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The Relationship Between Achievement Of The Wechsler Memory Scale And The Wechsler-Bellevue Intelligence Test For A Heterogeneous Group Of Mental Patients, Lennart Charles Johnson

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Parallel Group Experiment In Mental Hygiene With School Children, Ernest Herman Jackson Jr.

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Mr. Bullis seemed to have a direct answer to the problem that was concerning the experimenter. However, after using his book for several years and in different grade levels: sixth, seventh and eighth, it became apparent that no such single remedy would change the behavior or personality of children in a basic sense. The lessons seemed to work best for the experiment with eighth grade pupils, but still he was not confident in this own mind that they were as effective as they might be; that is, to help boys and girls get along better with one another, to understand …

A Comparison Of Scores Of Negro And White Children On The Wechsler Intelligence Scale For Children, John Robert Blakemore

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

This investigation concerns the intelligence of the Negro population in relation to the white population. There is a considerable difference of opinion relating to the intelligence of the Negro. Some students in the field contend that the Negro's intelligence, as measured by the tests available for all individuals, is naturally lower due to hereditary factors. Other investigators (these seem to be in the majority¹ believe that environment plays the major role in lowering their ability to gain a comparable score with white individuals.

A Study Of The Organization And Function Of The Coaches' Associations Of The United States, Alfred Carrier Larvick

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Performance On English And Spanish Editions Of The Stanford-Binet By Spanish American Children, Carmina Jimenez

Psychology ETDs

This study was made to gather information which might indicate whether the bilingual children of Albuquerque, New Mexico should be given the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Tests in Spanish or in English in order to measure most fairly their intelligence. The hypothesis to be tested may be stated: Spanish-American children in Albuquerque, New Mexico should be tested for intelligence with a Spanish version of the Stanford-Binet test.

An Investigation Concerning The Incidence Of Compulsitivity Among College Students, Reid I. Martin

Psychology ETDs

It is the purpose of the study to evaluate the following hypothesis: There exists among students now in college a certain incidence of compulsitivity as indicated by an experimentally devised ratios of compulsion neurosis to hysteria*; this incidence is greater among those now in college than those not in college.

It is also a purpose of this study to contribute experimental evidence to the frequently reported observation that compulsion neurosis occurs more frequently in men than women.

*The terms "compulsion neurosis" and "hysteria" are used loosely in this thesis, not to mean neurosis per se, but neurotic trends in …

An Inquiry Into The Validity Of The Gregory Academic Interest Inventory, Richard A. Yocom

Psychology ETDs

It was the purpose of this study to make an inquiry into the general validity of the entire inventory, and to ascertain the apparent validity of the individual scales incorporated in the inventory by means of data gathered from 92 graduate students enrolled at the University of New Mexico.

The Effects Of Severe Electric Shocks On Learning, Harry James Caughren Jr.

Psychology ETDs

The following are the purposes of this study: (1) to measure the effects of distracting emotional conditions on maze learning under electric shock conditions and under non-shock conditions; (2) to obtain, by a questionnaire, subjects' reports of their emotional responses to shock and to compare such reports with observation of their performance; and (3) to show the relation between different methods of solving the Warden U-type relief finger maze.

A Study Of Personality And Interest Traits Of Successful And Unsuccessful Group Work Leaders Using Six Standardized Tests, Mary E. Flannigan

Student Work

No recreational or leisure-time program can rise above the level of its leadership. No matter how fine the objectives of the Board of Directors and the Executive, if they are not matched by competence of those who actually provide leadership, they fail.

From the standpoint of objectives and policies, nothing so directly determines the value and outcome of a Social Group Work Agency as the leaders in program activities. It is the Group Leaders, whether paid or volunteer, within an agency that reduce to a minimum the gap between the possible and actual effectiveness of the program.

An Investigation Of Certain Aspects Of Human Figure Drawings As A Measure Of Sociability Of The Person, Vincent Boone Alig

Graduate Thesis Collection

For many years considerable interest has been shown in spontaneous drawing productions as related to personality study. However, little has been accomplished toward validating this measure as useful in the clinic, and even less has been done to demonstrate its usefulness with "normal" individuals. This study, therefore, is an attempt to determine whether or not certain aspects i.e., the manner in which the arms and hands are represented, in drawings of the human figure will objectively differentiate between social and non-social, "normal" individuals.

