Date of Award
1971
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (M.A.)
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Kenneth L. Beauchamp
First Committee Member
Roseann Weber
Second Committee Member
D. Matheson
Abstract
The experiments reported in the present paper may be characterized as belonging to the general area of motivation research referred to as stimulus selection behavior. Stimulus selection behavior includes curiosity, exploratory, and manipulatory activities. Generally, the research in the area attempts to determine the relation between changes in the stimulus and changes in the measures of approach behavior in the subject (s). In this research, approach behavior is apparently unrelated to organic need conditions. The experiments presented in this paper were designed to determine a preschool child's stimulus preference as he entered the experimental setting, and whether that preference could be systematically modified by exposure to other stimuli. The major conceptual hypothesis for the experiments was derived from the theory of stimulus change presented by Dember and Earl (~957).
Pages
62
Recommended Citation
Shields, Andrea Lyn. (1971). Stimulus selection under conditions of free choice by preschool children at baseline and after adaptation. University of the Pacific, Thesis. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/1748
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