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The Role Of Adventitious Reinforcement In Operant Discrimination, Alan Kamil, John W. Davenport Jan 1968

The Role Of Adventitious Reinforcement In Operant Discrimination, Alan Kamil, John W. Davenport

Avian Cognition Papers

Rats were trained in 2 SD-SΔ discrimination experiments in which the effects of an SD-postponement contingency during SΔ and temporal regularity of SΔ duration were assessed. Experiment I showed that discrimination is markedly facilitated by the presence of an SD-postponement contingency of either fixed or variable duration. Experiment II showed that variable-duration SΔ periods in a noncontingent schedule can also greatly enhance formation of an operant discrimination. These effects were attributed to differences in the probability of adventitious reinforcement of SΔ behavior by SD events.


The Godbeite Movement: A Dissent Against Temporal Control, Grant H. Palmer Jan 1968

The Godbeite Movement: A Dissent Against Temporal Control, Grant H. Palmer

Theses and Dissertations

The approach of the transcontinental railroad in 1869 posed several real and imagined threats to the Mormon Kingdom in the Great Basin. The Pacific Railroad ended Mormon geographic isolation and brought economic competition from the States. The railroad also made it possible for miners to get to the gold fields faster and with the heave equipment necessary to make Utah mining profitable. Sensing the political problems and the social and moral evils that would accompany the railroad, the Mormon leaders, in hopes of meeting these problems, counseled to extend their economic goal of self-sufficiency. Through stepped-up cooperation and unity they …


Counseling By Mail: A Longitudinal Study Of Correspondence Between Minor Seminarians And Their Spiritual Director, Especially In Relation To Vocational Perseverance, Richard Saudis Jan 1968

Counseling By Mail: A Longitudinal Study Of Correspondence Between Minor Seminarians And Their Spiritual Director, Especially In Relation To Vocational Perseverance, Richard Saudis

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Effect Of Maze Arm Alternation On Maze Traversal Latency : Analysis Of The Aftereffects Hypothesis, Ronald Seymour Johnson Jan 1968

Effect Of Maze Arm Alternation On Maze Traversal Latency : Analysis Of The Aftereffects Hypothesis, Ronald Seymour Johnson

Master's Theses

Clark Hull (1952) proposed that nonreinforccd trials facilitate distinctive after effects and used this "aftereffect" theory to account for the PREE (the greater resistance to extinction of partially rewarded Ss as compared to continuously rewarded Ss). The theory proposed that stimulus traces of a nonrewarded trial (SN) persist and are conditioned to the locomotor response (Ri) on trials which are reinforced and preceded by nonreinforced trials. If t he SN_>Ri association has been established under partial reward conditions, and since SN occurs during extinction, PREE is predicted.


A Comparison Of The M-F Scores Of American And Philippine Ss On The Wais And The Mmpi, Ellinor Aquio San Diego Jan 1968

A Comparison Of The M-F Scores Of American And Philippine Ss On The Wais And The Mmpi, Ellinor Aquio San Diego

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


The Relationship Between Beards And The Self Concept, Walter H. Nelson Jan 1968

The Relationship Between Beards And The Self Concept, Walter H. Nelson

All Master's Theses

This research investigated possible differences between the individual self concepts of bearded and non-bearded college men. Two groups of college men, 50 bearded (B) and 50 non-bearded (NB), were randomly selected, interviewed, and given the Tennessee Self Concept Scale (TSCS). Subjects were placed into appropriate categories by judges when they were present during testing times, and by the researcher when they were not. No significant differences in the self concepts existed between groups. These results may reflect what may be expected from other groups or college men.


A Study Of The Interrelationship Between Personality With Special Reference To Self Concept And Achievement In Reading, Betty F. Feezel Jan 1968

A Study Of The Interrelationship Between Personality With Special Reference To Self Concept And Achievement In Reading, Betty F. Feezel

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


An Investigation Of Handwriting Traits, Colleen Ann Petty Jan 1968

An Investigation Of Handwriting Traits, Colleen Ann Petty

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Personality Profiles Of A Group Of Adult Public Aid Recipients Measured By The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, Myra Edman Jan 1968

Personality Profiles Of A Group Of Adult Public Aid Recipients Measured By The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, Myra Edman

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Function Of The Postfeedback Interval In Concept Attainment, John M. Paolella Jan 1968

The Function Of The Postfeedback Interval In Concept Attainment, John M. Paolella

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Examiner And Instructional Variables On Intelligence Test Performance, Luke A. Shanley Jan 1968

The Effects Of Examiner And Instructional Variables On Intelligence Test Performance, Luke A. Shanley

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Some Effects Of Participation And Discrepancy Level On Opinion Conformity, Allen Norton Shub Jan 1968

Some Effects Of Participation And Discrepancy Level On Opinion Conformity, Allen Norton Shub

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


An Attempt To Differentiate Underachievers From Normals By Means Of Responses To A College Environment Scale, James Clarence Young Jan 1968

An Attempt To Differentiate Underachievers From Normals By Means Of Responses To A College Environment Scale, James Clarence Young

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


A Method Of Analysis And Triadic Performance On A Complementary Task, Laurence G. Branch Jan 1968

A Method Of Analysis And Triadic Performance On A Complementary Task, Laurence G. Branch

