Browsing by Author "Barker, Lewis"

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Assessing Psychology Majors' Knowledge of Psychology Using the Auburn Psychology Term Test (APTT)

Brandt, Julie (2006-12-15)

Student assessment is a pressing issue for educators. This research addresses the proposition that students who perform better in psychology classes do so because they learn psychological terms and concepts with greater ...

Association between fear and visual memory for central and peripheral details

Anderson, Christopher (2006-12-15)

The present study sought to determine if phobic individuals have improved memory for stimuli that are related to their phobic fear relative to non-anxiety provoking stimuli. Four hundred fifty-eight participants were ...

A Behavioral Procedure for Measuring Critical Fusion Frequency in Rats

Heath, John (2005-08-15)

The ingestion of methylmercury (MeHg) has been found to adversely affect primate and human visual fields and contrast sensitivity (Choi, Cho, & Lapham, 1981; Clarkson, 1989; Gilbert & Grant -Webster, 1995; Merigan, 1980; ...

The development and validation of the Auburn Psychology Term Test (APTT)

Smith, Dale (2006-08-15)

The construction and investigation of the psychometric properties of the Auburn Psychology Term Test (APTT), a yes-no test designed to measure psychology knowledge, is described in this paper. The relationships between ...

Effects of D-Amphetamine on Choice Behavior under Mixed Concurrent Schedules

Reile, Phyllis (2007-08-15)

The goals of this dissertation were to conduct detailed analyses of behavior in transition in response to changes in reinforcement contingencies by using mixed concurrent Random Interval-Random Interval (conc RI RI) schedules ...

The Effects of Static Magnetic Fields on Directionality in Humans

Platt, Tyson (2007-05-15)

Earth produces a dipole static magnetic field that is sufficiently stable to allow derivation of directional cues in a variety of species. This ability, known as magnetoreception, has been studied primarily in birds and ...

Geometric rule learning by pigeons

Sturz, Bradley (2007-05-15)

In a series of four experiments using an open field search task, pigeons were trained to find a goal located at the midpoint of the hypothetical line connecting two discrete landmarks positioned in a linear array. Pigeons ...

Serial-Probe Recognition for Gustatory Objects

Daniel, Thomas (2015-05-06)

Historically, what we know about human memory was discovered in experiments that used visual or verbal information. As a result, prevailing models of working memory (e.g., Baddeley and Hitch, 1974) rely heavily on visual ...

The Testing effect and the Components of Recognition Memory: What Effects do Test Type and Performance at Intervening Test Have on Final Recognition Tests

Smith, Dale (2008-08-15)

The testing effect has been shown to be a robust phenomenon in recall. However, there have been inconsistencies demonstrating the testing effect in recognition final tests. This has led some to suggest that recollection, ...