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Overskeid, Geir – Psychological Record, 2012
Historically, researchers have never quite been able to agree as to the role of emotions, if any, when behavior is selected by its consequences. A brief review of findings from several fields suggests that in contingency-shaped behavior, motivating events, often unconscious, seem needed for reinforcement to select behavior. In rule-governed…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Psychological Patterns, Reinforcement, Emotional Response
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Arlene Mannion; Geraldine Leader – Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2014
The purpose of this literature review is to provide an overview of the research on sleep problems in autism spectrum disorder. Topics explored are the prevalence of sleep problems, the importance of studying sleep problems, as well as the objective and subjective measures used to measure sleep. Research on the relationships between sleep problems…
Descriptors: Sleep, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Problems, Literature Reviews
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Leifer, Myra – Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 1980
Reviews research on the response of normal women to a variety of aspects of pregnancy. Discusses motivation, physical aspects, emotional response, interpersonal changes, and relationships among response to pregnancy, postpartum reaction, and infant status. Presents a discussion of several theoretical phychological perspectives. (MK)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Females, Literature Reviews, Pregnancy
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Paloutzian, Raymond F. – 1974
After the development and distinctions of the concept of deindividuation are given, a single dimension of morally relevant behavior is outlined with aggression and altruism viewed as the two extremes. This dimension is divided accoring to degree of external reinforcement control. The result is a 2x2 scheme for classifying morally relevant behavior…
Descriptors: Aggression, Altruism, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Patterns
McCain, Garvin; And Others – 1981
This paper discusses factors related to negative psychological and physiological reactions (i.e., violent deaths, psychiatric commitments, self-mutilations, attempted suicides, disciplinary infractions, etc.) to life in institutional environments such as prisons, schools, off-shore oil rigs, and homes for the aged. Factors discussed are: (1)…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Problems, Behavioral Science Research, Emotional Problems
LeCapitaine, John E. – 1975
This study was designed to determine the effectiveness of 18 selected lessons from Dupont's Toward Affective Development (TAD) program for creating an awareness in students of alternatives to psycho-social situations. Using a sample of 60 subjects randomly selected from 111 sixth-grade students in northwest Wisconsin, two experimental and two…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavioral Science Research, Conflict Resolution, Decision Making