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The Effects Of Teacher Training Vs. Teacher And Parent Training On The Aggressive Behavior Of Preschoolers, John J. Shamaly Jr.

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The present study was conducted over a two-month period and used a three-group post-treatment quasi-experimental design to compare the relative effectiveness of teacher training only, to teacher training plus parent training, upon the aggressive and social competency behaviors of teacher-identified aggressive preschoolers. In addition to a non-intervention control group of teacher-identified aggressive preschoolers, children who teachers identified as being non-aggressive were also observed for comparison purposes. The training that both parents and teachers received was general and focused on providing an understanding of the techniques of social learning theory and child behavior management. Parents also implemented behavior programs to increase …

The Relationship Between Congruence Among Communication Channels And Degree Of Mental Health, Karen R. Seibel

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Writers from a number of theoretical backgrounds have asserted that agreement in the emotional messages conveyed by various verbal and nonverbal communication channels is related to the communicator's psychological health. If this conjecture is accurate, then congruence among communication channels could be used as a behaviorally based assessment tool. However, empirical research to test this theoretical and clinical assumption is relatively lacking. The present study was designed to test the hypothesis that individuals who display congruence (agreement) between verbal (language), verbal/vocal (language plus paralinguistic cues, or speech) and nonverbal (facial) channels of communication will show a greater degree of mental …

The Effects Of Reinforcement Magnitude And Temporal Contingencies On Pre-Ratio Pause Duration, Marilyn K. Bonem

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The present study was conducted to determine whether conjugate magnitude and temporal contingencies were effective in increasing the pre-ratio pause (PRP) duration and to determine the controlling variables that govern such contingencies. It has been reported in the literature that magnitude of reinforcement, if presented contingently, is effective in controlling performance and that inserting intervals of blackout (BO), during which responding does not lead to reinforcement, virtually always leads to control of responding, even though it has not been presented contingently. The conjugate schedules experimentally arranged reinforcement such that the longer the PRP, the longer was the duration of access …

Aspects Of The Jewish Experience In Northern Europe, 800 To 1096, Andrew G. Ziny

Theses and Dissertations

The course of Jewish history in western Europe is varied. Beginning in small communities located in the Roman provinces at the beginning of the Common Era, the Jews spread northward into Germany and France and slowly increased both their population and the number of towns in which they were settled. The expansion of Christian influence among the Gothic tribes created hardships for the Jews, but the rise of the Carolingian empire, Charlemagne's abilities as a statesman, and his desire to create an empire in the style of Rome, helped to enhance the stature of the Jews.

But the advent of …

Training Mildly Retarded Adults To Generate Effective Solutions To Daily Living Problems, Dennis Munk

Masters Theses

Two mildly mentally retarded adults, living in a semi-independent residential program received training in solving common social problems. The subjects were trained to perform five problem-solving component skills: (1) identifying the problem, (2) defining a goal, (3) evaluating a solution, (4) evaluating alternative solutions, and (5) selecting a best solution. The five component skills were trained in sequence, as a multiple-baseline across skill behaviors design. It was hypothesized that the training program would successfully improve the subjects' ability to perform the component skills when solving trained and unfamiliar problems. The unfamiliar problems were included to test generalization of skill. The …

Dual Task Performance: The Effects Of Task Emphasis And Ear Of Input, Pamela R. Jordan

Psychology Theses & Dissertations

This experiment explored the lateralization of the processing of spatial and verbal information during dual-tasks. This study also investigated the relationship between right ear advantage and spatial ability, degree of handedness, and degree of familial handedness. Thirty-two male subjects performed a spatial rotation task and a dichotic listening task. During half of the dual tasks, subjects concentrated on both tasks equally. During the other half of the dual trials, 16 subjects emphasized the spatial processing task and 16 subjects emphasized the dichotic listening task. The results of this experiment do not support either the independent-hemispheric resources or the task-hemispheric integrity …

The Prediction Of Drug Experimentation Among University Students Using Objective Personality Inventories, Gay Lynne Andrucci

Psychology Theses & Dissertations

This study examined the relationships of five self-report assessment measures and university students' drug experimentation across nine drug categories. A total of 74 undergraduate psychology students, 53 females and 21 males participated in the study. The test battery included forms A and B of the Sixteen Personality Factors (16PF), the MacAndrew Alcoholism Scale (MAC) of the MMPI, Costa and McCrae's Five- Factor Model of personality, and the Sensation Seeking Scales (SSS). Segal's (1973) Alcohol-Drug Use Research Survey (ADRS) was employed as the drug-experimentation measure. Drug categories included alcohol, amphetamines, barbiturates, caffeine, cocaine, hallucinogens, marijuana, narcotics, and tobacco. Two series of …

The Effects Of Personality And Mental Workload On Heart Rate And Heart Rate Variability, Gwendolyn Lorell Pearson

Psychology Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of the present study was to determine the effect of extraversion and task difficulty on heart rate reactivity, heart rate variability and task performance.

