Digital Commons Network^™

A Statistical Analysis Of The New Mexico State Merit System 1941 Oral Examination Program, Anchard Zeller

Psychology ETDs

The purpose of the present study is to analyze the oral examination mentioned above and the results obtained. This analysis will consist of three parts: first, a description of the statistical methods by which the oral ratings were converted into quantitative results; second, an internal analysis of the examination itself with a brief discussion of the validity and reliability of the examination; and third, a survey of the external factors inherent in the examinees and situations which influenced the ratings of the judges.

A Comparative Study Of Certain Characteristics Of Thinking In Adult Aments And Normal Children., Edwin Terry Prothro

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

The Influence Of Induced Attitudes In Problem Solving, Elizabeth Ann Mueller

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Some Contributions To The Understanding Of The Stability Of Attitudes, Betty Bennett

Master's Theses or Doctor of Nursing Practice

The field of attitude research may be placed in three categories: 1. Determination of the consensus of public opinion regarding social issues. 2. Attitude measurement techniques. 3. Investigation of the intrinsic psychological nature of human attitudes. This study has to do with the third category. Unless this point is clearly borne in mind, the purpose of the investigation which is reported herein may be obscure. Here we are not concerned with the content of the attitude, but with the mechanism of the attitude. We are studying the attitude to determine its inner characteristic s, its make-up, rather than to show …

A Factor Analysis Of Verbal Ability, Floyd Edward Reynolds

Master's Theses or Doctor of Nursing Practice

For many years the practical value of tests of intelligence, aptitude and other qualities has been demonstrated. As the “testing movement” has grown, a multitude of tests has been devised and is now available for testing of human abilities. Two of the most important attempts to understand intellectual abilities are found in the theories and methods of Spearman and Thurstone. There is a possibility that the statistical studies of these theorists have overlooked a valuable source of information, that is existing experimental information about different processes included in mental ability. It is this possibility that prompted this study.

The Role Of Personal Experiences In The Formulation Of Social Attitudes Of Liberalism And Conservatism, Harry J. Older

Master's Theses or Doctor of Nursing Practice

The purpose of this study is to discover if the following hypothesis, which was set up on the basis of clinical experience, is true. The social attitudes of an individual are as much the product of local personal incidents as of the bias of the education and training of that individual.

Extrapyramidal Mechanisms In Handedness In The Rat, James Chaplin

Psychology ETDs

From the previous work on handedness from Peterson, we know that there is a sharply localized area in the contralateral cerebral cortex of the frontal region for the control of handedness in the rat. Widespread occipital and temporal destructions are without influence when this area is intact.

The Distracting Influence Of Radio Speech Upon Performance In Silent Reading, Thomas Michael Kennedy

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

An Investigation Of Then Training Afforded By The New Mexico Home And Training School For Mental Defectives, Octavia Pearl Butler

Psychology ETDs

The purpose of this study is to investigate the academic, vocational, and recreational training afforded by the New Mexico Home and Training School for Mental Defectives at Los Lunas, New Mexico. The criteria for judgment of the training techniques and procedures are three-fold: comparison with recommended training, the present activities of discharged inmates of the institution, and comparison with offerings of other state institutions.

The Influence Of Separate Answer Sheets On The Reliability And Norms Of Standardized Achievement Tests, James Edward Kuntz

Master's Theses or Doctor of Nursing Practice

Do the mechanics involved in recording answers for standardized tests on separate answer sheets reduce the reliability and the average raw scores made? It is the purpose of this investigation to answer this question. In a previous research made by the writer, significant differences were found between the Modern School Achievement Test norms and average scores made by several thousand pupils of Western Kansas on a modified form of this test in which separate answer sheets were used.

Studies In Gross Bodily Movement., Alan Douglas Grinsted

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

An Investigation Of Drawing By Pueblo Indian Children, Marian Eller

Psychology ETDs

The purpose of this study is the investigation of drawing made by Pueblo Indian children. it involves the construction of a scale by which the drawings may be graded.

Factors Affecting Vocational Guidance, Margaret Pankaskie

Master's Theses or Doctor of Nursing Practice

It is the special purpose of this study to find how personality factors affect the employability of youth. In a study of this kind it is necessary to consider the personality as a whole in relation to a larger situation, the ethnological traits of the group, the society in which the youth lives, the economic changes taking place in the community, and the physical and mental capacities in which he is endowed.

