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Bourbon, W. Thomas – American Behavioral Scientist, 1990
Uses a behavior model from control systems theory to analyze how we coordinate our own and each other's physical movements. Tests one person controlling a cursor with one handle or two, and two people controlling a cursor with two handles. Shows that control theory accurately predicts the results. (CH)
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Behavioral Science Research, Coordination, Correlation
Sidman, Murray – Behavior Analyst, 2004
Does the name of the special interest group, "The Experimental Analysis of Human Behavior," imply that those who analyze the behavior of human animals must organize themselves apart from those who analyze the behavior of nonhuman animals? Is the use of nonhumans in experiments really not relevant to the analysis of the behavior of humans? If so,…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Ethology, Etiology, Research Problems

Rigby, Ken – Journal of Social Psychology, 1988
Reports a study that examined the relationship among classical authoritarianism, directiveness, and attitudes toward institutional authority among young adolescents in Adelaide, Australia. Concludes that the concept of classical authoritarianism has limited relevance to the social attitudes of children, and that attitude towards authority is not…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Authoritarianism, Behavior Theories, Behavioral Science Research
Amorose, Anthony J.; Hollembeak, Jill – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2005
Despite the conceptual importance of impression motivation in predicting social anxiety (Leary & Kowalski, 1995; Schlenker & Leary, 1982), no research has tested the link between impression motivation specifically regarding one's physical appearance (appearance impression motivation, or AIM) and social physique anxiety (SPA). The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Motivation, Anxiety, Physical Fitness, Measurement Techniques