Kenneth Anthony Edwards

E&A Behavioral and Mental Health Services, Dayton, Nevada · Forensic Psychology

Student performance in an individually-paced PSI course in introductory psychology is described. Students were required to complete thirty units of material by oral interviews and every third unit was followed by a written exam. The earlier a student started to work, the sooner he finished the course and more of those who started early completed th...

Forty-four inmates transferred to a state mental hospital from a maximum-security prison and its adjacent trusty unit were compared with a randomly selected group of thirty-seven inmates from the same prison. Transferred inmates were found over-represented in terms of assignment to restrictive housing units, sentences of life or some form of life i...

Stigmatization of ex-offenders has warranted a number of studies; however, even more significant may be the additional stigma placed on inmates transferred to mental facilities. In this study, maximum-security prison inmates were asked to respond to 30 items on a questionnaire previously used to assess attitudes of college students toward ex-convic...

Weight and height data from two studies were recomputed, and original data were computed using a Weight Index formula that accounts for the interaction of actual weight/height changes in growing children and compares this ratio with that of normed weight/height ratios for equal-aged children. Recomputing the data of one study showed that the Weight...

First impressions on objective tests are not necessarily best, but the preferred strategy is to be careful.

Based on findings from research using Keller's Personalized System of Instruction the author describes how college students learn in a well-controlled contingency-managed system utilizing stimulus control, small steps, and self-pacing. Classroom instruction focuses on behaviorally defining objectives, student participation, and mastery of material....

The testing procedures used in an introductory psychology class at Utah State University are described. Students who had either taken the course earlier or were concurrently enrolled in the class served as testing managers. Rooms were capable of supporting up to 250 students during class time for written exams. "Permits" to take a test have require...

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Utah State University, 1976. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 99-105).