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1977

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Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Masters Theses

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Conditioned Reinforcement: An Attempt To Use Zimmerman Technique With Children, Priscila R. Derdyk Dec 1977

Conditioned Reinforcement: An Attempt To Use Zimmerman Technique With Children, Priscila R. Derdyk

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Training And Generalization Of Restauranting Skills: Programming Primary Reinforcement For Community Travel, Richard Aart Van Den Pol Dec 1977

Training And Generalization Of Restauranting Skills: Programming Primary Reinforcement For Community Travel, Richard Aart Van Den Pol

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Some Effects Of Variable Duration Conditioned Stimuli In A Conditioned Suppression Procedure, Harvey E. Jacobs Dec 1977

Some Effects Of Variable Duration Conditioned Stimuli In A Conditioned Suppression Procedure, Harvey E. Jacobs

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effect Of Withdrawal From The Negative Cue On Learning A Simultaneous Discrimination, Carl Merle Johnson Dec 1977

The Effect Of Withdrawal From The Negative Cue On Learning A Simultaneous Discrimination, Carl Merle Johnson

Masters Theses

Three groups of rats learned a black-white discrimination in a Grice box. All subjects were reinforced with food pellets for correct choices. No-Retrace subjects were confined in the negative goal box after errors. Retrace subjects were allowed to withdraw after errors from the negative goal box to the choice point or start box. Take-Out subjects were manually removed from the goal box during errors immediately after inspecting the empty food dish. All subjects were trained to a criterion and then reversal training was instituted. Retrace subjects learned the original discrimination significantly slower than either No-Retrace or Take-Out subjects, which did …


An Analysis Of Overcorrection Movements: Topographic Relation And Re-Educative Function, Pamela Roberts Dec 1977

An Analysis Of Overcorrection Movements: Topographic Relation And Re-Educative Function, Pamela Roberts

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Role Of Prior Learning And Direct Reinforcement In Observational Learning And Vicarious Reinforcement, Larry D. Olsen Dec 1977

The Role Of Prior Learning And Direct Reinforcement In Observational Learning And Vicarious Reinforcement, Larry D. Olsen

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


A Study Of Stimulus Control Functions Following Discrimination Training Using A Drl Schedule Of Reinforcement, Kathleen M. Krafft Dec 1977

A Study Of Stimulus Control Functions Following Discrimination Training Using A Drl Schedule Of Reinforcement, Kathleen M. Krafft

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No abstract provided.


Response Variability As A Function Of Stimulus Change, Margaret E. Peterson Aug 1977

Response Variability As A Function Of Stimulus Change, Margaret E. Peterson

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Effect Of Role Imposed Academic Abilities On Group Induced Risk Shift With Choice Dilemma Questionnaire Items, Sang H. Han Aug 1977

Effect Of Role Imposed Academic Abilities On Group Induced Risk Shift With Choice Dilemma Questionnaire Items, Sang H. Han

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Variable Versus Fixed Immediacies Of Reinforcement For Responding And Non-Responding, Kenneth Ray Stephens Aug 1977

Variable Versus Fixed Immediacies Of Reinforcement For Responding And Non-Responding, Kenneth Ray Stephens

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


An Investigation Of Vicarious Reinforcement In A Basic Research Setting, Ted R. Ruggles Aug 1977

An Investigation Of Vicarious Reinforcement In A Basic Research Setting, Ted R. Ruggles

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Two Correction Procedures Upon The Acquisition Of Three Line-Tilt Discriminations, Jane Stewart Howard Aug 1977

The Effects Of Two Correction Procedures Upon The Acquisition Of Three Line-Tilt Discriminations, Jane Stewart Howard

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Sucrose Concentration On Punishment Produced Suppression Of Licking Behavior In Rats, Okechukwu Igboanumma S. Ozuzu Aug 1977

The Effects Of Sucrose Concentration On Punishment Produced Suppression Of Licking Behavior In Rats, Okechukwu Igboanumma S. Ozuzu

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Flexible Vs. Instructor-Paced College Quizzing: An Analysis Of Preference And Performance, James A. Atkins Apr 1977

Flexible Vs. Instructor-Paced College Quizzing: An Analysis Of Preference And Performance, James A. Atkins

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Differential Preference For Fixed-Time Delay Over Variable-Time Food Presentation, Robert I. Cobez Apr 1977

Differential Preference For Fixed-Time Delay Over Variable-Time Food Presentation, Robert I. Cobez

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


A Comparison Of Electromyographic Feedback And Progressive Relaxation In Training Frontalis And Forearm Muscle Relaxation, Denise Ann Dommers Apr 1977

A Comparison Of Electromyographic Feedback And Progressive Relaxation In Training Frontalis And Forearm Muscle Relaxation, Denise Ann Dommers

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Development And Evaluation Of The Programmed Text One Plus One = Three: A Teenager’S Guide To Birth Control, Deborah L. Hollander Apr 1977

Development And Evaluation Of The Programmed Text One Plus One = Three: A Teenager’S Guide To Birth Control, Deborah L. Hollander

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Persistence Of Suppression In Discriminative Punishment Following Several Extinction Procedures, Marion M. Walton Apr 1977

The Persistence Of Suppression In Discriminative Punishment Following Several Extinction Procedures, Marion M. Walton

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Use Of A Progressive Ratio Schedule To Measure The Response Strength Of An Operant Maintained By Opportunity To Attack During A Fixed Ratio Schedule Of Food Reinforcement, William F. Uhlman Apr 1977

The Use Of A Progressive Ratio Schedule To Measure The Response Strength Of An Operant Maintained By Opportunity To Attack During A Fixed Ratio Schedule Of Food Reinforcement, William F. Uhlman

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Generalization Of Question-Asking From A Training Situation To A Child's Natural Environment, Joan J. Andress Apr 1977

Generalization Of Question-Asking From A Training Situation To A Child's Natural Environment, Joan J. Andress

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Variable Time Shock Schedules And Time Allocation In Rats: Differential Control By Relative Shock Frequency, Frans Van Haaren Apr 1977

Variable Time Shock Schedules And Time Allocation In Rats: Differential Control By Relative Shock Frequency, Frans Van Haaren

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.