The experimenter bias effect was re-examined under more rigorous controls and a more elaborate experimental design than has typically been found in previous studies of the same topic. Thirty student Es administered a ...

It was the purpose of this dissertation, one of two interrelated concurrent studies to explore areas of possible relationship between modes of defensive behavior in adults and early developmental experience of these adults, ...

Problem: The aim of thia investigation was to try to ascertain, by means of paper and pencil examinations, any psychological personality differences between Interscholastic football players and a control group. The Instrument ...

This study was undertaken to determine the effects of preweaning signalled and unsignalled shock on adult behavior and susceptibility to stress-induced gastric ulcers in albino rats. Fifty-four animals were separated into ...

Two experiments were conducted to test the following hypotheses: a) there is no systematic increase in speed of simple reaction time (RT) over trials if no positive verbal reinforcement is given; b) the reinforcer "good" ...

The purpose of the study was to determine the effects of facial disfigurement, resulting from severe burns, on the community adjustment of teenagers. The study was conducted within the theoretical framework of ecological ...

Purpose of this study. The purpose of this study is the comparison of responses to frustration and stress-producing situations of "prompt" patients who seek immediate medical care upon the onset of cancer symptoms and ...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the significance of separation anxiety as an etiological factor in the school refusal syndrome. The thematic protocols of 50 preadolescent school refusal (SR) children and 30 ...

Resistance to extinction was examined as a function of the interactive effects of reward magnitude and intertrial intervals (ITIs). Running times in a straight-alley runway were obtained from 64 rats during acquisition and ...