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The Relationship of Fear to Success to Management Potential Variables
Title
The Relationship of Fear to Success to Management Potential Variables.
Creator
Culbertson, Virginia M., Burrough, Wayne A., Social Sciences
Abstract / Description
University of Central Florida College of Social Sciences Thesis; Early psychological research on achievement motivation has focused on the effects of fear of failure and the wish to succeed as component parts of need for achievement (nAch). Achievement motivation is defined as a need to achieve for its own sake rather than for the benefits of such achievement (Kimble and Garmezy, 1968, p. 691). It is considered to be a fairly stable personality characteristic, not particularly goal specific ...
Show moreUniversity of Central Florida College of Social Sciences Thesis; Early psychological research on achievement motivation has focused on the effects of fear of failure and the wish to succeed as component parts of need for achievement (nAch). Achievement motivation is defined as a need to achieve for its own sake rather than for the benefits of such achievement (Kimble and Garmezy, 1968, p. 691). It is considered to be a fairly stable personality characteristic, not particularly goal specific (Berkowitz, 1972, p. 115), involving two specific aspects--wish (or hope) to succeed and fear of failure. The first is seen as an approach motive which focuses on anticipation of reward. The second, fear of failure, is seen as an avoidance motive involving anticipation of punishment (McClelland, Clark, Roby, and Atkinson, 1958).
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Date Issued
1979
Identifier
CFR0003519, ucf:52987
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFR0003519
Reduction of Lunchroom Noise and Other Behavior Using Feedback and Group Contingent Reinforcement
Title
Reduction of Lunchroom Noise and Other Behavior Using Feedback and Group Contingent Reinforcement.
Creator
LaRowe, Lottie N., Tucker, Richard, Social Sciences
Abstract / Description
Florida Technological University College of Social Sciences Thesis; Reduction of noise levels in an elementary school lunchroom was examined as a function of feedback and feedback plus reinforcement using group contingency procedures. Feedback consisted of signals from a traffic light with green indicating acceptable levels, yellow indicating slightly higher levels and red indicating unacceptable levels. Other behaviors, running, hitting, pushing and kicking, were measured incidentally....
Show moreFlorida Technological University College of Social Sciences Thesis; Reduction of noise levels in an elementary school lunchroom was examined as a function of feedback and feedback plus reinforcement using group contingency procedures. Feedback consisted of signals from a traffic light with green indicating acceptable levels, yellow indicating slightly higher levels and red indicating unacceptable levels. Other behaviors, running, hitting, pushing and kicking, were measured incidentally. Results indicate that feedback plus reinforcement was effective in reducing noise levels. Feedback alone was also effective, but to a lesser degree. No response - response relationship was found to exist between noise level and the other behaviors.
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Date Issued
1978
Identifier
CFR0004324, ucf:52988
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFR0004324
A Comparison of the Verbal Transformation Effect in Normal and Learning Disabled Children
Title
A Comparison of the Verbal Transformation Effect in Normal and Learning Disabled Children.
Creator
Kissell, Ellen E., Mullin, Thomas A., Social Sciences
Abstract / Description
Florida Technological University College of Social Sciences Thesis
Date Issued
1976
Identifier
CFR0008176, ucf:53063
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFR0008176
Advertising's Effect on Young Children: An Exploratory Study of General Influences, External Conflicts, and Inner Frustrations
Title
Advertising's Effect on Young Children: An Exploratory Study of General Influences, External Conflicts, and Inner Frustrations.
Creator
Neuman, Terry A., Meeske, Milan D., Social Sciences
Abstract / Description
Florida Technological University College of Social Sciences Thesis
Date Issued
1974
Identifier
CFR0011953, ucf:53136
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFR0011953
A Comparative Study of Computer-Assisted Instruction Versus Classroom Training of Naval Technicians of Varying Aptitude
Title
A Comparative Study of Computer-Assisted Instruction Versus Classroom Training of Naval Technicians of Varying Aptitude.
Creator
Dwyer, Daniel J., Burrough, Wayne A., Social Sciences
Abstract / Description
University of Central Florida College of Social Sciences Thesis; Any discussion of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) cannot proceed very far without first examining the issue of programmed instruction (PI). CAI is a relatively recent development in the area of education and training, whereas PI enjoys a somewhat longer history. Nonetheless, PI lies at the very heart of CAI and forms the base on which CAI exists. CAI then, may be viewed as a mode or type of PI. B. F. Skinner's work in the...
