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Hiromori, Tomohito – Journal for the Psychology of Language Learning, 2021
Student engagement in the second language classroom has been the focus of numerous researchers and teachers. Previous studies have shown that there are several dimensions of student engagement, but it is still unclear how they change (or not) over time and consequently how they affect actual task performance. This study investigated the task…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learner Engagement, Task Analysis
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Macpherson, Tom; Morita, Makiko; Wang, Yanyan; Sasaoka, Toshikuni; Sawa, Akira; Hikida, Takatoshi – Learning & Memory, 2016
Considerable evidence has demonstrated a critical role for the nucleus accumbens (NAc) in the acquisition and flexibility of behavioral strategies. These processes are guided by the activity of two discrete neuron types, dopamine D1- or D2-receptor expressing medium spiny neurons (D1-/D2-MSNs). Here we used the IntelliCage, an automated…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Neuropsychology, Inhibition, Behavior Change
Brown, Sarah A.; Menendez, David; Alibali, Martha W. – Grantee Submission, 2019
Why do people change their strategies for solving problems? In this research, we tested whether negative feedback and the context in which learners encounter a strategy influence their likelihood of adopting that strategy. In particular, we examined whether strategy adoption varied when learners were exposed to a target strategy in isolation, in…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, Learning Strategies, Problem Solving, Feedback (Response)
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Zonca, Joshua; Coricelli, Giorgio; Polonio, Luca – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2020
In our everyday life, we often need to anticipate the potential occurrence of events and their consequences. In this context, the way we represent contingencies can determine our ability to adapt to the environment. However, it is not clear how agents encode and organize available knowledge about the future to react to possible states of the…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Individual Differences, Task Analysis, Futures (of Society)
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Zhang, Zhe – Language Learning Journal, 2022
The concept of learner engagement has traditionally been examined in the field of education and it has been found to be associated with positive educational outcomes. While several studies in second language acquisition have looked at learner engagement with corrective feedback, there is a dearth of research investigating its relevance to…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Affective Behavior
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Sayed Ismail, Hanan Mohamed; Dhaidan Al-Dhaidan, Al-Humidi Mohamed – Psycho-Educational Research Reviews, 2020
The Personal intelligence is one of the multiple intelligences concerned with individuals' internal characteristics. It plays a major role in understanding of oneself in all one's aspects being aware of one's abilities and acting accordingly. personal intelligence also reveals the extent of individual's honesty with themselves and enhances their…
Descriptors: Therapy, Cognitive Restructuring, Behavior Change, Multiple Intelligences
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Cheng, Kun-Hung; Hou, Huei-Tse – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2015
Previous research regarding peer assessment has investigated the relationships between peer feedback and learners' performance. However, few studies investigate in-depth learning processes during technology-assisted peer assessment activities, particularly from affective, cognitive, and metacognitive perspectives. This study conducts a series of…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Student Behavior, Metacognition, Peer Evaluation
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Somerville, Leah H.; Jones, Rebecca M.; Casey, B. J. – Brain and Cognition, 2010
Adolescence is a developmental period that entails substantial changes in affective and incentive-seeking behavior relative to both childhood and adulthood, including a heightened propensity to engage in risky behaviors and experience persistent negative and labile mood states. This review discusses the emotional and incentive-driven behavioral…
Descriptors: Cues, Adolescent Development, Social Environment, Affective Behavior
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Nagy, Emese – Developmental Psychology, 2008
In most of our social life we communicate and relate to others. Successful interpersonal relating is crucial to physical and mental well-being and growth. This study, using the still-face paradigm, demonstrates that even human neonates (n = 90, 3-96 hr after birth) adjust their behavior according to the social responsiveness of their interaction…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Social Life, Neonates, Interpersonal Relationship
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Yamagami, Toshiko – Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 1971
Four variations of the thought stopping technique were applied to a color naming obsession. After 17 treatment sessions the frequency of this obsession had decreased by 95 percent, and a month later it was entirely absent. It did not recur in the course of a seven month followup period. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Processes, Methods
Spice, Martha B. – Training and Development Journal, 1982
The author explores the theory of changing basic thought processes in order to improve personal performance on the job. This entails helping people identify their existing thoughts and replacing the ones that won't support performance goals with those that will. (CT)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Processes, Job Performance
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Watson, Charles G. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1972
An attempt to determine which subgroups of schizophrenics tend to engage in manipulatory behavior proved unproductive. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Processes, Emotional Disturbances
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Wolpe, Joseph – Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 1971
A woman who had from childhood suffered from neurotic anxieties of an interpersonal kind had for 10 years been plagued with insistent and fruitless negative thoughts about herself. This transcript deals mainly with her objections to the technique of thought stopping and the efforts that were made to overcome them. (Author)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Theories
Pate, James L.; Broughton, Elizabeth – Psychol Rep, 1970
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Processes
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Braswell, Lauren; And Others – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 1982
Results indicated that, despite SES group variation in level of performance, improvement (when it occurred) was evident for both high and low SES groups of children referred for classroom problems. (Author/SW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Processes
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