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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Behaviorism (Psychology)"”.
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Youths as behavior change agents in an institution
<p>Behavioral studies have shown that youths in various settings can function effectively as behavior change agents. This study used five 15 to 18 year old male youths in a closed institutional setting as behavior change agents for five male Youth Counselors. Youths specified staff behaviors they …
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Behavioral Contrast and Alternative Response Key Availability
The Problem. This study investigated the interaction of schedules of reinforcement on behavior, replicating and extending Keller's (1 974) research. Expanded methodology included two control manipulations designed to clarify Keller's previously ambiguous findings. The influence of stimulus …
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Effects of Constructive Training on Performance in a Frustration Task
35 leaves. Advisor: Jon Kropfl
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Students' views of classroom management strategies in assertive discipline and constructivist classroom settings
1 PDF file (viii, 244 pages)
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Volitional ethanol consumption as a function of auditorily induced stress
<p>The literature on alcohol is replete with studies attempting to determine whether or not the relief of tension (i.e.; certain hypothesized aversive states such as fear, anxiety, and frustration, which ~an influence behavior) plays a role in the etiology of moderate and excessive drinking by …
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Effects of Delay of Reinforcement on Problem Solving Behavior
This study was designed to investigate the effects of delay of feedback in a programmed instruction task, retention, and subsequent problem solving behavior. The instructional material in symbolic logic was specifically presented in such a way as to introduce certain basic logical concepts and …
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An experimental analysis of task refusal : examining the effects of transitions between academic tasks
The purpose of the study was to do an experimental analysis of task refusal around academic demands for one girl with developmental disability. Task refusal was analyzed in two different experimental analyses, the first a demand analysis, testing if the behavior was maintained by an escape from …
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Towards an implicit measure of religiousness-spirituality.
This series of studies examined statistical associations between a newly-developed implicit measure of religiousness-spirituality, well-validated explicit measures and pro-social behavior. In Study 1, undergraduates (n = 109) at a private institution completed self-report measures of a broad …