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Performance On English And Spanish Editions Of The Stanford-Binet By Spanish American Children, Carmina Jimenez

Psychology ETDs

This study was made to gather information which might indicate whether the bilingual children of Albuquerque, New Mexico should be given the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Tests in Spanish or in English in order to measure most fairly their intelligence. The hypothesis to be tested may be stated: Spanish-American children in Albuquerque, New Mexico should be tested for intelligence with a Spanish version of the Stanford-Binet test.

An Investigation Concerning The Incidence Of Compulsitivity Among College Students, Reid I. Martin

Psychology ETDs

It is the purpose of the study to evaluate the following hypothesis: There exists among students now in college a certain incidence of compulsitivity as indicated by an experimentally devised ratios of compulsion neurosis to hysteria*; this incidence is greater among those now in college than those not in college.

It is also a purpose of this study to contribute experimental evidence to the frequently reported observation that compulsion neurosis occurs more frequently in men than women.

*The terms "compulsion neurosis" and "hysteria" are used loosely in this thesis, not to mean neurosis per se, but neurotic trends in …

An Inquiry Into The Validity Of The Gregory Academic Interest Inventory, Richard A. Yocom

Psychology ETDs

It was the purpose of this study to make an inquiry into the general validity of the entire inventory, and to ascertain the apparent validity of the individual scales incorporated in the inventory by means of data gathered from 92 graduate students enrolled at the University of New Mexico.

The Effects Of Severe Electric Shocks On Learning, Harry James Caughren Jr.

Psychology ETDs

The following are the purposes of this study: (1) to measure the effects of distracting emotional conditions on maze learning under electric shock conditions and under non-shock conditions; (2) to obtain, by a questionnaire, subjects' reports of their emotional responses to shock and to compare such reports with observation of their performance; and (3) to show the relation between different methods of solving the Warden U-type relief finger maze.

An Experimental Investigation Of The Relationship Of Perceptual Speed To Motor Speed, Richard F. Wierman

Psychology ETDs

The main problems of this investigation were to discover;

1. What relationship, if any, exists between perceptual and motor speed and

2. Whether or not individuals who had scores on visual test which were above the mean and who had scores on motor tests below the mean present a history of fewer accidents when compared with persons whose scores on visual tests were below the mean and who were above the mean in motor test scores.

A Study Of Some Factors Affecting Parental Attitudes, Shirley Driggs

Psychology ETDs

The purpose of this study is to determine the possible association of such factors as amount of education, age, sex, broken homes, the number of children in the family, and foreign birth with parental attitudes. The parental attitudes of mothers, fathers, sons, and daughters are also compared with each other in order to determine whether different generations would have different parental attitudes.

Sound-Induced Seizures In Rats Reared On Diets With High Sugar Content, Lois L. Benedict

Psychology ETDs

The present study was not designed to investigate the controversy on carbohydrate metabolism. For experimental purposes, the second possibility mentioned above was assumed to be true, i.e., that, somehow, ingested galactose might possibly be transported through the circulatory system. As long as this theory remains tenable, experimentation based upon it is necessary.

Mmpi Personality Patterns For Several Academic Major Groups, Miriam Redlo

Psychology ETDs

The relationship between personality and vocation has raised many problems, which have not yet been adequately investigated, since this area of research is comparatively recent. Many investigators claim that there are specific occupational differences in personality in that individuals who choose particular fields of work have certain personality characteristics in common. In other words, those in a certain occupation who are successful and satisfied with the nature of their employment will show, as indicated by instruments of personality measurement, similar traits or patterns of temperament or personality which differentiate them from persons in other vocations, who are successful as well.

Influence Of Handedness Of The Application Of Acetylcholine And Glutamic Acid To The Motor Cortex Of The Albino Rat, Donald G. Doehring

Psychology ETDs

The purpose of this study was to repeat the experimental design used in Suess' study, i.e., the attempt to influence the handedness of ambidextrous rats by application of Ach and glumatic acid to the motor cortex. This study was a slight departure from that of Suess in that more post-operational reaches were taken.