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Namie, Gary M.; Blum, Gerald S. – 1982
Only recently has the question of why being in a good mood facilitates prosocial behavior been pursued. Two experiments investigated the role of pleasurable mood in: (1) choice bets as a measure of riskiness, a variable possibly implicated in helping behaviors, and (2) allocation of funds among categories intended to vary along a prosocial…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Behavior Patterns, College Students, Helping Relationship
Download full textSparzo, Frank J. – 1985
This booklet is about changing human behavior in everyday settings in the school and home. The approach to human behavior outlined is called "behavior analysis," which is based on that approach to psychology called the exerimental analysis of behavior. The ABC model of behavior is explained. In this model, the A refers to the "antecedent" that…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Change Strategies
Csapo, Marg – Canadian Counsellor, 1974
This study discusses a plan designed for a ten-year-old emotionally disturbed boy which included positive feedback for academic achievement and positive social emotional feedback from peers. The results indicated that in the changed class classroom environment, the frequency of maladaptive behaviors decreased. (Author/PC)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Educational Programs, Emotional Disturbances, Environmental Influences
Mates, Barbara – Day Care and Early Education, 1975
Outlines some positive steps for reducing the undesirable classroom behavior of preschool children. (ED)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques, Models
Slaughter, Charles H. – J Negro Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Fatherless Family, Identification (Psychology), Inquiry
Haring, Norris G.; Hauck, Mary Ann – Except Children, 1969
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities, Motivation
Dilanian, Seta M. – 1980
An adolescent's learning patterns are developed throughout the student's socialization process, suggesting that peer pressure may influence learning. Female college students (N=15) aged 19-21 participated in a pencil-maze learning task performed while blindfolded. The task was presented in three categories of stimuli conditions: (1) normal…
Descriptors: Incentives, Learning Motivation, Negative Reinforcement, Peer Acceptance
Prisbell, Marshall – 1981
A study assessed the relationship of the independent variables of interpersonal attraction to the dependent variables of feeling good, relational safety, and uncertainty level. Subjects were 75 elementary and secondary school teachers, 61 communication students, 18 child development professionals, and 8 service club members. Each subject completed…
Descriptors: Adults, Communication Research, Interpersonal Attraction, Interpersonal Relationship
FESHBACH, NORMA D. – 1967
TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF DIFFERING TEACHER REINFORCEMENT BEHAVIOR ON STUDENTS, 21 MIDDLE-CLASS AND 12 LOWER-CLASS MALE NINTH- AND 10TH-GRADE REMEDIAL READING STUDENTS WERE SHOWN TWO FILMS. THE FIRST DEPICTED A "POSITIVE" TEACHER WHO CONSISTENTLY REWARDED CORRECT RESPONSES WHILE NEGLECTING INCORRECT ONES, AND THE SECOND SHOWED A…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Films, Imitation, Negative Reinforcement
McLaughlin, John Thomas – 1975
This study investigated the relative effectiveness of books on reading achievement scores when earned by under-achieving readers in a student tutoring program. Fifty-three fifth grade students who were in below grade level classroom reading groups and who scored from six months to three years below grade level on at least one of two reading…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Elementary Education, Positive Reinforcement, Reading Achievement
Peer reviewedPietila, Veikko – Acta Sociologica, 1969
The objective of the present study was to explore whether the concepts of immediate and delayed reward have any relevance to the content of the mewspaper. In his theory of instrumental and expressive activities, Himmelstrand suggests that instrumental activities tend to have a cumulative structure while expressive activities will have a…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Higher Education, Journalism, Media Research
Clements, J. E.; Tracy, D. B. – 1975
A study involving 20 emotionally disturbed boys (9- to 11-years-old) was conducted to determine the effects of tactile and verbal reinforcement on attention to task and accuracy. Ss were given arithmetic problems to work during 16 20-minute sessions under four conditions: tactile reinforcement (intermittent touch pressure applied to Ss shoulders…
Descriptors: Attention Span, Behavior Change, Emotional Disturbances, Exceptional Child Research
Goldfarb, Robert; Guglielmo, Hope – 1976
An overcorrection procedure was developed and used to eliminate drooling and tongue thrusting in two 5-year-old speech and language impaired females (one cerebral palsied and the other with an inherited disease of the autonomic nervous system). The procedure, which involved positive reinforcement paired with a verbal warning, eliminated one…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Exceptional Child Research, Language Handicaps, Neurological Impairments
Mayhew, Gerald; Crow, Robert – 1974
This study investigated the effects of delay of reinforcement on the classroom academic behaviors (rate of increase and accuracy of mathematical problem completion) by elementary students. A total of 11 fourth graders with a history of low achievement in arithmetic were divided into two groups and given timed arithmetic tests daily. Three…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Behavior Change, Classroom Research, Elementary Education
Burns, James P. – 1974
The effectiveness of the reinforcing of low rates of responding (DRL) in the reduction of unacceptable behaviors was demonstrated with two students in regular first and second grade classes. Ss were given play-time reinforcement when the total number of disruptions (such as fighting with other students) during a session were below the DRL limit.…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques, Emotional Disturbances
