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An investigation of the role of individual words in the comprehension of connected discourse
(1973)
Two experiments exploring the role of individual words in reading comprehension are reported. In the first experiment one group of subjects processed text for comprehension and another attempted retention of text words. ...
Reinforced practice and reduction of fear of water in children
(1976)
Reinforced practice was used to treat children for fear of water. The primary measure of fear reduction was a behavioural task involving approach and entry to water. A comparison of pre-and post-test scores on the ...
Effects of d-amphetamine sulfate and UCS-levels on one-way avoidance behaviour of two selectively bred strains of rat
(1973)
Two experiments were carried out involving 40 animals of RHA/Lu and RLA/Lu strains in a one-way active avoidance situation. Subjects were tested for avoidance conditioning and activity with seven behavioural measurements ...
A comparison between traditional and open-area classrooms as to creativity
(1972)
Children in grades three, four, and five, from an Open-area school, and children from similar grades in a Traditional setting were compared as to creativity. Twelve males, and twelve females were measured in each classroom. ...
Personality factors and treatment response in hospitalized male alcoholics
(1971)
The purpose of this thesis was to investigate the relationship between the personality of male alcoholics and their response to an in-patient treatment program. Twenty male alcoholic in-patients were tested on admission ...
The development of hypothesis testing behaviour in children
(1973)
This experiment investigated whether six, eight, and ten year-old children are capable of simultaneously using more than one hypothesis at a time, or whether children can test only one at a time in a discrimination learning ...
The role of repetition in free recall
(1972)
Three experiments investigated the hypothetical processes of organization and frequency, which have been advanced to explain the repetition effect in multi-trial free recall learning. Each experiment examined recall over ...
The influence of set on the discriminability of letters
(1973)
Four experiments were carried out to examine the effect of set on the discriminability of letters and words. Arrays were used containing two words and two nonwords, in which each word was identical in lettering to a nonword ...
Conditioned taste aversion in selectively bred rat strains
(1976)
Development of conditioned taste aversion was investigated in five strains of rats. The Roman low-avoidance conditioning
(RLA/Lu) and the Maudsely reactive CMR/Har/Lu) strains learned taste aversion faster than the Roman ...
The effects of intelligence on responses of young children after viewing aggressive and non-aggressive cartoon models
(1975)
Based on the research in social learning theory and aggression, the objectives of the following study are threefold: (1) to assess the effect of intelligence on the modelling process, (2) to extend current findings on ...