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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Peer attitudes"”.
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Peer Attitudes Toward Giftedness
… gifted students do feel stigmatized by their peers, while Luftig and Nichol (1990) found that only gifted girls were stigmatized. Conversely, a study by Guskin, Okolo, Zimmerman and Peng, (1986) found that gifted student’s peers viewed them as being popular. The current study attempted to …
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Peer Attitudes Toward Giftedness
… gifted students do feel stigmatized by their peers, while Luftig and Nichol (1990) found that only gifted girls were stigmatized. Conversely, a study by Guskin, Okolo, Zimmerman and Peng, (1986) found that gifted student’s peers viewed them as being popular. The current study attempted to …
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Verbal Conditioning with Vicarious Reinforcement as Related to Peer Attitudes in Grade-School Children
… present study was to determine the effects of peer attitudes toward performers in a verbal conditioning experiment using vicarious reinforcement, and to determine whether birth order or need for social approval had any effect on conditioning. Fifth grade and sixth grade students served as …
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The Effect of Partner Augmented Input on Peer Attitudes Toward a Child Using Augmentative Or Alternative Communication
… of a facilitator's use of augmented input on attitudes of children toward peers who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). Participants viewed a video tape of a child using voice output communicating with an adult. In the experimental condition the facilitator provided augmented …
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Classroom intervention to change peers' attitudes towards children who stutter: a pilot study six months post-intervention
… (CCR) intervention was developed to improve peer attitudes towards children who stutter (CWS). This pilot study will inform the feasibility of a Randomised Control Trial (RCT) through the following aims: 1. To analyse selected procedural aspects including recruitment, participation and re …
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The Influence of Social Norms on Attitudes Toward Help Seeking Behavior of College Undergraduates at a Major Midwestern University
… them from seeking services. Research shows that peer attitudes and beliefs have tremendous influence over individual decision making. The issue of mental health is no exception. Social norms theory asserts that individuals often misperceive the attitudes and beliefs of their peers allowing these …
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Effectiveness of the classroom communication resource in changing primary school learners' attitudes towards children who stutter after one month: A feasibility study
… who stutter are bullied and teased by their peers, especially in the primary schooling years. The Classroom Communication resource (CCR) was developed as a teacher-administered classroom-based education programme aiming to improve peers' attitudes towards CWS. The focus of this feasibility …
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The Classroom Communication Resource (CCR) intervention to change grade 7 peers' attitudes towards children who stutter (CWS) in the Western Cape: a randomised controlled trial
… children who stutter (CWS) through changing the attitudes of their peers. The intervention, the Classroom Communication Resource (CCR), was implemented by teachers in classrooms. The primary objective of the main study was to determine the effectiveness of the CCR through a cluster Randomised …
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Stereotypes among psychology graduate students toward peers who are pregnant/mothers
… among psychology graduate students toward peers who are pregnant and/or are mothers. It was hypothesized that negative stereotypes toward peers who are mothers and/or are pregnant would be found within psychology graduate programs. Additionally, it was predicted that gender differences …