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Showing 1 to 20 of 122 for “"Behavioral psychology"”.
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Toward a New Psychological Model for Literary Analysis Illustrated by Contemporary Spiritual Self-Help Texts in Emerson's Tradition
… a new theoretical lens rooted in cognitive-behavioral psychology, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). ACT, which until now has not been used as a tool for literary analysis, offers an innovative framework through which not only spiritual self-help texts that have a similar purpose but …
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Applying the theory of planned behavior to respiratory protection utilization and behaviors of east-central Illinois pork producers
… guiding intervention activities. Recent use of behavioral psychology models has added insight into the beliefs and intentions of agricultural workers toward specific behaviors. This census study consisted of two phases. Phase one utilized the Theory of Planned Behavior to elicit the behavioral …
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Multisensory Therapeutic Garden for a General Special Education School
… architecture, architecture, planning, and behavioral psychology. By incorporating research from each field and tailoring the design to a generalized special education elementary school, this project aims to create a multisensory experience that incorporates opportunities for play, …
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Locational changes of headquarters of multinational corporations : a theoretical study on the motives and reasons for relocating Finnish divisional headquarters abroad
… . The theoretical aspects consist of cognitive psychology, and the aspect of management research which is represented b y strategic reference point theory and transaction cost theory, both of which rest on behavioral psychology. In the theoretical approach, these are used as avenues of deduction …
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Effects of celeration rate on behavioral fluency
In precision teaching, it has been argued that learning should continue until responding is fluent (i.e., it can be performed accurately and rapidly in the presence of distracting stimuli, even after a delay since its acquisition). Furthermore, it has been argued that the speed with which learners …
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Fixed -interval timeout from avoidance with humans
On fixed-interval (FI) schedules of reinforcement, humans and other animals often have different response patterns. For example, the pattern typically associated with animals is the scallop: a pause followed by a gradual acceleration in responding. Humans generally show terminal-minimum (i.e., …
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Effects of response-independent stimulus delivery and functional communication training
Two individuals with developmental delays with a history of problem behavior participated in this study. Its purpose was to examine the efficacy of combining two treatments demonstrated to reduce problem behavior: response-independent stimulus delivery and differential reinforcement of an …
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Persistence of response variation and repetition
… that theories of response strength, such as behavioral momentum theory, must take into account different response topographies.
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Effect of contextual variables on mealtime problem behavior in the natural environment
A growing body of research suggests that contingency-based interventions are effective for decreasing mealtime problem behavior and increasing the amount and variety of food accepted. To date, two published studies have examined the effects of specific contextual variables (food type and texture or …
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Effects of Fixed and Mixed Delays on Responding under Variable-Interval Schedules
Delays to reinforcement are ubiquitous in the natural environment, where those delays often vary. Still, most research examining delayed reinforcement has focused only on fixed delays. Little research has examined the effects of variable delays. Nonresetting fixed and mixed delays to reinforcement …
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Acute Sleep Organization Following Unanesthetized Circumcision of Neonates
Sleep changes in response to environmental pressures and the needs of individuals. The adaptability of sleep is noticeable following largely stressful or adverse events, and is understood to facilitate recovery. Rapid changes in sleep occur in-utero, during the days following birth, and across the …
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THE EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT IMMEDIATE HISTORIES OF REINFORCEMENT ON SUBSEQUENT RESPONDING IN YOUNG CHILDREN
Previous research has shown that providing continuous access to a stimulus decreases subsequent responding for that stimulus, and restricted access (i.e., no access) to a stimulus increases subsequent responding for that stimulus. An important implication of these findings is that certain immediate …
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The utility of two autism screening instruments in an urban low-income minority population
IMPORTANCE: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) represents a growing healthcare challenge that affects an estimated 1 in 68 children in the US. Early intervention can lead to improved long-term outcomes but access to these services is dependent on diagnosis. Diagnostic assessments are costly and …
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Technology use in the treatment and prevention of eating disorders
Technology is changing rapidly in this global world. A radically different delivery of nutrition information and counseling is technologically feasible in fewer than five years. With about half of girls and a quarter of boys being dissatisfied with their bodies during adolescence into young …
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Synergistic inhibition of cyclooxygenases and monoacylglycerol lipase in neuropathic pain
Neuropathic pain is caused by altered nerve function that often presents as allodynia, which is the painful perception of typically non-noxious stimuli. Neuropathic pain is commonly treated with GABA analogues, steroids, or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). NSAIDs inhibit one or more …
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The gray divide: a stage theory analysis of technology adoption by older adults
As governments and the private sector move more toward online communications and processes, a new, age related divide has emerged, a gray digital divide (McMurtrey, Zeltman & Griffin, 2012). The purpose of this quantitative study was to identify and analyze older adults respective stages of …
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Three essays in corporate finance
This dissertation consists of three essays in corporate finance. There are five chapters. In the first essay, we find that local gambling preferences have economically meaningful effects on corporate innovation. Using a county's Catholics-to-Protestants ratio as a proxy for local gambling …
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Prenatal stress alters fear-conditioned behaviors and the response to serotonergic drugs
… most notably the acoustic startle response and behavioral inhibition (i.e. freezing). PS rats do not differ in baseline peak startle responding, or in the habituation of the peak startle response when compared to the non-prenatally stressed (CON) rats. However, PS rats have greater peak …
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