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Stimulus-Seeking Motivation and Delinquent Behavior Among Institutionalized Delinquent Girls
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Farley, Frank H.; Sonja V. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1972
The main experimental hypothesis of this study, that high sensation seeking subjects would be characterized by a significantly greater number of escape attempts than low sensation seeking subjects, has been strongly supported. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Correctional Institutions, Delinquency, Delinquent Behavior
Motivation and the Recall of Completed and Incompleted Achievement Items
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Farley, Frank H.; Mealiea, Wallace L., Jr. – Journal of Educational Research, 1973
The Zeigarnik effect, that is, the greater recall of incompleted over completed tasks was found to be significantly more frequent in Ss of high than low resultant achievement motivation, but no difference was found between repressors and sensitizers in this effect. (Authors)
Descriptors: Aspiration, College Students, Data Analysis, Females
Dream Recall and Individual Differences
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Farley, Frank H.; And Others – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1971
Descriptors: Age Differences, College Students, Imagination, Individual Characteristics
Academic Achievement and Resultant and Academic Achievement Motivation
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Farley, Frank H.; Truog, Anthony L. – Psychological Reports, 1971
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Individual Differences
Individual Differences in Arousal and Their Relationship to Short- and Long-Term Retention. Report From the Project on Motivation and Individual Differences in Learning and Retention.
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Osborne, John W.; Farley, Frank H. – 1971
In two separate paired-associate learning experiments each employing 40 university students as subjects, the contribution of individual differences (IDs) in arousal to short- and long-term retention was investigated using IDs in salivary response to lemon juice stimulation as an index of arousal. Experimental subjects were pre-selected out of 184…
Descriptors: Arousal Patterns, College Students, Experimental Psychology, Individual Differences