Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons^™

Semler Maverick, E. Neill

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

No abstract provided.

Multiple Intelligences And Self-Esteem In Three High School Populations, William T. Fagan

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

Evaluation Of An Echo-Mobility Program For Young Blind People, Charles Daniel Kish

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

Measuring The Mentoring Functions Performed By Female Mentors To Female Protegees, Angela P. Ricketts

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

Teenage Pregnancy: Cultural And Familial Predictors, Denise Antionette Navrkal

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

A Qualitative Exploratory Study Of African American Men's Experiences And/Or Perceptions Of Class Or Racial Discrimination In Relation To Their Social And Economic Status, Education Job Opportunity And Employment, Mellace Slaten-Thomson

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

An Exploratory Study Of Student Attitudes Toward Statistics And Their Retention Of Statistical Concepts, Linda Araki

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this exploratory research was to investigate potential factors (i.e. gender, time lapse between the latest statistics class and completion of the statistics test, grade point average (GPA), attitude towards statistics), which are associated with the comprehension and retention of statistical knowledge in Baccalaureate Psychology students. The criterion variable was statistical competency, which was measured in five subdomains: basic concepts, descriptives, correlation/regression, hypothesis testing, and inferential statistics.

Contributing Factors Of Aggression In Elementary School Age Boys, Annmarie Mikles

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

Child Rearing Experiences And Views Of Parent-Child Interactions Among American And Taiwan Young Adults, Susan Eileen Donahoo

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of Gender Composition And Socio-Political Orientation On Group Satisfaction, Stacy Lynn Haase

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

Methods To Reduce Leniency Bias In Self-Assessments And Self-Appraisals, Michael Robert Dolen

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

Computer Learning Motivation And Indicators Of Computer Skill In Employee Populations, Silvia Swigert

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

Localization Of Dopamine Receptor Subtypes Occupied By Intra-Accumbens Administration Of Selective Antagonists That Reverse Cocaine-Induced Locomotion., Laura O'Dell

Selected Works Temporary Series

No abstract provided.

Attribution In Context: Acquisition And Blocking Of Invariance Seeking Action, Paula L. Johnston-Morgan

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

The Outcome Of Person-Job Fit: A Test Of The Realistic Information Hypothesis, Angel On Kei Yu

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

The Bilateral Field Advantage On Verbal And Nonverbal Matching Tasks, Jennifer Reyburn

Modern Psychological Studies

Three experiments examined the bilateral field advantage (BFA) on both verbal and nonverbal matching tasks. The goal of the experiments was to determine which conditions would maximize the size and reliability of the BFA, and thus enhance its value as a possible diagnostic tool to assess callosal dysfunction. In Experiment 1, 27 right-handed college students performed two matching tasks (order of tasks varied across subjects; dots-letters, letters-dots, or letter and dot trials randomly interleaved). Results revealed a verbal BFA in all task order conditions (p<.01), but a significant nonverbal BFA only in the interleaved condition (p<.01). Experiments 2 and 3 reproduced the interleaved condition with different parameters. In both experiments the verbal BFA was significant (p<.01), but nonverbal BFA was significant only when four-dot patterns were used (p<.05). Results suggest the interleaved presentation of verbal and nonverbal stimuli is a reliable method of measuring the BFA.

The Costs Of Eating: A Behavioral Economic Analysis Of Food Refusal., Mary Louise Kerwin, W H Ahearn, P S Eicher, D M Burd

College of Science & Mathematics Departmental Research

Behavioral economic concepts were applied to the analysis and treatment of pediatric feeding disorders in a clinical setting. In Experiment 1, children who chronically refused food were presented with varying amounts of food on a spoon (empty, dipped, quarter, half, and level). Each child exhibited a different but orderly demand function of response (acceptance, expulsion, and mouth clean) by cost (increasing spoon volume) for a constant pay-off of toys and social interaction. In Experiment 2, physical guidance or nonremoval of the spoon for food refusal was initiated at the smallest spoon volume with low levels of acceptance, and was subsequently …

Science, Values And Animal Welfare: Exploring The ‘Inextricable Connection’, D. Fraser

Animal Welfare Collection

In conceptualizing animal welfare, it is useful to distinguish among three types of concepts. 'Type l' are single, measurable attributes. 'Type 2' are single attributes that cannot be measured directly but can be estimated by correctly combining various contributing attributes. 'Type 3' are concepts involving multiple attributes which are grouped together because they serve some common function, and whose relative importance cannot be established in an entirely objective way. Individuals who treat animal welfare as a type 1 concept may propose single, objective measures of welfare, such as longevity or levels of stress-related hormones; however, this approach rests on judgements, …

