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Conditioned Inhibition In Mentally Retarded And Nonretarded Persons, Benjamin Carl Carruthers

Digitized Theses

No abstract provided.

An Investigation Of The Partial Reinforcement Acquisition Effect Using A Discrete-Trial Lever-Pressing Response, Mark Randall Cole

Digitized Theses

No abstract provided.

Spatial-Imagery Ability And The Recognition Of Verbal And Nonverbal Stimuli, Carole Helene Ernest

Digitized Theses

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The Role Of Articulation Mechanisms In Speech Perception, Sidney Arthur Folb

Digitized Theses

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The Effects Of Cholinergic Drugs On Operant Behavior Of The Rat, William Arthur Mckim

Digitized Theses

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An Experimental Analysis Of Predecisional Information Seeking In A Socialinfluence Situation, Jeffrey L. Crawford

Doctoral Dissertations

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Patterns Of Conversational Interaction As Factors Of Attraction And Compliance Within Dyads, Kenneth Gavin Stuart

Doctoral Dissertations

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An Investigation Of The Association Between Level Of Need For Power And The Career Preference Of College Juniors And Seniors At Louisiana State University., Virginia Swann Hill

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

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The Relation Between Adolescent Creativity And Selected Variables: Sex, Adjustment, Art-Science Preference, Complexity-Simplicity, And Type Of School., Marie Guzell Kloss

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

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Internal Promotion--A Psychological Asset Or Debit?: A Study Of The Effects Of Leader Origin., Jeffrey Wayne Daum

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

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A Study Of Persisting And Nonpersisting Catholic Clergymen., Thomas V. Gilbride

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

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Staff And Patient Attitudes Toward Mental Illness., George L. Henderson Jr

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

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A Pilot Study To Investigate The Procedures Used In The Selection And Evaluation Of Missionaries., Pattye Weaver Kennedy

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

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Cognitive Distortion And Locus-Of-Control In Depressive Psychiatric Patients., Terrence James Laughlin

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

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The Effect Of Initial Antagonistic Attitudes On The Race Prejudice Vs. Belief Prejudice Controversy., Lee Douglas Stokes

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

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Use Of Personality And Interest Measures In Predicting Crisis Phone Counselor Effectiveness., James Charles Tanley

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

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Psychophysiological Parameters Of Emotional Expression., Charles Curtis Alan Sandman

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

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Behavioral And Personality Patterns Associated With Reaction To Stress Inearly Childhood., Robert Gordon Cook

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

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An Extension Of The Behavioral Classification Project Downward To Four, Five, And Six Year Olds., Robert Peyton Baker

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

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The Conceptual Bases Of American Psychology: A Content Analysis Of The Presidential Addresses Of The American Psychological Association, 1892-1970, Kenneth Richard Gibson

Doctoral Dissertations

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The History Of Marriage Counseling Research: A Quantitative Study, Elizabeth Scarborough Goodman

Doctoral Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Experimenter Bias Effect At Varying Levels Of Motivation, Leslie Marie Slade Gray

All Master's Theses

This study examined the effects of experimenter motivation upon the experimenter bias effect on a person perception task. It was hypothesized that the experimenter bias effect would decrease as reward and threat of punishment increased.

Thirty-five experimenters were randomly assigned to five treatment groups including a control group, two reward groups, and two punishment conditions. Each experimenter administered the photo task to two subjects. The results failed to support the experimental hypotheses.

False Physiological Feedback And Acceptance Of A High Fear Message, Michael T. Gray

All Master's Theses

This paper presents an attempt to differentiate between the drive reduction and parallel response theories as explanations of results obtained in fear communication research.

Forty-eight subjects were divided into four equal groups and while listening to a high fear message, three groups received false GSR feedback. The fourth group (control) received no feedback. The results failed to differentiate between the two theoretical models and also failed to support findings of an earlier study which used similar feedback techniques.

It was concluded that further research using false feedback techniques needs to be done.

A Comparison Of Verbal And Geometric Stimuli In Concept Learning, Robert William Greenway

All Master's Theses

Subjects classified stimulus patterns into positive or negative instances of the concept according to either an attribute identification (AI) problem or a rule learning (RL) problem. Four types of stimulus materials were used: verbal stimuli (V), geometric stimuli (G), or two combinations of these modes, verbal geometric (VG) or verbal colored (VC). The only main effects that were significant were the Type of rule and Type of problem. Some interactions were obtained between these factors and the stimulus mode employed.

The Role Of Stimulus And Label Familiarity In Concept Learning, David W. Philips

All Master's Theses

Performance on a concept learning task was investigated by employing familiar and unfamiliar stimulus patterns, three pretraining conditions, and two conceptual rules. Subjects were given either observation or preliminary paired associate practice in labeling shapes with meaningful or nonsense labels and were then required to solve a concept learning task to criterion. It was found that tasks involving familiar stimuli were learned more rapidly than those involving unfamiliar stimuli, and that meaningful verbal pretraining for unfamiliar stimuli resulted in more rapid learning than observation or nonsense label pretraining.

Interanimal Transfer Of A Learned Response Tendency With Control For Autonomic Arousal, Landgrave Thomas Smith

All Master's Theses

In three experiments using 180 rats, extracts of brain protein were used for interanimal transfer of an avoidance response from donors to recipients. In the first experiment it was found that avoidance learning in donors produced a response transfer, but autonomic arousal did not. The second experiment confirmed these results, and demonstrated a response transfer after a single donor training trial. The third experiment confirmed the results of the first two, and the recipient response strength showed evidence of extinction and spontaneous recovery.

Intradimensional Variability With Numbers And Alphabetical Letters In Conceptual Rules, Thomas Henry Clayton

All Master's Theses

Subjects were assigned to bidimensional rule problems that contained either 5, 10, or 15 levels of intradimensional variability. The stimuli consisted of numbers and alphabetical letters. There were no performance differences by either males or females when the number of levels within each rule was increased. There was a significant difference in performance among the three rules (disjunctive, conditional, and biconditional), however, the conditional was more difficult than the biconditional which is inconsistent with earlier research.

The Effect Of A Learning Skills Course Including Group Counseling On Low Achievers In The Community College, Paul E. Borg

All Master's Theses

A Learning Skills course consisting of study skills, goal direction, and self-understanding was tested among volunteer community college low achievers. Treatment integrated didactic, group discussion, and affective experiences in 18 hour-long sessions. Nineteen subjects received treatment; 25 subjects formed a matched control group; and 41 non-volunteers formed two additional control groups. An apparent trend toward GPA improvement was noted for all groups, but all measurements on GPA and a study survey were non-significant.

The Effects Of Truth Table Pretraining And Intradimensional Variability On Rule Learning And Attribute Identification Tasks, Eric S. Gebelein

All Master's Theses

Ss were required to sort geometrical patterns into positive or negative instances. According to (a) an attribute identification problem (wherein one of three conceptual rules was given: Disjunctive, Conditional, or Biconditional) or (b) Rule learning problem (wherein the two relevant attributes were given: either yellow, triangle or blue, circle). Intradimensional variability for each condition was either five, seven, or nine levels. The Rule effect was the only significant source of variance even though performance did worsen as intradimensional variability was increased.

A Methodology For Measuring Change Resulting From Group Interaction: Multi-Dimensional Evaluation Structure Analysis., Ronald William Kristjanson

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.