A Study Of The Relationship Between Self-Evaluations, Test Results And The Opinions Of Experts, Arthur L. Belknap

Student Work

As a part of his address “Addressing Men’s Minds” delivered to the assembled members of the National Office Management Association, Omaha Chapter, Claude E. Thompson – Professor of Psychology and Business and the Director of the Bureau of Adult Testing at the University of Omaha – conducted an experiment designed to examine the ability of the group to adequately evaluate others. It was with his kind permission that this investigator was able to collect, analyze, and report on the resulting data.

Correlations Between The Johnson Temperament Analysis And The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory Based Upon 100 Male Counselees, F. Alec Phillips

Student Work

The field of personality is one of the most popular, challenging, important, and confused in present-day psychological studies.

During the psychology’s infancy, the study was neglected by the psychologists and left to the uncontrolled clinical methods of the psychiatrists and psychoanalysis. Finally, study in this field has been undertaken by psychologists possessing scientific method, but too often lacking the orientation to persons as such, which characterizes the clinically trained psychiatrists. It should, therefore, he no surprise to find chaotic conditions ruling the study of the psychology of personality.

An Experimental Investigation Of The Relationship Of Perceptual Speed To Motor Speed, Richard F. Wierman

Psychology ETDs

The main problems of this investigation were to discover;

1. What relationship, if any, exists between perceptual and motor speed and

2. Whether or not individuals who had scores on visual test which were above the mean and who had scores on motor tests below the mean present a history of fewer accidents when compared with persons whose scores on visual tests were below the mean and who were above the mean in motor test scores.

A Study Of Some Factors Affecting Parental Attitudes, Shirley Driggs

Psychology ETDs

The purpose of this study is to determine the possible association of such factors as amount of education, age, sex, broken homes, the number of children in the family, and foreign birth with parental attitudes. The parental attitudes of mothers, fathers, sons, and daughters are also compared with each other in order to determine whether different generations would have different parental attitudes.

A Study Of Reaction To Frustration In Stutterers, Leroi Madison

Speech and Hearing Sciences ETDs

It was the purpose of this study to compare the responses of a group of stutterers on the Rosenzweig Picture-Frustration Study with the norms established for that study to determine whether, as a group, they show any significant differences in (1) the direction of aggression, and (2) the type of reaction to frustration.

Sound-Induced Seizures In Rats Reared On Diets With High Sugar Content, Lois L. Benedict

Psychology ETDs

The present study was not designed to investigate the controversy on carbohydrate metabolism. For experimental purposes, the second possibility mentioned above was assumed to be true, i.e., that, somehow, ingested galactose might possibly be transported through the circulatory system. As long as this theory remains tenable, experimentation based upon it is necessary.

Mmpi Personality Patterns For Several Academic Major Groups, Miriam Redlo

Psychology ETDs

The relationship between personality and vocation has raised many problems, which have not yet been adequately investigated, since this area of research is comparatively recent. Many investigators claim that there are specific occupational differences in personality in that individuals who choose particular fields of work have certain personality characteristics in common. In other words, those in a certain occupation who are successful and satisfied with the nature of their employment will show, as indicated by instruments of personality measurement, similar traits or patterns of temperament or personality which differentiate them from persons in other vocations, who are successful as well.

An Experimental Study Of The Effect Of Five Variables On The Rate Of Reversal Of Reversible Figures., Clarence Howard Amster

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Many conflicting reports have been given in the literature concerning the effect of various factors on the rate of reversal of figure and ground in reversible perspective. Flugel (7, 8) suggested that changes in eye movement increased the number of reversals. He thought that fixation on one part of the figure could lead to S’s interpretation of this part as being "nearer” the observer and that changes in perspective were induced by changing the fixation point. Donahue (5) found that there was a rhythm in the reversals but the shift in the fixation point was not in rhythm with the …

The Relative Stimulus Value Of Voices And Faces As Measured By The Method Of Recognition, William Hill Doub

Master's Theses

When Ebbinghaus published the results of his experimental investigations of memory in 1885 his introductory chapter pointed out the "bare knowledge of the existence of memory and its effects." Historically in studies of memory our information came in large measure from the observation of the extreme and especially striking cases.The difficulties of scientific studies and the indefinite unspecialised knowledge of the nature of memory vas almost prohibitive in undertaking new investigations.

