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The Result Of Auditory Presentation During Sleep Of Meaningful Material, Donald J. Tyrell

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Factors Influencing The Operation Of Special Double-Number Dials, Ryoko Yafuso

Psychology ETDs

A concise definition of engineering psychology is: the study of human behavior in the man-machine relationship (3). In implementing this concept the engineering psychologist not only investigates the human factors involved in man-machine systems, but he also attempts to discover the best way to design a machine so that a human being can operate it most efficiently.

The Relationship Between Personality Factors And Musical Taste, Joe Dean Brower

Psychology ETDs

This study is an attempt to distinguish personality factors which may influence persons in their preferences for a particular kind of music.

It is not the purpose of this study to investigate the personality of individuals who happen to prefer a special type of music. Instead, the study is focused on personality differences which may be found among three groups of people who have indicated a preference for three different types of music.

A Comparative Study Of The Readability Of The King James Version Of The Bible And The New Standard Revision Of The Bible, Dwight Robert Miller

Student Work

For many years a difference of opinion has existed regarding the relative reading ease of different versions of the Bible, the majority of the arguments made by the various factions have been based upon limited observation, and in no instance has experimental evidence been presented to support the contentions of any group.

Comparison Of The Utah State Agricultural College Mathematics Entrance Examination Computational Form Versus Multiple-Choice, Wilson Walker

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

It is the standard practice in colleges and universities to administer to all entering students a battery of tests which are designed to measure the aptitude and ability of students. Each institution uses in its test battery those tests which are best suited to its particular needs, but in the main they consist of measures of general mental ability, the ability to understand and use the English language and the ability to understand and to use mathematical symbols. These tests are available to the institution through companies which construct and standardize tests of all kinds. In addition to these tests, …

An Experimental Investigation Of Lashley And Wade's "The Pavlovian Theory Of Generalization", Allen B. Madans

Psychology ETDs

In the following paper, the term "stimulus generalization" will appear many times. As a matter of convenience it will be abbreviated to "SG".

The best type of definition to give for SG is an operational one. Although the operational definition loses its generality, it gains by providing at least one concrete illustration of the phenomenon with which this paper deals. The following illustration is taken from the experimental literature in most part, and it is the type of illustration that is recognized both by those for and those against SG as demonstrating the phenomenon of SG...Despite the great amount of …

A Study Of The Relationship Between Musical Preference And The Fourteen Factors Of The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, George W. Fenley

Psychology ETDs

The purpose of this study was to seek some possible relationships between personality characteristics and musical sophistication. Studies in this area are for the most part speculative, and those few which have been published indicate rather inconclusive findings.

An Investigation Of The Mitchell-Brantley Choice Of Pictures Personality Inventory Items, John James Filipelli

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this investigation is (1) to determine whether o:r not the child's percept of the physical structure of each "COPPI" picture is congruent with that intended by the authors, and (2) to determine whether the degree of "meaning" the child finds in the pictures significantly corresponds to the categorization specified by the authors.

The Relationship Of Reading Ability To Performance On The Otis Quick-Scoring Mental Ability Test, Paris P. Choncholas

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Specific Factors Associated With Adjustment Of A Class Of Sixth Grade Students, Sonia Bogin Haas

Psychology ETDs

The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which certain specific factors are associated with adjustment of a class of sixth grade students. The Mental Health Analysis, a personality test, (32) was administered to a sixth grade class in a public school in Albuquerque, New Mexico. These students were then compared in the following factors: willingness to accept damaging statements about themselves, friendship status, leadership status as compiled from ratings made by the peer group, leadership status as rated by the teacher, adjustment rank as rated by the teacher, achievement test score, intelligence test score, age, height, …

The Use Of A Diagnostic Spelling Test In The Analysis Of Spelling Problems, Geraldine L. Whitted

Student Work

From the first attempt to standardize English spelling In the eighteenth century, to the present, the problem of spelling has caused much concern, comment, criticism, and discussion.

The absence of any practical diagnostic tool which would enable educators and clinicians to discover the type of disabilities of those with whom they come In professional contact and the causes for the spelling disabilities prompted this study.

An Investigation Of Certain Personality Factors Of Two Groups Seperated On The Basis Of A Color Association Test, Paul Raymond Binner

Psychology ETDs

It would be of interest to explore, in greater detail, further possible differences between these two groups, the "high orange" and "low orange." Accordingly, the purpose of this study was to seek possible differences between the two groups with respect to certain more specific personality variables. The importance of such a study, in addition to shedding light upon the characteristics of groups separated by means of the color association test, is also seen in the fact that it might provide information bearing upon the understanding, prediction and control of behavior-problem cases.

A Preliminary Investigation Of A Measure Of Empathy And Its Relationships To The Mmpi Scales, Frank Peter Amedeo

Psychology ETDs

The present study is an attempt to obtain a measure empathic ability, and to investigate its relationship to an instrument of personality measurement, the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. The immediate problem under study is whether or not there is some differentiation among the MMPI scales for persons who show wide differences in this empathic response.

