Carol Shaw Austad
Biographic Data
| ID | 6481827 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Carol Shaw Austad |
| GIVEN NAMES | Carol Shaw |
| FAMILY NAME | Austad |
| SIGNATURE | AUSTAD C S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Central Connecticut State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5401-0165 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Hawaiian psychology: Ka lama kukui: Kūkākūkā (talking story) and Hawaiian historical and racial trauma
Help increase the peace, a youth-focused program in peace education
This study investigated specific attitudes and beliefs, related to the concepts of peace education, of participants in an ‘Introductory, basic help increase the peace program’ (HIPP) workshop. Pre- and post-workshop ratings showed significant differences on two important attitudinal variables: first, the importance of being familiar with the concepts of communication, cooperation and trust, conflict resolution and understanding diversity, and, se…
Gender Differences in the Perception of Prisoner Abuse
The Wisdom Group: A Psychotherapeutic Model for Elderly Persons
This article describes the "Wisdom Group," a therapy devised for the psychotherapeutic treatment of elderly persons. Preliminary work was done with five men of advanced age who were psychiatric in-patients with diagnoses of organicity and depression. The approach was effective in eliciting interaction during the meetings with each other and the group leader. The potential use of this intervention with a greater variety of elderly persons is discu…
The salience of sex role instructions to mental health professionals
Studies of Imitative Learning and Vicarious Reinforcement
This article examined theoretical and practical aspects of vicarious reinforcement. Vicarious reinforcement is described as a metaphor, created by drawing attention to the similarities between vicarious and direct reinforcement. If vicarious reinforcement is analogous to direct reinforcement, it is possible to treat them in the same way. A series of experiments with 60 children were conducted to translate the metaphor into concrete operations. Th…
Perceptions of Neglected Children and Negligent Parents about Causes for Removal from Parental Homes
A sample of 27 neglected children and their parents from South Africa were interviewed to ascertain why they believed the children were removed from their homes by legal authorities. The responses indicated that both parents and children were likely to perceive the removal to be a function of some action or personality characteristic of the child. Parents described their children in a negative, disapproving frame of reference and appeared to be i…
Perceptions of Neglected Children and Negligent Parents about Causes for Removal from Parental Homes
A sample of 27 neglected children and their parents from South Africa were interviewed to ascertain why they believed the children were removed from their homes by legal authorities. The responses indicated that both parents and children were likely to perceive the removal to be a function of some action or personality characteristic of the child. Parents described their children in a negative, disapproving frame of reference and appeared to be i…
Studies of Imitative Learning and Vicarious Reinforcement
This article examined theoretical and practical aspects of vicarious reinforcement. Vicarious reinforcement is described as a metaphor, created by drawing attention to the similarities between vicarious and direct reinforcement. If vicarious reinforcement is analogous to direct reinforcement, it is possible to treat them in the same way. A series of experiments with 60 children were conducted to translate the metaphor into concrete operations. Th…
The salience of sex role instructions to mental health professionals
The Wisdom Group: A Psychotherapeutic Model for Elderly Persons
This article describes the "Wisdom Group," a therapy devised for the psychotherapeutic treatment of elderly persons. Preliminary work was done with five men of advanced age who were psychiatric in-patients with diagnoses of organicity and depression. The approach was effective in eliciting interaction during the meetings with each other and the group leader. The potential use of this intervention with a greater variety of elderly persons is discu…
Gender Differences in the Perception of Prisoner Abuse
Help increase the peace, a youth-focused program in peace education
This study investigated specific attitudes and beliefs, related to the concepts of peace education, of participants in an ‘Introductory, basic help increase the peace program’ (HIPP) workshop. Pre- and post-workshop ratings showed significant differences on two important attitudinal variables: first, the importance of being familiar with the concepts of communication, cooperation and trust, conflict resolution and understanding diversity, and, se…
Hawaiian psychology: Ka lama kukui: Kūkākūkā (talking story) and Hawaiian historical and racial trauma
Psychology (7 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Psychiatry (3 works) · Cognitive psychology (2 works) · Punishment (psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)