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A Study Of Stimulus Control Functions Following Discrimination Training Using A Drl Schedule Of Reinforcement, Kathleen M. Krafft Dec 1977

A Study Of Stimulus Control Functions Following Discrimination Training Using A Drl Schedule Of Reinforcement, Kathleen M. Krafft

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Conditioned Reinforcement: An Attempt To Use Zimmerman Technique With Children, Priscila R. Derdyk Dec 1977

Conditioned Reinforcement: An Attempt To Use Zimmerman Technique With Children, Priscila R. Derdyk

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Training And Generalization Of Restauranting Skills: Programming Primary Reinforcement For Community Travel, Richard Aart Van Den Pol Dec 1977

Training And Generalization Of Restauranting Skills: Programming Primary Reinforcement For Community Travel, Richard Aart Van Den Pol

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Millage And Bond Elections In The Pennfield School District: An Analysis Of Three Ballot Proposals, James D. King Dec 1977

Millage And Bond Elections In The Pennfield School District: An Analysis Of Three Ballot Proposals, James D. King

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Physical Anthropology Of Chiggerville: Demography And Pathology, Norman C. Sullivan Dec 1977

The Physical Anthropology Of Chiggerville: Demography And Pathology, Norman C. Sullivan

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Sexual Differences, Fluctuating Asymmetry And Their Implications In The Growth Rate And Developmental Stability Of The Permanent Dentition And The Primary Dermal Ridge Of The Fingers And Palms, Robert S. Webb Dec 1977

Sexual Differences, Fluctuating Asymmetry And Their Implications In The Growth Rate And Developmental Stability Of The Permanent Dentition And The Primary Dermal Ridge Of The Fingers And Palms, Robert S. Webb

Masters Theses

This study presents evidence that specific genetic material influences the growth rate and developmental stability of two genetic systems, dermal ridges and permanent dentition, having mutually exclusive developmental periods. Dermal ridges develop rapidly early in fetal life, while the permanent dentition develops slowly in a postnatal environment. Theories centering on the nature and effects of the specific genetic material (heterochromatin) are discussed and applied whenever possible.

The data for this investigation were collected from students in introductory anthropology classes at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The sample consists of fifty males and fifty females. Finger prints, palm prints and casts …


Some Effects Of Variable Duration Conditioned Stimuli In A Conditioned Suppression Procedure, Harvey E. Jacobs Dec 1977

Some Effects Of Variable Duration Conditioned Stimuli In A Conditioned Suppression Procedure, Harvey E. Jacobs

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Old Age In The Rural Philippines, Trina I. Jacob Dec 1977

Old Age In The Rural Philippines, Trina I. Jacob

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Assimilation: An Empirical Test Of Milton Gordon's Model On Mexican Americans In Holland, Michigan, Denise L. Tyiska Dec 1977

Assimilation: An Empirical Test Of Milton Gordon's Model On Mexican Americans In Holland, Michigan, Denise L. Tyiska

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


A Reinterpretation Of Plains Indian Adaptation: The Case Of The Comanche, Lynn R. Johnson Dec 1977

A Reinterpretation Of Plains Indian Adaptation: The Case Of The Comanche, Lynn R. Johnson

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effect Of Withdrawal From The Negative Cue On Learning A Simultaneous Discrimination, Carl Merle Johnson Dec 1977

The Effect Of Withdrawal From The Negative Cue On Learning A Simultaneous Discrimination, Carl Merle Johnson

Masters Theses

Three groups of rats learned a black-white discrimination in a Grice box. All subjects were reinforced with food pellets for correct choices. No-Retrace subjects were confined in the negative goal box after errors. Retrace subjects were allowed to withdraw after errors from the negative goal box to the choice point or start box. Take-Out subjects were manually removed from the goal box during errors immediately after inspecting the empty food dish. All subjects were trained to a criterion and then reversal training was instituted. Retrace subjects learned the original discrimination significantly slower than either No-Retrace or Take-Out subjects, which did …


An Analysis Of Overcorrection Movements: Topographic Relation And Re-Educative Function, Pamela Roberts Dec 1977

An Analysis Of Overcorrection Movements: Topographic Relation And Re-Educative Function, Pamela Roberts

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Role Of Prior Learning And Direct Reinforcement In Observational Learning And Vicarious Reinforcement, Larry D. Olsen Dec 1977

The Role Of Prior Learning And Direct Reinforcement In Observational Learning And Vicarious Reinforcement, Larry D. Olsen

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Schmidt Site: A Pre-Nipissing Village In The Saginaw Valley, Michigan, Jerry D. Fairchild Dec 1977

The Schmidt Site: A Pre-Nipissing Village In The Saginaw Valley, Michigan, Jerry D. Fairchild

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


An Analysis Of The Factors That Determine The Success Of Congressional Campaigns, Paul J. Seigel Dec 1977

An Analysis Of The Factors That Determine The Success Of Congressional Campaigns, Paul J. Seigel

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


An Analysis Of The European Artifacts From Chota-Tanasee, An Eighteenth Century Overhill Cherokee Town, Robert Dolan Newman Dec 1977

An Analysis Of The European Artifacts From Chota-Tanasee, An Eighteenth Century Overhill Cherokee Town, Robert Dolan Newman

Masters Theses

Description and analysis of over 67,000 European artifacts and aboriginally modified European artifacts from Chota-Tanasee (40MR2-40MR62) provides a basis for future studies of similar European artifacts from Overhill Cherokee sites in the Little Tennessee Valley.