Psychosis Of Famous Men, Stella S. Foreman

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

A Psychological Investigation Of The Effect Of Learning A Foreign Language On The Development Of Certain Skills In English, Alan J. Fredian

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

The Thurstone Temperament Schedule As An Instrument Of Supervisory Evaluation, Francis Xavier Paone

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Rorschach Determinants Of Creativity, Marie Crandall Smith

Master's Theses

This psychological investigation has its origin and incentive in the keen interest aroused by Professor Austin E. Grigg in the Rorschach Test, chiefly through his course in Clinical and Projective Tests.

Perseverative Phenomena And Shift Ability, Edward Ernest Ware

Master's Theses

Numerous studies relating adjustment to perseveration are given in the first chapter. The present study investigated this relationship in order to ascertain whether those high in shift ability will make better social than emotional adjustments and those law in shirt ability will be better adjusted emotionally than socially. The logic for the above hypothesis has been that the ability to change, flexibility, is helpful in dealing with people and social situations, but may create an instability within the individual. Also investigated in this research were the relationship between intelligence, and shift ability, conservatism and adjustment, and also the relationship between …

Emotional Stability In Stress And The Rorschach Personality Test Of High School Football Players., Melvin Prince Reid

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

A Study Of Certain "Difficult" Words Used In The Administration Of The Revised Stanford-Binet Scale, Form L, George Kenneth Zak

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

An Item Analysis Of Wechsler-Bellevue Intelligence Scale Form I Subtests, Wayne Allen Rhoderick

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to: (1) analyze the value of subtest items in discriminating between bright, average, dull normal, borderline, and mentally defective groups; and (2) indicate the rank order of difficulty in the total population for each item.

The Case Study, Robert Winkleblack

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

A Simplified Revision Of The Keston Music Preference Test, Barbara Jean Snodgrass

Psychology ETDs

The purpose of this study was to revise and simplify a new and involved test of musical preference. The Keston Music Preference Test in its original form consisted of sixteen phonograph record discs, or thirty-two sides in all. It took approximately three hours to administer, and the grading procedure was extremely complex and time consuming. However, in spite of these difficulties, the test has demonstrated its usefulness in measuring musical discrimination, or musical sophistication among high school students and college students. It seemed highly desirable, therefore, to reduce the length of the test and to simplify the grading system of …

Introversion-Extroversion And Musical Taste, John H. Schopler

Psychology ETDs

In an article in press by M. J. Keston and Isabelle Pinto, certain factors possibly influencing musical preference were investigated. Of all the factors tested, thinking introversion-extroversion, as measured by the Heston Personal Adjustment Inventory, Scale A, had the highest correlation with musical preference. The purpose of the present study is to determine whether or not this relationship between introversion-extroversion and musical preference will be found with another measure of introversion-extroversion used.

Literary Interest As A Factor In English Achievement, Alex James Cade

Tennessee State University Alumni Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Performance Of Minority Group Delinquent And Non-Delinquent Boys On The Rosenzweig Picture Frustration Test, Gerald Jean Kleinfeld

Psychology ETDs

It was the purpose of this study to compare the reactions to frustration of a group of Spanish-American male delinquents with a group of Spanish-American delinquent boys, utilizing the Rosenzweig Picture-Frustration Study, to determine whether or not there were significant differences in their response in terms of the Rosenzweig scoring dimensions. Another purpose of the study was to determine whether or not aggressive behavior correlated with any dimension on the Picture-Frustration Study. Finally, it was though that the study might reveal whether or not there were significant differences in responses to frustration between different cultural groups. If such a difference …

An Analysis Of Certain Responses To A Color Association Test, Norbett Lawrence Mintz

Psychology ETDs

The study to be presented in this thesis is a direct outgrowth of four years of work by the writer and his associates. Because none of the previous studies has been published and no statement of the over-all purpose of this study exists, it was deemed advisable to review the entire background of the present investigation. Therefore, the thesis has been divided into two parts.

Part One Shall: (1) demonstrate that the color association test resulted from a combination of color matching technique and the word association method; (2) present the purpose for which the test was developed; (3) review …

An Experimental Investigation Of The Functioning Of The Corpus Callosum., Charles Schuster

Psychology ETDs

The present investigation represents an exploratory attempt to work on the functions of the corpus callosum—about which little is known. A shotgun blast type of investigation was attempted in order to sample a variety of behavioral aspects. The purpose was to use any finding of this investigation as a lead for more comprehensive and conclusive experimentation.

Personality Differences Between Fighter And Non-Fighter Pilots, William A. Marcum

Psychology ETDs

This study attempts to distinguish personality factors which may influence Air Force pilots in their choice of a specific type of aircraft for their primary flying duty.

It is not the purpose of this study to investigate the personality of the versatile pilot, who seems equally adapted in terms of mental attitudes, personality matrix, and flying skill for any and all type of aircraft. Instead, the research is focused on those pilots whose preference and capabilities have channeled them into flying either fighter or non-fighter aircraft.

In the expectation that the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, with its scope and classification …

The Effect Of Frequency Of Repetition On The Retention Of Auditory Material Presented During Sleep, Thomas Stampfl

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.