Adopted Children's Personalities in Relation to Biological and Adopted Parents
Case study - 5 pages - Psychology
Adoption is a word that is thrown around all too much today in the English language. In 2004, we adopt a greyhound, adopt a soldier overseas, and adopt a tree. Needless to say, all of these uses for “adopt” has led the masses to be distracted as to what adoption truly is. The true...
No Differences Found Between FR and FI Reinforcement Schedules
Case study - 2 pages - Psychology
To have understood which schedules of reinforcement produce a desired behavior, we examined whether a Fixed Ratio (FR) scale was more effective than a Fixed Interval (FI) scale. Subjects participated in an interview and were unaware that they were being reinforced on an FR, or FI schedule. Other...
Running Head: The Relationship between Depression and Age
Case study - 3 pages - Psychology
Depression may be influenced by age differences. Other studies showed no relationship between age and depression so one should expect no relationship between the two in further studies. Data was obtained from 41 college students in order to determine relationships between the profile of Mood...
Effect of Congruency on Reaction Time and Error Rate
Case study - 2 pages - Psychology
This experiment was conducted as a way to look at top-down, versus bottom-up processing. Subjects read the names of colors off Stroop boards, written first in a congruent color of ink, and next in an incongruent color. This allowed an opportunity to analyze the data and examine the differences...
