Browsing OSU Dissertations by Author "Abramson, Charles I."
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Assessment of multiple measures of honey bee (Apis mellifera ligustica) and horse (Equus ferus caballus) responding on fixed interval schedules: An individual versus aggregate analysis
Craig, David Philip Arthur (2015-05)We compared different measures of temporal control of two species' responding when reinforced on fixed interval schedules of reinforcement. The measures that were evaluated are: cumulative response curves, response bin ... -
Embodied and compressed spheres: The influences of social structure on adolescent sexual debut and pregnancy
Elias, Vicky L. (2011-07)Scope and Method of Study: In this research, data from Waves I and II of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) were used to test predictions based on a synthesis of the theories of Michel Foucault ... -
Equine preferences for food rewards versus human contact and implications for interspecies social bonding
Kieson, Emily (2019-12)The primary focus of the dissertation is to study horse preference for human contact versus food rewards. The study uses horses' ability to differentiate between visual symbols with different meanings in order to test the ... -
Examination of false recall and recognition using the DRM paradigm
Browne, Blaine L. (2002-08) -
Function of play in behavioral enrichment of captive Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)
Duer, Connie K. (2009-07)Scope and Method of Study: This research determined if enrichment items could be used as an effective tool for stress reduction in captive Asian elephants. Subjects were 3 male and 7 female Asian elephants with an age range ... -
Learning and physiological stress: Outcomes on expression of related genes in honey bees (Apis mellifera)
Black, Timothy E. (2021-05)Stress is defined as any deviation form an organism's baseline physiological levels. As such, introduction of new stimuli and information, such as in learning, can be operationally defined stressors. A large body of research ... -
Perceptions of bullying: A comparison of pre-service and in-service teachers
Curb, Lisa A. (2014-07)Bullying continues to exist in schools and students want teachers to take an active role in prevention and intervention. Prior research has explored why teachers do not intervene in bullying, but a gap exists in the research ... -
Role of learning in the expression of rattling behavior in western diamondback rattlesnakes, Crotalus atrox
Place, Aaron Jeffrey (2005-07)Scope and Method of Study: Field study of rattling behavior in free-ranging western diamondback rattlesnakes. Demonstrated short and long-term habituation of the rattle response in western diamondback rattlesnakes using a ... -
Understanding religion and spirituality
Brown, Erika A. (2014-05)The past several decades have witnessed a trend of esteeming empiricism to the point of vilifying philosophical knowledge, which has resulted in conceptualizations of religion and spirituality that are increasingly polarized, ... -
Use of a discriminative auditory cue to improve landing flare performance
Benbassat, Danny (2002-08)