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Download full textCrocker, Jennifer; Taylor, Shelley E. – 1978
The influence of expectations and hypothesis testing on subjects' use of particular types of evidence to estimate covariations was investigated. Results of the first study indicated that all subjects relied most on positive confirming evidence and did not over-utilize evidence that was consistent with expectations. Results of the second study…
Descriptors: Adults, Attribution Theory, Behavior Patterns, Expectation
Lang, Alan R. – 1977
This paper outlines and analyzes the important methodological and experimental design considerations uncovered by recent inquiries into the effects of alcohol on human behavior. The major issues discussed include: (1) the need and technique for complete manipulation of subjects' beverage expectancies in conjunction with alcohol and placebo…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Anxiety, Behavior Patterns, Conditioning
McCubbin, Hamilton I.; And Others – 1978
Family stress theory as a framework for family policy and family impact analysis is compatible with, and a logical development within, a broader ecological context of immediate and wider social environments. The central assumption of the family stress framework is that families have the capacity to organize a variety of supports--economic, social,…
Descriptors: Adaptation Level Theory, Behavior Patterns, Family Relationship, Family (Sociological Unit)
