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Farkas, Gary M.; Tharp, Roland G. – 1978
Several factors thought to influence the representativeness of behavioral assessment data were examined in an analogue study employing a multifactorial design. Systematic and unsystematic methods of observing group behavior were investigated using 18 male and 18 female observers. Additionally, valence properties of the observed behaviors were…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Expectation, Group Behavior
Larrabee, Marva J. – 1977
One threat to the internal validity of coached-client analogue research provided a stimulus for this study of verification of experimental control of role performance. The study contrasts the judgments regarding one client's role performances which are made by both trained and untrained observers. The conclusion is that trained observers yield…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Counseling Effectiveness, Counselor Performance
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DiGiuseppe, Raymond A.; And Others – Counseling Psychologist, 1977
The authors present a fairly extensive collection of studies investigating rational-emotive therapy outcome in an effort to substantiate the effecteness of RET. (Author)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Behavioral Science Research, Evaluation, Literature Reviews
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Smith, Robert M.; Neisworth, John T. – Mental Retardation, 1969
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Curriculum, Educational Research, Exceptional Child Research
Weiss, Leslie Bloch – 1972
This paper presents a research method derived from the functional analysis of behavior currently common among operant behavior therapists. Naturalistic observation, the method used, encompasses behavioral-level description of events, systematic observation and recording by means of codes, assessment of inter-judge reliability, as well as targeting…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Evaluation, Group Therapy
SCANDURA, JOSEPH M. – 1967
THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS RESEARCH WAS TO EXTEND, ELABORATE, AND IMPROVE THE SET-FUNCTION LANGUAGE (SFL). THE SFL IS A NEW SCIENTIFIC LANGUAGE FOR FORMULATING RESEARCH QUESTIONS ON MEANINGFUL LEARNING, FRAMED IN TERMS OF THE MATHEMATICAL NOTIONS OF SETS AND FUNCTIONS. IN THE FIRST PAPER, THE SFL IS DESCRIBED. ITS RELATION TO THE STIMULUS RESPONSE…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Discovery Learning, Learning, Learning Processes
LASHLEY, K.S. – 1963
SEVERAL EXPERIMENTS WITH RATS INVOLVING THE INFLUENCE OF CEREBRAL DESTRUCTION ON LEARNING ABILITY ARE DESCRIBED. THE TWO MAJOR EXPERIMENTS STUDY THE RETENTION OF THE MAZE HABIT AFTER CEREBRAL LESIONS AND THE INFLUENCE OF CEREBRAL LESIONS ON THE CAPACITY TO LEARN (INITIAL FORMATION OF HABITS). THEORECTICAL ANALYSIS OF THE LEARNING (BEHAVIOR)…
Descriptors: Behavior, Behavior Problems, Behavioral Science Research, Cerebral Dominance
Social Science Research Council, New York, NY. – 1978
Detailed accounts of activities of 19 committees of the Social Science Research Council form the major portion of this annual report. In addition, the Council president's report summarizes the activities, trends, and goals of the Council in areas such as research planning, the improvement of research methodology, and the training of competent…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Behavioral Science Research, Biological Influences, Child Development