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Evaluative Conditioning in Humans: A Meta-Analysis
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Hofmann, Wilhelm; De Houwer, Jan; Perugini, Marco; Baeyens, Frank; Crombez, Geert – Psychological Bulletin, 2010
This article presents a meta-analysis of research on "evaluative conditioning" (EC), defined as a change in the liking of a stimulus (conditioned stimulus; CS) that results from pairing that stimulus with other positive or negative stimuli (unconditioned stimulus; US). Across a total of 214 studies included in the main sample, the mean…
Descriptors: Stimuli, Conditioning, Effect Size, Meta Analysis
Assessment of Cheating Behavior in Young School-Age Children: Distinguishing Normative Behaviors from Risk Markers of Externalizing Psychopathology
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Callender, Kevin A.; Olson, Sheryl L.; Kerr, David C. R.; Sameroff, Arnold J. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2010
The central goal of this longitudinal study was to develop a laboratory-based index of children's covert cheating behavior that distinguished normative rule violations from those that signal risk for antisocial behavior. Participants (N = 215 children) were drawn from a community population and oversampled for externalizing behavior problems…
Descriptors: Conceptual Tempo, Behavior Problems, Cheating, Mothers
Solidarity and Conflict between Adult Children and Parents: A Latent Class Analysis
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van Gaalen, Ruben I.; Dykstra, Pearl A. – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2006
Using multiple dimensions of solidarity and conflict in a latent class analysis, we develop a typology of adult child-parent relationships. The data (N = 4,990) are from the first wave of the Netherlands Kinship Panel Study. In descending order of relationship quality, the 5 types are harmonious (akin to relationships with friends), ambivalent…
Descriptors: Classification, Parent Child Relationship, Affective Behavior, Gender Differences
Further Evidence on Preschoolers' Interpretation of Facial Expressions.
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Bullock, Merry; Russell, James A. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1985
Assessed through two studies the organization and basis for preschool children's (n=240) and adults' (n=60) categorization of emotions. In one, children and adults chose facial expressions that exemplify emotion categories such as fear, anger, and happiness. In another they grouped emotions differing in arousal level or pleasure-displeasure…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Age Differences, Arousal Patterns, Classification
Defining and Measuring Psychomotor Performance
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Autio, Ossi – Journal on School Educational Technology, 2007
Psychomotor performance is fundamental to human existence. It is important in many real world activities and nowadays psychomotor tests are used in several fields of industry, army, and medical sciences in employee selection. This article tries to define psychomotor activity by introducing some psychomotor theories. Furthermore the…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Measurement Techniques, Theories, Correlation
Children's Perceptions of Mood-Related Activities: Development of the Pleasant and Unpleasant Activities Surveys.
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Wierzbicki, Michael – 1992
P. M. Lewinsohn has theorized that depression is related to the amount of positive reinforcement that an individual receives. Lewinsohn has supported this model in adults by showing that depression is correlated with an increase in unpleasant activities and a decrease in pleasant activities. This study extended Lewinsohn's model by developing…
Descriptors: Activities, Adults, Affective Behavior, Age Differences