Show moreUniversity of Central Florida College of Social Sciences Thesis; Any discussion of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) cannot proceed very far without first examining the issue of programmed instruction (PI). CAI is a relatively recent development in the area of education and training, whereas PI enjoys a somewhat longer history. Nonetheless, PI lies at the very heart of CAI and forms the base on which CAI exists. CAI then, may be viewed as a mode or type of PI. B. F. Skinner's work in the 1940's with the principles of operant conditioning laid the groundwork for the concept of PI (Garner, 1966). Operant conditioning is a type of conditioning whereby an emitted response is reinforced. The reinforcement should increase the strength of the response and presumably increase the chances that the response will occur again (Munn, Fernald, & Fernald, 1972). Operant conditioning, in which an individual is conditioned to behave in the direction of a predetermined goal, is achieved through the contingent reinforcement of a series of steps. These steps of action are linked together in a chain of successive approximations. 1 Each link of the chain approximates the end goal slightly more than the previous link. This chain of successive approximations is followed until the end behavior is achieved (Garner, 1966). 2 In this respect, PI makes use of the sequencing of small successive steps and contingent reinforcement to achieve some desired end goal , namely, achieving the lesson objective. This "Skinnerian" or linear form of PI requires the student to proceed through a forward moving chain in a step-by-step fashion until the end behavior is achieved. The step-by-step sequence, as it pertains to PI, refers to the individual segments or frames of a PI lesson. Each frame might be considered one step of the entire PI lesson. These frames, which should flow logically from one to the next, should build upon each other and approximate the lesson objective. Periodically, progress should be monitored in order to assure that the student is comprehending the lesson material (Wilson and Tosti, 1972). Typically, this is accomplished by incorporating multiple choice or true/false questions within the PI lesson itself . By so doing, student performances can be checked and appropriate actions taken within the concept of reinforcement. Deterline (1962) argues that all learned behavior is based on, reinforcement. Individuals learn by acting on their environment and, in turn, are influenced by the consequences of their actions (Deterline, 1962) . ""Then consequences strengthen behavior, reinforcement is said to have taken place.
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Date Issued
1979
Identifier
CFR0003505, ucf:53141
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFR0003505
The Correlation of Global-Performance Rank Order Ratings with Factor Scores on a Graphic Rating Scale
Title
The Correlation of Global-Performance Rank Order Ratings with Factor Scores on a Graphic Rating Scale.
Creator
Dillard, Richard B., Shirkey, Edwin C, Social Sciences
Abstract / Description
Florida Technological University College of Social Sciences Thesis
Date Issued
1977
Identifier
CFR0011955, ucf:53103
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFR0011955
The Effect of Interpersonal Skills Training on the Self-Concept and Personal Problems of Adolescent Males
Title
The Effect of Interpersonal Skills Training on the Self-Concept and Personal Problems of Adolescent Males.
Creator
Sanborn, Judith N., Tell, Phillip M., Social Sciences
Abstract / Description
University of Central Florida College of Arts and Sciences Thesis; This study undertook to determine of teaching interpersonal skills to adolescents who were already manifesting dysfunctional behavior would increase their self-concepts and decrease their personal problems. Of further interest to this study was whether or not once trained, the experience of utilizing these skills in a structured setting would further increase their self concepts and decrease their personal problems. Fifteen...
