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The Analysis and Significance of Communication Effects Gaps
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Galloway, John J. – Communication Research-An Internat'l Quarterly, 1977
Examines communication effects gaps in the levels of knowledge and adoption of new ideas between more-advantaged and less-advantaged segments of a social system. (MH)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Measurement, Communication (Thought Transfer), Higher Education
Cognitive Complexity and Theatrical Information Processing: Audience Responses to Plays and Characters
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Gourd, William – Communication Monographs, 1977
Reports results from an experiment conducted to discover relationships between theatre audience members' information processing abilities and their responses to performed plays and to the characters in the play. (MH)
Descriptors: Audiences, Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes
Limiting the Scope of the Spacial Model of Communication Effects
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Craig, Robert T. – Human Communication Research, 1977
Relates an experiment designed to test the hypothesis that cognitive change resulting from information inputs can be represented as linear motion of concepts in multidimensional space. (MH)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Tests
Cognitive Complexity, Social Perception and the Development of Listener-Adapted Communication in Six-,Eight-,Ten-, and Twelve-Year-Old Boys
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Delia, Jesse G.; Clark, Ruth Anne – Communication Monographs, 1977
Discusses a study designed to determine whether children differing in age and construct system complexity differ as well in their ability to spontaneously perceive differences in psychological states of listeners and use the perceptions to determine communicative choices. (MH)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Children, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Measurement
Informant Accuracy in Social Network Data II
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Bernard, H. Russell; Killworth, Peter D. – Human Communication Research, 1977
Repeats an earlier study by the authors concerning informants' ability to report their communication accurately and confirms results indicating that people do not know those with whom they communicate. Expands the original experimental design and offers recommendations for future research. (MH)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes, Higher Education
Anomia and Close Friendship Communication Networks
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Parks, Malcolm R. – Human Communication Research, 1977
Discusses a study designed to specify the interpersonal communication related determinants of anomia within a close friendship context. (MH)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes
Training College Students to Assess Accurately What They Know and Don't Know.
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Zechmeister, Eugene B.; And Others – 1983
A study was conducted to improve confidence judgment (CJ) accuracy of college students through training in discriminating known from unknown information. Both low- and high-achieving college students were given CJ tasks, consisting of general information questions, before and after a brief training session. In addition, as part of the initial CJ…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Measurement, College Students, Confidence Testing
Deliberation Under Uncertainty: A Game Simulation of Oral Argumentation in Decision-Making
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Cox, J. Robert – Journal of the American Forensic Association, 1977
Discusses the design and test of a game simulation research instrument called "Television in the Courtroom" which is used in an attempt to determine the processes by which people deliberate and reach conclusions under conditions of uncertainty. (MH)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes, Decision Making
Role of Information Relevance, Source Credibility, and Decisional Consequence on Attitude Change, and the Verbal Attitude-Overt Behavior Correspondence.
Edeani, David O. – 1982
A serious problem in the area of attitude research is the low relationship between verbal attitude and supposedly related overt behavior. A study tested a model derived from M. Deutsch's proposition on persuasive communication stating that for communication to be effective in a conflict situation, it must convey to the information receiver the…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Attitude Change, Attitude Measures, Behavior Change