Assesses the effect of a neutral, an aggressive, and an erotic film on women's aggressive behavior. Some comparison with similar studies of men is offered. (JMF)

Examined the influence of sexual arousal positive affect and negative affect on the aggressive behavior of male college students. (CM)

The results of this study indicate that both single-goal and multi-goal variable practice conditions, given adequate amounts of practice, will lead to the development of a motor schema capable of accurately producing a novel response. (MM)

Behavioral contrast can be defined as an inverse relationship between the conditions of reinforcement in one setting and the rate of responding in another setting. Behavioral contrast is a phenomenon that is reliably demonstrated in pigeons and rats and in the context of multiple experimental preparations with these animals. However, little…

The terrestrial slug "Limax" has a highly developed ability to associate the odor of some foods (e.g., carrot juice) with aversive stimuli such as the bitter taste of quinidine solution. The procerebrum (PC) is a part of the slug's brain thought to be involved in odor-aversion learning, but direct evidence is still lacking. Here, the authors…

Results from two experimental situations, risk taking and helping behavior, indicate that in the risk-taking experiment subjects who agreed to maintain confidentiality disclosed less frequently information when compared to control subjects. In the helping behavior study, no difference was found in frequency of disclosed information between…

This paper describes the initial organization of the infant's reaction to having his vision occluded by an opaque cloth; traces the development of this reaction over the first six months; and probes the role the occlusion of vision plays in provoking the reaction. Fifty videotaped sessions of infants during two conditions - eyes covered with an…

This paper attempts a unified explanation of such apparently non-utilitarian behaviors as curiosity, manipulation, and exploration as manifestations of "playful behaviors" on the one hand and stereotyped responses on the other. Sensorhesis names the new theory offered to explain the existence and nature of playful behavior. Play and stereotyped…

A 2x2 factorial experiment was conducted to determine the effects of 2 interventions designed to reduce face-saving in a situation which normally produces such behavior. Face-saving, defined as sacrificing tangible (monetary) rewards to avoid public embarrassment, was measured by the length of time subjects publicly performed an embarrassing task.…

This study measured responsiveness to the immediate environment on the basis of the social (vs. neutral) content of a person's free associations, in an effort to relate this responsiveness to field-dependence. The results lend support to the view that field-dependence is associated with social responsiveness in word association. Two aspects of…

Each item in this questionnaire presents the subject with a pair of possible goals of life, and he must choose the one he feels is more desirable. Twelve different statements of goals yield a paired comparison task with 66 choice pairs. (See TM 001 310.) (MS)

Each item in this questionnaire presents the subject with a pair of criminal offenses. He must choose which of the pair would cause him the greater shame. Eight stimuli produce a paired comparison task with 28 items. (See TM 001 310.) (MS)