Comprehension Of Cause-Effect Relations In A Tool-Using Task By Chimpanzees (Pan Troglodytes), Luca Limongelli, Sarah T. Boysen, Elisabetta Visalberghi

Sentience Collection

Five chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) were tested to assess their understanding of causality in a tool task. The task consisted of a transparent tube with a trap-hole drilled in its middle. A reward was randomly placed on either side of the hole. Depending on which side the chimpanzee inserted the stick into, the candy was either pushed out of the tube or into the trap. In Experiment 1, the success rate of 2 chimpanzees rose highly above chance, but that of the other subjects did not. Results show that the 2 successful chimpanzees selected the correct side for insertion beforehand. Experiment …

Responses To Quantity: Perceptual Versus Cognitive Mechanisms In Chimpanzees (Pan Troglodytes), Sarah T. Boysen, Gary G. Berntson

Sentience Collection

Two chimpanzees were trained to select among 2 different amounts of candy (1-6 items). The task was designed so that selection of either array by the active (selector) chimpanzee resulted in that array being given to the passive (observer) animal, with the remaining (nonselected) array going to the selector. Neither animal was able to select consistently the smaller array, which would reap the larger reward. Rather, both animals preferentially selected the larger array, thereby receiving the smaller number of reinforcers. When Arabic numerals were substituted for the food arrays, however, the selector animal evidenced more optimal performance, immediately selecting the …

Play Signals As Punctuation: The Structure Of Social Play In Canids, Marc Bekoff

Ethology Collection

Actions called play signals have evolved in many species in which social play has been observed. Despite there being only few empirical demonstrations, it generally is accepted that play signals are important in the initiation ("I want to play") and maintenance ("I still want to play") of ongoing social play. In this study I consider whether a specific and highly stereotyped signal, the bow, is used to maintain social play in adult and infant domestic dogs, infant wolves, and infant coyotes.

To answer this question the temporal placement of bows relative to actions that are also used in other contexts …

Vigilance, Flock Size, And Flock Geometry: Information Gathering By Western Evening Grosbeaks (Aves, Fringillidae), Marc Bekoff

Ethology Collection

Vigilance (scanning) and other behavior patterns were studied in free-ranging Evening Grosbeaks (Coccothraustes vespertinus) at feeders to assess how flock size and flock geometry influenced the behavior of individual birds. The present results indicate that the way in which individual grosbeaks are positioned with respect to one another effects many aspects of their behavior, especially when a flock contains four or more birds. Birds in a linear array who have difficulty seeing one another, when compared to individuals organized in a circle who can easily see one another, are (1) more vigilant, (2) change their head and body positions more …

Calling By Domestic Piglets: Reliable Signals Of Need?, Daniel M. Weary, David Fraser

Communication Skills Collection

Two manipulations were performed on domestic piglets to determine whether differences in calling during periods of separation from the mother can indicate differences in need. In both cases, the aim was to manipulate the piglet's need for the sow's attention. In the first manipulation a 'thriving' piglet (i.e. the piglet with the heaviest weight and most rapid weight gain) and a 'non-thriving' one (lightest and slowest weight gain) were selected from each of 15 litters. The two piglets were removed from the sow and litter and recorded for 13 min in separate isolated enclosures. For the second manipulation, two piglets …

The Impact Of Father-Child Relationships And Interparental Conflict On The Intimacy Levels Of Adult Children From Divorced And Intact Homes, Sheri Lynne Coulson

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

Socioeconomic Status And Sex Role Values As Determinants Of Divorce Among Women, Mary A. Dolan

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

Application Of The Relational Model Of Therapy In Cross Cultural Counseling With Children, Nancy L. Wolfe

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study was to examine the origins of the Multicultural Relational Model of therapy and demonstrate the application of this model in the clinical setting. Subjects were two ethnic minority children, a Hispanic boy, age nine, and a mixed-race boy, age 10, who was adopted by an African American family.

The Impact Of Ethnic Identity On Stereotypes, Teresa Patchill

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

Invariance Seeking Action: Acquisition And Blocking Effects Of Causal Attribution In The Workplace, Suzanne Louise Reid

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

The Relationship Between College Satisfaction And The Variables: Ethnic Identity, Acculturation, And Racial Climate Among African-American Students, Cheris Renee Johnson

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

Conditioned Acquisition And Augmenting Effects In Causal Attributions For Employee Performance, Lia Jean Nieri

Theses Digitization Project

A social analog of a short-delay conditioning paradigm in Pavlovian learning was used to test the prediction that under certain conditions, human causal judgments would reflect acquired response properties that can be either increased (augmented) or decreased (discounted). The learning experiment was masked by describing it as a study testing a computerized employee evaluation system.