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Heeren, Alexander John; Singh, Ajay S.; Zwickle, Adam; Koontz, Tomas M.; Slagle, Kristina M.; McCreery, Anna C. – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship of sustainability knowledge to pro-environmental behaviour. A common misperception is that unsustainable behaviours are largely driven by a lack of knowledge of the underlying societal costs and the contributing factors leading to environmental degradation. Such a perception assumes…
Descriptors: Correlation, Sustainability, Online Surveys, Behavior Patterns
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Yan, Ji; Foxall, Gordon R.; Doyle, John R. – Psychological Record, 2012
We employ a behavioral-economic equation put forward by Hursh and Silberberg (2008) to explain human consumption behavior among substitutable food brands, applying a consumer-choice model--the behavioral perspective model (BPM; Foxall, 1990/2004, 2005). In this study, we apply the behavioral-economic equation to human economic consumption data. We…
Descriptors: Merchandising, Reinforcement, Consumer Science, Behavior Patterns
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van Hulst, Branko M.; de Zeeuw, Patrick; Bos, Dienke J.; Rijks, Yvonne; Neggers, Sebastiaan F. W.; Durston, Sarah – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2017
Background: Changes in reward processing are thought to be involved in the etiology of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), as well as other developmental disorders. In addition, different forms of therapy for ADHD rely on reinforcement principles. As such, improved understanding of reward processing in ADHD could eventually lead to…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Task Analysis, Reinforcement, Therapy
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Anderson, Sara; Leventhal, Tama; Dupéré, Véronique – Applied Developmental Science, 2014
Evidence points to associations between the socioeconomic composition of neighborhoods and children's and adolescents' development. A minimal amount of research, however, examines how timing of exposure to neighborhood socioeconomic conditions matters. This study used longitudinal data from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Advantaged, Reading Achievement, Academic Achievement
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Pustejovsky, James E. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2013
Single-case designs (SCDs) are a class of research methods for evaluating intervention effects by taking repeated measurements of an outcome over time on a single case, both before and after the deliberate introduction of a treatment. SCDs are used heavily in fields such as special education, school psychology, social work, and applied behavior…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Behavior Change, Meta Analysis, Observation
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Grosse, Gerlind; Behne, Tanya; Carpenter, Malinda; Tomasello, Michael – Developmental Psychology, 2010
Infants intentionally communicate with others from before their 1st birthday. But there is some question about how they understand the communicative process. Do they understand that for their request to work the recipient must both understand the request and be cooperatively disposed to fulfill it? On the basis of the study by Shwe and Markman…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Maintenance, Infants, Models
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Liu, Ming-Tsung; Yu, Pao-Ta – Educational Technology & Society, 2011
A personalized e-learning service provides learning content to fit learners' individual differences. Learning achievements are influenced by cognitive as well as non-cognitive factors such as mood, motivation, interest, and personal styles. This paper proposes the Learning Caution Indexes (LCI) to detect aberrant learning patterns. The philosophy…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Statistics, Tutoring, Computer Assisted Instruction
Jamison, Wesley – 1980
The richness of the information available in cross-classification tables, compared to the information conveyed in the typical correlation coefficient, is emphasized in this paper. The kinds of information to be found in cross-classification tables are described, and several examples of the use of cross-classification patterns in research are…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Classification, Correlation, Development
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Bursik, Robert J., Jr. – Social Forces, 1980
Discusses problems with the use of stochastic (probabilistic) models for the analysis of juvenile offense data. Analyzes longitudinal data for White and non-White delinquents which show significant evidence of offense specialization and a random distribution of offenses if no specialization occurs. (Author/GC)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Delinquency, Models, Probability
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Bongers,Ilja L.; Koot,Hans M.; van der Ende,Jan; Verhulst,Frank C. – Child Development, 2004
This article describes the average and group-based developmental trajectories of aggression, opposition, property violations, and status violations using parent reports of externalizing behaviors on a longitudinal multiple birth cohort study of 2,076 children aged 4 to 18 years. Trajectories were estimated from multilevel growth curve analyses and…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Adolescents, Longitudinal Studies, Child Development
Porter, Robert E. – 1975
A paradigm of rehearsal interaction, based on the measurement and interpretation of behavioral transactions between actors and directors, is posited in this article. Verbal and nonverbal communication processes characteristic of actor/director interactions are operationally defined, and indexes of director/actor interaction, director/actor talk…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Communication (Thought Transfer), Dramatics
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Harris, Robert C. – Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 1971
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Measurement, Flow Charts
Lawton, Stephen B. – 1974
The understanding of the political behavior of school boards can be advanced by conducting factor analysis of the voting records of trustees. While the application of these methods is generally appropriate, differences in subject matter highlight the problem of inferring political theory from numerical data. In this paper, several different…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Board of Education Policy, Boards of Education, Factor Analysis
Ripstra, Constance C.; And Others – 1976
This speech presents the use of experimental designs and research procedures to help counselors develop effective treatment methods for clients. Baseline and treatment phases are delineated as the two basic phases occuring in most "N=1" designs. These designs are divided into the categories of single and multiple time series designs. The…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Case Studies, Change Strategies
Vincent, Jack E. – 1980
This monograph is a computer printout which presents a summary of a study in which distance theory was applied to World Event Interaction Survey (WEIS) conflict data to determine how conflict and cooperation flow in international relations systems. The specific focus of the study was on cooperative political, economic, cultural, and commercial…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Conflict Resolution, Correlation
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