Influence Of Handedness Of The Application Of Acetylcholine And Glutamic Acid To The Motor Cortex Of The Albino Rat, Donald G. Doehring

Psychology ETDs

The purpose of this study was to repeat the experimental design used in Suess' study, i.e., the attempt to influence the handedness of ambidextrous rats by application of Ach and glumatic acid to the motor cortex. This study was a slight departure from that of Suess in that more post-operational reaches were taken.

Correlations Between The Bernreuter Personality Inventory And The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory At The College Level, William Walter Farquhar

Student Work

The basic problem of the study was to determine the extent of relationship between the Bernreuter Personality Inventory and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory at the college level. Primarily this is a problem of method.

An Analysis Of The Relationships Existing Between The Number And Kinds Of Problems Of Children And Their Degree Of Intelligence, Herbert L. Sachs

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of Radio Programs On Recognitive Memory In High School Students, William Edwin Tatter

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Parents' Reasons For Premature Termination Of Contacts In A Child Guidance Center, Fred Donnel Whelan

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Study Of The Psychology Of Perfume Advertising As Used In Five Popular Magazines, Raymond Albert Herwitz

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Throughout the history of physiology and psychology. much effort has been devoted to the study of the functions of the emotions and their subsequent effects on behavior. A systematic investigation of the powers have proved to be extremely fruitful for further understanding of how the emotional appeal can be used, within advertising limits, on individuals.

Children's Reactions To One Hundred Thirty-Seven Visual Items, Robert James Tufts

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to present the responses of children to one hundred thirty-seven visual items developed under the direction of the present writer specifically for this purpose. The items are pen and ink sketches of situations, actions and objects which any child might find in his daily living or about which he might fantasy.

The subject matter of the items can be best be determined by direct reference to them as they are presented in Chapter III of this thesis. They represent many types of situations and objects with no intention of including or evaluating any specific …

The Adjustment Of Eighty Correspondence Club Members As Indicated By Two Adjustment Inventories, Maurice R. Seaquist

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

It is the purpose of the present thesis to determine the adjustment of a sampling of correspondence club members. The hypothesis is that the social adjustment of these individuals is inferior to that of the individuals used in two personality inventories. In addition, answers to these questions are sought:

1. Is there a common need or problem that motivates these men and women to seek companionship through correspondence agencies?
2. What is their age, sex, cultural and geographical background?
3. What are the physical qualities and economic status of the members and what qualities and status are they seeking in the members they …

Transfer In Handedness In The Rat Induced By Acetylcholine And Forced Practice, Charles A. Baker

Psychology ETDs

This study was designed to discover the effects of local applications of acetylcholine to the cerebral cortex of the rat in conjunction with forced reaching on handedness.

Psychometric Problems Related To Cerebral Palsy, Dorothy Sievers

Psychology ETDs

Statistics have shown that there are about seven children who are born with or acquire cerebral palsy per year for every 100,000 population (7). This means that there are nearly 400,000 cerebral palsied persons under the age of 40 in the United States today (15). Cerebral palsy may be described as a disfunctioning of the nerves and muscles caused by damage to certain certain centers of the brain.

The Communication Of Supervisory Functions And Its Relationship To Employee Attitude, Betty Jane Neitzel

Wayne State University Theses

The history of industrial and personnel psychology contains a large amount of literature of the investigations made of personal traits and characteristics, individual differences, and of the psychological tests which measure these factors. More recently personnel and industrial psychologists have become interested in other phases of research. The employee in industry has increasingly become the focal point in investigations and discussions and at present personnel interrelationships and the dynamics of the working situations are attracting the attention of a number of psychologists. This shift in interest has brought with it new emphasis in the literature.

The study to be presented …