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Morehead State University

Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research

1981

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Conformity And Innovation, Sharon Wolf Aug 1981

Conformity And Innovation, Sharon Wolf

Faculty Research at Morehead State University

A report by Sharon Wolf to the Faculty Research Committee on August 15, 1981 on quantitative comparisons between majority influence (conformity) and minority influence (innovation).


Therapeutic Drug Communities As Social Cocoons: Commitment And Identity Transformation, David R. Rudy Aug 1981

Therapeutic Drug Communities As Social Cocoons: Commitment And Identity Transformation, David R. Rudy

Faculty Research at Morehead State University

A report by David R. Rudy to the Faculty Research Committee in August of 1981 on therapeutic drug communities.


The Effect Of Para-Chlorophenylalanine And Scopolamine On Passive Avoidance In Chicks, Bruce A. Mattingly, James F. Zolman May 1981

The Effect Of Para-Chlorophenylalanine And Scopolamine On Passive Avoidance In Chicks, Bruce A. Mattingly, James F. Zolman

Faculty Research at Morehead State University

Four-day-old Vantress x Arbor Acre chicks were tested for key-peck passive avoidance (PA) learning following intraperitoneal injections of parachlorophenylalanine (PCPA) and/or scopolamine. In Experiment 1, chicks were pre-treated with either three or five injections of PCPA (150 mg/kg) or saline across the first three posthatch days and then tested for PA learning on the fourth posthatch day. In Experiment 2, chicks were first pre-treated with three injections of PCPA (150 mg/kg) or saline, and then injected with either scopolamine (0.5 mg/kg) or saline 20 rain prior to PA testing on the fourth posthatch day. Major findings were: (a) Chicks pre-treated …


Atropine Disrupts Passive Avoidance Learning In Young Chicks T, Bruce A. Mattingly, James F. Zolman Apr 1981

Atropine Disrupts Passive Avoidance Learning In Young Chicks T, Bruce A. Mattingly, James F. Zolman

Faculty Research at Morehead State University

Four-day-old Vantress × Arbor Acre chicks were first trained to key-peck for heat reinforcement and then tested for passive avoidance learning following an intraperitoneal injection of atropine sulfate or saline. Chicks injected with 1.0 mg/kg of atropine responded more quickly than saline-injected chicks when their key-peck responses were punished with aversive wing-shocks. These findings, therefore, are consistent with the view that cholinergic mechanisms are involved in inhibitory behavior in the young domestic chick.


Death Education In U.S. Medical Schools: 1975-1980, George E. Dickinson Feb 1981

Death Education In U.S. Medical Schools: 1975-1980, George E. Dickinson

Faculty Research at Morehead State University

Surveys from 1975 and 1980 of U.S. medical schools' offerings in death education are compared. A 95 and 96 percent return rate, respectively, for each survey revealed a slight increase in offerings in 1980. A team approach is used, with physicians and theologians most often being cited as facilitators of a lecture/ discussion format.


School Desegregation And Racial Attitudes: 1964-1979, George E. Dickinson Jan 1981

School Desegregation And Racial Attitudes: 1964-1979, George E. Dickinson

Faculty Research at Morehead State University

A report submitted to the Faculty Research Committee by George E. Dickenson on school desegregation and racial attitudes of adolescents from 1964 to 1979.


The Changing Of Bird Species Inhabiting The Crosthwaite Outdoor Education And Research Center As A Result Of The Impoundment Of Cave Run Reservoir, Fred M. Busroe Jan 1981

The Changing Of Bird Species Inhabiting The Crosthwaite Outdoor Education And Research Center As A Result Of The Impoundment Of Cave Run Reservoir, Fred M. Busroe

Faculty Research at Morehead State University

A survey submitted to the Faculty Research Committee by Fred M. Busroe on the birds inhabiting the Crosthwaite Outdoor Education and Research Center from January of 1980 to March of 1981.


Analytical Chemistry Of Shale Oil, Richard L. Hunt Jan 1981

Analytical Chemistry Of Shale Oil, Richard L. Hunt

Faculty Research at Morehead State University

A report by Richard L. Hunt to the Faculty Research Committee in 1981 on the analytical chemistry of shale oil.


The Impact Of Federal Regulations On The Small Coal Mine In Appalachia, Bernard Davis Jan 1981

The Impact Of Federal Regulations On The Small Coal Mine In Appalachia, Bernard Davis

Faculty Research at Morehead State University

The study addresses two specific issues influencing the production of coal from small mines: 1) the direct costs and other effects of government regulation and deregulation on coal operators in general, and 2) the effects of governmental policies on the productivity by size (tonnage) class of small coal mines. Appalachian Kentucky was used as the study area because of the wide range of mine firm sizes.


The Lchthyofauna Of The Big Sandy River Basin, With Special Emphasis On The Levisa Fork Drainage, Jerry F. Howell Jr. Jan 1981

The Lchthyofauna Of The Big Sandy River Basin, With Special Emphasis On The Levisa Fork Drainage, Jerry F. Howell Jr.

Faculty Research at Morehead State University

A literature and regional repository review of the Big Sandy Basin ichthyofouno yielded 111 confirmed species, including 93 from Leviso Fork and its tributaries. Twenty-nine additional species were added to the lost published comprehensive review (Jenkins et al., 1972); one species was not re-confirmed. The 111 forms (108 confirmed or probable) included 14 known or suspected introductions and 20 species (including 12 recently collected from Leviso Fork) with special Kentucky Nature Preserves Commission status codes. The two most threatened Kentucky species were Percino macrocephala and Ammocrypto pellucido.