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Stability Of Visual Fixation With And Without Feedback, Antoinette Ruth Appel

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

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Personal Freedom And The Environment As Determinants Of Interpersonally Trusting Relationships According To The Views Of Martin Buber, Carl Rogers, Frederick Perls, B.F. Skinner, And Eric Berne, Mary Anna Tuma Mcadams

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Small group interaction, as observed and evaluated by five major spokesmen of the past decade, will be the focal point of this investigation. Martin Buber, Eric Berne, Carl Rogers, B. P. Skinner, and Frederick Perls will each be examined, compared, and contrasted in terms of their views concerning human freedom, the essence of man, and man's relationship to his environment. These ideas expressed by the authors will be reviewed in terms of the possibility and potential for interpersonal trust, the manner in which trust between individuals is initiated, and those variables considered most relevant for the emergence of trust. Each …

The Effects Of Two Types Of Frontal Lesions On Reversal Learning And Activity Level In Rats, Meredith Ann Davison

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this experiment was to compare traditional frontal pole lesions (FP) with lesions of the median dorsal nucleus projection (MDNP) described by Leonard. First, a comparison was made on the retention of spatial discrimination learning and the new learning of spatial discrimination reversals between these two groups of frontally lesioned rats. It was hypothesized that the most severe deficits in spatial reversal learning would be shown in rats receiving MDNP lesions since this area of the rat cortex appears to be homologous to the frontal cortex of higher species according to Leonard’s results. Second, activity was measured on …

Maintaining Culturally Disadvantaged Fourth-Graders' Attention To Oral Verbal Teaching Through Intermittent Auditory Stimulation, Evelyn M. Noren

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The present research was undertaken to determine whether a utilitarian method could be devised for directing and maintaining culturally disadvantaged students' attention to taped verbal lessons. Extraneous novel tone bell stimuli were inserted prior to the presentation of material about which the children were questioned. The purpose of the study was to learn whether the nature of the tone bell stimulus reflects the accuracy of responses due to attention having been directed to the lesson content. The author hypothesized that a combination of melody and rhythm would be most effective in attracting attention and, thus, in eliciting a greater number …

A Review Of "Longitudinal Study" In Developmental Psychology, Emily H. Finley

Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this library research thesis is to review the "longitudinal study" in terms of problems and present use. A preliminary search of the literature on longitudinal method revealed problems centering around two areas: (1) definition of "longitudinal study" and (2) practical problems of method itself. The purpose of this thesis then is to explore through a search of books and journals the following questions:

1. How can “longitudinal study” be defined?

2. What problems are inherent in the study of the same individuals over time and how can these problems be solved?

A third question which emerges from …

A Multivariate Analysis Of Two Types Of Conformity Behaviors, Charles Lee Alcorn

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

A review of research concerning conformity behaviors revealed a need for large sample, multivariate approaches. To that end, seventeen variables were utilized (birth order, chronological agev sex, race, IQ, socioeconomic status, geographic area uf residencer religion, anxiety, dogmatism, rigidity, acquiescence, ego strength, confidence, extroversion/ introversion, impulsivity, and neuroticism) to describe the behaviors of 104 subjects in a Tuddenham-type setting wherein the subjects were randomly assigned to either "Asch-type" (group pressure) or "Crutchfield-type" (expert pressure) treatment conditions. Utilizing a stepwise multiple discriminant function analysis, discriminant weights were derived. The variable of rigidity was not found to be a valid predictor. With …

A Curriculum For The Profoundly Retarded Children In A Development Center For Handicapped Minors, Charles William Koontz

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The development of the infant from birth to four years will approximately parallel the stages of development of the profoundly retarded children enrolled in the Development Centers for Handicapped Minors ( DCHM ) in California. The retarded child is a human being and may be assumed to have the same basic equipment as the normal child. If we expand and prolong the development stated of the normal child we will be able to lead the DCHM child through these states in slow motion to insure progress.

