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Generalization Effects Of Verbal Conditioning In Chronic Schizophrenics, James Larry Tichenor

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of Varying A T Group Design Upon Self Concept, George Richard Woodruff

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was to examine what effects the varying of a T Group design would have upon self-concept and also to determine whether or not individuals who had participated in a T Group would report more positive self-concepts than persons who had not had such an experience.

An Attempt To Manipulate The Results Of A Psychomotor Learning Task, Robert D. Cable

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

A Replication Of Gouldner's Latent Role Identifications Of Cosmopolitan And Local In A Public High School, Ronald S. Godwin

Educational Leadership & Workforce Development Theses & Dissertations

No abstract.

Parent Counseling For Parents Of Special Education Students In The Public Schools, Janyce Halprin

Communication Disorders & Special Education Theses & Dissertations

No abstract.

Birth Order And Social Personality Characteristics In College Upperclassmen, James Stevens Robertson

Master's Theses

Over the past few decades, many research articles have accumulated linking birth order with different psychological variables. Much of the research was inspired by an interest developed in Alfred Adler's theory of birth order position. Historically, Adler (1931) considered birth order in the family an important psychological variable. He was strongly interested in the social determinants of personality and observed that the personalities of the oldest, middle, and youngest child in a family were likely to be quite different. These differences were attributed to the distinctive experience that each child has as a member of a social group. Therefore, going …

The Availability And Adequacy Of Some Spanish Translated Tests, Nelson Diaz-Mora

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Group Psychotherapy: A Review Of Literature, Paul B. Sorensen

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

Group psychotherapy has been described as uniquely American. It is indeed a consequence of the pragmatism of American psychiatry, which appeared willing to explore any new and possibly helpful technique.

A Review And Construction Of Career Development Programs In The Elementary School, Chase Driggs

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

Overview

Every child has a right to acquire his own realistic selfevaluation of the career he intends to pursue, and the process of exposure to occupational information should be permitted and encouraged to start at an early age. From this point of view we need to foster concepts and techniques designed to facilitate the vocational maturation of the child. Interaction with counselors, teachers, parents, and community will increase the student's ability to understand the opportunities of the world of work as it relates to his aptitudes and interests and values and to enable him to be more aware of the …

A Psychological Investigation Of Seven Hermaphroditic Children, Peter Lewis Kranz

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

An in-depth personality and intellectual evaluation of a group of hermaphroditic children residing in the state of Oklahoma was undertaken in this study. The following techniques were utilized in order to extensively study the impact of this anomaly on the families of these children: psychological tests, parental interviews by a social worker, and diagnostic play interviews conducted by the investigator. It was the purpose of this study to examine the psychological impact of sexual ambiguity on the child and his parents.

There were no significant differences between the two groups on any of the tests given. This may be attributed …

Reading Instruction And Phonetic Control In Materials Development Based Upon Relative Frequency Of Phoneme-Grapheme Correspondences, Richard T. Grow

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

This dissertation suggests a new approach to reading instruction and phonetic control in materials development. The central feature of this approach is its reliance on phoneme-grapheme correspondence data.

Specifically, the products of this dissertation were (1) the development of relative frequency tables depicting the various phonemes produced by a given grapheme structure, (2) the development of five different levels of phonetic sophistication, (3) the classification of 974 words as regular or irregular in accordance with each level of sophistication, and (4) the phonetic rewriting of three existing short stories to make them phonetically regular.

One of the phonetically rewritten stories …

The Effects Of An Introduction To Psychology Course On College Students' Superstitions And Beliefs Which Have Some Scientific Sanction, Helen Daines Mitchell

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The study was conducted to investigate the effects of an introduction to psychology course on college students' superstitions and beliefs which have some scientific sanction. The test used was selected from H. K. Nixon's 1925 study on answers to psychological questions and considers 30 statements to be marked true or false.

Subjects used for this study were 100 men and 100 women students in a beginning psychology course at Utah State University, Logan, Utah. The first administration of the questionnaire was given during the first week of the class with a follow-up administration given during the final week of class. …

Assessment Of Parental Attitudes Toward Mental Retardation In Relation To The Mentally Retarded Child's Adjustment In School, June S. Church

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

A review of developmental psychology reflects vigorous research concerning the relationships between parental behavior and attitudes and child personality and behavior.The research findings are generally consistent in demonstrating that the child's familial experiences are prime determinates of his personality. Within this context, there is mounting evidence of the pervasive and dramatic effects of early experience on later development. The significance of the attitudes and conceptions. which parents exhibit toward their children is aptly illustrated by Schulman, Shoemaker and MQelis (1962). In a study of conduct problem children and non-conduct problem children, they found that the parents of conduct problem children …

The Use Of The Slingerland Screening Tests To Delineate Reading Problems Among Retarded Children, James Over Rust

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of Ego-Involvement And Fear Appeals Upon Task Performance, Stephen Steinmetz

Masters Theses

Researchers and scholars in the fear appeal area have been unable to determine what factor or factors make fear appeals effective. Two studies, Hewgill and Miller (1965) and Powell (1965), suggest that the personal involvement of the audience with who or what is threatened is the factor which causes fear appeals to be effective. If ego-involvement is the personal involvement factor indicated by these studies, then it would appear to be the key to fear appeal effectiveness. Therefore, the present investigation was designed to experimentally compare the effects of ego-involvement and fear appeals upon task performance.

Sixty nine undergraduates enrolled …

Nursing Attitude Change As A Variable In Therapy Outcome Measures , Richard Charles Evenson

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Examiners And Anxiety On Three Complex Learning Tasks, Anthony Firetto

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Contract Group: Small Group Approaches To Interpersonal Growth, Gerard Egan

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Differential Effects Of Disability And Sex On Job Sample Task Performance, Edward J. Hester

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Fulcrum Model Of Opinion Formation And Change, Richard R. Izzett

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Psychological Correlates Of Dogmatism And Heterogeneity Of Power In Small Groups, Joel Robert Kaplan

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Study Of The Relationship Between Personality Adjustment And Openness, John J. Hurley

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Intentional And Incidental Concept Formation As A Function Of Conceptual Structure, Information, Intelligence, And Authoritarianism, David J. Marx

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of Ecs, Ether, And Pentobarbital On Single Trial Passive Avoidance Learning, Stephen Charles Milliser

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Three Models Predicting Group Productivity From Initial Individual Knowledge Certainty And Familiarity, John A. Scileppi

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Effect Of Ribonucleic Acid On Pole Climbing Performance In Rats, Thomas J. Hinkel

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

An Investigation Of The Relationship Between Interpersonal Behavior, Level Of Communication, And Divergence From The Group Using The Leary Method, Marilyn Kolton

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Syllogistic Approach To Attitude Change, James M. Torcivia

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

An Analysis Of Aggressive Display In The Game Cock: Response Decrement And Reinstatement, William Herbert Fullmer

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Verbal Conditioning With Vicarious Reinforcement As Related To Peer Attitudes In Grade-School Children, Margaret Mccutcheon Lauterbach

All Master's Theses

The purpose of the present study was to determine the effects of peer attitudes toward performers in a verbal conditioning experiment using vicarious reinforcement, and to determine whether birth order or need for social approval had any effect on conditioning. Fifth grade and sixth grade students served as subjects, with performers (those to be directly reinforced) from the same grades as the observers.