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Fields, Lanny; Travis, Robert; Roy, Deborah; Yadlovker, Eytan; de Aguiar-Rocha, Liliane; Sturmey, Peter – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2009
Many students struggle with statistical concepts such as interaction. In an experimental group, participants took a paper-and-pencil test and then were given training to establish equivalent classes containing four different statistical interactions. All participants formed the equivalence classes and showed maintenance when probes contained novel…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Interaction, Concept Formation
Carlsmith, J. Merrill; Gross, Alan E. – J Personality Soc Psychol, 1969
Shows that guilt, rather than sympathy or a desire to make restitution, is the dominant factor in bringing about compliance to a request. Bibliography and tables. (JB)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Control Groups, Observation
Pruitt, Dean G. – J Personality Soc Psychol, 1970
Sees motives of cooperation and noncooperation as a function of the game's reward system and infers that the same motives may operate in real-life situations. Bibliography, tables, and graphs. (RW)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavior Theories, Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Processes