A Study In The Rhetoric Of Authorship, Sue Lonoff Jan 1978

Wilkie Collins And His Victorian Readers: A Study In The Rhetoric Of Authorship, Sue Lonoff

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Predicting Consonant Confusions In Noise On The Basis Of Acoustical Analyses, Judy Robin Dubno Jan 1978

Predicting Consonant Confusions In Noise On The Basis Of Acoustical Analyses, Judy Robin Dubno

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No abstract provided.