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A Study Of Employee Turnover In A New Industry In Omaha, Nebraska, Loretta Luella Asche Aug 1960

A Study Of Employee Turnover In A New Industry In Omaha, Nebraska, Loretta Luella Asche

Student Work

Our country has been a changing country in which one of the most significant changes has been from a rural to an urban society. Our nation has emerged from an agricultural society, whose main concern was to meet the subsistence needs of its people, into a predominantly urban-industrial economy. In terms of working conditions, industry has progressed from servitude and slavery to standards of living and of employment for workers higher than any other place in the world.


Construction Of A Music Attitude Scale., Louise H. Holmquist Aug 1960

Construction Of A Music Attitude Scale., Louise H. Holmquist

Student Work

The Junior High program in the Omaha Public Schools has finally developed from dream to reality.


Some Psychological Assumptions Of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Geraldine Nesvan Jun 1960

Some Psychological Assumptions Of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Geraldine Nesvan

Student Work

The ideas of Franklin Delano Roosevelt which affected the world have been discussed from the political, economic and historical aspects but no systematic study has been completed concerning his psychological assumptions of important men in the history of the world completed in the psychology department. The first such thesis concerned "Nazism".


An Analysis Of Christian Maturity, Walter William Harms Jun 1960

An Analysis Of Christian Maturity, Walter William Harms

Bachelor of Divinity

Christian maturity is often spoken of in preaching and other discussions. The problem of this thesis is to distinguish exactly what the nature of Christian maturity is in contrast to psychology's view. This is to result in the display of the distinctive character of Christian maturity.

The main burden of this thesis is to sharpen the lines of Christian maturity in contrast to psychology. It is not intended to be a definitive explanation of how the mature Christian reacts in a given situation but to determine the guiding principals in a mature Christian's life.


A Comparative Study Of The Differences Between The Means Of The Alternate Forms In The Army Classification Battery, Clifford Monroe Broadway Jun 1960

A Comparative Study Of The Differences Between The Means Of The Alternate Forms In The Army Classification Battery, Clifford Monroe Broadway

Student Work

The United States Army administers the Army Classification Battery to all enlisted men. This battery, consisting of eight tests, exists in two alternate forms which have been considered equivalent to each other. Variations in scores have been obtained which question the equivalence of the alternate forms. It was the purpose of this study to compare the mean score obtained on each of the eight tests in the battery with the mean score obtained on its alternate form to determine whether or not variation is due to chance.


The Cortical Destruction Necessary To Produce A Transfer Of A Forced Practice Function, Patricia E. Barnett Jun 1960

The Cortical Destruction Necessary To Produce A Transfer Of A Forced Practice Function, Patricia E. Barnett

Psychology ETDs

The present study is aimed at mapping the cortical region which controls forced practice of the handedness function, in the hope that such delineation may provide a specific region for the study of the neural equivalent of practice.


Behavior Change Through Training, Robert Walter Messerschmidt May 1960

Behavior Change Through Training, Robert Walter Messerschmidt

Theses

This thesis represents an investigation of attitude and behavior change as a result of human relations training, The elements of heredity and environment are proffered as a basis for attitude and behavior formation. It is denoted that these elements are also instrumental in subsequent development of adult behavior.

As noted in the literature, the term "individual differences" embodies the effect of virtually unique heredity and environmental conditions to which each person is exposed. These differences are also partly determined by the growth in developmental trends, which varies from individual to individual and from time to time.

The existence of individual …


Conformity, Deviation And Leadership As A Function Of Feedback In Groups., Austin Whitcomb Flint Jan 1960

Conformity, Deviation And Leadership As A Function Of Feedback In Groups., Austin Whitcomb Flint

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.


Autonomic Response Specificity And Anxiety., Rafael A. Garcia-Palmieri Jan 1960

Autonomic Response Specificity And Anxiety., Rafael A. Garcia-Palmieri

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effect Of Consistent Reinforcement And Consistent Nonreinforcement Cues On Discrimination Learning., Donald Roy Gannon Jan 1960

The Effect Of Consistent Reinforcement And Consistent Nonreinforcement Cues On Discrimination Learning., Donald Roy Gannon

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.


Deviant Responses, Response Variability, And Paired-Associate Learning., William Andrew Hawkins Jan 1960

Deviant Responses, Response Variability, And Paired-Associate Learning., William Andrew Hawkins

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.


Attitudes, Attitude Change And Group Conformity In The Psychopathic Personality., Patricia Kaye Morgan Jan 1960

Attitudes, Attitude Change And Group Conformity In The Psychopathic Personality., Patricia Kaye Morgan

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.


An Experimental Study Of The Relationship Between Aggression And Satiation In Nursery School Children., Hardis Hargrove Saunders Jan 1960

An Experimental Study Of The Relationship Between Aggression And Satiation In Nursery School Children., Hardis Hargrove Saunders

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.


Pre-Learning Visual Familiarity, Added Associations, Serial Position, Andserial Verbal Learning., Victor Joseph Cieutat Jan 1960

Pre-Learning Visual Familiarity, Added Associations, Serial Position, Andserial Verbal Learning., Victor Joseph Cieutat

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.


Deviant Responses In The Measurement Of Personality Characteristics., Henry Earl Adams Jan 1960

Deviant Responses In The Measurement Of Personality Characteristics., Henry Earl Adams

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.


Deviant Responses As A Function Of Mental Deficiency., Linda Dukate Gorenflo Gibbons Cieutat Jan 1960

Deviant Responses As A Function Of Mental Deficiency., Linda Dukate Gorenflo Gibbons Cieutat

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.


Response Bias As A Measure Of Emotional Disturbance In Children., Charles Wesley House Jan 1960

Response Bias As A Measure Of Emotional Disturbance In Children., Charles Wesley House

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.


Deviant Response Patterns As A Function Of Chronological Age., Sidney Otho Hesterly Jan 1960

Deviant Response Patterns As A Function Of Chronological Age., Sidney Otho Hesterly

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.


Restriction Of The Unconditioned Response And Its Effect Upon The Learning Of An Instrumental Avoidance Response., Mervyn Kenneth Wagner Jr Jan 1960

Restriction Of The Unconditioned Response And Its Effect Upon The Learning Of An Instrumental Avoidance Response., Mervyn Kenneth Wagner Jr

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.