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The Effects Of Chlorpromazine On Escape And Avoidance Behavior, Susan E. Bohlmann Lapato Apr 1971

The Effects Of Chlorpromazine On Escape And Avoidance Behavior, Susan E. Bohlmann Lapato

Masters Theses

The present study was designed to investigate the effectiveness of a two lever escape avoidance paradigm as a potential drug evaluation procedure. In this procedure responses on one lever postponed the onset of shock for a fixed period of time while responses on the other lever were effective only in terminating shock. This procedure effectively separates the escape and avoidance behaviors of a single organism and should provide a sensitive baseline upon which to measure the specific effects of drugs upon these two behaviors. The specific and differential effects of three dose levels of chlorpromazine upon escape and avoidance behaviors …


Avoidance And Escape Responses In A Free Operant Avoidance Procedure As A Function Of Avoidance-Shock Intervals, Kathleen M. Krumhus Apr 1971

Avoidance And Escape Responses In A Free Operant Avoidance Procedure As A Function Of Avoidance-Shock Intervals, Kathleen M. Krumhus

Masters Theses

Rats were trained on an unsignalled shock procedure, using a two lever apparatus. Responses on one lever postponed the onset of electric shock for a specified time period, the Avoidance-Shock interval. A response on the second lever terminated shock and delayed the onset of the next shock eight seconds, the Escape-Shock interval. Shock was continuous until the subject depressed the second lever. Changes in response rate on both levers were recorded as a function of manipulations of the duration of the Avoidance-Shock interval.

If responses on both bars are summed, data obtained are comparable with findings obtained from the manipulation …


Conditioned Punishment Of Self-Injurious Behavior, George Hunt Apr 1971

Conditioned Punishment Of Self-Injurious Behavior, George Hunt

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


An Empirical Study Of Measured Closemindedness And Intension As Exhibited Through The Response To Perceived Images, Kathleen A. Humphrey Jan 1971

An Empirical Study Of Measured Closemindedness And Intension As Exhibited Through The Response To Perceived Images, Kathleen A. Humphrey

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Light Deprivation, Housing Arrangement And Duration Of Treatment In Problem Solving Behavior In The Rat, Juan Carlos Carena Dec 1970

The Effects Of Light Deprivation, Housing Arrangement And Duration Of Treatment In Problem Solving Behavior In The Rat, Juan Carlos Carena

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Token Reinforcement On School Attendance And Study Behavior In A Special School For Delinquent And Pre-Delinquent Juvenile Males, Michael L. Boyle Dec 1970

The Effects Of Token Reinforcement On School Attendance And Study Behavior In A Special School For Delinquent And Pre-Delinquent Juvenile Males, Michael L. Boyle

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Maternal Deprivation And Early Social Isolation On Emotionality And Discriminated Avoidance Learning In The Rat, Edward N. Schneider Dec 1970

The Effects Of Maternal Deprivation And Early Social Isolation On Emotionality And Discriminated Avoidance Learning In The Rat, Edward N. Schneider

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Baseline Response Rate And The Effect Of A Stimulus Which Precedes Response-Independent Reinforcement, William M. Arnold Dec 1970

Baseline Response Rate And The Effect Of A Stimulus Which Precedes Response-Independent Reinforcement, William M. Arnold

Masters Theses

The relationship between baseline response rate and the effect of presenting a stimulus followed by response-independent reinforcement on baseline response rate was investigated in this study. Six pigeons were divided into two equal groups, one of which was conditioned to key peck on a VI-DRH schedule of food reinforcement, the other on a VI-DRL schedule of food reinforcement. Once responding had stabilized, a tone was introduced seven times during each session followed by a response-independent food reinforcement. The results indicated no change in the response rate of the VI-DRH group during the tone, and acceleration of responding during the tone …


A Comparative Analysis Of The Language Of Mentally Retarded And Non-Retarded Children, Hartmut Günther Dec 1970

A Comparative Analysis Of The Language Of Mentally Retarded And Non-Retarded Children, Hartmut Günther

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Maintaining Responding During Stimulus Generalization Testing In Extinction, Michael F. Glenn Dec 1970

Maintaining Responding During Stimulus Generalization Testing In Extinction, Michael F. Glenn

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Effects Of Extraneous Auditory Stimulation On Visual Choice Reaction Time, William J. Wenger Dec 1970

Effects Of Extraneous Auditory Stimulation On Visual Choice Reaction Time, William J. Wenger

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Early Experience On Jumping Responses To Colored Stimuli Of Coturnix Chicks, Edward J. Fliss Aug 1970

The Effects Of Early Experience On Jumping Responses To Colored Stimuli Of Coturnix Chicks, Edward J. Fliss

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Exposure To Discriminative Stimuli In Operant Extinction, John A. Dunning Aug 1970

