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Date of Award
1971
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (M.A.)
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Kenneth L. Beauchamp
First Committee Member
Roger W. [?]
Second Committee Member
Douglas W. Matheson
Abstract
The thesis is a report of a pilot study in the general research area of behavioral originality. In the study operant techniques were used to train originality in hospitalized mentally ill or mentally retarded subjects (Ss). Originality of behavior was defined in terms of the observable behavior of the Ss in the research setting. Original responses were defined as verbal responses different from recorded baseline verbalizations for one subject (S) and motor responses different from previously observed motor responses for each of three Ss.
Pages
68
Recommended Citation
Holt, David Dennis. (1971). Operant training of originality in hospitalized adult mental patients. University of the Pacific, Thesis. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/1735
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