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Showing 1 to 20 of 197 for “"Responsivity"”.
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Examining experiences that develop responsivity in practitioners
… I have examined throughout this study: responsivity. What is it? Is it important for a practitioner to develop? If so, how can it be developed? In no way is this an "answer book" for teachers to adhere to. It is a collection of thoughts and ideas from an array of "insiders" who have …
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Reward responsivity and the development of nicotine dependence
… of other reinforcers and, as such, it can affect responsivity to reward. This possibility was investigated in the present research. Specifically, it was hypothesised that reward responsivity would decrease in withdrawal; the difference between responsivity in withdrawal and satiation (smoking …
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Stress and Anxiety in ADHD: Links to sensory over-responsivity
… information. SMD, and specifically sensory over-responsivity (SOR), has been correlated with stress and anxiety in some developmentally delayed populations and has been associated with structures and functions of the hypothalamic-pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis. Recent attention has been given to …
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Tailor-made: therapist to patient ‘responsivity’ in counselling and psychotherapy
This study explores unusual interventions (UIs) in counselling and psychotherapy, as defined by Akhtar (2011, p. xvii): “Clinical surprises...when the [therapist] makes a radical departure from the set and familiar rules of technique”. There is currently a paucity of literature and research in this …
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Emotional responsivity in people high and low in trait positive affect
… low in TPA. The current study examined emotional responsivity in forty-five undergraduates who scored either high or low in trait positive affect. Participants' reactions to emotional stimuli were assessed in two phases, a startle testing phase in which affective modulation of startle was assessed …
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Anxiety as a determinant of differential responsivity to reward and punishment
Reward and punishment have been studied in the laboratory for their relative effects on learning processes and on perceptual processes they have been studied in the classroom for their relative effects on learning and on modification of performance of various motor and mental tasks; they have been …
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The responsivity of neonatal chicks to conspecific distress and contentment vocalizations
… conditions (Experiments 3 and 4) on chick responsivity to conspecific vocalizations were also examined. The results indicated that contentment vocalization stimulation produced lower approach latencies and higher activity levels than distress vocalization stimulation. Moreover, many of the …
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Physiological Correlates of Maternal Responsivity In Mothers of Preschools With Fragile X Syndrome
<p>Maternal responsivity is comprised of warm, nurturing, and stable parenting behaviors and has been found to be associated with increased cognitive, social, emotional, and language development in typically developing children and children with disabilities. Recent research in typically developing …
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Sensory over-responsivity in children of 3-5 years: A descriptive, analytical study
BACKGROUND: Sensory over-responsivity (SOR) is a type of Sensory Modulation Disorder (SMD), where the individual has an over-responsive behavioural reaction to non-harmful or non-threatening sensory stimulation, which is out of proportion to the stimulus. SOR can negatively impact a child’s …
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Relationship of Parent-Child Temperament and Parent Responsivity on Language Outcomes in Autistic Children
… as well as the relationship between parent responsivity and parent-child temperament in autistic children. Participants were 25 parent-child dyads of autistic children between the ages 2 and 8 years of age (18 boys, 7 girls). Parents provided ratings of their temperament and their child's …
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Effects of a learned helplessness task and infant temperament on mothers' responsivity to infant cry sounds
… caregiving experiences in mediating their responsivity to salient infant cues.
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EXAMINING THE NEUROBIOLOGY OF NON-SUICIDAL SELF-INJURY IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS: THE ROLE OF REWARD RESPONSIVITY
… associations between NSSI engagement and responsivity to rewards and losses in youth with and without a lifetime engagement in NSSI. We employed a task-based functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study to examine differences between regions of interest (ROIs; ventral and dorsal …
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A Meta-Analysis of Intimate Partner Violence Treatment Programs: The Role of Risk-Need-Responsivity in Treatment Effectiveness
… active steps towards adhering to the Risk-Need-Responsivity (RNR) framework, ITPs have done so in a more limited manner.</p> <p>The conflicting research regarding ITP effectiveness make it an ideal topic to be assessed with meta-analytic methods. The current dissertation relied on a …
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The Effect of Effort and Task Orientation on The Motivator Orientation and Verbal Responsivity of Chronic Schizophrenic Patients and Normals
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Comparing Therapist Responsivity to Resistance Markers in Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy and Motivational Interviewing Integrated with Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy for Generalized Anxiety
While therapist supportive, rather than directive, strategies have been particularly indicated during client resistance, little systematic research has examined how therapists responsively navigate resistance (Aviram et al., 2016; Westra & Norouzian, 2018). In the context of Cognitive-Behavioural …
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Strain-engineered CMOS-compatible Ge photodetectors
… the first CMOS process compatible high-responsivity Ge p-i-n diodes for 1.55 [mu]m wavelengths. The thermal expansion mismatch between Ge epilayers and Si substrates was used to engineer tensile strain upon cooling from the growth temperature. This 0.2% tensile strain results in a …
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Room-Temperature Terahertz Detection Based on Graphene and Plasmonic Antenna Arrays
… availability of powerful THz sources and high-responsivity, fast THz detectors. Current commercial products used to detect THz radiation, like Golay cells and pyroelectric detectors, have only slow detection rates and poor sensitivities. Other commercial THz detectors, like bolometers, are more …
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