Thesis (M.A.)--York University, 2004. Graduate Programme in Psychology. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 67-74). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url%5Fver=Z39.88-2004&res%5Fdat=xri:pqdiss &rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:MR11918

Thesis (M.M.E.) Florida State University, 2007. / Advisor: Alice-Ann Darrow, Florida State University, College of Music. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed 8-29-2007). Document formatted into pages; contains 97 pages. Includes biographical sketch. Includes bibliographical references.

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Thesis (M.Communication Pathology)--Universiteit van Pretoria, 2002. / Summary in English and Afrikaans. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 107-118).

Orientador: Célia Maria Giacheti / Co-orientador: Simone Aparecida Capellini / Banca: Sthella Zanchetta / Banca: Ana Cláudia Vieira Cardoso / Resumo: Os prejuízos causados pela desnutrição no desenvolvimento infantil não são ainda totalmente conhecidos. A elevada prevalência da desnutrição e os possíveis comprometimentos no desenvolvimento físico, intelectual e/ou de linguagem nos leva a refletir sobre como as informações auditivas são processadas por crianças desnutridas. Assim, o objetivo deste estudo foi caracterizar e comparar o desempenho de crianças com desnutrição e crianças eutróficas nas habilidades do processamento auditivo. A amostra foi composta por 30 crianças pertencentes a faixa etária de cinco a dez anos, de ambos os gêneros, sendo 15 crianças com desnutrição que compuseram o grupo amostral e 15 crianças, com estado nutricional adequado, como grupo controle. Os grupos foram pareados segundo gênero, faixa etária e escolaridade. Ambos os grupos foram submetidos à avaliação auditiva periférica e central, pode-se observar que crianças desnutridas apresentaram desempenho inferior na habilidade de memória auditiva para sons verbais e não verbais quando comparadas com o grupo controle, o mesmo ocorreu nas habilidades de fechamento e figura fundo. As crianças desnutridas também tiveram baixo desempenho no mecanismo fisiológico de atenção seletiva e nos processos gnósicos de decodificação, codificação e organização, quando comparadas com as crianças eutróficas. Sendo assim conclui-se que a desnutrição afeta o desenvolvimento dos processos auditivos centrais. / Abstract: The damage caused by malnutrition on child development are not yet fully known. The high prevalence of malnutrition and possible impairments in physical, intellectual and, or language leads us to reflect on how auditory information is processed by malnourished children. The aim of this study was to characterize and compare the performance of malnourished children and normal children in auditory processing. The sample comprised 30 children belonging to the age group of five to ten years, of both genders, with 15 malnourished children comprised the sample group and 15 children with adequate nutritional status, as a control group. The groups were paired according to gender, age and grade level. Both groups underwent peripheral and central auditory assessment, noted that malnourished children had lower performance in the ability of auditory memory for verbal and nonverbal sounds compared with the control group, the same occurred in closing skills and background figure. Malnourished children also had low performance on the physiological mechanism of selective attention processes and gnosis decoding, encoding and organization when compared with normal children. Therefore it is concluded that malnutrition affects the development of the central auditory processes. / Mestre

