The following study had been developed to demonstrate language behavior in subjects that matched or demonstrated deficient language behavior like Sarah's (Premack, 1971). Two autistic children were selected as subjects. These two subjects demonstrated that children who could not normally fulfill the language behavior requirement of selecting specific words, letters, or colored stones, and arranging them in some good temporal sequence, could in fact be taught to do just that activity. In this manner, language deficient candidates more severely damaged than the subjects used by Premack in his study on language difficulties in persons who were "brain damaged,'" could be taught the parameters of syntax and semantics on a non-vocal level, and thereby fulfill the criterion for language behavior, namely that of arranging specific symbols in good temporal sequence.

Impairment of language-based communication is a hallmark of advanced dementia, which often leads to social isolation. However, nonverbal communication remains relatively preserved. Intensive Interaction, a nonverbal communication technique, offers a potential means for maintaining connections. This study assessed the feasibility of a full scale randomized control trial (RCT), to ascertain whether or not training care staff to use Intensive Interaction techniques could improve Quality of Life (QoL) for residents with advanced dementia. Using a non-randomised control design, staff in a nursing home were paired with a resident and offered training in Intensive Interaction, with video recordings of their interactions and QoL measures for the resident taken before and after training and at 3 month follow-up. These were compared to outcomes in a control home in which care continued as usual. Results from the intervention home indicated an increase in communication behaviours that facilitated and showed pleasure in interactions and a decrease in behaviours that hindered and expressed displeasure in interactions. Furthermore, scores on QoL assessment also improved. These changes were significantly different to those observed in the control home. Large effect sizes for these changes were suggestive of clinical relevance and thus further research through a full-scale trial is recommended.

This report details the development and execution of a pilot study investigating the influence of pedagogical experience on assessing student comprehension from nonverbal communication. The literary review identifies gaps in the current body of knowledge pertaining to teacher decoding of student nonverbal communication. The literary review also identifies instruments and procedures used in current nonverbal behavior research which will benefit the pilot study. After describing the instruments and procedure, the report presents the pilot study's results from interviewing six subjects. Using the results and recommendations from the study's subjects, the report recommends an instrument and procedure to conduct a full experiment. / text

The present study was designed to provide data bearing on the question of the relationship between verbal and nonverbal behavior. And, in particular, to see if it is possible to control human nonverbal behavior through the manipulation of verbal behavior.

Thesis advisor: Hiroshi Nakazato / In addition to negotiation, nonverbal signaling plays a large part in diplomacy. One such nonverbal technique is diplomatic revocation, in which a sending state summons its ambassador from a receiving state. Such an act has strategic value and can be used to discourage politically reprehensible acts in the receiving state, or further delegitimize its leaders or government to the international community, especially when accompanied by other sanctions or a comprehensive political agenda. Other times, revocation is reactionary, as in the cases of recalling an ambassador for poor conduct or as a precautionary measure against dwindling security conditions in the host state. In consulting scholarly work on the nonverbal dynamics of diplomacy and using an original dataset of over 1,000 instances of diplomatic revocation, this thesis examines the efficacy of diplomatic sanctions and concludes that 53% of diplomatic revocations are not intended as politically persuasive tools. / Thesis (BA) — Boston College, 2017. / Submitted to: Boston College. College of Arts and Sciences. / Discipline: Arts and Sciences Honors Program. / Discipline: International Studies.

Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2005. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references. Also available online via the University of Tennessee ETD website (http://web.utk.edu/~thesis/etd.shtml).

The purpose of this study was to determine what the immediate effects of a relaxation treatment had upon the subject's perception of facial expression of emotion with state anxiety held constant. Specifically, this study attempted to compare subjects who received a 25-minute taped recorded relaxation treatment with subjects who did not receive the relaxation treatment and subsequent perception of facial expression of emotion. The research hypothesis was stated in the null form.A review of the relevant literature available on facial expression of emotion, relaxation treatment, and training programs designed for therapists supported the need for the study. In addition, the research indicated that techniques for reliably evaluating facial expression of emotion were not extant.All subjects for the study were graduate level students enrolled in at least one Guidance and Counseling course offered. spring quarter, 1978, at a midwestern university. The university's Research Computing Unit randomly selected 80 subjects from the total population of 167 potential. subjects. Randomly selected subjects were then randomly assigned to either the experimental group or study two the control group. The sex of the subject was controlled for in the random assignment of subjects to each group. Each group, experimental and control, consisted of 20 males and 20 females. Experimental group subjects ranged in age from 22 to 40, with a mean age of 29.8. Control group subjects ranged in age from 22 to 57, with a mean age of 30.7. The total of 80 randomly selected subjects who participated in this study were scheduled to participate in the at one time.The Multiple Affect Adjective Check List, Today Form (MAACL) was used to obtain the subject's state anxiety score (the covariate measure). Following the administration of the MAACL, experimental group subjects received a 25-minute tape recorded relaxation treatment. The Pictures of Facial Affect (PFA) was administered to both groups to measure the subject's perception of facial expression of emotion. The PFA consists of 110 high quality slides which depict 7 facial expressions of emotion. The 7 subtests of, the PFA include: happy, sad, fear, anger, surprise, disgust, and neutral. The PFA was administered to the experimental group following the relaxation treatment. The control group, which received no treatment, was given the PFA following the administration of the MAACL.Preliminary to the analysis of data, a KR-20 subtest analysis conducted on the PFA resulted in discarding subtests happy, fear, and surprise. These subtests lacked internal reliability. Further, the null hypothesis of no relation between the covariate (state anxiety as measured by the MAACL) and the set of selected dependent of the PFA was not rejected. The revised null hypothesis was tested through a multivariate analysis of variance. An F test significant at the .05 level was set. The results of the analysis indicated the revised null hypothesis was not rejected. Under the constraints of the study, the following conclusion was made. No significant differences were found between subjects who received relaxation treatment and subjects who did not receive relaxation treatment and subsequent perception of facial expression of emotion as measured by the PFA. However, an additional finding of the study was significant difference between men and women end their perception of facial expression of emotion. Suggestions for future research were offered based upon the analysis of data.

Thesis (M.A.)--Creighton University, 2008. / Abstract. Title from title screen (viewed Mar. 8, 2010). DSpace (Bluebrary). Includes bibliographical references: leaves 89-98.

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