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Parkinson Disease And Rehabilitation Administration And Services, Deanna Booker

Research Papers

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Examining Slot Machine Play With Varying Percentages Of Losses Disguised As Wins, Johnna L. Dunning

Research Papers

When playing on multiline slot machine games, small “wins” often amount to less than the original spin wager, which results in a financial loss to the gambler. However, the gambler may feel as if he is winning because these “wins” are paired with audio-visual feedback. The influence of losses disguised as wins was examined to determine if this had an influence on latency, trial ratings, and the number of trials played. Thirty-one participants played a minimum of 50 trials on a simulated multi-line slot machine. The participants were divided into three groups with 16%, 30%, and 46% of trials being …

Training Tomorrow’S Lawyers: What Empirical Research Can Tell Us About The Effect Of Law School Pedagogy On Law Student Learning Styles, Eric A. Degroff

Southern Illinois University Law Journal

Generations X and Y, which together account for the vast majority of today’s law school classes, are quite unlike previous generations in their approach to learning.  Legal scholars have begun to note the disparity between the learning styles and thought processes of today’s students and many of their professors, and some have suggested that a more experiential pedagogy might enhance the learning process for many of today’s students.  Unfortunately, the academy has little empirical data to evaluate what kind of difference a more experiential approach would make. The research described in this article was designed to help bridge that gap …

Mythmaking: How Introductory Psychology Texts Present B. F. Skinner's Analysis Of Cognition, Robert Jensen, Helene Burgess

The Psychological Record

Fifteen introductory psychology textbooks are examined to determine the accuracy and completeness of their treatment of B. F. Skinner's approach to human activities commonly referred to as cognitive processes. Six of the textbooks ignore Skinner's contribution to the study of cognitive variables altogether, four deny that Skinner had anything to say about such processes and five textbooks acknowledge elements of Skinner's viewpoint, though the acknowledgments are incomplete and suffer from inaccuracies. Discussion encourages textbook writers and publishers to present a more accurate and complete picture of the discipline of psychology for the introductory student.

Three Contributions Of Social Psychology To The Analysis Of The Behavior-Consequence Linkage, John H. Kunkel

The Psychological Record

This article describes major differences in research focus and methods between behavior analysis and social psychology, and it outlines some of the ways in which fruitful cooperation between the two fields can be established. Attribution, optimism, and time horizons are considered to be measures of past behavior-consequence linkages, which provide information about otherwise unknown aspects of people's learning histories. Experiments in these research areas of social psychology contribute to the improvement of the three-term contingency by (a) introducing past experiences and (b) providing explanations of behavior variability in the laboratory and in daily life.

The Daily Egyptian, November 30, 2012, Daily Egyptian Staff

November 2012

No abstract provided.

The Political And Social Philosophy Of Auguste Comte., Harry Elmer Marxes

The Open Court

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Spinal Cord Injury: What Every Rehabilitation Counselor Should Know About Function And Independence, Monica M. Mccabe

Research Papers

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The Daily Egyptian, November 06, 2012, Daily Egyptian Staff

November 2012

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The Daily Egyptian, November 05, 2012, Daily Egyptian Staff

November 2012

No abstract provided.

A Qualitative Study Of Tobacco Dependence Treatment In 19 Us Dental Hygiene Programs., Anne Koerber, Joan M. Davis, Nancy A Newton

Journal Articles

INTRODUCTION: The US Public Health Service calls for health professionals to provide tobacco dependence counseling for patients. The purpose of this study was to understand how dental hygiene programs make decisions about and provide training for tobacco dependence counseling to help them graduate more fully competent hygienists.

METHODS: We conducted interviews (N = 32) with mainly program and clinic directors from 19 US dental hygiene education programs for this qualitative case study. We explored fluoride therapy training and tooth whitening training for comparison. Two analysts summarized the transcripts into a case study for each program.

RESULTS: All programs reported a …

The Daily Egyptian, November 01, 2012, Daily Egyptian Staff

November 2012

No abstract provided.

