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LeVere, T. E. – Psychological Review, 1975
The present article discusses the possibility that behavioral recovery following brain damage is not dependent on the functional reorganization of neural tissue but is rather the result of the continued normal operation of spared neural mechanisms. (Editor)
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Learning Processes, Neurological Organization
Flammer, August; And Others – 1975
The experiment described in this paper is concerned with prose learning. In the field of the psychology of learning, a section was arbitrarily chosen and covered by 21 passages of equal length. Six contained the essential information concerning the six keywords (elements) of the domain. The fifteen others dealt with all possible relationships…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Higher Education
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Durbeck, Helmut – Linguistics, 1975
Summarizes the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis on language and thought process, along with several critical viewpoints. The writings of Koschmieder, Gipper, and Lenneberg, as well as psychological and linguistic aspects of experiments on color differentiation and conditioned response, are discussed. (Text is in German.) (DH)
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Behavior Patterns, Conditioning, Cultural Influences
Bergsma, Lily Chu – 1977
Compared in this report based on a dissertation are the tendencies of Chinese and Americans to conform to their own cultural norms. Background information is provided through a review of pertinent literature and a discussion of conformity and imitation. Three experiments used in investigating the degree of conformity and imitation in Chinese and…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Patterns, Conformity, Cross Cultural Studies