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Direct linkMohammadzaheri, Fereshteh; Koegel, Lynn Kern; Rezaee, Mohammad; Rafiee, Seyed Majid – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2014
Accumulating studies are documenting specific motivational variables that, when combined into a naturalistic teaching paradigm, can positively influence the effectiveness of interventions for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The purpose of this study was to compare two applied behavior analysis (ABA) intervention procedures, a…
Descriptors: Motivation, Intervention, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Scott, Felicity; Rhodes, Ryan E.; Downs, Danielle Symons – Journal of American College Health, 2009
Objective: Public health messaging about physical activity (PA) sometimes combines moderate and vigorous intensity, but the variance/invariance of the motives for PA by intensity has received scant attention. Thus, the purpose of this study was to examine the beliefs and motivations associated with regular moderate- and vigorous-intensity PA in a…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, Public Health, Social Cognition
Belke, Terry W.; Garland, Theodore, Jr. – Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2007
Mice from replicate lines, selectively bred based on high daily wheel-running rates, run more total revolutions and at higher average speeds than do mice from nonselected control lines. Based on this difference it was assumed that selected mice would find the opportunity to run in a wheel a more efficacious consequence. To assess this assumption…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Animals, Reinforcement
Download full textDamm, John T.; Bloxom, Anne – 1971
The effects of two social contexts on the risk -taking behavior of elementary boys on a shuffleboard task were investigated. It was predicted that Atkinson's motive-probability-incentive (M-P-I) model would be supported in the peer-competitive context, in that the success-oriented subjects would choose more goals with median Ps values than the…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Behavioral Science Research, Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Students
Kriner, Richard E.; And Others – 1975
The study was conducted to (1) determine the structure of reasons leading to the enlistment decision, (2) isolate factors leading some initial Army applicants to enlist in one of the other services instead of the Army, and (3) compare data collected in a draft-free environment (FY74) with data collected in FY 72. Based on a sample of 28,079…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Behavioral Science Research, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis
Hakel, Milton D.; And Others – 1975
The report is a study of the utility of social reinforcement for improving Air Force training. It was conducted through a field evaluation of social incentive instructional systems which would serve to improve student motivation, classroom performance, and attitudes. The participants included a total of 300 trainees from two Air Force bases; 25…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Data Analysis