To develop a curriculum, an assessment of the abilities of the child was necessary. …

Religious Liberalism-Conservatism And Psychological Health In A Study Of The Roman Catholic Priesthood, Mary Jo Kupst

Dissertations

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The Effect Of Intermittent Electric Shock On The Consumption Of Alcohol In Rats, James P. Choca

Dissertations

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Reversal And Non-Reversal Shifts In Process And Reactive Schizophrenics, Brain Damaged Patients And Normals, Gerald S. O'Keefe

Dissertations

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The Effects Of Age, Sex, And Verbal Mediation On The Digit Symbol Test, Jerome S. Pietrzak

Dissertations

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Altruistic Behavior As A Function Of Self-Concept And Social Influence, Kestutis A. Trimakas

Dissertations

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The Stimulus Properties Of Change In Magnitude Of Reinforcement., James E. Schroeder

Psychology ETDs

The major purpose of the present experiment was to demonstrate the incentive and discriminative stimulus (SD) properties of a change in magnitude of reinforcement. This was accomplished in a differential instrumental conditioning setting by correlating carious shifts in magnitude of reinforcement (and, therefore, incentive) on the discriminative stimulus trial (trial SD) with magnitude of reward on the next trial (trials SD+1). In condition LL a large reinforcement on trial SD was perfectly correlated with large reward on trial SD+1. Thus, incentive and the discrimination worked together to increase rate of responding on trials SE+1 relative to trial SD. In condition …

Uni- And Bidimensional Concept Learning As A Function Of Age, C. Jean Rogers

Psychology ETDs

Dimensional attention in six- and nine-year-olds was assessed by the use of two concept identification tasks which allowed either a uni- or bidimensional solution. It was expected that the older children would be more likely to attain a bidimensional solution. The results did not confirm this prediction. A subsequent analysis of solution strategies revealed that a primary strategy or both age groups was to learn two values from a single dimension, one which predicted positive instances and one which predicted negative instance. If Ss were presented with a task where this strategy was unsuccessful, they tended to adopt one of …

The Effect Of The Intersession Interval Upon Avoidance Responding In A Free Operant Two Lever Escape-Avoidance Procedure, John Michael Mccarthy

Masters Theses

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A Test As A Delayed Contingency For Acquiring Elementary Textual Behavior In A Classroom Setting For Trainable Retardates, Eugene A. Kaprowy

Masters Theses

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Schedule-Induced Polydipsia And Operant Licking: Effects Of Chlorpromazine, Methamphetamine And Secobarbital, Paul Tobin Maginnis

Masters Theses

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The Effects Of Diagonal Band Of Broca Lesions Upon Pain-Elicited Fighting And Water Intake, David A. Nolley

Masters Theses

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Imitative Behavior In Japanese Quail, Frank Joseph Unger

Masters Theses

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Learning-Set Acquisition In Pigeons, Stephen A. Daniel

Masters Theses

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Managerial Success And Personality Traits Of Self-Actualization, Louis H. Ballenger

Masters Theses

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Transfer Of Stimulus Differentiation As A Function Of Stimulus Complexity: A Test Of The Switching Notion, E. Kim Smith

Psychology ETDs

Two experiments on the role of stimulus recoding in the A-B, A-C paradigm are described. In Experiment I, complexity (number of points) was held constant and number of relevant cues was varied. Subjects were divided into two groups: one learned a paired associate task involving 1-cue, 24-point high similarity stimuli and the other learned a paired associate task involving 2-cue, 24-point high similarity stimuli. Both groups were then given a transfer task in which the number of correct responses was recorded. It was found that the subjects in 2-cue stimulus condition performed much better than the subjects in the 1-cue …

The Effectiveness Of Two Classes Of Verbal Reinforcement On The Performance Of Second-, Fifth-, And Eighth-Grade Children, Douglas D. Settles

Student Work

The effects of two classes of verbal reinforcers, correctness and social, were examined among 108 second-, fifth-, and eighthgrade, middle-class children. The effectiveness of verbal reinforcement. was measured by a change in the S's response preference on a marble-sorting task. Results of the study were (a) that there were no initial age differences in the magnitude or direction of the baserate responses, (b) that correctness reinforcement was more rewarding across all levels of age than social approval, (c) that for eighth-grade Ss, correctness reinforcers were significantly more rewarding than either social or no reinforcement, and (d) that a post hoc …

The Effects Of Novel Stimuli In The Discrimination Learning Of Children, Evelyn W. Francis

