Reinforcement (Psychology)

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Developing the teaching instinct, 1: feedback.

The first in a new series of short educational programmes covering a range of important topics in medical education. Each programme defines the topic, provides some background information, presents some practical tips, gives some theoretical underpinning ...
E A Hesketh, J M Laidlaw (Med Teach, 200205)
developing-teaching-instinct--feedback.asp

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Behavioral treatment of self-injury, 1964 to 2000.

A quantitative analysis of behavioral research on the treatment of self-injurious behavior (SIB) over the past 35 years is provided. A literature search covering the period from 1964 to 2000 yielded 396 articles (706 participants) on the treatment of ...
SungWoo Kahng, Brian A Iwata, Adam B Lewin (Am J Ment Retard, 200205)
behavioral-treatment-self-injury--to.asp

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Guidelines for enhancing homework compliance.

The ability to enhance compliance with therapeutic tasks such as homework may be a crucial therapeutic skill that determines the success of psychotherapy in real-world clinical settings. This article presents guidelines for enhancing homework compliance ...
Michael A Tompkins (J Clin Psychol, 200205)
guidelines-enhancing-homework-compliance.asp

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Orthodontic undergraduate education: developments in a modern curriculum.

This paper explores some modern concepts of teaching and learning, including cognitive theory, the zone of proximal development, constructivism, andragogy and learning styles and describes how they have informed the development of an undergraduate ...
Stephen M Chadwick, David R Bearn, Alan C Jack, Kevin D OBrien (Eur J Dent Educ, 200205)
orthodontic-undergraduate-education-developments-modern-curriculum.asp

95.

Learning dynamics in social dilemmas.

The Nash equilibrium, the main solution concept in analytical game theory, cannot make precise predictions about the outcome of repeated mixed-motive games. Nor can it tell us much about the dynamics by which a population of players moves from one ...
Michael W Macy, Andreas Flache (Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 200205)
learning-dynamics-social-dilemmas.asp

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Teachers roles in supporting childrens literacy development through play.

This study focused on the roles five kindergarten teachers assumed to promote literacy. Data were collected through systematic videotaped observations during the childrens play periods. Sarachos analysis of the transcriptions in identifying the roles of ...
Olivia N Saracho (Percept Mot Skills, 200204)
teachers-roles-supporting-children-s-literacy-development-play.asp

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Sexual assault and alcohol use: exploring the self-medication hypothesis.

Though a link between sexual victimization and alcohol use has been well documented, the mechanisms underlying this relationship remain unclear. The current study used path analysis to examine the role of self-reported levels of psychological distress ...
Robert Miranda, Lori A Meyerson, Patricia J Long, Brian P Marx, Sharon M Simpson (Violence Vict, 200204)
sexual-assault-alcohol-exploring-self-medication-hypothesis.asp

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Self-control skills and negative emotional state: a focus on hostility.

The self-control theory of psychopathology has contributed to the understanding and treatment of unipolar depression. This paper explores the relationship between self-control skills as measured by the Frequency of Self-reinforcement Questionnaire and ...
Elaine M Heiby, Adela Mearig (Psychol Rep, 200204)
self-control-skills-negative-emotional-state-focus-hostility.asp

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Self-organization in the basal ganglia with modulation of reinforcement signals.

Self-organization is one of fundamental brain computations for forming efficient representations of information. Experimental support for this idea has been largely limited to the developmental and reorganizational formation of neural circuits in the ...
Hiroyuki Nakahara, Shun-ichi Amari Si, Okihide Hikosaka (Neural Comput, 200204)
self-organization-basal-ganglia-modulation-reinforcement-signals.asp

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Marijuana effects on sensitivity to reinforcement in humans.

Under controlled laboratory conditions, eight adult subjects smoked placebo and three different potencies of marijuana cigarettes ranging in Delta(9) THC content. Immediately following smoking, subjects were exposed to a laboratory task that provided ...
Scott D Lane, Don R Cherek (Neuropsychopharmacology, 200204)
marijuana-effects-sensitivity-reinforcement-humans.asp