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


The Wais As A Group Test Of Intelligence, Robert Francis Eme Jan 1968

The Wais As A Group Test Of Intelligence, Robert Francis Eme

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


A Comparative Study Of Certain Personality And Vocational Interest Variables Of Seminarians Who Completed And Failed To Complete A Junior College Program, Thomas I. Healy Jan 1968

A Comparative Study Of Certain Personality And Vocational Interest Variables Of Seminarians Who Completed And Failed To Complete A Junior College Program, Thomas I. Healy

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Characteristics Of The Normative Group On The Edwards Personal Preference Schedule In A Midwestern Minor Seminary Population, Luke James Callahan Jan 1968

Characteristics Of The Normative Group On The Edwards Personal Preference Schedule In A Midwestern Minor Seminary Population, Luke James Callahan

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Devaluation Of A Desired Object As A Function Of Expectancy: A Refutation Of Dissonance, Richard R. Izzet Jan 1968

Devaluation Of A Desired Object As A Function Of Expectancy: A Refutation Of Dissonance, Richard R. Izzet

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


A Phenomenological Study Of Behavioral Change Attitudes Toward The New Liturgy, John J. Jankauskas Jan 1968

A Phenomenological Study Of Behavioral Change Attitudes Toward The New Liturgy, John J. Jankauskas

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Effects Of Varying Amounts Of Discussions On Concept Attainment Strategies And Interproblem Transfer, Jon Anthony Anderson Jan 1968

Effects Of Varying Amounts Of Discussions On Concept Attainment Strategies And Interproblem Transfer, Jon Anthony Anderson

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Comparative Accuracy Of Canadians' Perception Of Compatriots And Foreigners, Anees A. Sheikh, Robert C. Gardner Jan 1968

Comparative Accuracy Of Canadians' Perception Of Compatriots And Foreigners, Anees A. Sheikh, Robert C. Gardner

Psychology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Positive And Negative Reinforcement On A Learning Task In Hospitalized Patients, Gary Robert Lancaster Jan 1968

The Effects Of Positive And Negative Reinforcement On A Learning Task In Hospitalized Patients, Gary Robert Lancaster

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

A number of writers have suggested that in comparison to normals, schizophrenics are less responsive to positive records or reinforcers (e.g., Hunt & Cofor, 1944) and overly sensitive to punishment or social censure as compared to normals (Fromm-Reichman 1954). Garmezy & Rodnick (1957) have proposed that schizophrenics are highly sensitive to any censure or disapproval, arising from their interpersonal contacts. They further say that such intolerable levels of anxiety are aroused that schizophrenics are held to be much more strongly motivated than normals to reduce the anxiety by acting to avoid or escape the censorious aspects of the situation.


Stereotypy In Interpersonal Perception And Intercorrelation Between Some Attitude Measures, Anees A. Sheikh Jan 1968

Stereotypy In Interpersonal Perception And Intercorrelation Between Some Attitude Measures, Anees A. Sheikh

Psychology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Variations In Human Subjects' Test Performance As A Function Of The Experimenter's Experience, Status, And Procedural Deception, William Edward Davis Jan 1968

Variations In Human Subjects' Test Performance As A Function Of The Experimenter's Experience, Status, And Procedural Deception, William Edward Davis

Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Sources Of Utility In Rorschach Interpretation, Charles R. Potkay Jan 1968

Sources Of Utility In Rorschach Interpretation, Charles R. Potkay

Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Effect Of Past Experience On The Perception Of Visual Apparent Movement, Robert J. Lyngen Dec 1967

The Effect Of Past Experience On The Perception Of Visual Apparent Movement, Robert J. Lyngen

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Group Therapy And Privileged Communication, Robert Jay Braman Oct 1967

Group Therapy And Privileged Communication, Robert Jay Braman

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Achievement Motivation And Leadership Opinion, John Maxwell Clark Sep 1967

Achievement Motivation And Leadership Opinion, John Maxwell Clark

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effect Of Shifts In Reward Magnitude And Changes Of Schedule Of Reinforcement On Resistance To Extinction, Richard James Boylan Aug 1967

The Effect Of Shifts In Reward Magnitude And Changes Of Schedule Of Reinforcement On Resistance To Extinction, Richard James Boylan

All Master's Theses

The problem concerned the resistance to extinction of an alley running response as a function of various combinations of reward sizes (l or 10 pellets) and schedules of reinforcement (50 or 100%). Three experimental phases were used (acquisition, shift of reward, and extinction). Three measures were taken in the alley (start, alley, and goal speed). Animals trained under partial reinforcement (PRF) showed no significant differences in acquisition running speed over animals trained on continuous reinforcement (CRF). Depression effects (decreases in running speed) were observed for both CRF and PRF trained animals during the shift phase. Overall tests between PRF and …


The Effectiveness Of The Presentation And Removal Of Money As Reward And Punishment In A Paired-Associate-Constant Order Learning Task, John B. Baughman Aug 1967

The Effectiveness Of The Presentation And Removal Of Money As Reward And Punishment In A Paired-Associate-Constant Order Learning Task, John B. Baughman

All Master's Theses

This type of research is believed to be important because of the implications it would seem to have for educational techniques. For example, a program could be instituted at the high school level whereby students would be rewarded with money for maintaining a certain academic standard but punished by the removal of a portion of this money for dropping below that standard. This technique might, in addition to facilitating their learning, act as a motivator in keeping them in school since many students drop out in order to make some money.