Coacting Group Effects of Learning and Performance across Anxiety Levels (open access)

Coacting Group Effects of Learning and Performance across Anxiety Levels

The problem with which this study is concerned is that of determining the effects of coacting groups and test anxiety on the learning and performing abilities of children. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of small coacting groups and test anxiety on specific "performance" and "learning" tasks. This study also provides a direct test of Zajonc's theory.
Date: August 1972
Creator: Stevens, Jimmy L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effects of Continuous Versus Non-Continuous Noise and Level of Intensity on a Serial Learning Task (open access)

The Effects of Continuous Versus Non-Continuous Noise and Level of Intensity on a Serial Learning Task

The present study was designed to investigate the effects of two noise conditions, continuous and noncontinuous noise, and three intensity levels, upon a serial learning task and the interaction effects of these factors on learning.
Date: August 1972
Creator: Ware, William S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Birth Order and Parent-Child Relations (open access)

Birth Order and Parent-Child Relations

The purpose of this study was to investigate the birth order differences in perception of parental child-rearing practices in one-and two-sibling families. The two-sibling families were separated into all the possible sex permutations (male-male, female-female, male-female, female-male) to assess the influence of sex of sibling in viewing the parents' child-rearing practices.
Date: August 1972
Creator: Hale, Allyn Kay
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of Meaningfulness, Position, and Overlearning on Selective Stimulus Encoding in Paired-Associate Learning (open access)

The Effect of Meaningfulness, Position, and Overlearning on Selective Stimulus Encoding in Paired-Associate Learning

The present experiment was an attempt to study to joint effects of stimulus component meaningfulness, positional cues, and overlearning upon cue selection in recall and, additionally, to test the stimulus component independence hypothesis advanced by Wichawut and Martin (1970).
Date: August 1972
Creator: Molavi, Hossein
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Preference for Simplicity or Complexity as a Function of Personality (open access)

A Preference for Simplicity or Complexity as a Function of Personality

This study is designed to determine if people have a particular stimulus or perceptual preference which is congruent with their personality. Seventy-six male and female college students completed three personality tests, consisting of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, the Revised Art Scale of the Welsh Figure Preference Test, and the Gough Adjective Check List. A preference for simplicity or complexity in designs for four different personality dimensions was examined. The personality dimension of introversion and extroversion was looked at in particular.
Date: August 1972
Creator: Norman, Susan
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Comparative Effectiveness of Behavior Rehearsal and Systematic Desensitization in the Treatment of Social Anxiety (open access)

The Comparative Effectiveness of Behavior Rehearsal and Systematic Desensitization in the Treatment of Social Anxiety

The present study was concerned with comparing the relative effectiveness of behavior rehearsal and systematic desensitization in the treatment of social anxiety.
Date: May 1972
Creator: Friedberg, Roger M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Physiological and Verbal Responses to Erotic Visual Stimuli in a Female Population (open access)

Physiological and Verbal Responses to Erotic Visual Stimuli in a Female Population

In recent years, there has been a growing acceptance of sexual behavior as a legitimate area of research. An impetus for research utilizing erotic visual stimuli was supplied by the Presidential appointment of the Commission on Obscenity and Pornography (1963). Research into the effects of erotic visual stimuli has typically employed male subjects (Neiger, 1966). The paucity of adequate research has not been a deterrent to the formulation of strong opinions regarding the nature of female sexuality. The present research has focused on female responses to visual representations of the nude male figure.
Date: December 1972
Creator: Hamrick, Narecia D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Investigation of the Relationship between Intelligence, Self-Concept and Social Competency among the Mentally Retarded (open access)

An Investigation of the Relationship between Intelligence, Self-Concept and Social Competency among the Mentally Retarded

The purpose of this study is to add to the body of knowledge concerning intelligence, self-concept, and social competency as related to the habilitation of retardates by investigating the following problem: what is the relationship between intelligence, self-concept, and social competency among the mentally retarded?
Date: December 1972
Creator: Terrill, Nolan Allan
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Use of Systematic Desensitization in the Prevention of Pervasive Anxiety (open access)

The Use of Systematic Desensitization in the Prevention of Pervasive Anxiety

This investigation was concerned with the potential effectiveness of systematic desensitization as a technique in the prevention of pervasive anxiety. It was hypothesized for investigatory purposes, that if two specific, potentially anxiety-evoking stimuli could be pre-desensitized, this would be strongly suggestive that pre-desensitization programs might also prove successful in the prevention of pervasive anxiety.
Date: August 1972
Creator: Jaremko, Matthew E.
System: The UNT Digital Library