Show moreUniversity of Central Florida College of Arts and Sciences Thesis; This study undertook to determine of teaching interpersonal skills to adolescents who were already manifesting dysfunctional behavior would increase their self-concepts and decrease their personal problems. Of further interest to this study was whether or not once trained, the experience of utilizing these skills in a structured setting would further increase their self concepts and decrease their personal problems. Fifteen adolescent males who were residing in a residential center for children in need of supervision were randomly assigned to one of three experimental groups. The Piers-Harris Children's Self Concept Scale and the Mooney Problem Checklists - Junior High Form, were administered to all three groups prior to involving two of the groups in an interpersonal skills training program, after the interpersonal skills training program, and after the field experience. A peer facilitation program, Caring and sharing: Becoming a peer facilitator (Myrick & Erney, 1978) was utilized to teach subjects interpersonal skills twice a week for four weeks. At the conclusion of the interpersonal skills training program, half of the participants in the training group planned and presented affective activities in a fourth grade classroom and facilitated small group discussions twice a week for two weeks. No significant results were found on the Piers-Harris Children's Self-Concept Scale for either the interpersonal skills training only group or the interpersonal skills training plus field experience group. However, subjects who participated in the interpersonal skills training group plus the field experience utilizing these skills reported significantly less personal problems on the Hone and Family Scale and the Boy and Girl Relations Scale of the Mooney Problems Checklist - Junior High Form then did the interpersonal skills training only group and the control group (p<.05). Thus, it appears from this study that interpersonal skills training alone does not have an effect on the self concept or personal problems of troubled adolescent males nor does the opportunity to utilize these skills in a field experience influence their self concepts. However, it does appear that training troubled adolescent males in interpersonal skills and giving them the opportunity to utilize these skills in a field experience does have some impact on their perception of their personal problems.
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Date Issued
1981
Identifier
CFR0011596, ucf:53047
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFR0011596
Behavior modification of depression : a review of theories and research
Title
Behavior modification of depression : a review of theories and research.
Creator
Lema de Cardozo, Maria Cristina, Tucker, Richard, Social Sciences
Abstract / Description
Florida Technological University College of Social Sciences Thesis; There is a need to find effective ways to treat depression, due to its high incidence and to the severity of its consequences. The first psychological treatment of depression came with the advent of psychoanalysis, but today the theories dealing with the etiology and treatment of depression range from genetic and biological approaches to an existential conceptualization. While briefly reviewing these various current...
Show moreFlorida Technological University College of Social Sciences Thesis; There is a need to find effective ways to treat depression, due to its high incidence and to the severity of its consequences. The first psychological treatment of depression came with the advent of psychoanalysis, but today the theories dealing with the etiology and treatment of depression range from genetic and biological approaches to an existential conceptualization. While briefly reviewing these various current approaches, the primary purpose of this paper is to present the behavioral/social learning approach to the understanding and treatment of depression. The specific theoretical formulations, methods of assessment and treatment approaches characteristic of the behavioral/social learning approach will be reviewed. Illustrative clinical and research studies concerning therapeutic outcomes are evaluated. The results indicate that while behavioral approaches appear to be effective in the treatment of depression, additional systematic research must be conducted before final judgments can be made as to whether behavioral treatment of depression will become the treatment of choice.
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Date Issued
1977
Identifier
CFR0003504, ucf:53011
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFR0003504
The Effect of Race, Induced Expectancy, and Individual Presenters, on White Raters Using Graphic Rating Scales to Record Their Judgement Decisions
Title
The Effect of Race, Induced Expectancy, and Individual Presenters, on White Raters Using Graphic Rating Scales to Record Their Judgement Decisions.
Creator
Schultz, William H., Burrough, Wayne A., Social Sciences
Abstract / Description
Florida Technological University College of Social Sciences Thesis
Date Issued
1974
Identifier
CFR0003501, ucf:53019
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFR0003501
An Application of Operant Conditioning in an Organizational Setting
Title
An Application of Operant Conditioning in an Organizational Setting.
Creator
Knight, Patricia J., Burroughs, Wayne A., Social Sciences
Abstract / Description
Florida Technological University College of Social Sciences Thesis
Date Issued
1974
Identifier
CFR0012665, ucf:53134
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFR0012665
American socialists and the war
Title
The American socialists and the war: A documentary history of the attitude of the Socialist Party toward war and militarism since the outbreak of the Great War.
Creator
Hillquit, Morris, Rand School of Social Science, Trachtenberg, Alexander
Date Issued
1917
Identifier
2100236, CFDT2100236, ucf:4897
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2100236
The American socialists and the war: A documentary history of the attitude of the Socialist Party toward war and militarism since the outbreak of the Great War
Title
The American socialists and the war: A documentary history of the attitude of the Socialist Party toward war and militarism since the outbreak of the Great War.
Creator
Hillquit, Morris, Rand School of Social Science, Trachtenberg, Alexander
Date Issued
1917
Identifier
334780, CFDT334780, ucf:5181
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/334780

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