In order to select subjects with extreme extraversion and introversion scores, one hundred and one male undergraduate students between the ages of 18-30 were asked to complete the Eysenck Personality Inventory. Fifteen extraverts and fifteen introverts, as determined by the Eysenck Personality Inventory, participated in the physiological testing session. subjects listened to mental arithmetic problems which were presented by audio tape. The subjects task was to determine if the given answer to each problem …

Natural Language Human-Computer Dialogue: Menu-Based Natural Language And Visual Performance, Jeffrey John Hendrickson

Psychology Theses & Dissertations

The present study was conducted to determine design principles for menu-based natural language (MBNL) interfaces and to provide evidence for the nature of visual search processes with menu-based systems. The effects of window size, window activity, and query length were investigated. Window size was manipulated as a between-subjects variable with three levels representing a sixteen-item window size, an eight-item window size, and a four-item window size. Window activity was manipulated as a within-subjects variable with two levels representing single active and multiple active windows. Query length was manipulated as a within-subjects variable with three levels representing one-, two-, and three-item …

Eliminating Sex Bias Through Rater Cognitive Processes Training, Carter Ard

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The success of Rater Cognitive Processes Training as a strategy for eliminating sex bias in ratings of performance in a physically demanding job was investigated in the present study. One hundred undergraduate students from a mid -sized regional university served as subjects. The independent variables were type of training and sex of the ratee. resulting in a two by two factorial design. The dependent variable was the performance ratings assigned by the subjects. Subjects in the experimental condition were trained to recognize the important dimensions of performance for the lob of feed handler and received one Practice/feedback session. Subjects in …

Spatial Memory In Pigeons On A Four-Arm Radial Maze, Robert H.I. Dale

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

Pigeon spatial memory was examined using a four-arm radial maze. The maze had four arms, spaced at 90° intervals, extending radially from a central choice area. Subjects were forced into three arms, then permitted two choices to enter the remaining ann. Five subjects chose accurately (90% correct) with delays of 5 min or less, their choices depended on extramaze cues, and the food in the target arm provided no essential cues. After an incorrect first choice, subjects' second choices were more accurate than chance. These data suggest that, while spatial memory has many similar characteristics in rats and pigeons, pigeon …

Malosi: A Psychological Exploration Of Mead's And Freeman's Work And Of Samoan Aggression, Jeannette Marie Mageo

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Mo: Self And Close-Other Selection Of Personality Test Interpretations, Sheela Word

Dissertations and Theses

In a study investigating the ability of subjects and their close friends or relatives (close-others) to recognize subject personality test results under conditions which controlled for the Barnum effect, 64 male and female undergraduate psychology students were administered the California Psychological Inventory (CPI). Each subject later attempted to choose his or her own unidentified CPI profile from among three, and a close-other of the subject independently made the same selection. It was found that 57.81% of subjects and 45.31% of close others were able to correctly identify subject profiles; these results were significant at the .0001 and .05 levels respectively. …

Mental Illness - Chapter 5 Of "Counseling And The Demonic", Rodger K. Bufford

Counseling and the Demonic

Chapter 5 of Counseling and the Demonic by Rodger K Bufford

Satan Is Alive And Active - Chapter 2 Of "Counseling And The Demonic", Rodger K. Bufford

Counseling and the Demonic

Chapter 1 of Counseling and the Demonic by Rodger K Bufford

Demonic Influence And Mental Disorders - Chapter 8 Of "Counseling And The Demonic", Rodger K. Bufford

Counseling and the Demonic

Chapter 8 of Counseling and the Demonic by Rodger K Bufford

Assessment And Diagnosis Of Demonic Influence - Chapter 9 Of "Counseling And The Demonic", Rodger K. Bufford

