Browsing OSU Dissertations by Subject "behavior"
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Effects of Extended Water Restriction on Performance, Behavior, Health, and Welfare of Feedlot Steers
(2019-07)Climate change and a growing human population are expected to impact water availability globally, which could limit water resources for animal agriculture. As water resources become scarcer, methods to efficiently utilize ... -
Equine preferences for food rewards versus human contact and implications for interspecies social bonding
(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 ... -
Predator induced phenotypic plasiticity within and between generations in the pond snail Physa acuta
(2022-05)Prey often induce changes in the phenotype of their prey through phenotypic plasticity. Phenotypes that change include life history traits, morphology, and behavior, and changes may be adaptive or non-adaptive. The goal ... -
Response to intervention for behavioral concerns
(2011-05)In response to the problems surrounding the discrepancy model, IDEA now allows response to intervention (RTI) as an alternative means to identify students with learning disabilities. In research a RTI approach has been ... -
Sex steroid hormones, architects of behavior and development: A look at the effects of sex steroid hormones in a lizard model
(2022-05)The mechanisms of sex determination and differentiation in reptilian groups are diverse and largely not well understood. With this study, we hoped to identify to what extent these mechanisms may be overridden by hormonal ... -
Teachers expectations for students with externalizing and internalizing behaviors
(2014-05)The purpose of this study was to determine if elementary school teachers held differential expectations for children labeled with emotional disturbance, and externalizing or internalizing behavior characteristics. This ... -
Treatment integrity and child outcomes: Conjoint behavioral consultation in an urban setting with clients of ethnic minority status
(2008-12)Scope and Method of Study: Home and school represent two of the most powerful influences in children's lives. Research indicates that students benefit when there is a collaborative relationship between families and educators ...