Problem Solving

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The role of sensory preconditioning in memory retrieval by preverbal infants.

Infants memories are highly specific to their training stimuli; they rarely transfer learned responding. In two experiments, we asked whether sensory preconditioning facilitates the transfer of deferred imitation. In Experiments 1A and 1B, 6-month-olds ...
Rachel Barr, Heidi Marrott, Carolyn Rovee-Collier (Learn Behav, 200305)
role-sensory-preconditioning-memory-retrieval-preverbal-infants.asp

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Assessing power PC.

In a recent theoretical paper, Cheng (1997) presented a new causal model, power PC. She argued that power PC was able to account for data in the literature that raised problems for associative models--notably, the Rescorla-Wagner model (Rescorla & ...
Lorraine G Allan (Learn Behav, 200305)
assessing-power-pc.asp

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Patterns of peer tutoring in nursing.

Peer tutoring in higher education is an effective strategy for promoting academic gains. Within nursing, peer tutoring has been used in the clinical setting, but little information is available regarding its use across the nursing curriculum. A peer ...
Sally Blowers, Priscilla Ramsey, Carolyn Merriman, Janelle Grooms (J Nurs Educ, 200305)
patterns-peer-tutoring-nursing.asp

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Initiation into qualitative data analysis.

Qualitative data analysis may be daunting to nursing graduate students and other novice qualitative researchers. This article describes a qualitative research project required in a graduate nursing research course that was desired to guide students ...
Cheryl Tatano Beck (J Nurs Educ, 200305)
initiation-qualitative-data-analysis.asp

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Social cognition and neurocognitive deficits in schizophrenia.

While research equivocally supports a relationship between social cognition and neurocognition, it is less clear whether social cognition is related to general cognitive functioning or whether specific aspects of social cognition are linked with specific ...
Rebecca S Lancaster, Jovier D Evans, Gary R Bond, Paul H Lysaker (J Nerv Ment Dis, 200305)
social-cognition-neurocognitive-deficits-schizophrenia.asp

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Human causality judgments and response rates on DRL and DRH schedules of reinforcement.

The effect of various relationships between a response (an investment made in the context of a game) and an outcome (a return on the investment) on judgments of the causal effectiveness of the response was examined. In Experiment 1, response rates and ...
Phil Reed (Learn Behav, 200305)
human-causality-judgments-response-rates-drl-drh-schedules.asp

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Social problem-solving abilities and distress among family members assuming a caregiving role.

We examined the relation of social problem-solving abilities to distress experienced by family members assuming a caregiving role for a loved one who had recently incurred a severe physical disability. Family members completed measures of ...
Timothy R Elliott, Richard M Shewchuk (Br J Health Psychol, 200305)
social-problem-solving-abilities-distress-family-members-assuming.asp

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Perceiving an object and its context in different cultures: a cultural look at new look.

In two studies, a newly devised test (framed-line test) was used to examine the hypothesis that individuals engaging in Asian cultures are more capable of incorporating contextual information and those engaging in North American cultures are more capable ...
Shinobu Kitayama, Sean Duffy, Tadashi Kawamura, Jeff T Larsen (Psychol Sci, 200305)
perceiving-object-context-different-cultures-cultural-look-new-look.asp

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Experienced and less-experienced nurses diagnostic reasoning: implications for fostering students critical thinking.

PURPOSE: To compare the use of mental representations (heuristics) in diagnostic reasoning of expert (> or = 5 years experience) and novice (< 5 years experience) emergency nurses. METHODS: Clinical simulations were completed by a nationwide randomly ...
Catherine G Ferrario (Int J Nurs Terminol Classif, 200304-06)
experienced-less-experienced-nurses-diagnostic-reasoning-implications.asp

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The relationship of gender, gender identity, and coping strategies in late adolescents.

The relationships among gender, gender identity, and coping in late adolescents were examined. One hundred sixty-nine late adolescents completed measures assessing their masculinity and femininity, as well as their use of coping strategies. Females ...
Kimberly Renk, Gary Creasey (J Adolesc, 200304)
relationship-gender-gender-identity-coping-strategies-late-adolescents.asp