Countercontrol in Hypnotic Control Groups

1976 ◽  
Vol 39 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1083-1089
Author(s):  
William W. Moyer
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Factorial Design ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
Hypnotic Suggestions

The tendency of unhypnotized subjects to countercontrol or adjust their performance in opposition to the perceived hypothesis of the experimenter was studied in a 2 × 3 factorial design, with susceptibility as the first factor and amnesia, hypermnesia or control suggestions as the second factor. Relearning rates were measured for the 42 unhypnotized college students who served as subjects. Results showed that hypermnesic subjects adjusted their relearning rates in opposition to the suggestion given to them. Implications for the use of hypnotic suggestions with unhypnotized control groups were discussed.

Effect of Mental Hospital Volunteer Work on Career Choice

1969 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-40
Author(s):  
Murdo M. Dowds ◽  
James A. Kulik ◽  
Karl E. Scheibe
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
College Students ◽  
Mental Hospital ◽  
Health Professions ◽  
Volunteer Work ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
Volunteer Program ◽  
Career Plans ◽  
Academic Year

This study was designed to investigate the effect of participation in a mental hospital volunteer program on students' subsequent career plans and activities. Responses of the volunteers on follow-up questionnaires were compared with those of two control groups of college students not in the program. The number of volunteers planning careers in mental health professions increased significantly after participation in the program while the control groups showed little change in career plans. The volunteers also evaluated their summer's experience as highly important for their future vocational plans, and a high percentage planned to spend their next summer engaged in mental health activities. The program had only limited effects, however, on the academic-year behaviors of the volunteers.

Death as a Psychosomatic Condition: Prolegomena to a Longitudinal Study

1970 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 953-954 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence Casler
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Hypnotic Suggestions

A study has been undertaken to assess the effects of hypnotic suggestions for longevity. 50 volunteer college students are receiving suggestions that they will live to be at least 120 years old, without loss of physical or mental capacities. A control group, randomly selected from the same pool of volunteers, are receiving no such suggestions. An account of the results will appear in about 100 yr.

scholarly journals Contact with nature: effects of field trips on pro-environmental knowledge, intentions and attitudes

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 889-902 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zysman Neiman ◽  
César Ades
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Direct Contact ◽  
Environmental Attitudes ◽  
Field Trips ◽  
Environmental Knowledge ◽  
Clear Indication ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
Environmental Behaviors

The effects of direct contact with nature on pro-environmental attitudes, values and knowledge were assessed by taking college students on field trips at Parque Estadual Turístico do Alto Ribeira (PETAR), and applying a system of directed activities developed throughout 16 years. The changes in knowledge, values and attitudes were evaluated in these students (experimental groups) and other students who were not exposed to the field trips (control groups) through questionnaires which were applied before (pre-tests) and after the trip (post-tests). Meaningful differences were verified between the control and the experimental groups, as well as discrepancies between the pre- and post-tests applied to the experimental groups - a clear indication that the direct contact with nature affected the positioning of the students towards environmental matters. These outcomes reinforce the idea of the importance of contact with nature as a way of implementing pro-environmental behaviors.

Laboratory Analogue of Field Helping Behavior

1974 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 557-558 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard M. Lerner ◽  
Phyllis Frank
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Factorial Design ◽  
White Male ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Helping Behavior ◽  
Laboratory Analogue ◽  
White College

Within the context of a balanced factorial design, white college students (40 males, 40 females) individually viewed a videotape of a black or white, male or female, financially needy “cohort” performing an alphanumeric substitution task, and were instructed to award money for performance, which was identical in all conditions. Female Ss awarded more money than male Ss, but males were given as much money as females, and blacks were given as much as whites. Results were compared to field studies of the relation of race and sex to helping behavior.

Gaze during Speaking as Related to Shyness

1994 ◽  
Vol 78 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1259-1264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuichi Iizuka
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Factorial Design ◽  
Junior College ◽  
The Self ◽  
Junior College Students

32 shy and 32 nonshy women were selected from a population of Japanese junior college students on the basis of their responses to the Trait Shyness Scale. This study manipulated shyness (shy and nonshy), interviewers' gaze (high amount of gaze and low amount of gaze), and interviewers' sex in a 2 × 2 × 2 factorial design. Subjects were randomly assigned to eight groups and interviewed by one of two male or two female confederates. Two trained judges recorded duration of gaze and speech through a one-way mirror and watching videotaped records. Analysis showed that for the interviewer in the high gaze condition the self-reported shy women gazed less while speaking than the nonshy women.

