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The Role of Mental Imagery in the Free Recall of Deaf, Blind, and Normal Subjects

Craig, Ellis M. (University of Alabama Libraries, 1971)

In recent years there has been increased concern with the functional significance of "mental imagery" in learning and memory. Prior to the advent of Behaviorism, mental imagery played a major role in the interpretation of ...
The Interaction of Locus of Control of Reinforcement and Frustration Effect

Serum, Camelia Sue (University of Alabama Libraries, 1972)

According to Amsel's theory of frustrative nonreward (Amsel, 1958), the frustration effect (FE) is manifested in more highly motivated behavior immediately subsequent to nonreward of a previously rewarded response. Moreover, ...
Reinforcer effectiveness of adult social approval of preschoolers as a function of the amount of previous disapproval

Nolan, William T. (1977)

The effectiveness of a reinforcer's control over an individual's behavior typically depends upon the contextual features of stimulus provision. The manipulation of these features may enhance or attenuate the effectiveness ...
Partial helplessness conditioning as a possible etiological factor in psychopathy

Johnson, Tucker Dunlap (University of Alabama Libraries, 1989)

The clinical syndrome characterized by chronic antisocial behavior is variously known as psychopathy, sociopathy, and antisocial personality disorder. The entrenched behavior patterns that hallmark this disorder result in ...
Fair Tests of Clinical Trials: A Treatment Implementation Model

Lichstein, Kenneth; Riedel, Brant W.; Grieve, Rick (1994)

We propose a psychotherapy treatment implementation model whereby adequate levels of independent treatment components: delivery, receipt, and enactment, are prerequisite to asserting a valid clinical trial had been conducted. ...
Contextual Factors in Risk and Prevention Research

Lochman, John (2004-07)

This paper reviews how cascading levels of contextual influences, starting with family factors and extending to neighborhood and school factors, can affect children’s behavioral and emotional development. The ability of ...
Girl Talk: Gossip, Friendship, and Sociometric Status

McDonald, Kristina L.; Putallaz, Martha; Grimes, Christina L.; Kupersmidt, Janis B.; Coie, John D. (2007)

This study examined the characteristics of gossip among fourth-grade girls and their close friends. Sixty friendship dyads were videotaped as they engaged in conversation, and their gossip was coded. Analyses revealed ...
Early Temperamental and Psychophysiological Precursors of Adult Psychopathic Personality

Glenn, Andrea; Raine, Adrian; Venables, Peter; Mednick, Sarnoff A. (2007)

Emerging research on psychopathy in children and adolescents raises the question of whether indicators, such as temperament or psychophysiology, exist very early in life in those with a psychopathic-like personality in ...
Vitamins and Sleep: An Exploratory Study

Lichstein, Kenneth; Payne, Kristen; Soeffing, James; Durrence, H. Heith; Taylor, Daniel; Riedel, Brant; Andrew, Bush (2007-12)

Study objective: We analyzed archival data from an epidemiology study to test the association between vitamin use and sleep. Design: Random digit dialing was used to recruit 772 people ranging in age from 20 to 98 for a ...
Brain Abnormalities in Antisocial Individuals: Implications for the Law

Yang, Yaling; Glenn, Andrea; Raine, Adrian (2008)

With the increasing popularity in the use of brain imaging on antisocial individuals, An increasing number of brain imaging studies have revealed structural and functional impairments in antisocial, psychopathic, and violent ...
The Neurobiology of Psychopathy

Glenn, Andrea; Raine, Adrain (2008)
Psychological Treatment of Insomnia in Hypnotic-dependant Older Adults

Lichstein, Kenneth; Nau, Sidney D.; Wilson, Nancy M.; Aguillard, R. Neal; Lester, Kristin W.; Bush, Andrew J.; McCrae, Christina S. (2008-01)

Objective: This study tested cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) in hypnotic-dependent, late middle-age and older adults with insomnia. Method: Seventy volunteers age 50 and older were randomized to CBT plus drug withdrawal, ...
Peer Contextual Influences on the Growth of Authority-Acceptance Problems in Early Elementary School

Stearns, Elizabeth; Dodge, Kenneth A.; Nicholson, Melba; Lochman, John; et al. (2008-04)

This study investigated the effects of the peer social context and child characteristics on the growth of authority-acceptance behavior problems across first, second, and third grades, using data from the normative sample ...
Does nodding cause contagious agreement?: the influence of juror nodding on perceptions of expert witness testimony

Simpson, Jolene Elizabeth (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

The act of head nodding is thought to convey a signal of agreement and approval of a message (Helweg-Larson, Cunningham, Carrico, & Pergram, 2004; Stivers, 2008). Head nodding has also been shown to affect attitude change ...
Repetitive behaviors and anxiety in children with autism spectrum disorder

DeRamus, Michelle (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

There has been limited research on repetitive behaviors in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) with little information about how repetitive behaviors in ASD differ from repetitive behaviors in other disorders, particularly ...
Gender disparity in the prediction of recidivism: the accuracy of the LSI-R modified

Evans, Stephanie Ann (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

During the last 50 years, the rate at which females enter the correctional system has increased exponentially. Despite this influx, risk assessment instruments remain geared toward male offenders. The Level of Service ...
The relation between Alzheimer's disease caregiving status, health-related possible selves, and health behaviors

Haley, Philip P. (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

Possible selves are personalized representations of the self in the future that may motivate individuals to strive toward desired states and avoid feared outcomes. Possible selves have been explored among many populations ...
Predictors of coping success in children with functional abdominal pain: the influence of executive function and attention regulation

Hocking, Matthew (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

Theoretical models of adjustment to chronic illness underscore the influence of executive function and attention regulation in children's coping attempts, yet few studies have investigated the relations between these ...
To flatter the jury: ingratiation effects during closing arguments

Ziemke, Mitchell H. (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

ABSTRACT The current study investigated the effect of defense attorney ingratiation during closing arguments of criminal trials. Previous research has shown ingratiation to be a powerful tool of social persuasion across ...
Computer-mediated persuasion: emoticons as a proxy for nonverbal behavior

Muscanell, Nicole Lori (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

The current research examined whether or not emoticons (in this case, smiley faces) could be used as proxies for nonverbal behavior when inserted into email discussions. Specifically, previous research has suggested that ...

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