Most master’s theses completed through the Graduate College of Western Michigan University have been entered into ScholarWorks. Some may be embargoed or restricted by the authors and may be only available from on-campus computers. Print copies of theses not available here and from before 2012 are available through interlibrary loan. If you have any questions, please contact wmu-scholarworks@wmich.edu.
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Using Normative Messages and Incentives to Improve Organizational Performance, Anna L. Conard
Using Behavioral Interventions Amongst Unionized Workers to Increase Attendance, Marlies Hagge
Evaluation of the Efficacy of a Rat Agreement Based Reinforcement Procedure, Katherine B. LaLonde
Reducing Nonfatal Occupational Injuries Among Hispanic Workers With The Implementation of Behavior-Based Safety Training in Spanish, Sin Chien Lee
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
The Effects of Replacing Dispersed Trash and Recycling Bins with Integrated Waste Receptacles on the Accuracy of Waste Sorting in an Academic Building, Katherine J. Binder
Effects of Symbol Prompts and 3D Pavement Illusions on Motorist Yielding at Crosswalks, Nicole M. Cambridge
The Effects of Reinforcer-Paired Stimuli on Operant Behavior: Review, Demonstration, and Conceptual Analysis, Timothy Lowell Edwards
The Kappa Opioid Agonist, Salvinorin A, Attenuates Locomotor Effects of Morphine but not Morphine-Induced Conditioned Place Preference, Stacy Dianne Engebretson
Laboratory Measures of Aggression in Methadone Patients, Catherine M. Gayman
The Effect of Innovative Technology on Seatbelt Use, Bryan W. Hilton
Cognitive Defusion to Treat College Students with Low Self-Esteem, Marchion Hinton
The Distinctiveness, Intimacy, and Efficacy of FAP Compared to Non-Directive Support: An Alternating Treatments Design, Daniel W. M. Maitland
A Comparison of the Effect of In-Street Pedestrian Signs Alone, the Rectangular Rapid-Flashing Beacon Alone and Both Together on Yielding Behavior, Hana Sahar Manal
The Gender of Gender Authors: A Study of the Gender of Authors Published in a Journal of Women and Minorities Studies, Lindsay K. Porter
Promoting Understanding of Informed Consent, Michael N. Reynolds
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Conducting a Behavior Based Safety Assessment in a Manufacturing Facility, Tarek Abousaleh
A Stepped School Based Behavioral Intervention for Adolescent Depression, Lucas Broten
Training Responsible Gambling as Harm Reduction: A Brief Behavioral Intervention for College-Aged Problem Gamblers Who are Poker Players, Mack S. Costello
The Effects of Punishment on Resurgence in Laboratory Rats, Kathryn Kestner
An Assessment of a Biofeedback Device for the Treatment of Nocturnal Bruxism, Christopher Walmsley
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Salvinorin A Fails to Attenuate Cocaine Discrimination in Male Sprague-Dawley Rats, Amanda R. Austin
Effects of Punishment on Instructional Control of Human Choice, Adam E. Fox
Injury Rate of Behavior-Based Safety Observers Versus Non-Observers, Krystyna A. Riley
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Increasing Cell Phone User Following Distance by Prompts, Goal-setting, and Feedback in a Driving Simulator, Michelle Arnold
Defining Delayed Consequences as Reinforcers: Some Do, Some Don't, and Nothing Changes, Kelly P. Bradley
Absence of Learning and Memory Impairments in Female Rats Following Repeated Administration of Dextromethorphan During Adolescence, Amy L. Durgin
The Effects of Salvinorin A on the Novel Object Recognition Task in Male Rats, Larissa A. Haliw
The Effects of a Visual Problem-Solving Strategy on Complex Categorization Task Performance, April N. Kisamore
The Role of Double-Reversed Relations in a Relational Frame Approach to Teaching Perspective-Taking to Young Children, Jeana L. Koerber
Salvinorin B Derivatives, EOM and MOM Substitue for the Discriminative Stimulus Effects of Salvinorin A, M. Melissa Peet
Using an Experience Sampling Method to Investigate How People Spend Their Time at Work, Anna A. Rice
Equivalence Class Formation by Adolescents with Asperger's Disorder, Andrew R. Riley
Probability-Discounting in Humans: Real Versus Hypothetical Outcomes, Gabriel D. Searcy
An Analysis of the Efficacy of Rapid-Flash LED Beacons to Increase Yielding to Pedestrians Using Crosswalks on Multilane Roadways, Jimmy Waye Shurbutt
The Impact of Acceptance and Commitment Training on Safe Posture During an Assembly Task, Sarah E. VanStelle
Increasing Learner Participation Rates for a Blended Learning Curriculum Using a Combination of Goal-Setting, Feedback, and Praise, Michelle VanWagner
Salvinorin A Establishes Conditioned Place Aversion in Male Sprague-Dawley Rats, Sheryl L. Walker
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
A Comparison of the Effectiveness of Interval and Full-Session Differential Reinforcement of Low Rates Procedures with Preschool Children, Season M. Almason
Investigating the Effectiveness of a Raised Hand and Extended Arm to Increase Motorist Yielding Near Uncontrolled Crosswalks, Brian J. Crowley-Koch
An Evaluation of Preference for Modeling Interventions, Kaneen B. Geiger
Identifying the Most Effective Stimulus to Promote Wayfinding in Elders with Dementia, Allison A. Jay
Testing the Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavior and Medication Therapy in the Acute Treatment on Unipolar Mood Disorders: Processes and Case Histories, Alyssa H. Kalata
Generalization of Mands for Information across Establishing Operations, Sarah A. Lechago
Schedule Thinning Following Mand Training: Attempts to Enhance Signaled Delay to Reinforcement, Jamie M. Severtson
Evaluation of the Discriminative Stimulus Effects of 1,4-Butanediol, a Metabolic Precursor of Gammahydroxybutyrate, Timothy J. Van Tilburg
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
Teaching Children with Autism to Mand for Information Using Video Modeling, Courtney Dillon
The Effects of a Still-Photo Computer Module without Feedback on Ergonomic Behaviors, Rhiannon M. Fante