Made available in DSpace on 2014-11-10T11:09:50Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2014-03-10Bitstream added on 2014-11-10T11:57:55Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 000789297.pdf: 1367145 bytes, checksum: 59f57be4accd2f5c33de531bdf207038 (MD5) / Os prejuízos causados pela desnutrição no desenvolvimento infantil não são ainda totalmente conhecidos. A elevada prevalência da desnutrição e os possíveis comprometimentos no desenvolvimento físico, intelectual e/ou de linguagem nos leva a refletir sobre como as informações auditivas são processadas por crianças desnutridas. Assim, o objetivo deste estudo foi caracterizar e comparar o desempenho de crianças com desnutrição e crianças eutróficas nas habilidades do processamento auditivo. A amostra foi composta por 30 crianças pertencentes a faixa etária de cinco a dez anos, de ambos os gêneros, sendo 15 crianças com desnutrição que compuseram o grupo amostral e 15 crianças, com estado nutricional adequado, como grupo controle. Os grupos foram pareados segundo gênero, faixa etária e escolaridade. Ambos os grupos foram submetidos à avaliação auditiva periférica e central, pode-se observar que crianças desnutridas apresentaram desempenho inferior na habilidade de memória auditiva para sons verbais e não verbais quando comparadas com o grupo controle, o mesmo ocorreu nas habilidades de fechamento e figura fundo. As crianças desnutridas também tiveram baixo desempenho no mecanismo fisiológico de atenção seletiva e nos processos gnósicos de decodificação, codificação e organização, quando comparadas com as crianças eutróficas. Sendo assim conclui-se que a desnutrição afeta o desenvolvimento dos processos auditivos centrais. / The damage caused by malnutrition on child development are not yet fully known. The high prevalence of malnutrition and possible impairments in physical, intellectual and, or language leads us to reflect on how auditory information is processed by malnourished children. The aim of this study was to characterize and compare the performance of malnourished children and normal children in auditory processing. The sample comprised 30 children belonging to the age group of five to ten years, of both genders, with 15 malnourished children comprised the sample group and 15 children with adequate nutritional status, as a control group. The groups were paired according to gender, age and grade level. Both groups underwent peripheral and central auditory assessment, noted that malnourished children had lower performance in the ability of auditory memory for verbal and nonverbal sounds compared with the control group, the same occurred in closing skills and background figure. Malnourished children also had low performance on the physiological mechanism of selective attention processes and gnosis decoding, encoding and organization when compared with normal children. Therefore it is concluded that malnutrition affects the development of the central auditory processes.

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M.A. (Psychology) / The purpose of this study was to determine if a relationship exists between social competence and the recognition of emotional expressions in children with minimal brain dysfunction. For this purpose a scale that assessed recognition of emotional expressions. was constructed and validated. Subsequently a group of 26 children with minimal brain dysfunction that satisfied certain selection criteria were selected as an experimental group and were paired off with a group of normal children. The groups were thereafter compared with each other in respect of social competence and recognition of emotions. Results revealed that children with minimal brain dysfunction made significantly more errors in the recognition of emotional expressions and that behavioural predispositions or traits such as aggression, assertiveness, and submission differed significantly between normal children and those with minimal brain dysfunction.

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Until about 1970, little was published on research pertaining to the influence of perceptual acuity in relation to gifted children. This study was undertaken to provide empirical data that might lead to a better understanding of such a relationship, to review research performed in the fields of both perception and giftedness, and to assess the usefulness of a non-verbal instrument for elementary teachers of art in diagnosing giftedness at a perceptual level. The study was designed to determine, by means of a perceptual index test, whether or not gifted children who display above average intellectual skills, also exhibit above average perceptual skills. The MacGregor Perceptual Index (MPI) was administered to a group of twenty-four gifted and twenty-six non-gifted children between the ages of ten and twelve years. Categories included:- perception of distance, perception of embedded figures, perception of shape, perception of similarities and differences, perception of the vertical, perception modified by constancy, and perception of contour. The investigation revealed similarities and differences among children of specific intellectual capacity and ages in how they perceive and interpret visual stimuli. It was found that children with above average intellectual ability performed at a higher level on the Perceptual Index test than did subjects drawn from an average group. The findings in this study led to recommendations for further investigation. The MPI, a non-verbal perceptual test, was judged to be a reliable instrument for diagnosing gifted children. In the synopsis of factors revealed in this study, it was concluded that there is a statistically significant relationship between perceptual ability and intellectual ability. The results of the study imply that training in perceptual problem-solving skills may generally enhance a child's intelligence level, and thus should be considered as part of the school curriculum. / Education, Faculty of / Curriculum and Pedagogy (EDCP), Department of / Graduate