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A Historical-Critical Review Of Subliminal Communication And Its Relationship To The Field Of Speech-Communication, Michael Lee Shehorn Jan 1976

A Historical-Critical Review Of Subliminal Communication And Its Relationship To The Field Of Speech-Communication, Michael Lee Shehorn

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effect Of Social Rank Of Male Swordtails (Xiphophorus Helleri) On Sexual Behavior, Janet N. Marum Jan 1976

The Effect Of Social Rank Of Male Swordtails (Xiphophorus Helleri) On Sexual Behavior, Janet N. Marum

Masters Theses

The relationship between social rank and sexual behavior of the male swordtail (Xiphophorus helleri) was studied. Initially three tanks were established with three males and two females in each. Social rank, aggressive and sexual levels were recorded by observation of the interactions which occurred in the tanks. A second series of observations were made with the fish regrouped according to their initial rank, that is, dominant males grouped together, middle ranking males together and the lowest ranking males together. Aggressive and sexual levels were the highest for the highest ranking males in all tanks and in both trials, …


A Comparison Of Age And Growth Of Largemouth Bass (Micropterus Salmoides) In Two Ponds In East-Central Illinois, Mark Fevold Nelson Jan 1976

A Comparison Of Age And Growth Of Largemouth Bass (Micropterus Salmoides) In Two Ponds In East-Central Illinois, Mark Fevold Nelson

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Beckett's Manipulation Of Audience Response In Waiting For Godot, Robert Carl Themer Jan 1976

Beckett's Manipulation Of Audience Response In Waiting For Godot, Robert Carl Themer

Masters Theses

This thesis examines one of the many paradoxes of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot--that although on the surface Beckett reduces his characters to the barest minimum in human terms, the spectator still finds himself, mysteriously, identifying with those pathetic stage creatures and their plights.

The dual purpose of this paper is to examine the methods Beckett used to foster this sense of spectator-character likeness and to assess its impact upon the spectator. It explores the contrast between the near-caricatures, Pozzo and Lucky, and the more complexly humanized Vladimir and Estragon. It discusses Beckett's universalization of character, time, place, and …


The Cloze Procedure As A Testing And Teaching Device, Suzanne Gibbs Jan 1976

The Cloze Procedure As A Testing And Teaching Device, Suzanne Gibbs

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Crowding, Density, And The Duration Of Each On Learning, Richard A. Neetz Jan 1976

The Effects Of Crowding, Density, And The Duration Of Each On Learning, Richard A. Neetz

Masters Theses

Ninety-six male albino rats were housed from weaning in groups of 4, 8, or 16 animals. For all group sizes, animals were housed either in cages of a constant size (crowding) or in cages with floor space proportional to group size (density). Six animals from each of these conditions were tested for learning after either 55 or 109 days on a straight alley, a Lashley III maze, and a Y-maze. On the straight alley, no significant differences in running speed were found between durations, crowding and density, or group size. A significant trials effect was obtained (F=63.28, df=15/900, p < .01). On the Lashley III, a significant trials effect was obtained for running speed (F=102.27, df=8/480, p < .01) and errors (F=63.80, df=8/480, p < .01). The duration comparison showed the 55 day group making significantly more errors than the 109 day group (F=5.36, df=1/60, p < .05). No significant differences were found on running speed or errors between crowding and density or group size. On the Y-maze, the 55 day group had significantly more avoidances than the 109 day group (F=6.47, df=1/60, p < .05). …


Feeding Selectivity Of Young-Of-The-Year Smallmouth Bass, Micropterus Dolomieui Lacepede, In Four Rearing Ponds, Gordon Brent Manning Jan 1976

Feeding Selectivity Of Young-Of-The-Year Smallmouth Bass, Micropterus Dolomieui Lacepede, In Four Rearing Ponds, Gordon Brent Manning

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Systematic Relaxation Training And The Process Of Methadone Detoxification, Dennis Crowley Jan 1976

Systematic Relaxation Training And The Process Of Methadone Detoxification, Dennis Crowley

Masters Theses

This study examined the completion and noncompletion of methadone detoxification of two groups of subjects enrolled in a heroin treatment program. Twenty-six subjects who had been addicted to heroin for a minimum of two years and were receiving methadone were randomly assigned to an experimental and control group. The experimental group was assigned a series of relaxation training sessions. Each subject, at the outset, was receiving 18-22 mg of methadone daily. Two counselors conducted the relaxation training which began at the 18-22 mg dosage level.

Completion of methadone detoxification was defined by the following criteria. (1) The subject ceased to …


April Foods Of The Wild Turkey In Southern Illinois, David K. Fleenor Jan 1976

April Foods Of The Wild Turkey In Southern Illinois, David K. Fleenor

Masters Theses

A total of 95 gizzards and 106 crops were collected from 120 wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris Vieillot) at hunter check stations located in Alexander, Jackson, Union, and Pope Counties during April 1970, and 1972-1974 inclusive. Results are presented using total aggregate volume and per cent occurrence. The analyses indicated that during April, 96.6% of the foods eaten were of plant origin. Important plant foods in decreasing order by volume included corn, acorns, grasses and sedges, clover, miscellaneous plant materials, Jack-in-the-pulpit, hickory nuts, black gum, swamp buttercup, spring beauty, soybeans, hill blueberry, hawthorn, and ash. Animal foods were …


Androgyny And Its Relationship To Time Competence And Inner-Directedness In A College Sample, Margaret A. Padula Jan 1976

Androgyny And Its Relationship To Time Competence And Inner-Directedness In A College Sample, Margaret A. Padula

