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Impression Management Concerns Governing Reactions To A Faulty Decision, Donelson R. Forsyth

Jepson School of Leadership Studies articles, book chapters and other publications

As a part of a study ostensibly concerned with conceptual ability, 120 male and 92 female undergraduates were asked to perform a boring task that consisted of generating random numbers for 20 minutes. The experimenter presented herself as being either attractive or unattractive, and made either favorable or unfavorable comments in describing the task. Following performance of the task, subjects rated it on either signed or unsigned questionnaires. Prior findings were replicated since a direct relationship was obtained between subjects' task evaluations and experimenter's opinion only when the experimenter was attractive; when she behaved unattractively, her opinion had no effect. …

The Attributional "Double Standard": Actor-Observer Differences In Predicting The Relationship Between Attitudes And Behaviors, Donelson R. Forsyth, Barry R. Schlenker, Thomas V. Bonoma

Jepson School of Leadership Studies articles, book chapters and other publications

It was hypothesized that subjects who took the role of interaction observers ration than actors would predict a closer relationship between attitudes and behaviors and would report greater confidence in behavioral predictions derivable from an actor's attitude statements. One hundred sixty-eight subjects assumed the role of either actor or observer in scenarios of group interactions in which a central person made a statement about a particular attitude object. As predicted, subjects in the observer role reported that specific future behaviors (e.g., loaning money, helping to study for a test) had a greater likelihood of occurrence following an attitude statement (e.g., …

Critical Expression And Subsequent Physiological Response As A Function Of Selected Situational Variables, Thomas M. Beall

Theses and Dissertations

This research investigated the influence of two social situational factors, anonymity and expected audience, on the expression of criticism and subsequent physiological and psychological response. The expression of criticism towards a disagreeable stranger was studied under the provision of either anonymity or no anonymity to the critic factorially combined with an expected audience for the criticism of either the person criticized (criticism-relevant expected audience), or someone who knew neither the critic or the person criticized (criticism-irrelevant expected audience).

A series of hypotheses were derived from Zillman's (1972) two factor theory of aggressive responding concerning the expression of criticism and subsequent …

Videotape Feedback And Its Effects On Two Communicational Modalities, John Joseph Benda

Masters Theses

The present study was concerned with the applicability of various videotape feedback procedures on two communication modalities. The communication modalities studied dealt with the visual and auditory orientation of 80 college students.

The vast and, for the most part, positive findings associated with videotape feedback have fascinated therapists for the last couple of years. However, for the most part, videotape feedback has been used with individuals without taking into consideration the different ways these individuals communicate and/or learn. The purpose of the present experiment was to analyze the various aspects in which individuals communicate. Once their communicational modality was established …

The Effect Of Locus Of Control Orientation On Faculty Evaluations, Kristie L. Kirby

Masters Theses

The effect of a reward or reinforcement on behavior is contingent upon whether the person perceives the reward as dependent upon his own behavior or as independent from it. This perception has been termed locus of control orientation. The present study examined the relationship between the locus of control orientation of the student and the locus of control orientation of the instructor on a faculty evaluation form. An individual possessing an external locus of control orientation believes that reinforcement is the result of luck, chance, fate, or under the control of powerful others. An individual possessing an internal locus of …

A Comparison Of Self Ratings Of Change Done Dependently And Independently, Pamela P. Irwin

Masters Theses

A total of 243 Mental Hygiene and Introductory Psychology students completed ratings of adjustment in January of 1976. In May of the same year, 65 of the original Mental Hygiene students and 110 of the Introductory students completed the post-testing under one of four procedures. The post-testing procedures were: 1) dependent testing (defined as post-testing with awareness of pre-testing results) with an option to change their original test; 2) independent post-tesing which was the traditional method; then completion of dependent rating; 3) testing of their recall of original ratings, then dependent testing; and 4) dependent testing without the option to …

The Effects Of Meteorological Variables On Certain Sleep Characteristics, John David Moffitt

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

This thesis reports an investigation of the relationship between the meteorological variables of barometric pressure, humidity, precipitation, temperature, wind velocity, and wind direction and the sleep characteristics of reported latency of sleep upon retiring for the evening, reported number of awakenings during the sleep period, reported latency of return to sleep following an awakening; reported number of dreams during the sleep period, reported frequency of sound as opposed to light sleep, and reported latency of feeling awake and alert following the sleep cycle.

