Date of Award
4-1966
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Dr. Paul Mountjoy
Second Advisor
Dr. Chris Koronakos
Third Advisor
Dr. Donald Thor
Fourth Advisor
Dr. I. V. Holt
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
Introduction
In the recent history of psychology, considerable interest has arisen concerning the use of radiation (usually as a UCS fitted into a classical conditioning paradigm) to effect changes in behavior. Mechanisms by which radiation induces behavioral changes are obscure, and psychology, along with the disciplines of physiology and medicine, has been attempting to clarify variables in operation.
The study of drug {including alcohol) effects upon behavior has had a somewhat parallel development in the field of psychology in terms of its recency and the obscure nature of the variables operating upon resultant behavior.
These two areas of interest have similarities in the amalgamation of psychological and biological techniques into psychopharmacology and psychophysiology. A review of research centered around radiation effects will be followed by a discussion of some alcohol effects upon behavior.
Recommended Citation
Straka, Joseph A., "Effects of Radiation upon Consumption of Alcohol as a Discriminated Fluid Stimulus in the Rat" (1966). Masters Theses. 4435.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/4435