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Emperical And Fantasied Realities: Methodologies Of Qualitative Social Scientists And Fiction Writers, Agnes Czerwinski Riedmann Dec 1977

Emperical And Fantasied Realities: Methodologies Of Qualitative Social Scientists And Fiction Writers, Agnes Czerwinski Riedmann

Student Work

The purpose of this research project then is to make an investigation of the methodological assumptions and practices of qualitative sociologists and/or anthropologists and of writers of fiction.


Juvenile Delinquency As A Form Of Deviant Behavior: The Study Of Social Class Attitudes Toward Delinquents, Donald E. Mbosowo Dec 1977

Juvenile Delinquency As A Form Of Deviant Behavior: The Study Of Social Class Attitudes Toward Delinquents, Donald E. Mbosowo

Student Work

Any member of any social group learns the proper ways of behaving in his group. He is informed of what might be the consequences and penalties if he violates group rules. The guidelines and rules of a group, for its members, are referred to as the concept of "group norm." Norms are found in all social groups. Sociology, as a discipline, deals with both the notion of adherence to group norms and the notion of departure from group norms. Some departures from norms are termed "delinquency." Sociologists and others have defined and explained delinquency to be any behavior of young …


A Comparison Of Attitudes Toward Community Colleges With Attitudes Toward Four-Year Colleges, Robert L. Gillespie Dec 1977

A Comparison Of Attitudes Toward Community Colleges With Attitudes Toward Four-Year Colleges, Robert L. Gillespie

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Purpose. The purpose of this research was to determine if the attitudes of high school seniors toward community colleges and four-year colleges were significantly different according to socio-economic measures, and to see how they compared with their teachers'attitudes. (Abstract shortened.)


Therapy: An Eclectic Approach, Jeri De Vale Sep 1977

Therapy: An Eclectic Approach, Jeri De Vale

Theses

Unavailable.


A Study Of The Occupational Education Involvement Of Selected Small Iowa High Schools, Richard L. Hunter Aug 1977

A Study Of The Occupational Education Involvement Of Selected Small Iowa High Schools, Richard L. Hunter

Student Work

The purpose of this study is threefolds 1. the identification of the various types of occupational education programs which currently exist in selected small Iowa high schools; 2. the identification of selected characteristics of these programs; and, 3. the formation of a body of information which can be used by schools that are seeking to improve their occupational education programs.


Wisc, Wisc-R Differences: Fact Or Artifact, Steven Sherrets Aug 1977

Wisc, Wisc-R Differences: Fact Or Artifact, Steven Sherrets

Student Work

The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) was developed by David Wechsler in 1949 as a downward extension of the adult intelligence test called the Wechsler-Bellevue (Wechsler, 1939). The content for the WISC came largely from the Wechsler-Bellevue Form II although there were some new items added at the easier end to provide a floor for the younger child (Edwards, 1972). As the WISC Manual (Wechsler, 1949) points out, the test was intended for children from ages five through 15 and was standardized separately from the Wechsler-Bellevue Form II.


Life Satisfaction And Aging: A Comparison Of Life Satisfaction Index A, The Tennessee Self Concept Scale And Correlates, Ann Rowley Penberthy Aug 1977

Life Satisfaction And Aging: A Comparison Of Life Satisfaction Index A, The Tennessee Self Concept Scale And Correlates, Ann Rowley Penberthy

Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between life satisfaction and other relevant variables in a sample of noninstitutionalized older Americans. Recent research has related satisfaction with life to adjustment in aging. Previous studies, however, have used a variety of methods to measure life satisfaction or self-concept. This study was designed to be an analysis of the Tennessee Self Concept Scale and the Life Satisfaction Index A with selected personal and behavioral variables. 59 subjects, primarily Jewish, aged 56 to 91 were tested during their regular activity meetings at the Jewish Community Center of Richmond, Virginia. The …


The Effects Of Anxiety On Competitive Achievement Among College Students, Anne Bothe Jul 1977

The Effects Of Anxiety On Competitive Achievement Among College Students, Anne Bothe

Student Work

The purpose of this investigation was to determine if anxiety during competition affected golf performance. In addition, sex and years of previous experience were studied to determine their relationshiip to anxiety and golf performance.


