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Effects Of Frustration On Performance In Adult Human Subjects, Ted L. Miller
Effects Of Frustration On Performance In Adult Human Subjects, Ted L. Miller
Morehead State Theses and Dissertations
Submitted in partial fulillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Psychology in the Graduate School of Morehead State University by Ted L. Miller in December of 1972.
An Investigation Of Selected Organismic Variables And Their Relationship To Use Prayer Before An Athletic Contest, Keith Wakefield
An Investigation Of Selected Organismic Variables And Their Relationship To Use Prayer Before An Athletic Contest, Keith Wakefield
Morehead State Theses and Dissertations
A thesis presented to the Graduate Council at Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts by Keith Wakefield in July of 1972.
Operantly Conditioning A College Student's Study Behaviors, Norman L. Culbertson
Operantly Conditioning A College Student's Study Behaviors, Norman L. Culbertson
All Master's Theses
A 20 year old, male, sophomore college student, who was considered an underachiever, was confined to a laboratory study room for a specified number of observed hours during a period of three weeks. An attempt was made to operantly condition increased study behaviors by the E's control of study break reinforcers. The experiment consisted of three phases, conditioning, reversal, and reconditioning. Statistical results showed that when reinforced in this manner for study behaviors, the S significantly increased his amount of study time and number of pages read. It was concluded that (1) operant conditioning procedures could be used successfully to …