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Showing 1 to 20 of 58 for “"Introductory Psychology"”.
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Representation and Accuracy : An Examination of School Psychology Content in Introductory Psychology Textbooks
… the representation and accuracy of school psychology content in introductory psychology textbooks. A word count was conducted on each textbook to determine the number of words devoted to school psychology, as well as clinical, counseling, and I/O psychology. Average word count was …
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Examining the Effects of Active Responding on Student Performance in an Introductory Psychology Course
… and delayed performance of students in an introductory psychology course. The clickers were used to promote students' active responding in small-group lectures/discussion sessions in an alternating reversal (exposure vs. lack of exposure to active responding promoted by clickers) design …
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An Experimental Study of the Effect of Using the Overhead Projector in a College Introductory Psychology Class
The purpose of this study was to investigate the possibility that visual materials “custom tailored” to a professor’s specification and integrated with his lectures might improve student achievement on standardized objective tests.
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The relationship between the flipped classroom and critical thinking, academic performance, student perceptions, and student evaluations in an introductory psychology course
… of students from two sections of a General Psychology course at a private, liberal arts university during one full fall semester. Treatments were counterbalanced so that each group of participants experienced the models in a different order. Individual qualitative interviews were conducted …
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Gratitude as a Mechanism by which Agreeable Individuals Maintain Good Quality Interpersonal Relationships
… 158 same-sex best friend pair recruited from the Introductory Psychology subject pool at the University of Toronto, Mississauga. Each friend made self- and informant ratings of agreeableness and dispositional gratitude. Friends also made self-ratings of friendship quality. Structural equation …
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The Effect of Art-Making on Emotion by Unilateral Hemispheric Activation
… state. The participants were 133 adults from introductory psychology classes at the College at Brockport, State University of New York. Participants drew on a piece of paper located either to the right or left of the center of the table for five minutes while wearing goggles that directed …
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The effects of subliminal weapons effect on aggressive behavior in college level students
… up for the study to receive credit for their introductory psychology course. The subjects were then randomly assigned to one of the two conditions; the subliminal weapons effect conditioned consisted of a poster of "Scarface" holding a gun pointed toward the subject on the blackboard (the …
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The Relationships Among Disability Type, Religious Orientation, Awareness and Accommodation Type and Perceived Reasonableness of Accommodation
… accommodations. One hundred seventy seven introductory psychology students (87 men and 90 women) participated in the study. Ninety four subjects completed a survey regarding accommodations for persons with physical disabilities and 83 subjects completed a survey regarding accommodations for …
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An Experimental Analysis of Superstitious Behavior in College Males
… 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 …
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The effects of manning level on task performance and perceived crowding
Forty-four introductory psychology students from Virginia Tech took part in a study concerning manning levels and the perception of crowding and related experiences. A new apparatus was designed and built (an HO-gauge train set) to manipulate manning level, physical constraint (using two different …
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Test-retest reliability and discriminant validity of the computerized personality disorder interview
… of male and female students from a university introductory psychology course, employees from a general hospital and volunteers from a metropolitan community. Subjects completed the Computerized Personality Disorder Interview (C-PDI) on two occasions separated by an interval of one week. …
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Auditory Stimulation and Its Effect on Spatial Temporal Ability
… Seventy-five college students enrolled in introductory psychology classes were exposed to one of three types of auditory stimulation, followed by two measures of spatial ability. The Purdue Visualization of Developments test correlates with tests of spatial orientation and require …
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Revealing Socially Undesirable Information: A Comparison of Bipolar Adjective Scaling Methods
… formats. Using both a university sample of introductory psychology students and an applied sample of police officers during a promotional exam, the present study examined two bipolar adjective scaling methods (paired-comparison and semantic differential) to determine scaling effects on test …
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The role of attributional style, dysfunctional attitudes, and negative life events on depression in college students
… and future depression scores; Ninety-eight introductory psychology students completed a series of questionnaires at four separate time periods. Trends were obtained for both attributional style and dysfunctional attitudes to interact with negative events to predict initial depression scores. …
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Social Responses to HIV Positive Suicide Ideators.
… <p>Men (101) and women (137) enrolled in introductory psychology courses participated in the study. Participants completed a short demographic questionnaire, read one of four scenarios, and completed the Attitudes and Helping Behavior Scale (AHBS) designed to measure the participantsÆ …
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FACTORS AFFECTING PERSISTENCE RATES AMONG COLLEGE FRESHMEN
… students enrolled in fall semester 2009 in an introductory psychology course. Participants were asked to fill out a questionnaire about their college experience, demographics and family background. Survival analysis and binary logistic regression was used to evaluate the effect of each factor …
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Psychology and the Theatre: A Qualitative Experiment in Actor Training
Psychology and theatre have a remarkable amount in common. In using the basic concepts and theories of psychology, actors can develop more concrete, logical approaches to characters. This thesis is a summation of the course I developed, "Psychology and the Theatre," which was an attempt to teach …
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The Effects of a Career Development Course on Career and College Major Decision-Making in College Students
… class and comparison group students enrolled in Introductory Psychology (PSYX 100), and Intimate and Family Relationship (COUN 295) classes at The University of Montana. Students were assessed at the beginning and the end of the Spring and Fall semesters, 2010 by using the Career Decision …
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Mindfulness as a Predictor of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptomatology in an Experiential Avoidance Model
… of experiential avoidance. A sample of 378 introductory psychology students completed questionnaire packets in individuals rooms to insure confidentiality of sensitive material. Based on a pencil-and-paper self-report measure of PTSD symptoms, the sample was divided into 3 groups: PTSD group …
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The Effects of a Career Development Course on Career and College Major Decision-Making in College Students
… class and comparison group students enrolled in Introductory Psychology (PSYX 100), and Intimate and Family Relationship (COUN 295) classes at The University of Montana. Students were assessed at the beginning and the end of the Spring and Fall semesters, 2010 by using the Career Decision …
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