NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 7 results Save | Export
Fitz, Don; McLaughlin, Ronald K. – 1979
Type A behavior is characterized by extremes of time-urgency, competitive achievement striving, impatience and hostility. Type A persons have distinct patterns of responding to opponents' strategies for lowering hostility. Since minimum retaliation allows the opponent control over one's behavior, the strategy should effectively lower Type A…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Aggression, Arousal Patterns, Behavior Patterns
Soule, Bradley; And Others – 1973
An exploration of the clinical usefulness of the Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Scale was made. A specific pediatric problem was studied, i.e., a baby born to a heroin-addicted mother taking methadone. The control sample was a population of 41 babies who were part of a larger study. Both methadone and control infants were tested between 48 and 72…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Rating Scales, Clinical Diagnosis, Drug Addiction
Barrett, Carol J.; Beresford, Jody M. – 1978
The determinants of widows' attitudes toward women were investigated, using social and personality variables known to discriminate attitudes in other marital status groups as well as variables reflecting the unique experiences of widowhood. The subjects were 118 urban widows, aged 29-78. Over 40 potential attitude predictors were assessed in…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Females, Individual Characteristics, Marital Status
Steinman, Warren M. – 1973
Six studies relevant to the analysis of generalized imitative behavior are described. The first examined the role of verbal instructions in generalized imitation by comparing the use of a "do this" instruction with no such instruction and the use of positive reinforcement with no reinforcement. The tenacity of generalized imitation in this study…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Discrimination Learning, Imitation, Instruction
Kreutzer, Jeffrey S.; Schneider, Henry G. – 1979
The psychological (expectancy) and physiological (dosage) effects of alcohol on aggressive and assertive behavior were investigated. The expectancy manipulation was accomplished by informing subjects that the beer they were to receive was either half as strong or twice as strong as commercially available beer. The dosage manipulation involved…
Descriptors: Aggression, Alcoholic Beverages, Assertiveness, Behavior Patterns
Fitz, Don; And Others – 1979
The effects of counter-aggression strategies on married couples resulting from use of the Taylor interactive paradigm were investigated. Married persons (N=52) competed in a complex reaction time task and set durations of 100 decibel punitive noise for either their spouse or an opposite-sex stranger. During pretrials (aggression escalation), males…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Interaction Process Analysis
Clayson, David – 1979
Differences between male and female medical students in attitude changes toward themselves and their environment were investigated. In general, women students appeared to have had a harder time, showing more negative developments in both attitudes toward the environment and in those toward themselves. Compared with men, women showed sharp declines…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavior Patterns, Environmental Influences, Females