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Articles 1891 - 1920 of 1977

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A Comparison Of Choice And Forced Alcohol Consumption And Alcohol Dehydrogenase Activity, David Bertsch Gray Apr 1970

A Comparison Of Choice And Forced Alcohol Consumption And Alcohol Dehydrogenase Activity, David Bertsch Gray

Masters Theses

Earlier studies using both mice and rats have revealed a significant, positive correlation between preference of alcohol concentration and activity of the liver enzyme, alcohol dehydrogenase. In this study two groups of Sprague- Dawley rats, matched for sex, were presented alcohol by either a choice or forced condition for three twelve day periods in a choice-forced-choice or forced-choice-forced sequence. Data were recorded as the amount of alcohol - consumed under each consumption condition. After the rats were sacrificed, their livers were removed and assays were made for the alcohol dehydrogenase activity. While several correlations between consumption and alcohol dehydrogenase activity …


Effects Of X-Radiation On Saccharine Consumption As A Function Of Dosage And Interstimulus Interval, Michael Drillings Aug 1969

Effects Of X-Radiation On Saccharine Consumption As A Function Of Dosage And Interstimulus Interval, Michael Drillings

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Behavioral Contrast: A Comparison Of Responses Maintained By Qualitatively Different Reinforcers, Paul Whelan Aug 1969

Behavioral Contrast: A Comparison Of Responses Maintained By Qualitatively Different Reinforcers, Paul Whelan

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


An Attempt To Manipulate The Results Of A Psychomotor Learning Task, Robert D. Cable Aug 1969

An Attempt To Manipulate The Results Of A Psychomotor Learning Task, Robert D. Cable

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Morphine On Shock-Induced Aggression In The Squirrel Monkey, Grace S. Emley Aug 1969

The Effects Of Morphine On Shock-Induced Aggression In The Squirrel Monkey, Grace S. Emley

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Changes In Rates Of Food-Reinforced Bar-Pressing And Collateral Licking During A Signal Preceding Response-Independent Shock, Sander Stern Aug 1969

Changes In Rates Of Food-Reinforced Bar-Pressing And Collateral Licking During A Signal Preceding Response-Independent Shock, Sander Stern

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Philosophy Of Human Nature As A Function Of Political Preference, Political Involvement, And Age, Ralph L. Anderson Aug 1969

Philosophy Of Human Nature As A Function Of Political Preference, Political Involvement, And Age, Ralph L. Anderson

All Master's Theses

The present study used the Philosophy of Human Nature (PHN) Scale and a 2X2X2 factorial design with party preference, level of political involvement, and age as the three main effects to test twelve specific hypotheses. One hundred twenty subjects were randomly selected from among the Democratic and Republican parties of Kittitas County and students from Central Washington State College, and the PHN Scale was administered to them.


Randomness As An Element Of Stimulus Complexity, Norman M. Kiracofe Jul 1969

Randomness As An Element Of Stimulus Complexity, Norman M. Kiracofe

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


A Comparison Of Differential Response Rates With Children Under Two Schedules Of Reinforcement And Extinction Using Programmed Mathematics Instruction, David L. Sorenson Jun 1969

A Comparison Of Differential Response Rates With Children Under Two Schedules Of Reinforcement And Extinction Using Programmed Mathematics Instruction, David L. Sorenson

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Continuous Shock Punishment On Fr Reinforced Behavior, John Carter Moore May 1969

The Effects Of Continuous Shock Punishment On Fr Reinforced Behavior, John Carter Moore

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Behavioral Modification Of Trainable Mentally Retarded Children, Cheryl Mayo Frair May 1969

Behavioral Modification Of Trainable Mentally Retarded Children, Cheryl Mayo Frair

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

In Experiment I, contingency management was employed with five non-institutionalized trainable retardates (mean MA=4.l, CA=9.9, and language age=2.6) in a classroom situation. Empirically determined high probability behaviors were displayed as colored cartoon figures in a reinforcement menu. Tasks from the Peabody Language Development Kit defined the behavior strengthened during 15 one-hour sessions. A quantity of low probability task behavior had to occur in order for subjects to emit 4 minutes of high probability reinforcing activity. Through contingency management, amount of task per reinforcement was shaped from a low ratio to a high ratio. Significant gains in language age (p

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Reinforcement Of Sitting Behavior In Retardates In An Institutional Setting, Robert James Bonner Apr 1969

Reinforcement Of Sitting Behavior In Retardates In An Institutional Setting, Robert James Bonner

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Response Contingent Shock And Its Effect Upon Self-Injurious Behavior, William N. Schlee Mar 1969

Response Contingent Shock And Its Effect Upon Self-Injurious Behavior, William N. Schlee