Women Over Thirty Involved In Life Planning: Society's Cultured Pearl, Sue Akers Cameron May 1977

Women Over Thirty Involved In Life Planning: Society's Cultured Pearl, Sue Akers Cameron

Student Work

The pressing expectations of society and self brought five women (all educated--some formally, some informally), 30 years of age and over, together, to explore and journey through the literature; look at career development; probe into the feelings and attitudes about themselves; determine who they were at the moment and where they chose to take their futures. Renewal was the key.


Social Facilitation: Differential Recall Of Paired-Associates As A Function Of Socially Induced Arousal, Repetition, And Retention Interval, Gary J. Platt Apr 1977

Social Facilitation: Differential Recall Of Paired-Associates As A Function Of Socially Induced Arousal, Repetition, And Retention Interval, Gary J. Platt

Student Work

Predictions based on Cottrell's learned drive extension of Zajonc's hypothesis of social facilitation were investigated in a 2 x 2 x 2 factorial design. Sixty-four male subjects were shown a paired-associate list once or three times and then tested for recall either 2 min. or 45 min. later. Arousal at the time of learning was manipulated by the experimenter either closely observing or not observing subjects. After one learning trial, precisely the same form of Arousal X Retention Interval interaction found by Geen (1973) was obtained: observed subjects recalled fewer items at 2 min. than did unobserved subjects, while contrary …


A Descriptive Analysis Of Behaviors Occurring Between Developmentally Disabled And Nondisabled Preschoolers, Paula Beckman Bell Apr 1977

A Descriptive Analysis Of Behaviors Occurring Between Developmentally Disabled And Nondisabled Preschoolers, Paula Beckman Bell

Student Work

Historically, a continuing controversy in the field of mental retardation has been concerned with the most effective educational placement of developmentally disabled children. During the 1940's this controversy centered on the relative merits of special schools for the mentally retarded as opposed to special classes within the public schools.


Paul's Principals Of Counseling In First And Second Timothy: The Search For A Biblical View Of Counseling, Robert Gaiser Feb 1977

Paul's Principals Of Counseling In First And Second Timothy: The Search For A Biblical View Of Counseling, Robert Gaiser

Master of Divinity Thesis

Thus this paper seeks to define a balanced position between psychology and theology and between secular counseling and counseling by those with theological training. This is done in a general overview. But going beyond the definition of these terms and the relationship of theology to psychology, the author seeks to set forth some counseling methods or terms that Paul uses in his two letters to Timothy. The purpose of this paper is to set forth these principals to aid us in the area of pastoral counseling.


A Comparative Study Of Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory Profiles Of School, Counseling And Clinical Psychology Trainees, Howard Marvin Budwin Feb 1977

A Comparative Study Of Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory Profiles Of School, Counseling And Clinical Psychology Trainees, Howard Marvin Budwin

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

This study was designated to examine and compare the profiles of school, counseling and clinical psychology graduate students, each with the other and with the MMPI male and female normal population. Furthermore, it was intended to extend our knowledge of the emotional adjustment of individuals already studying within the above stated existing programs. It was hypothesized that each of the groups differ from each other and from the MMPI normals.


Experimental Manipulation Of Death Anxiety., Clinton Gary Pettigrew Jan 1977

Experimental Manipulation Of Death Anxiety., Clinton Gary Pettigrew

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.


Heider's Five Levels Of Causality And Assignment Of Responsibility By Actors And Observers., David Conner Blouin Jan 1977

Heider's Five Levels Of Causality And Assignment Of Responsibility By Actors And Observers., David Conner Blouin

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.


A Systemic Theory Of Self-Actualization As Applied To Intercultural Community Programs In Louisiana., Henry Jay Lagarde Jan 1977

A Systemic Theory Of Self-Actualization As Applied To Intercultural Community Programs In Louisiana., Henry Jay Lagarde

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.


The Interaction Of Instructional Set And Feedback Mode In The Acquisition Of A Reduced Muscle Activity Response Via Biofeedback Training., Kip Errett Patterson Jan 1977

The Interaction Of Instructional Set And Feedback Mode In The Acquisition Of A Reduced Muscle Activity Response Via Biofeedback Training., Kip Errett Patterson

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.