Struggling With The Freshman Fifteen: College Students’ Recollections Of Parents’ Memorable Messages About Weight, Charee M. Thompson, Sarah T. Zaitchik

Kaleidoscope: A Graduate Journal of Qualitative Communication Research

Considering the college years are considered a critical time in one’s life for changes in diet and exercise behavior and an increase in weight gain, this study explored the significant and impactful communication between college students and their parents during this transitional period. Using open-ended responses to an online questionnaire (N = 222), we explored the Memorable Messages (Knapp, Stohl, & Reardon, 1981) college students recall receiving from their parents about overweight and obesity. Students’ responses demonstrate that not only is weight a difficult topic to talk about, but it is also a difficult issue for people to manage on …

Tales Of Gaijin: Health Privacy Perspectives Of Foreign English Teachers In Japan, Nathaniel Simmons

Kaleidoscope: A Graduate Journal of Qualitative Communication Research

In order to understand the health experiences of Assistant Language Teachers (ALTs) of English in Japan, I conducted ten in-depth interviews with native English-speaking ALTs in Japan. Throughout the interviews, ALTs expressed strong privacy concerns, perceived violations, and ways in which they managed privacy boundaries. Through reflexive thematic analysis (Lindlof & Taylor, 2002), I utilized Petronio’s (1991, 2000, 2002) Communication Privacy Management theory as a lens to make sense of ALTs’ privacy management. ALTs not only identified private information they concealed from their supervisor and coworkers, potential resources of assistance, but they revealed factors that influence their privacy boundary management …

The Daily Egyptian, October 30, 2012, Daily Egyptian Staff

October 2012

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The Daily Egyptian, October 16, 2012, Daily Egyptian Staff

October 2012

No abstract provided.

The Daily Egyptian, October 11, 2012, Daily Egyptian Staff

October 2012

No abstract provided.

The Daily Egyptian, October 03, 2012, Daily Egyptian Staff

October 2012

No abstract provided.

The Daily Egyptian, October 02, 2012, Daily Egyptian Staff

October 2012

No abstract provided.

Development Of A Token Economy At The Evaluation And Developmental Center Transitional Living Program, Nicole M. Fuscaldo

Research Papers

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Perils And Pontifications: Reflections On The Failures And Joys Of A Law Teacher, John W. Teeter Jr.

Southern Illinois University Law Journal

In this Article, John Teeter reexamines his life as a law teacher and engages in uncommonly pungent self-criticism that he hopes will prove insightful for other professors and those pondering a career in academics.  By reassessing critical decisions he made as a student, a lawyer, and a teacher, Teeter reveals how he repeatedly undermined both his interpersonal aspirations and professional potential.  Such failures have given rise to their own solace and peculiar wisdom, however, and Teeter also explicates the joy he derives from teaching and offers ideas on how others can enhance their fulfillment and success in the academy.

The Daily Egyptian, September 25, 2012, Daily Egyptian Staff

September 2012

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The Daily Egyptian, September 20, 2012, Daily Egyptian Staff

September 2012

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The Daily Egyptian, September 19, 2012, Daily Egyptian Staff

September 2012

No abstract provided.

The Daily Egyptian, September 06, 2012, Daily Egyptian Staff

September 2012

No abstract provided.

Human Geography And Behavior Analysis: An Application Of Behavior Analysis To The Explanation Of The Evolution Of Human Landscapes, William Norton

The Psychological Record

Human geography is a social science concerned primarily with data-based analyses and the utilization of various theoretical constructs mostly developed in other social science disciplines. A discussion of the character of human geography supports the suggestion that human geographic analyses of landscapes will benefit from employment of additional theories, specifically from a judicious interpretation and application of work in behavior analysis. Human landscape-making behavior can be explained using the concepts and principles of behavior analysis as developed in psychology and as applied in sociology and anthropology. For human geographers, this suggestion is at variance with most other recent conceptual contributions …

Is A Final Theory Conceivable?, Donald W. Zimmerman

The Psychological Record

Some physicists believe that a final theory, which will unify separate branches of theoretical physics, including quantum field theory and general relativity, is imminent. The physicists who expect such a theory typically assume that ultimate natural laws will be expressed by the same mathematical formalism which is associated with present-day physics. This view is questionable, because mathematics itself evolves and is not currently in a finished form. Historically, a succession of discoveries in physics has unveiled new laws of nature, each stage being made possible by the development of new mathematics. Evolutionary biology and interbehavioral psychology, ordinarily overlooked by the …

Center For Quantitative And Qualitative Research Methods, Todd C. Headrick, Rhonda K. Kowalchuk, Yanyan Sheng, Jennifer Koran

Reports

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The Daily Egyptian, August 22, 2012, Daily Egyptian Staff

August 2012

No abstract provided.

Foreword To Featured Special Topic: Philosophical And Conceptual Issues In Behavioral Psychology, Dermot Barnes

The Psychological Record

No abstract provided.