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Effects Of Manipulating Enforced Attention And Reinforcement For Correctness On The Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test Performances Of Kindergarten Children, Galen James Alessi Aug 1972

Effects Of Manipulating Enforced Attention And Reinforcement For Correctness On The Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test Performances Of Kindergarten Children, Galen James Alessi

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No abstract provided.


Learning Set And Generalization Of The Non-Matching Concept In Pigeons, M. Katherine Stephens Aug 1972

Learning Set And Generalization Of The Non-Matching Concept In Pigeons, M. Katherine Stephens

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No abstract provided.


Training Third Grade Educated Women To Teach Cognitive Skills To Disadvantaged Children, Michael D. Roberts Aug 1972

Training Third Grade Educated Women To Teach Cognitive Skills To Disadvantaged Children, Michael D. Roberts

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A Method For Sensing And Recording Simultaneous Behavioral And Electrophysiological Epileptiform Activity And The Observed Suppression Of Paroxysmal Spiking Activity With Classical Conditioning Procedures, J. H. Tough Aug 1972

A Method For Sensing And Recording Simultaneous Behavioral And Electrophysiological Epileptiform Activity And The Observed Suppression Of Paroxysmal Spiking Activity With Classical Conditioning Procedures, J. H. Tough

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A method for sensing and recording the simultaneous behavioral and electrophysiological activity of epileptic seizures was developed. An activity sensing cage consisting of an inverted loudspeaker translated motor behavior into voltage changes. The resultant voltage changes were integrated, amplified and recorded on a polygraph concurrently with electrophysiological data. The method was shown to 1) sense reliably a repeated standard input, 2) be sensitive to differing minute amounts of force and 3) produce data which lends itself to analysis with less variability than a more conventional technique.

Experimental manipulation of epileptiform activity revealed that a behavioral response to the onset of …


Orderly Versus Random Stimulus Organization As A Parameter Of Problem-Solving Difficulty In A Visual Discrimination Task, Edward S. Itkin Apr 1972

Orderly Versus Random Stimulus Organization As A Parameter Of Problem-Solving Difficulty In A Visual Discrimination Task, Edward S. Itkin

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Development Of A Fake Scale For Edwards Personal Preference Schedule - A, James Harvey Brammer Apr 1972

Development Of A Fake Scale For Edwards Personal Preference Schedule - A, James Harvey Brammer

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The Effects Of Hippocampal Lesions On Short Term Memory In The Rat, Alfred Collins Apr 1972

The Effects Of Hippocampal Lesions On Short Term Memory In The Rat, Alfred Collins

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No abstract provided.


The Influence Of Prior Training On The Acquisition Of Drl Performance, Susan E. Jasin Apr 1972

The Influence Of Prior Training On The Acquisition Of Drl Performance, Susan E. Jasin

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No abstract provided.


The Effect Of Two Different Scoring Contingencies On Student Exam Performance, Alvin R. Kubat Apr 1972

The Effect Of Two Different Scoring Contingencies On Student Exam Performance, Alvin R. Kubat

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An Analysis Of Conceptual Color Matching, James T. Northrop Apr 1972

An Analysis Of Conceptual Color Matching, James T. Northrop

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The key pecking responses of six pigeons were reinforced in the presence of a bisected response key when both halves were of equal wavelength; responses to non-matching presentations were not reinforced. Subsequent generalization tests involving novel non-matching stimuli were conducted in extinction. The results indicated the acquisition of a conceptual color matching discrimination; however, post-discrimination training peak shifts may interfere with the demonstration of the concept of color matching.


An Investigation Of The Effects Of Specific Parameters On An Experimental Analogue Of The Anxiety Relief Hypothesis, Gary W. Hardy Jan 1972

An Investigation Of The Effects Of Specific Parameters On An Experimental Analogue Of The Anxiety Relief Hypothesis, Gary W. Hardy

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Thirty-two, naive, albino rats were randomly assigned to one of eight treatment groups with four members per group. The apparatus used was a modified one-way avoidance chamber developed by Baum (1965). The variables studied were the effects of a retraining anxiety relief condition, a hierarchical presentation of tone with the anxiety relief condition, different inter-trial intervals, and the interactions of these variables. All subjects were given the anxiety training to a ninety decibel tone and one-half of the subjects were given anxiety relief training. All subjects were trained to a criterion of ten consecutive avoidance responses in a one-way avoidance …


A Test As A Delayed Contingency For Acquiring Elementary Textual Behavior In A Classroom Setting For Trainable Retardates, Eugene A. Kaprowy Dec 1971

A Test As A Delayed Contingency For Acquiring Elementary Textual Behavior In A Classroom Setting For Trainable Retardates, Eugene A. Kaprowy

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No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Diagonal Band Of Broca Lesions Upon Pain-Elicited Fighting And Water Intake, David A. Nolley Dec 1971

The Effects Of Diagonal Band Of Broca Lesions Upon Pain-Elicited Fighting And Water Intake, David A. Nolley

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No abstract provided.


