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Pirot, Michael; Schubert, Josef – Social Behavior and Personality, 1977
Experimenter modeled affectionate physical contact in group of preschool children who imitated the behavior. This induced significant increase of affectionate behavior during free-play period. A group which imitated "neutral" physical contact and another that had imitated "warm" verbal contact did not show significant increase in affectionate…
Descriptors: Affection, Affective Behavior, Behavior Change, Imitation
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Ashton, R.; White, K. – Social Behavior and Personality, 1975
Groups of about 35 subjects were given Neutral, Low and High motivating instructions before completing the Shortened Form of Betts' Questionnaire upon Mental Imagery. The results for imaging scores in all seven sensory modalities tapped by this questionnaire indicated that the instructions significantly influenced subjects' responses. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Communication (Thought Transfer), Higher Education, Information Dissemination