Thesis (Ph. D.)--Naval Postgraduate School, September 2003. / Dissertation supervisor: Michael Zyda. Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-192). Also available online.

Perceptual defense has been described as a process in which the perceptual recognition of threatening or unacceptable stimuli is inhibited as a function of the emotionality of the stimulus input. In the present study 15 male and 15 female undergraduate students were exposed tachistoscopically to neutral stimulus words and critical stimulus words related to, or associated with, aggression. A 2 x 2 analysis of variance revealed that all subjects required a significantly greater number of trials to correctly identify critical stimulus words as compared to neutral stimulus words. In addition, male subjects demonstrated significantly higher perceptual recognition thresholds than did female subjects. The results support the perceptual defense hypothesis that delayed perceptual recognition will occur as a function of exposure to threatening stimuli. The results do not support, and are antithetical to, the hypothesis that female subjects will demonstrate higher recognition thresholds, upon exposure to stimuli associated with aggression, than will male subjects. In interpreting this result, the effects of sex differences in visual-perceptual abilities, a decrease in socialization pressures towards females, and a convergence of sex based differences in child rearing patterns are discussed.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Psychology, 1990. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 246-257).

Thesis (B.A. Hons. 1975) from the Department of Psychology, University of Adelaide.

Thesis (B.Sc. (Hons.))--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Psychology, 1979.

Thesis(M.S.)--Auburn University, 2006. / Abstract. Includes bibliographic references (p.51-52).

This study investigated effects of monitoring on correspondence between nonverbal responding and verbal descriptions of those contingencies, when verbal descriptions and contingencies were compatible and when incompatible. In the Nonverbal Component, the contingency for key pressing was either on a 0.8 s IRT or a 3.4 s IRT. In the Verbal Component, subjects made responses to a statement about the contingency for reinforcement in the Nonverbal Component. Shaping was used to establish targets of 0.8 s and 3.4 s in this component. Results indicated that across 7/8 opportunities subjects exhibited nonverbal and verbal behavior that was sensitive to their respective contingencies regardless of compatibility. This sensitivity to contingencies was not affected by the presence of a monitor.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of West Florida, 2009. / Submitted to the Dept. of Psychology. Title from title page of source document. Document formatted into pages; contains 69 pages. Includes bibliographical references.

Bibliography : leaves 246-257 / v, 257 leaves : ill ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Psychology, 1990

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, 2008. / Title from screen (viewed on August 27, 2009). School of Nursing, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). Advisor(s): Joan Haase, Janet Carpenter, Patricia Ebright, Rangaraj Ramanujam. Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 303-316).