The purposes of the study were (1) to validate five selected supportive and five selected non-supportive nonverbal movements, and (2) to determine the effects of the nonverbal expressions upon subjects' learning of a gross motor skill. Subjects were twenty-eight college women who met the established criteria. The testing instrument was the Bachman Ladder. Fourteen subjects received the supportive-- non-supportive nonverbal treatment sequence; fourteen subjects received the reverse treatment sequence. Subjects numerically ranked the degree of treatment following each experimental session. Data were analyzed by analysis of variance method. Alpha was .05. Conclusions of this study were (1) that nonverbal supportive and non-supportive treatments do not significantly affect gross motor learning, and (2) the selected expressions are valid techniques for nonverbal communications.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc663304 |
| Date | 05 1900 |
| Creators | Laflin, Joyce |
| Contributors | Richardson, Peggy A., 1938-, Campbell, Lloyd P. |
| Publisher | North Texas State University |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | vi, 94 leaves: ill., Text |
| Coverage | United States - Texas - Denton County - Denton, 1974 |
| Rights | Public, Laflin, Joyce, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights |
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