Psychology ETDs

While it has been demonstrated that stimulus novelty has a variety of influences upon the behavior of children, there has been little systematic research on the effects of stimulus novelty upon discrimination learning. Two experiments were conducted to investigate the effects of relevant stimulus novelty, defined in terms of familiarization pretraining, on the discrimination learning of normal children. First and second grade children learned either a high or low stimulus similarity, two-choice, discrimination problem. Prior to this discrimination task the subjects received either no familiarization (C) or 15 familiarization training trials with the negative stimulus(NF), positive stimulus (PF), both the …

State-Dependent Learning As A Function Of The Temporal Relationship Between Noncontingent Footshock And Electroconvulsive Shock, T. Scott Shutt

All Master's Theses

Rats were given a noncontingent footshock followed at various intervals by electroconvulsive shock. Twentyfour hours later they were trained on a non-shock passive avoidance task and tested for retention 72 hours later. When the interval between NCFS and ECS was short the animals showed an amnesia which reduced as the interval was lengthened. An interval of .5 seconds produced the most pronounced amnesia and intervals greater than 10 seconds produced virtually no amnesia. The results were consistent with a state dependent retrieval failure hypothesis.

The Facilitative Role Of Response Contingent Exteroceptive Feedback In A Discriminated Wheel Turn Avoidance Task, Barbara Ballin Lerman

Psychology ETDs

Four groups of 8 hooded rats were conditioned to avoid shock by turning a wheel in the presence of either a single or compound warning signal, and with or without an exteroceptive feedback stimulus contingent upon each response. Group L received a single light CS and no feedback stimulus; group L + C, a compound CS composed of lights and click, and no FS; group L + FS, a light CS and a FS; and group L + C + FS, a light and click CS and a FS. A response contingent exteroceptive feedback stimulus significantly improved level of avoidance …

Ames Trapezoid Illusion: A New Model, Daniel Robert Kelly

Dissertations and Theses

Current explanations for the Ames Trapezoid Illusion are based upon the the absence of cues: the illusion is said to occur at chance. A review of recent literature showed that: (a) the illusion varies in frequency as a function of target shape (b) that the dominant cue to reduce the frequency of the illusion is the variant in retinal height. Based upon the dominance of this cue a new model was presented. Following this model it was hypothesized that observers viewing partial rotation when the target produces the greatest difference in the retinal height of the ends would determine the …

The Electrophysiological Correlates Of Learning In The Developing Kitten, A. Derick Dalhouse

Student Work

The objectives of this experiment were (a) to study the development of classical conditioning in the kitten using light as the conditioned stimulus (CS) , shock as the unconditioned stimulus (US), and leg flexion as the conditioned response; (b) to investigate physiological correlates of learning during the development of classical conditioning such as visual evoked responses (VER), visual following (VF), electrocardiogram (EKG), and galvanic skin response (GSR); and (c) to ascertain the relationship, during development, between physiological and behavioral changes associated with conditioning.

Four kittens were exposed to two classical conditioning paradigms. Two Ss received a continuous 10 sec. light …

Developmental And Socio-Cultural Aspects Of Imagery In The Picture-Word Paired-Associate Learning Of Children., Jo Anne P. Calhoun

Psychology ETDs

This study was designed to investigate developmental and cultural factors in children's ability to use imagery in learning and retaining specific paired-associate tasks.

256 Ss were studied, half of whom were drawn from a middle class Anglo population, the other half from a lower socioeconomic Spanish American population. Each socio-cultural sample was divided into four age groups: preschoolers (4 year olds), 1st graders, 3rd graders, and 5th graders. The Ss learned 4 paired-associate (PA) lists of 5 pairs each, in which the items were pictures (P) and orally presented words (W). The 4 lists consisted of the following S-R combinations …

Observer Validity, Riley C. Worthy

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

The accuracy of data recorded by eight different observers over five observational tasks was investigated. The measures collected by each observer were compared with criterion values for each task. In addition, a coefficient of reliability was found for each observer by comparing his performance with that of the group. The results showed that the accuracy of observer recorded data was within the limits of acceptability and that the correlation between reliability and accuracy was moderately high.