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The Selection Of Bank Management Trainees: A Validation Study, James G. Overton Jun 1971

The Selection Of Bank Management Trainees: A Validation Study, James G. Overton

Master's Theses

Twelve studies of psychometric prediction using cognitive ability tests with upper level managerial samples are summarized. Of these, only two yield essentially positive results. Meyer (1956) found·a correlation of .27 between Wonderlic scores and overall ratings of 142 supervisors. However, since the raters were free to examine predictor-scores while making their ratings, there is strong evidence that the criterion was contaminated. In an unpublished study, Laurent (1962) correlated ratings of managers with Miller Analogies Test and non-verbal abiliti test scores. With over 200 persons in each sample, he found correlations ranging from .18 to .29, all significant. The majority of …


An Investigation Of Differential Reinforcement Effectiveness As A Function Of Type Of Task, Jeffrey W. Erickson Apr 1971

An Investigation Of Differential Reinforcement Effectiveness As A Function Of Type Of Task, Jeffrey W. Erickson

Master's Theses

Two tasks and four reinforcers were used to determine whether or not reinforcer effectiveness is in part dependent upon the type of task involved. An equal number (40) fifth and sixth grade children performed under each task condition

for 20 trials (arithmetic and sequential processing) and received one of four possible reinforcers (candy , "good ", grad e A, no­ reinforcer). The two dependent variables measured were time to complete either task and the number of errors mad e while performing upon one or the other task. A significant F was not obtained for either time or error scores at …


Determination Of Reduction And Enhancement Of The Apparent Contrast Of Grid Patterns As A Function Of Brief Adaptation Durations, John Paul Bisaha. Jan 1971

Determination Of Reduction And Enhancement Of The Apparent Contrast Of Grid Patterns As A Function Of Brief Adaptation Durations, John Paul Bisaha.

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


A Survey Of The Rogers Park-West Ridge Area Showing The Relationship Of Perceived Mental Health Needs, Attitudes Toward Mental Illness And Selected Demographic Variables, Barbara J. Dydyk Jan 1971

A Survey Of The Rogers Park-West Ridge Area Showing The Relationship Of Perceived Mental Health Needs, Attitudes Toward Mental Illness And Selected Demographic Variables, Barbara J. Dydyk

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Socio-Political Interests And Activities Of Sensitivity Group Participants, Susan Williams Cunningham Jan 1971

Socio-Political Interests And Activities Of Sensitivity Group Participants, Susan Williams Cunningham

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


An Investigation Of The Effects Of Externally And Intrapsychically Induced Stress On Projective Drawings, Robert L. Duncan Jan 1971

An Investigation Of The Effects Of Externally And Intrapsychically Induced Stress On Projective Drawings, Robert L. Duncan

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


The Mental Health Needs Of Different Age Groups Within An Urban Community As Perceived By Service Providers And Service Recipients Within That Community, Joel Laskin Jan 1971

The Mental Health Needs Of Different Age Groups Within An Urban Community As Perceived By Service Providers And Service Recipients Within That Community, Joel Laskin

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


An Investigation Into The Relationship Between Exploratory Behavior And Affective Rating, Joseph P. Reser Jan 1971

An Investigation Into The Relationship Between Exploratory Behavior And Affective Rating, Joseph P. Reser

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


A Follow-Up Study Of Interest Scores And Personality Traits Of Persevering And Non-Persevering High School Minor Seminarians Nine Years Later , William Lawrence O'Neill Jan 1971

A Follow-Up Study Of Interest Scores And Personality Traits Of Persevering And Non-Persevering High School Minor Seminarians Nine Years Later , William Lawrence O'Neill

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


The Loyola Sentence Completion Blank For Clergymen: Construction And Validation, Mary Sheehan Jan 1971

The Loyola Sentence Completion Blank For Clergymen: Construction And Validation, Mary Sheehan

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


An Evaluation Of Group Therapy Using The 16 Pf, Mmpi, And Tat, Bede Smith Jan 1971

An Evaluation Of Group Therapy Using The 16 Pf, Mmpi, And Tat, Bede Smith

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Anagram Solution Times: A Function Of Bigram Frequency And Versatility, Gene Edward Topper Jan 1971

Anagram Solution Times: A Function Of Bigram Frequency And Versatility, Gene Edward Topper

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Attitudes Toward The Policeman Among First Grade Children, Rose Mary Zacharia Finnegan Jan 1971

Attitudes Toward The Policeman Among First Grade Children, Rose Mary Zacharia Finnegan

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Influence Of Vicarious Reinforcement On An Observer's Speed Of Conflict Resolution, Nola R. Powell Jan 1971

Influence Of Vicarious Reinforcement On An Observer's Speed Of Conflict Resolution, Nola R. Powell

Master's Theses

Conflict, expressed parsimoniously yet meaningfully, result from "competition between incompatible responses" (miller 1944). Conflict identified in this manner must be distinguished from a psychoanalytic definition invoking internal dynamic states and forces as explanatory concepts. In the interest of working with behaviors that are more readily observable and measurable, this paper will focus on conflict as defined in the first sense.

Lewin (1931), in particular, was instrumental in launching a concept of conflict based psychological field forces. Field forces, which were considered to be acquired, were said to have valences which had a point of application, strength, and direction. Valences could …


Proactive Transfer And Acoustic Similarity In Short-Term Paired-Assoicate Learning, Richard James Pittman Jan 1971

Proactive Transfer And Acoustic Similarity In Short-Term Paired-Assoicate Learning, Richard James Pittman

Master's Theses

Interference is the most prominent explanation of forgetting in verbal long-term memory (LTM). Interference theory generally holds that forgetting is due to the competition of associations learned during the retention interval rather than to the decay of memory traces. Proactive interference results when the competing associations are learned prior to the criterion associations, and retroactive interference results when the competing associations are learned after the criterion associations. Further explanation of retroactive inhibition (RI) and proactive inhibition (PI) in paired-associate (P-A) learning is found in the extinction hypothesis of interference theory. According to the hypothesis, interference is due to unlearning or …