Influence Of Pre-Induction Instructions, Induction Format, Sex Of Experimenter, And Sex Of Subject Upon Hypnotizability, Cheryl R. Rampage

Master's Theses

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Factors Affecting The Reporting Of Suspected Child Abuse, Sandra Shane-Dubow

Master's Theses

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Spatial Factors In Backward Visual Masking, James Keith Habinek

Master's Theses

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A Comparison Of Mathematical Models Of Multiple Cued Recall, Kathleen K. Biersdorff

Master's Theses

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A Construct Validity Inquiry Of The Mosak-Shulman Theory Of Neurosis, Maria Pappas Nikolas

Dissertations

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Hostility, Gender And The Learning Of Interpersonal Communication Skills, John E. Dalton

Dissertations

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Shifts In Self-Concept And Locus Of Control In College Students As A Function Of Volunteering With Emotionally Disturbed Children, Patrick Joseph Mckian

Dissertations

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Adolescent Tat Responses: Normative And Developmental Approaches, Aaron Cooper

Dissertations

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Differences Between Guilt Proneness And Anxiety Proneness On Field Independence, Locus Of Control, Empathy, And Religiousity, Gerald P. Joyce

Dissertations

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Personality Correlates Of Hypnotizability In College Students, Cheryl R. Rampage

Dissertations

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Impact Of Age-Segregated Public Housing Upon Self-Actualization And Other Personal-Adjustment Variables Among The Aged: A Ten Month Follow-Up, Gerald Raymond Rak

Dissertations

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Machiavellianism, Perspective Taking, And Partner's Response As Predictors Of Interpersonal Behavior Measured By A Modified Prisoner's Dilemma Game, Willaim Bryant

Dissertations

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Effects Of Operant Conditioning Of Cooperative Play On Non-Reinforced Behaviors In Severely And Profoundly Retarded Adults, Martha Wade Aenchbacher

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations (1964–2006)

A group of seven severely and profoundly retarded adults from a sheltered workshop program were trained in cooperative play (basketball skills and hand clapping) using social and edible reinforcement and fading procedures. The generalization effects of the training on non-reinforced (undesirable) behaviors in an extratraining setting was investigated. A reversal technique in which the reinforcement was temporarily withdrawn demonstrated the reliable functioning of the training procedures. Independent observers recorded target behaviors during five phases: Baseline; Training; Generalization Testing; Extinction; Generalization Testing. The rate of undesirable behaviors decreased significantly in the extra-training setting (activity room) following the training phase. The findings …

Patterns Of Error In College Students Resulting From Semantic Generalization On Two Measures Of Word Association, Helen Appleton

Master's Theses

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Personality And Smoking: A Complex Multivariate Problem, Dale A. Bespalec

Master's Theses

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Personality Correlates (Cpi & I-E) Of Vocational Satisfaction And Commitment For Professional Religious Women, M. Jean Keeley

Master's Theses

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The Relationship Of Temporal And Spatial Parameters In Backward Masking, Darlene Cacciato Habinek

Master's Theses

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Living With Life-Threatening Illness, Teresa Foreman

Master's Theses

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Impact Of Age-Segregated Public Housing Upon Self-Actualization And Other Personal-Adjustment Variables Among The Aged, Gerald Raymond Rak

Master's Theses

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Prediction Of Industrial Rate In Handicapped Workers Using Subject Variables, Psychometric Data, Evaluator Ratings, And Work Samples, Joseph Schreiner

Master's Theses

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A Validation Study Of Millon's Theory And Measure, Michael E. Carney

Master's Theses

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Age Trends In Children's Responses To Inconsistent Messages And Their Relationship To Intellectual Level And Social Competence, Frank Lani

Master's Theses

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A New Slant On The Development Of Orientation Perception, Lynne Werner Olsho

Master's Theses

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