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Construction Of A Forced-Choice University Instructor Rating Scale, Emmoran Benjamin Cobb Aug 1956

Construction Of A Forced-Choice University Instructor Rating Scale, Emmoran Benjamin Cobb

Doctoral Dissertations

Statement of the Problem: The problem, the construction of a rating scale for student evaluation of college teachers, had both "pure" and "applied" psychological research aspects. The "pure" facet of the problem was to develop, apply, and test the effectiveness of certain "forced-choice" principles of rating scale construction. The "applied" aspect was to construct in instrument useful to college teachers in the practice of their profession. Quotation marks are used for these terms to indicated the artificial nature of the dualism applied.


Christian Worship: A Psychological Study, Jonas M. Berkey Aug 1956

Christian Worship: A Psychological Study, Jonas M. Berkey

Graduate Thesis Collection

Both Psychology and Christianity are concerned with the well-being or wholeness of the human person. Since God is no respecter of persons, then all men are alike in their basic nature. Psychology bears out this conclusion. Therefore, upon the foundation of this basic agreement psychology may be used effectively in helping to establish a fundamental agreement for the effective worship of Christian men. The scope of this treatment will consider only three of the basic acts of Christian worship - prayer, baptism and the Lord's Supper.


The Effects Of Varied Pre-Experimental Environments On Open Field Behavior And Elevated Maze Learning In The Rat, Herbert C. Hayward Jun 1956

The Effects Of Varied Pre-Experimental Environments On Open Field Behavior And Elevated Maze Learning In The Rat, Herbert C. Hayward

Doctoral Dissertations

Introduction: This study was an effort to evaluate the effect or effects of pre-experimental treatment upon the subsequent behavior of white rats of two strains in the presence of stimulus change during the experiment. Two articles in the Psychological Bulletin (2, 9) have pointed up the importance of such studies for the science of psychology.


An Experimental Investigation Of Computational Error In Complex Arithmetical Tasks, James L. Evans May 1956

An Experimental Investigation Of Computational Error In Complex Arithmetical Tasks, James L. Evans

Psychology ETDs

It was the purpose of this study (1) to investigate the nature of the computational errors made by mathematically trained college students when they solved complex arithmetical problems under normal conditions, i.e., comfortable working conditions without stress; and (2) to investigate experimental conditions which might reduce the incidence of computational error.


An Investigation Of The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory As A Predictor Of Adjustment To College Life, John Thomas Drury Apr 1956

An Investigation Of The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory As A Predictor Of Adjustment To College Life, John Thomas Drury

Master's Theses

College populations are rapidly growing and many millions or young people will have a chance for college in the future who would not have had an opportunity for such an education some years ago. Factors making for success in college become more important as the population increases and facilities become more limited. The present investigation is directed to the matter of adjustment to college life and the prediction of such adjustment with the use of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory.

Human personality has been the object or much re­ search and discussion through the centuries. Many psychol­ ogists have proposed …


The Development Of A Standardized Interview For Measuring Non-Intellective Factors Associated With Success And Failure Among College Students, William Hensley Leftwich Apr 1956

The Development Of A Standardized Interview For Measuring Non-Intellective Factors Associated With Success And Failure Among College Students, William Hensley Leftwich

Master's Theses

This study represents an attempt to discover factors differentiating achieving and non-achieving college students. It was done as a part or a larger program being conducted in the University or Richmond Center for Psychological Services. It involved the construction and use of a standardized interview developed particularly for college students. It is hoped that in the future this instrument or a similar technique may aid in the prediction of academic performance.


An Investigation Of Personality Correlates Of Some Common Patterns Of Level Of Aspiration Response In Children, Therese Lorraine De Sousa Jan 1956

An Investigation Of Personality Correlates Of Some Common Patterns Of Level Of Aspiration Response In Children, Therese Lorraine De Sousa

Dissertations

No abstract provided.


A Survey Of The Effectiveness Of Industrial Development Programs, Fred Philip Lauth Jan 1956

A Survey Of The Effectiveness Of Industrial Development Programs, Fred Philip Lauth

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


The Result Of Auditory Presentation During Sleep Of Meaningful Material, Donald J. Tyrell Jan 1956

The Result Of Auditory Presentation During Sleep Of Meaningful Material, Donald J. Tyrell

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Ascendance-Submission And The Psychogalvanic Response To Stress, John Joseph Flanagan Jan 1956

Ascendance-Submission And The Psychogalvanic Response To Stress, John Joseph Flanagan

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effect Of Instructions On The Magnitude Of The Psychogalvanic Skin Reflex, Paul Samuel Kehres Jan 1956

The Effect Of Instructions On The Magnitude Of The Psychogalvanic Skin Reflex, Paul Samuel Kehres

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


A Comparison Of The Vocational Interests And Aptitudes Of Delinquent And Nondelinquent Adolescent Girls, Daniel Francis Novak Jan 1956

A Comparison Of The Vocational Interests And Aptitudes Of Delinquent And Nondelinquent Adolescent Girls, Daniel Francis Novak

Dissertations

No abstract provided.


An Experimental Study Of The Responses Of Mentally Retarded Children And Normal Children With Reading Problems To The Keystone Visual Survey Tests, Clarence Luther Hall Jan 1956

An Experimental Study Of The Responses Of Mentally Retarded Children And Normal Children With Reading Problems To The Keystone Visual Survey Tests, Clarence Luther Hall

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to: (1) analyze the value of the Keystone Visual Survey sub-tests in discriminating between mentally deficient children and normal children with reading difficulties; (2) investigate the effect of intelligence in determining responses to the Keystone Visual Survey Tests; and (3) test the validity of the use of the Keystone Visual Survey Tests for vision screening of the mentally retarded.


An Experimental Study Of Changes In Self-Concepts And Ideal Self-Concepts, Clarence James Walther Jan 1956

An Experimental Study Of Changes In Self-Concepts And Ideal Self-Concepts, Clarence James Walther

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The problem under investigation was to determine if the techniques of client-centered therapy, as applied to a student group, would be successful in bringing about a significant change in the relationship between students' self-concepts and their ideal self-concepts.


Relationships Between Age And Maladjustment In Delinquency, George John Badaracco Jan 1956

Relationships Between Age And Maladjustment In Delinquency, George John Badaracco

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

This study involved a search for statistically significant relationships between age and particular areas of maladjustment measurable by The Adjustment Inventory in a population of delinquent girls.


Color Of Aggressor In The Formation Of Responses To Frustration, Rudolph Emanuel Cook Jan 1956

Color Of Aggressor In The Formation Of Responses To Frustration, Rudolph Emanuel Cook

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effect Of Punishment At Specific Points In The Response Chain Of The White Rat, Robert E. Canestrari Jan 1956

The Effect Of Punishment At Specific Points In The Response Chain Of The White Rat, Robert E. Canestrari

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Schizophrenia, Charles Verlis Bartimus Jan 1956

Schizophrenia, Charles Verlis Bartimus

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.