The Effect Of The Intersession Interval Upon Avoidance Responding In A Free Operant Two Lever Escape-Avoidance Procedure, John Michael Mccarthy Dec 1971

The Effect Of The Intersession Interval Upon Avoidance Responding In A Free Operant Two Lever Escape-Avoidance Procedure, John Michael Mccarthy

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No abstract provided.


Learning-Set Acquisition In Pigeons, Stephen A. Daniel Dec 1971

Learning-Set Acquisition In Pigeons, Stephen A. Daniel

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No abstract provided.


The Quantifiable Effects Of Different Photographic Stimuli On Apparent Visual Movement, David L. Novak Aug 1971

The Quantifiable Effects Of Different Photographic Stimuli On Apparent Visual Movement, David L. Novak

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No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Several Chemical Agents On Short Term Memory, Michael J. Bedecs Aug 1971

The Effects Of Several Chemical Agents On Short Term Memory, Michael J. Bedecs

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No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Step Size, Mode Of Response And Student Ability On Programmed Learning, Thomas Mackie Aug 1971

The Effects Of Step Size, Mode Of Response And Student Ability On Programmed Learning, Thomas Mackie

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No abstract provided.


Wavelength Matching In The Pigeon, Robert W. Griffin Aug 1971

Wavelength Matching In The Pigeon, Robert W. Griffin

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No abstract provided.


A New Method For Studying Variables Controlling Television Viewing, Diana Reda Aug 1971

A New Method For Studying Variables Controlling Television Viewing, Diana Reda

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Auditory Evoked Potentials: Relationship To Stimulus Intensity And Effects Of Noise Exposure, Judith Lyn Buelke Aug 1971

Auditory Evoked Potentials: Relationship To Stimulus Intensity And Effects Of Noise Exposure, Judith Lyn Buelke

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No abstract provided.


Daily Quizzes With Review And Rededial Quizzes And Examination Performance, Mary Collamer Hubbard Aug 1971

Daily Quizzes With Review And Rededial Quizzes And Examination Performance, Mary Collamer Hubbard

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No abstract provided.


The Acquisition Of A Complex Concept In Pigeons, James W. Siddall Aug 1971

The Acquisition Of A Complex Concept In Pigeons, James W. Siddall

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No abstract provided.


Positive Conditioned Supperssion: A Replication And Extension, Julia C. Curtin Aug 1971

Positive Conditioned Supperssion: A Replication And Extension, Julia C. Curtin

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No abstract provided.


An Analysis Of Polydipsia As Produced By A Multiple Schedule, Joseph J. Vaal Apr 1971

An Analysis Of Polydipsia As Produced By A Multiple Schedule, Joseph J. Vaal

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Polydipsia and contrast effects are two behavioral phenomena produced by manipulations of the reinforcement schedules under which the organisms are behaving. The present study created a complex situation by subjecting rats to a multiple reinforcement schedule. This situation allowed simultaneous examination of both operant and induced drinking behavior. Furthermore, this situation allowed for an examination of possible schedule interactions with respect to the induced and operant drinking behaviors.

It was expected that the results of this study would show that behavioral contrast effects could be obtained in a polydipsic situation. Even though the expected results were not obtained, it is …


Stimulus Control And The Effects Of Stimulus Change On Aggression In Children, Marilyn S. Arnett Apr 1971

Stimulus Control And The Effects Of Stimulus Change On Aggression In Children, Marilyn S. Arnett

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Five children has the opportunity at programmed intervals to shock a rat during daily 10 min sessions. An aggression response was defined as producing rat shock and reinforcement was not made contingent on any response within the experimental chamber. Response increment occurred for all subjects upon introduction of a visual cue which signaled shock period onset. A discrimination between shock and no-shock periods developed for all subjects and response increment occurred for all subjects due to a change in the manipulanda. Two subjects who initially preferred shocking the rat, also produced visual feedback when available, although average shock rate was …


The Development Of Behavioral Contrast In Human Subjects, Joel Steven Ray Apr 1971

The Development Of Behavioral Contrast In Human Subjects, Joel Steven Ray

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No abstract provided.


Strength Of Conditioned Reinforcement In Chain Schedules: The Effect Of Altering Minimum Time To Reinforcement, Robert P. Ludlow Apr 1971

Strength Of Conditioned Reinforcement In Chain Schedules: The Effect Of Altering Minimum Time To Reinforcement, Robert P. Ludlow

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No abstract provided.


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

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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

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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 …