A Phenomenological And Experimental Approach To The Study Of Emotion Judgments, Angelyn Spignesi Jan 1977

A Phenomenological And Experimental Approach To The Study Of Emotion Judgments, Angelyn Spignesi

Doctoral Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Context, Word Frequency, And Internal Redundancy In Reading And Word Perception, Dan Jacob Swift Jan 1977

The Effects Of Context, Word Frequency, And Internal Redundancy In Reading And Word Perception, Dan Jacob Swift

Doctoral Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Recognition Latencies, Psycholinguistic Reality And Statistical Generality: A Probe Study Of Adverbial Clauses With Language Materials Analyzed As A Random Factor, Janet Marie Lang Jan 1977

Recognition Latencies, Psycholinguistic Reality And Statistical Generality: A Probe Study Of Adverbial Clauses With Language Materials Analyzed As A Random Factor, Janet Marie Lang

Doctoral Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Multiple Stimulus Isolation In Paired-Associate Learning: A Test Of Intralist Interference Theory And The Rehearsal-Time Hypothesis, Vernon Paul Patterson Jan 1977

Multiple Stimulus Isolation In Paired-Associate Learning: A Test Of Intralist Interference Theory And The Rehearsal-Time Hypothesis, Vernon Paul Patterson

Doctoral Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The College Classroom: An Intervention Theory Approach To Its Study, Terrance Merlin Wapshall Jan 1977

The College Classroom: An Intervention Theory Approach To Its Study, Terrance Merlin Wapshall

Doctoral Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Some Behavioral And Metabolic Effects Of Lateral Hypothalamic Lesions, Kenneth Paul Von Der Porten Jan 1977

Some Behavioral And Metabolic Effects Of Lateral Hypothalamic Lesions, Kenneth Paul Von Der Porten

Doctoral Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Scaling Probability Of Reinforcement With A Signal Detection Procedure, Stephen George Whittaker Jan 1977

Scaling Probability Of Reinforcement With A Signal Detection Procedure, Stephen George Whittaker

Doctoral Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Effect Of Noise Level On The Ability To Notice And Interpret An Event As One In Which Help Is Needed, Janet Katz Samuels Jan 1977

The Effect Of Noise Level On The Ability To Notice And Interpret An Event As One In Which Help Is Needed, Janet Katz Samuels

Doctoral Dissertations

No abstract provided.


When Attitudes Toward Interpersonal Aggression And Injustice Fail To Modify Humour Judgements Of Humorous Fantasy Depicting Human Violence And Injustice., Roger Charles. Mannell Jan 1977

When Attitudes Toward Interpersonal Aggression And Injustice Fail To Modify Humour Judgements Of Humorous Fantasy Depicting Human Violence And Injustice., Roger Charles. Mannell

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Dept. of Psychology. Paper copy at Leddy Library: Theses & Major Papers - Basement, West Bldg. / Call Number: Thesis1977 .M366. Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 38-04, Section: B, page: 1926. Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Windsor (Canada), 1977.


Neuropsychological Significance Of Phonetically Accurate And Phonetically Inaccurate Spelling Errors In Younger And Older Children., James Ernest. Sweeney Jan 1977

Neuropsychological Significance Of Phonetically Accurate And Phonetically Inaccurate Spelling Errors In Younger And Older Children., James Ernest. Sweeney

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Dept. of Psychology. Paper copy at Leddy Library: Theses & Major Papers - Basement, West Bldg. / Call Number: Thesis1977 .S944. Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 38-04, Section: B, page: 1908. Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Windsor (Canada), 1977.


Developmental Changes In Children's Knowledge Of Effective Helping Strategies., Mary C. Tierney Jan 1977

Developmental Changes In Children's Knowledge Of Effective Helping Strategies., Mary C. Tierney

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Dept. of Psychology. Paper copy at Leddy Library: Theses & Major Papers - Basement, West Bldg. / Call Number: Thesis1977 .T547. Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 38-10, Section: B, page: 5073. Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Windsor (Canada), 1977.


Depth Of Depression As A Function Of Locus-Of-Control And Style Of Aggressive Expression., James Robert Bartsch Jan 1977

Depth Of Depression As A Function Of Locus-Of-Control And Style Of Aggressive Expression., James Robert Bartsch

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.


Self-Disclosure And Interviewer Reciprocity., Debra Jean Inman Jan 1977

Self-Disclosure And Interviewer Reciprocity., Debra Jean Inman

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.