Dated European artifacts provided a means to construct a chronology of features and burials. Only 40 of 1086 features and two of 114 burials were dated to one of four periods of European economic and political influence. Thirty features and one burial date to the Colonial period corroborating accounts of Chota-Tanasee's size and importance during the mid-18th century. Too few features and burials date to …


An Analysis Of East Tennessee Dalton Projectile Points, Wayne D. Roberts Dec 1977

An Analysis Of East Tennessee Dalton Projectile Points, Wayne D. Roberts

Masters Theses

East Tennessee projectile points, previously described as the Early Woodland period Candy Creek type, are analyzed. Through the intensive examination of 17 continuous attributes and three discrete attributes reflecting morphology, function and manufacturing techniques, 112 of these East Tennessee projectile points are compared with 46 Dalton and Quad projectile points from northern Alabama and 37 Hardaway-Dalton projectile points from the Piedmont of North Carolina. As a result of the observations and a linear discriminant function program, it is determined that the Candy Creek projectile point is a regional variant of the Dalton projectile point type. Dalton manifestations described in the …


A Study Of The Effects Of Syllable Releasing And Arresting Function On The Correct Articulation Of /S/ By Normal And Articulatory Defective Children, John Carlton Pennington Dec 1977

A Study Of The Effects Of Syllable Releasing And Arresting Function On The Correct Articulation Of /S/ By Normal And Articulatory Defective Children, John Carlton Pennington

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was two-fold: (1) to investigate the effects of syllable releasing and arresting function on correct /s/ productions by normal and articulatory defective children; and (2) to investigate the effects of different phonetic environments on correct /s/ productions in syllable releasing and arresting positions by normal and articulatory defective children.

Two groups of five-year-old children, 15 with normal articulation and 15 with defective articulation, were selected as subjects in this study and met the following criteria: normal hearing, normal intelligence, no significant deviation in the structure and/or function of the oral mechanism, and no more than …


Development And Application Of Computer Assisted Instruction For Mini-Computers, Thomas A. Burne Aug 1977

Development And Application Of Computer Assisted Instruction For Mini-Computers, Thomas A. Burne

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Elimination Of Disruptive Bus Riding Behavior Via Token Reinforcement, Sandra J. Ferrell Aug 1977

Elimination Of Disruptive Bus Riding Behavior Via Token Reinforcement, Sandra J. Ferrell

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Behavior Systems Analysis Of A Worker Managed Bakery, Marie Louise Greening Aug 1977

Behavior Systems Analysis Of A Worker Managed Bakery, Marie Louise Greening

Masters Theses

The present series of studies is a behavioral systems analysis of the problems of job performance, promptness at work, and cost control. Many studies surveyed in the business and industrial literature have methodological problems, and those employing good experimental control have not addressed the cost effectiveness of the procedures they evaluated (Pommer and Streedbeck, 1974; Hermann et. al., 1974). Those studies employing quasi-experimental designs generate inadequate data and also often fail to address the cost effectiveness of the procedures used (Brobst, 1976; Kent, 1974; Schnelle and Lee, 1974; Campbell and Stnley, 1966; Baer, Wolf and Risley, 1969). A major reason …


A Study Of Cataloging Procedures In Community Colleges In Eleven Southeastern States, Gayle L. Pierce Aug 1977

A Study Of Cataloging Procedures In Community Colleges In Eleven Southeastern States, Gayle L. Pierce

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Judicial Character The Characters Of Chief Justices John Marshall And Earl Warren, Ronald G. Robinson Aug 1977

Judicial Character The Characters Of Chief Justices John Marshall And Earl Warren, Ronald G. Robinson

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effect Of An Individualized Remediation Program On Comprehensive Final Examination Performance, Timothy N. Trainor Aug 1977

The Effect Of An Individualized Remediation Program On Comprehensive Final Examination Performance, Timothy N. Trainor

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Development And Increase Of Two Prosocial Behaviors As A Function Of Social And Peer Reinforcement With Preschool Children, Carol R. Solander Aug 1977

The Development And Increase Of Two Prosocial Behaviors As A Function Of Social And Peer Reinforcement With Preschool Children, Carol R. Solander

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


An Experiential Report Of An Internship With The Nottawa Christian (Beachy Amish) Day School, Daisy Marie Allabach Aug 1977

An Experiential Report Of An Internship With The Nottawa Christian (Beachy Amish) Day School, Daisy Marie Allabach

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


An Examination Of The Differential Effects Of Retesting And A Mastery Criterion On Student Performance In A Psi Course, Carol M. Sundberg Aug 1977

An Examination Of The Differential Effects Of Retesting And A Mastery Criterion On Student Performance In A Psi Course, Carol M. Sundberg

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Two Correction Procedures Upon The Acquisition Of Three Line-Tilt Discriminations, Jane Stewart Howard Aug 1977

The Effects Of Two Correction Procedures Upon The Acquisition Of Three Line-Tilt Discriminations, Jane Stewart Howard

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Sucrose Concentration On Punishment Produced Suppression Of Licking Behavior In Rats, Okechukwu Igboanumma S. Ozuzu Aug 1977

The Effects Of Sucrose Concentration On Punishment Produced Suppression Of Licking Behavior In Rats, Okechukwu Igboanumma S. Ozuzu

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Impact Of Sex Roles Orientation And Career Orientation On The Career Development Of Adolescent Females, Karen Fenske Kamischke Aug 1977

The Impact Of Sex Roles Orientation And Career Orientation On The Career Development Of Adolescent Females, Karen Fenske Kamischke

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.