Exposure To Discriminative Stimuli In Operant Extinction, John A. Dunning

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Conditional Discrimination: Generalization Outside The Range Of Training Stimuli, Martha D. Itkin Aug 1970

Conditional Discrimination: Generalization Outside The Range Of Training Stimuli, Martha D. Itkin

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


An Analysis Of Climatic Influences On Aggression, Alan M. Gonick Aug 1970

An Analysis Of Climatic Influences On Aggression, Alan M. Gonick

Masters Theses

The effects of exposure to various climatic conditions were analyzed to determine whether these conditions could produce aggression or facilitate shock-elicited aggression. Paired rats and single monkeys were used as subjects. The effects of independent and simultaneous changes in temperature and relative humidity were investigated in an attempt to produce aggression. Temperature, relative humidity, and length of exposure to climatic conditions were varied to determine if these conditions would facilitate shock-elicited aggression. The climatic conditions investigated were ineffective in reliably producing aggression between rats and also in facilitating shock-elicited aggression with rats and monkey subjects. Exposure to temperatures above 24.4°C …


Effects Of Septal And Amygdaloid Lesions On Pain-Elicited Fighting, John H. Bryant Aug 1970

Effects Of Septal And Amygdaloid Lesions On Pain-Elicited Fighting, John H. Bryant

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effect Of Daily Quizzes On Hour Exam Performance, Katherine Janczarek Aug 1970

The Effect Of Daily Quizzes On Hour Exam Performance, Katherine Janczarek

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Exploratory Behavior As A Function Of Two Different Feeding Conditions In The Gerbil, Dennis A. Vanderweele Aug 1970

Exploratory Behavior As A Function Of Two Different Feeding Conditions In The Gerbil, Dennis A. Vanderweele

Masters Theses

Gerbils were fed under two different schedules for six weeks after base-line measurement of open-table-top exploratory behavior. One schedule was a variable schedule such that a variable food amount could be administered at any time or place within the S's environment. The other schedule was fixed as to amount of food, time of administration, and feeding area. Separate Ss were utilized under each schedule and total amounts of food per group was equal. Both groups were retested for exploration after termination of the six week feeding schedule and statistical comparisons were made to S's baseline exploration. The fixed-fed Ss showed …


A Systematic Investigation Of The Conditioned Facilitation Phenomenon With Human Beings As Subjects, Gladys Olivia Bright Aug 1970

A Systematic Investigation Of The Conditioned Facilitation Phenomenon With Human Beings As Subjects, Gladys Olivia Bright

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


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 …


Some Relationships Among Intelligence, Empathy And Leadership Attributes, Franklyn W. Jackson Apr 1970

Some Relationships Among Intelligence, Empathy And Leadership Attributes, Franklyn W. Jackson

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Electrophysiological Correlates Of The Basolateral And Corticomedial Amygdaloid Divisions Associated With Biting-Behavior, Jon F. Defrance Mar 1970

Electrophysiological Correlates Of The Basolateral And Corticomedial Amygdaloid Divisions Associated With Biting-Behavior, Jon F. Defrance

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effect Of Inequitable Payment Upon Selected Task-Related Cognitions, Robert Dennis Moulton Mar 1970

The Effect Of Inequitable Payment Upon Selected Task-Related Cognitions, Robert Dennis Moulton

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


A Comparison Of The Classical And Modern Concepts Of Memory With Suggestions For Further Study, Kathleen Oros Reed Jan 1970

A Comparison Of The Classical And Modern Concepts Of Memory With Suggestions For Further Study, Kathleen Oros Reed

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Non-Contingent Stimuli On Rate Of Lever Pressing Using Human Subjects, Dan V. Lebenta Dec 1969

The Effects Of Non-Contingent Stimuli On Rate Of Lever Pressing Using Human Subjects, Dan V. Lebenta

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


An Experimental Analysis Of Human Social Behavior In A Competitive Situation With The Opportunity For Aggression, William A. Michael Dec 1969

An Experimental Analysis Of Human Social Behavior In A Competitive Situation With The Opportunity For Aggression, William A. Michael

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Teacher-Aides On Teachers Perceptions: An Exploratory Study Of Definitions Of Status-Role Activities, Major Classroom Problems, And Status-Role Satisfaction, John H. Natzke Dec 1969

The Effects Of Teacher-Aides On Teachers Perceptions: An Exploratory Study Of Definitions Of Status-Role Activities, Major Classroom Problems, And Status-Role Satisfaction, John H. Natzke

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Stimulus Balance And Preference In The Japanese Quail, Richard Leon Mead Oct 1969

Stimulus Balance And Preference In The Japanese Quail, Richard Leon Mead

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Some Relationships Associated With Academic Success In Graduate Work At A Midwestern University, Stelios Georgiou Chimonides Aug 1969

Some Relationships Associated With Academic Success In Graduate Work At A Midwestern University, Stelios Georgiou Chimonides

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


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.