Masters Theses

It has been shown that there is a tendency to ascribe different stereotyped sex-roles to men and women (Breecher, 1969; Broverman, Vogel, Braverman, Clarkson, & Rosenkrantz, 1972; Chafetz, 1974; Bem, 1974) and that these sex-roles were previously thought to be the ideal of mental health for both (Braverman, et al., Chesler, 1971). Recent investigation shows that this is not necessarily the case. It was found that a high degree of sex-role typing is not only personally limiting, but also correlated with high anxiety, low self-esteem, and lower overall intelligence (Gray, 1957; Maccoby, 1966; Fasteau, 1974). Bem (1974) has developed the …


Knowledge Level And Degree Of Utilization Of The Self-Study Materials Center, Booth Library, Leta B. Ridgeway Jan 1976

Knowledge Level And Degree Of Utilization Of The Self-Study Materials Center, Booth Library, Leta B. Ridgeway

Masters Theses

No abstract provided by author.


The Internship, Mary Ellen Martin Jan 1976

The Internship, Mary Ellen Martin

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


A Study Of The Spectroscopic, Thermodynamic, And Dielectric Properties Of The T-Butylbenzene/Tetracyanoethylene Molecular Complex, Donald W. Mundell Jan 1976

A Study Of The Spectroscopic, Thermodynamic, And Dielectric Properties Of The T-Butylbenzene/Tetracyanoethylene Molecular Complex, Donald W. Mundell

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Jungermanniales Of Coles And Clark Counties Of Illinois, Charles T. Schiller Jan 1976

Jungermanniales Of Coles And Clark Counties Of Illinois, Charles T. Schiller

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Establishment Of A Pilot Elementary Career Education Program In Community Unit #2, Robinson, Illinois, Dale E. Boyd Jan 1976

The Establishment Of A Pilot Elementary Career Education Program In Community Unit #2, Robinson, Illinois, Dale E. Boyd

Masters Theses

The purpose of this field study is to examine the establishment of a pilot elementary career education program in Community Unit #2, Robinson, Illinois.

It is the belief of this writer that elementary career education is an attempt to bring a stronger program to the elementary schools.

This study is not a review of a complete elementary career education program but rather the guidelines used in establishing a pilot program. It is hoped that persons interested in establishing a career education program will use this field study as a reference for their own project.


Azide Sensitivity In Species Of Chlamydomonas And Carteria, Kim Michael Kobriger Jan 1976

Azide Sensitivity In Species Of Chlamydomonas And Carteria, Kim Michael Kobriger

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effect Of Caffeine On Pisum Sativum With Emphasis On Meiosis, Terese M. Mikottis Jan 1976

The Effect Of Caffeine On Pisum Sativum With Emphasis On Meiosis, Terese M. Mikottis

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Conversion Of Community Unit No. 20'S 1975-76 Budget To The New Chart Of Accounts In The Illinois Program Accounting Manual, James Joseph Courtney Jan 1976

Conversion Of Community Unit No. 20'S 1975-76 Budget To The New Chart Of Accounts In The Illinois Program Accounting Manual, James Joseph Courtney

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Evaluation Of The Building Requirements Of Paris School District 95, Thomas E. Coleman Jan 1976

Evaluation Of The Building Requirements Of Paris School District 95, Thomas E. Coleman

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Teaching Of Chemistry With The Behavioral Outcomes Approach, Gulam Habeeb Jan 1976

The Teaching Of Chemistry With The Behavioral Outcomes Approach, Gulam Habeeb

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


An Internship As Superintendent Of Schools In Community Unit District No. C-1, Casey, Illinois, James R. Koss Jan 1976

An Internship As Superintendent Of Schools In Community Unit District No. C-1, Casey, Illinois, James R. Koss

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Ethnically Important Woody Plants Of East-Central Illinois, David Eric Brussell Jan 1976

Ethnically Important Woody Plants Of East-Central Illinois, David Eric Brussell

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Development Of Job Descriptions For Community Unit District No. 20, Lawrenceville, Illinois, Donn W. Hammer Jan 1976

The Development Of Job Descriptions For Community Unit District No. 20, Lawrenceville, Illinois, Donn W. Hammer

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


A Study Of Local Production At Media Preparation Services Of Higher Education Institutions In The State Of Illinois, Larry D. Johnson Jan 1976

A Study Of Local Production At Media Preparation Services Of Higher Education Institutions In The State Of Illinois, Larry D. Johnson

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Administrative Field Experience In The East Richland School District, Mike Kowalis Jan 1976

Administrative Field Experience In The East Richland School District, Mike Kowalis

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Preliminary Report Of Building Expansion Needs Of Wheaton Warrenville High School, Wayne Alan Schurter Jan 1976

Preliminary Report Of Building Expansion Needs Of Wheaton Warrenville High School, Wayne Alan Schurter

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


An Analysis Of The Danville Administrative Intern Program, Spencer Bruce Nelson Jan 1976

An Analysis Of The Danville Administrative Intern Program, Spencer Bruce Nelson

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Educational Plan For Community Unit School District No. 20, Lawrence And Crawford Counties, Illinois, Phase Ii, William E. Waggoner Jan 1976

Educational Plan For Community Unit School District No. 20, Lawrence And Crawford Counties, Illinois, Phase Ii, William E. Waggoner

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Desegregation Issue In The Centralia City Schools, Kenneth E. Spicer Jan 1976

Desegregation Issue In The Centralia City Schools, Kenneth E. Spicer

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


A Criticism Of Elder Olson's Poetic Method, Ernest Edward Force Ii Jan 1976

A Criticism Of Elder Olson's Poetic Method, Ernest Edward Force Ii

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.