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Effects of Attention on the Strength of Lexical Influences on Speech Perception: Behavioral Experiments and Computational Mechanisms
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Mirman, Daniel; McClelland, James L.; Holt, Lori L.; Magnuson, James S. – Cognitive Science, 2008
The effects of lexical context on phonological processing are pervasive and there have been indications that such effects may be modulated by attention. However, attentional modulation in speech processing is neither well documented nor well understood. Experiment 1 demonstrated attentional modulation of lexical facilitation of speech sound…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Word Recognition, Cognitive Processes, Phonology
Comparative Effects of Cognitive Modification, Systematic Desensitization, and Speech Preparation in the Reduction of Speech and General Anxiety
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Weissberg, Michael; Lamb, Douglas – Communication Monographs, 1977
Compares the effectiveness of cognitive modification, systematic desensitization and speech preparation in the reduction of speech and general anxiety. Results indicate that the cognitive modification program is highly effective in reducing both types of anxiety. (MH)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavior Theories, Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Processes
Toward a Message-Centered Theory of Persuasion: Three Empirical Investigations of Language Intensity
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Burgoon, Michael J.; And Others – Human Communication Research, 1975
Reports the results of three separate studies designed to test hypotheses about the effects of language intensity on attitude change. See CS 703 560 for availability. (MH)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavior Theories, Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Processes
Perceptions of Information Sequencing in Relationship Development
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Berger, Charles R.; And Others – Human Communication Research, 1976
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Processes, Communication (Thought Transfer), Discourse Analysis
Effects of Conceptual Structure on Information Preference Under Sensory-Deprivation Conditions
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MacNeil, Lawrence W.; Rule, Brendan Gail – Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1970
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Attitudes, Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Processes
The Effects of Threats to Attitudinal Freedom As a Function of Message Quality and Initial Receiver Attitude
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Smith, Mary John – Communication Monographs, 1977
Discusses a study designed to measure the effects of message threat level, message quality, and initial receiver attitude on attitude change and evaluations of source credibility. (MH)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavior Theories, Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Processes
Informant Accuracy in Social Network Data II
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Bernard, H. Russell; Killworth, Peter D. – Human Communication Research, 1977
Repeats an earlier study by the authors concerning informants' ability to report their communication accurately and confirms results indicating that people do not know those with whom they communicate. Expands the original experimental design and offers recommendations for future research. (MH)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes, Higher Education
Verbal Reports as Data.
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Ericsson, K. Anders; Simon, Herbert A. – Psychological Review, 1980
Accounting for verbal reports requires explication of the mechanisms by which the reports are generated and influenced by experimental factors. We discuss different cognitive processes underlying verbalization and present a model of how subjects, when asked to think aloud, verbalize information from their short-term memory. (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Processes, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Verbal Behavior and Drive: A Theory in Crisis.
Bradac, James J.; Elliot, Norman D. – 1975
There is increasing debate over the unidimensionality of the construct "drive" in theories of behavior. The earliest drive theory postulated a simple entity which increased or decreased as a function of external or internal stimulation and affected behavior monotonically. Duffy and Malmo have recently hypothesized that the effects of…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Processes, College Students
Communication and Learning in Small Groups.
Barnes, Douglas; Todd, Frankie – 1977
The study described in this volume investigated the talk of thirteen-year-old boys and girls, recorded while they were working in small groups on tasks set by their teachers. Specifically, research focused on the interplay between cognitive and communicative functions of speech in contexts planned for learning. "The Children and Their Talk"…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Processes, Communication Research