Psychology & Neuroscience Theses: Recent submissions
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Emergent untaught behaviour : stimulus equivalence and transitive inference in learning disabled and normally able people
(University of St Andrews, 1997) - ThesisThe explanation of the emergence of untaught behaviour has been a topic of considerable interest in behaviour analysis. The experiments in this thesis were designed to examine some of the processes underlying these emergent ... -
A philosophical systematisation of the psychological concepts of Jung in relation to Neoplatonic tradition
(University of St Andrews, 1989) - ThesisJung developed various psychological concepts (for example, the 'archetypes') in an attempt to explain the special modalities of relationship between the noumenal (unconscious) realities, or between the noumenal (unconscious) ... -
The effect of social stereotypes on eyewitness behaviour
(University of St Andrews, 1994) - ThesisEyewitness behaviour is a very important issue in social psychology. Recent years have seen a boom in research in this area; however, very little of this research has addressed the important and fundamental issues raised ... -
Human auditory information processing
(University of St Andrews, 1973) - ThesisThe purpose of this study is to investigate the flow of nonsymbolic auditory information in humans. To achieve this goal the observer adjusts the loudness of a Gaussian noise (GN) signal to match the perceived intensity ... -
Some philosophical theories of the visual perception of space and their relationships with experimental psychology
(University of St Andrews, 1981) - ThesisChapter One introduces the theory which is based on three postulates derived from pragmatism, empiricism and constructivism respectively. Veridical perception is seen not as reflecting the world as it is in some absolute ...