Use of Group Hypnosis to Improve College Students' Achievement

1997 ◽  
Vol 80 (2) ◽  
pp. 636-638 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elliott H. Schreiber
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Educational Psychology ◽  
Psychology Students ◽  
Final Examination ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
Final Test

To examine whether group hypnosis would improve college students' achievement examination grades, including a midterm and final test of 30 educational psychology students who were hypnotized were compared with those of two control groups of 34 and 32 students. Analysis indicated for these intact classes the hypnotized group had a significantly higher mean score on final examination than those of the control groups, although differences in examination scores were nonsignificant at midterm. Suggestions for further research are made.

scholarly journals A Study of Birth Order and Adjustment among College Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramesh D. Waghmare
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Factorial Design ◽  
Birth Order ◽  
Social Emotional

In the present study the birth order and Adjustment among college students has been studied. Sample of the study has been chosen from medical and engineering college students of Jalna and Aurangabad District in Maharashtra. In each 30 first born students (15 Boys and 15 Girls students). 30 second born (15 Boys and 15 Girls students) and third born students (15 Boys and 15 Girls students) the scale was used for data collection Bell’s Adjustment Inventory by Lilit Sharma. 3×2 factorial design was used and data were Analysis by mean, SD and ANOVA. It has been found that there is no significance difference between first born, second born and third born students on Home, Social, Emotional and Health Adjustment.

An Objective Measure of Induced Aggression

1970 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-14
Author(s):  
Alan R. Miller ◽  
James Woo-Sam ◽  
Harry Zavos ◽  
Barbra Barker
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Objective Measure ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Experimental Group

The paper describes a method of objectively measuring induced aggression in college students. Those in the experimental (verbally threatened) group expressed aggression by sabotaging E's “research project.” The extent of aggression was measured by the number of Ss making errors and the total numbers of errors made by the experimental group as compared to the control group. More Ss in the experimental group made errors as compared to the control groups. Experimental Ss also made proportionately more errors.

scholarly journals PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN THE TREATMENT OF DEPRESSION IN COLLEGE STUDENTS

2022 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-71
Author(s):  
Xiaowei He
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
College Students ◽  
Physical Exercise ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Observation Group ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
Level Of Evidence ◽  
Treatment Of Depression ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
And Control

ABSTRACT Introduction: The mental health of college students is getting more and more attention from society. Physical exercise as a means of psychotherapy and mental health has become common at home and abroad. Objective: We explore the effect of prescribing physical exercise in the treatment of depression in college students. Methods: College students who had been diagnosed with depression were randomly divided into an observation group and a control group, each with 18 patients. The control group received drug treatment. The observation group received sports therapy in addition to drug therapy. Results: There was a statistically significant difference in HAMD scores between the observation and control groups in the first week (P<0.01). Conclusions: Exercise can play a role in treating depression patients rapidly, safely, and efficiently. Level of evidence II; Therapeutic studies - investigation of treatment results.

Perception of an Aggressor and His Victim as a Function of Their Relationship and Retaliation

1979 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 609-610 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suresh Kanekar ◽  
Deepa Mazumdar ◽  
Roshan M. Bulsara ◽  
Maharukh B. Kolsawalla
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Factorial Design

Two experiments, using a simple incident of aggression described in a passage, were conducted to study the evaluation of an aggressor (Study II) and his victim (Study I) as a function of their relationship. Both studies used a 2 (subjects' sex) × 2 (aggressor superior to victim vs aggressor subordinate to victim) × 2 (retaliating vs nonretaliating victim) factorial design, with 20 college students per cell as subjects ( N = 320). The nonretaliating victim was rated more positively than the retaliating victim on all dimensions. The aggressor tended to be more favorably judged when the victim was a superior rather than a subordinate, although this was not true of all conditions or of all dimensions.

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