Counseling and the Demonic

Chapter 9 of Counseling and the Demonic by Rodger K Bufford

Counseling Approaches - Chapter 11 Of "Counseling And The Demonic", Rodger K. Bufford

Counseling and the Demonic

Chapter 11 of "Counseling and the Demonic"

Index - From "Counseling And The Demonic", Rodger K. Bufford

Counseling and the Demonic

Index from Counseling and the Demonic by Rodger K Bufford

Notes - From "Counseling And The Demonic", Rodger K. Bufford

Counseling and the Demonic

Notes from Counseling and the Demonic by Rodger K Bufford

Counseling And The Demonic - Full Text, Rodger K. Bufford

Counseling and the Demonic

This is the full text of Counseling and the Demonic, by Rodger K. Bufford, PhD. Word Publishing (June 1, 1995)

‎ 978-0849936166

Table of Contents:

1. The Devil Made Me Do It

2. Satan Is Alive and Active

3. Biblical Accounts of Satanic Activity

4. Faulty Thinking: Separating the Spiritual and the Physical

5. Mental Illness

6. Mental Disorders

7. Demon Possession

8. Demonic Influence and Mental Disorders

9. Assessment and Diagnosis of Demonic Influence

10. Spiritual Interventions

11. Counseling Approaches

12. Summary and Conclusion

" The tendency to polarize the material and spiritual dimensions produces disagreement over whether demonic …

Arson - In Spite, Fun And Profit, Bruce E. Ryden

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

Review Of Hunt's "Beyond Seduction", Mark R. Mcminn

Faculty Publications - Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) Program

No abstract provided.

Brief Mood Introspection Scale (Bmis): Open-Source Data, John D. Mayer, Yvonne N. Gaschke

UNH Personality Lab

Mood experience is comprised of at least two elements: the direct experience of the mood and a meta-level of experience that consists of thoughts and feelings about the mood. In Study 1, a two-dimensional structure for the direct experience of mood (Watson & Tellegen, 1985) was tested for its fit to the responses of 1,572 subjects who each completed one of the three different mood scales, including a brief scale developed to assist future research. The Watson and Tellegen structure was supported across all three scales. In Study 2, meta-mood experience was conceptualized as the product of a mood regulatory …

Rey Auditory-Verbal Learning Test: Development Of Norms For Healthy Young Adults, Arthur N. Wiens, Mark R. Mcminn, John R. Crossen

Faculty Publications - Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) Program

The Rey Auditory-Verbal Learning Test (AVLT) has been widely used in clinical neuropsychology because of the usefulness of its multiple measures of learning and memory and its ease of administration. Normative data has been reported for some patient populations but little normative data exists for healthy individuals. This study reports AVLT data for 222 job applicants, presently employed in a variety of occupations, who had previously passed basic-academic-skills tests and physical examinations and were motivated to perform well on AVLT testing. AVLT normative data are presented by WAIS-R FSIQ, Age, Education, and by Age and FSIQ combined. We also present …

Brief Mood Introspection Scale (Bmis): Scoring Instructions, John D. Mayer

UNH Personality Lab

The BMIS scale is an open-source mood scale consisting of 16 mood-adjectives to which a person responds (e.g., Are you "happy"?). The scale can yield measures of overall pleasant-unpleasant mood, arousal-calm mood, and it also can be scored according to positive-tired and negative-calm mood.

Sociometric Study Of Academic And Social Perceptions Of Learning Disabled Children In A Special Day Class, Craig Campbell

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

An Examination Of Sex Differences In Attitude, Ability And Interest, Rose M. Howse

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

Effect Of Sex Of Current Manager On Subordinates' Use Of Stereotypes When Evaluating A Hypothetical Manager, Paulette Gage

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

Balls, Strikes, And Norms: Rule Violations And Normative Rules Among Baseball Umpires, David W. Rainey, Janet D. Larsen

Psychology

This study investigated the use of normative rules by baseball umpires. Normative rules are informal standards of conduct that deviate from the official rules of sport. Sixteen umpires, 25 coaches, and 27 baseball players defined the official upper and lower boundaries of the strike zone, marked these official boundaries on a Strike Zone Form, and marked where they actually call, or believe umpires call, the boundaries. Umpires were significantly more knowledgeable about rules than players were. Umpires reported setting the upper boundary of the strike zone significantly lower (an average of 2.64 inches) than the official rule specifies. Coaches and …