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Sticking To Syntax: The Reflection Of Story Grammar In Children's And Adult's Recall Of Radio And Television Shows, Donald S. Hayes, Suzanne B. Kelly
Sticking To Syntax: The Reflection Of Story Grammar In Children's And Adult's Recall Of Radio And Television Shows, Donald S. Hayes, Suzanne B. Kelly
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Two studies were conducted to determine how well story grammar predicted recall of televised stories. In Experiment 1, preschoolers viewed a non-narrated televised story from "Sesame Street." In Experiment 2, preschoolers and adults were administered a narrative via television or radio. In both studies, subjects' retention reflected recall of nodal information, regardless of medium of input.
Assertiveness Training And Exposure In Vivo For Agoraphobics, Geoffrey L. Thorpe, Eric G. Freedman, Joel D. Lazar
Assertiveness Training And Exposure In Vivo For Agoraphobics, Geoffrey L. Thorpe, Eric G. Freedman, Joel D. Lazar
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The effectiveness of brief treatment via assertiveness training and exposure in vivo was evaluated in a crossover study of eight agoraphobics. Treatment brought short-term benefit as assessed by phobia questionnaires and a depression inventory, but assertiveness training did not. Conversely, assertiveness training produced short-term improvements as measured by an assertiveness inventory, while exposure treatment did not. Both treatments were relevant to the problems of our client sample, but they had specific effects on measures closely related to each treatment's target, consistent with the results of a similar recent study by Emmelkamp et al. (1983). At six-month follow-up assessment, phobia questionnaire …