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


An Exploration Of The "Fear Of Hawk" Hypothesis Using Stationary Silhouetted Stimuli With Naive Japanese Quail, John Stuart Clement Jan 1969

An Exploration Of The "Fear Of Hawk" Hypothesis Using Stationary Silhouetted Stimuli With Naive Japanese Quail, John Stuart Clement

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Classical Conditioning Of Aggression: A Developmental Study, Bruce E. Gideon Dec 1968

Classical Conditioning Of Aggression: A Developmental Study, Bruce E. Gideon

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Non-Contingent Positive And Negative Reinforcers Upon Escape Behavior, Gerald A. Young Dec 1968

The Effects Of Non-Contingent Positive And Negative Reinforcers Upon Escape Behavior, Gerald A. Young

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Escape From Conditioned Suppression In The Pigeon, Robert Douglas Hienz Oct 1968

Escape From Conditioned Suppression In The Pigeon, Robert Douglas Hienz

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effect Of Discrimination Training On Responses To A New Stimulus, Kathleen Ann Hammer Aug 1968

The Effect Of Discrimination Training On Responses To A New Stimulus, Kathleen Ann Hammer

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Information And Training On The Discrimination Of Size In Different Planes Of Space, Peter W. Zinkus Aug 1968

The Effects Of Information And Training On The Discrimination Of Size In Different Planes Of Space, Peter W. Zinkus

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Synesthesia: Color-Pitch Associations And Mood Word-Pitch Associations, Walter Lawrence Hall Aug 1968

Synesthesia: Color-Pitch Associations And Mood Word-Pitch Associations, Walter Lawrence Hall

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Human Extinction Responding Following Vi And Vi-Crf Schedules Of Reinforcement, Vaughn Thomas Mawhinney Aug 1968

Human Extinction Responding Following Vi And Vi-Crf Schedules Of Reinforcement, Vaughn Thomas Mawhinney

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Modification And Generalization Of Voice Loudness In An Emotionally Disturbed, Aphonic Girl As A Function Of Reinforcement Contingencies In A Laboratory Setting, Donald Alan Jackson Aug 1968

The Modification And Generalization Of Voice Loudness In An Emotionally Disturbed, Aphonic Girl As A Function Of Reinforcement Contingencies In A Laboratory Setting, Donald Alan Jackson

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Biochemically Instigated Avoidance Of Alcohol In Hats, James Hugh Gold Jul 1968

Biochemically Instigated Avoidance Of Alcohol In Hats, James Hugh Gold

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Cue Conflict And Apparent Visual Movement, Michael Gerard Walraven Jun 1968

Cue Conflict And Apparent Visual Movement, Michael Gerard Walraven

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


An Experimental Analysis Of Superstitious Behavior In College Males, Nancy Alice Metzler Jun 1968

An Experimental Analysis Of Superstitious Behavior In College Males, Nancy Alice Metzler

All Master's Theses

The possibility that superstitious responses would occur when aversive stimulation was randomly presented was investigated. There were three groups of 20 male introductory psychology students each. The Shock Group (SG) was given 45 unavoidable shocks. The Reinforcement Shock Group {RSG) was given 100 positive reinforcements and then 45 unavoidable shocks. The Reinforcement Punishment Group received 100 positive reinforcements and then 45 response contingent shocks and served to test the effectiveness of the shock as a punishing stimulus. Superstitious responses seemed to occur, but Ss of SG showed response patterns typical of punishment, while Ss of RSG showed increases in rates …


The Rate Of Processing Visual Information Within The Human Organism, Thomas E. Wilkins Jun 1968

The Rate Of Processing Visual Information Within The Human Organism, Thomas E. Wilkins

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effect Of Color Training On The Perception Of The Color Of Geometric Forms, Larry John Ivey May 1968

The Effect Of Color Training On The Perception Of The Color Of Geometric Forms, Larry John Ivey

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Two Indices Of Aggression: Aggressive Fantasy And Change In Pupil Size, Filipinas S. Tinio Apr 1968

Two Indices Of Aggression: Aggressive Fantasy And Change In Pupil Size, Filipinas S. Tinio

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of A Controlled Eating And Drinking History On The Development Of Schedule-Induced Polydipsia, Norman Hymowitz Apr 1968

The Effects Of A Controlled Eating And Drinking History On The Development Of Schedule-Induced Polydipsia, Norman Hymowitz

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Preparation And Properties Of 2, 3, 4, 6-Tetramethoxybenzotropylium Perchlorate Salts, Robert E. Suder Apr 1968

Preparation And Properties Of 2, 3, 4, 6-Tetramethoxybenzotropylium Perchlorate Salts, Robert E. Suder

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.