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Stangeland, Lindsay A.; Smith, Dean P.; Rapp, John T. – Behavior Modification, 2012
In two experiments, the authors evaluated the extent to which (a) individuals preferred engaging in object stereotypy versus observing an experimenter while the experimenter engaged in object stereotypy and (b) an experimenter's engagement in object stereotypy decreased the participants' engagement in object stereotypy. Results of Experiment 1…
Descriptors: Visual Perception, Stereotypes, Behavior Patterns, Researchers
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Knudsen, Daniel P.; Gentner, Timothy Q. – Brain and Language, 2010
Songbirds share a number of parallels with humans that make them an attractive model system for studying the behavioral and neurobiological mechanisms that underlie the learning and processing of vocal communication signals. Here we review the perceptual and cognitive mechanisms of audition in birds, and emphasize the behavioral and neural basis…
Descriptors: Singing, Auditory Perception, Animals, Learning Processes
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Lewis, Mark H.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1987
In response to a previous article proposing perceptual reinforcement of stereotyped movements in autistic and mentally retarded persons, it is argued that this theory fails to take into account biological findings and theory regarding pathological stereotyped acts. An alternative theory derived from neurological concepts is suggested. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Patterns, Neurology, Perception
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Eckman, Bruce K. – ETC: A Review of General Semantics, 1977
Describes Milgram's experiments in which individuals (assigned the role of "teacher") obeyed instructions to administer what they thought were severe electric shocks to "learners," and reports criticisms of the findings. Concludes that the experiments were sound and that they demonstrate that morality is situation-related…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Moral Values, Power Structure
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Park, Hyun-Sook; And Others – Journal of Experimental Education, 1990
The reliability of visual inspection in single-case research was investigated by determining agreement among 5 judges visually inspecting 44 graphs depicting behavior from baseline to intervention. Agreement between visual inspection and statistical procedures was determined. Implications for single-case research are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Evaluation Methods, Evaluators, Graphs
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Griffin, Gloria; Chance, Edward W. – Journal of School Leadership, 1994
Summarizes a study that expands the contextual parameters of effective schools research by defining the school district as a macro social system containing individual schools as microsocial systems. Analyzes principals' and superintendents' perceptions of six identified effective schools to determine the significance of the superintendent's role…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Beliefs, Effective Schools Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Nilan, Pam – 1990
Analysis of the discourse in an informal interview with a 14-year-old, female, Australian high school student takes a feminist poststructuralist perspective, applying concepts from ethnomethodology. In the course of talking about her social world, the subject articulates two distinct discourses of adolescent femininity. As an observable…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Discourse Analysis, Ethnology