The Influence Of College Courses On Individual Differences, Clarke Carson Mcilree

Master's Theses or Doctor of Nursing Practice

What is the effect of college training upon individuals? More specifically, do college students become more alike or more unlike in , respect to the achievement involved in a college course as a result of taking the course? That is the question which this study will investigate. The importance of this question to the educator is that it involves educational technique and philosophy. If it is found that our educational system decreases individual differences and has the effect therefore, of equalizing opportunity, our philosophy of universal education as an important factor in the achievement of democracy is valid. On the …

Comparison Of Navajo And Pueblo Indians In Musical Talent, Shlanta A. Boghdan

Psychology ETDs

The object of this investigation is to make a comparison in musical talent of the Navajo and Pueblo Indians from the seventh to twelfth grade inclusive. Since these two tribes have different characteristics, one purpose is to determine the differences in musical talent which may exist. Although some of the Indian tribes have been tested by the Seashore Measure of Musical Talent, no comparison has been made of these two tribes.

The Prognosis Value Of The American Council On Education Psychological Examination., Walter Gilbert Peiser

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

A Technique For Inter-Translating Psychological Theories, Joseph C. Trainor

All Faculty Scholarship for the College of Education and Professional Studies

The present situ.at ion in psychology is a strange mixture of para.dox, dilemma and confusion, with many self-confident schools of thought in the field, each somewhat antagonistic to the others. The history of other sciences reveals that these are the growing pains out of which there will emerge the matured science. Meanwhile, the squabbles and the confusion are here and we must do something about them.

The Relative Influence Of The Locus And Mass Of Destruction Upon The Control Of Handedness By The Cerebral Cortex, La Charles Fracarol

Psychology ETDs

Specifically the experiment sought an answer to the following questions: (1) Is there evidence for a critical area in the cerebral cortex for the control of handedness, and if so, what are the limits of this area, i.e., what is the least destruction within this region that will produce transfers in handedness? (2) Will a destruction outside of the critical area have an effect, and if so, how large must such a destruction be to cause it? (3) What bearing will the results have upon current theories of cerebral functioning, including localization of function, physiological gradients, mass action, and equipotentiality?

Euthanasia Or Mercy Killings, George Joseph Nicoud

Bachelors’ Theses

In this modern and changing world new problems are constantly arising and older ones are being dispensed with. Man has to adapt himself almost daily to changing and more complex situations. The world has advanced to such an extent that in this present generation we are known as "human machines" rather than human beings. Men are worked until they drop off from the strain or they work until they are broken, decrepit old men, no longer a use to anybody and a burden to almost everybody. As our modernity progressed, so also did conventions and ideas. Ideas of morals changed. …

A Study Of The Bell Adjustment Inventory, Nina Acona

Psychology ETDs

The University of New Mexico, through its personnel department, has, for three years, made use of the Bell Adjustment Inventory as an instrument for rating the personality adjustments of members of the freshman classes. The Inventory provides four measures of adjustment, and also a total score which is the sum of the scores of the four measures. The test has proved to be of value in determining cases of maladjustment and the several scores furnish a clue to the sources of such maladjustment. The results have been sufficiently satisfactory to warrant the use of the scores in comparing certain student …

Factor Analysis Versus Clinical Analysis Of Intelligence, Betty Margaret Martinson

Master's Theses or Doctor of Nursing Practice

The technique of mental testing has in the period since 1905 grown to its present status as a useful tool in every psychological clinic and laboratory. A very brief discussion of its development is here included to indicate the relation of its historical antecedents to various theories of intelligence and especially the one on which the present work rests.

Juvenile Delinquency In Bernallio County, Genevieve Wiley Carter

Psychology ETDs

The object of this study is two-fold: First to present a picture of delinquency in Bernallio County. Second, to make recommendations for handling delinquency in Bernallio County.

A Sociological And Psychological Survey Of One Hundred Patients Of The Hays Crippled Children's Clinic, Helen Starbuck

Master's Theses or Doctor of Nursing Practice

The major and minor problems of the thesis are as follows: Are the children treated at the Hays Clinic as a group mentally, temperamentally and socially normal enough to justify the state in attempting to make them physically well? What are the sociological and psychological effects of occupational therapy and school work upon patients in the clinic? In order to arrive at a solution of the foregoing problems, a study of 100 children entering the Hays Crippled Children's Clinic was made . Both laboratory and questionnaire methods were used.

A Statistical Analysis Of The Moss Social Intelligence Test., Jane Marie Randolph

Psychology ETDs

This study is not an attempt to answer the question concerning, nor to settle the discussion regarding, the concepts of abstract, social and mechanical intelligence. The purpose is merely to investigate an existing testing instrument, the Social Intelligence Test devised by Moss, Hunt and Omwake, in an effort to determine whether it may be made a better and more effective measuring instrument.

The Influence Of The Number Of Readings On The Rate Of Forgetting., Yuba L. Hunsley

Master's Theses or Doctor of Nursing Practice

The object of the investigation was to find the relation of retention to the number of readings of factual prose articles and to the study of other factors which may influence retention. Students of the freshman and sophomore college classes were used as subjects. The experimental material consisted of reading material of highly factual articles and objective tests. Memory was measured at the end of two weeks after one, two, three, four and five readings. The other factors investigated in relation to memory ability were the effect of rereading upon retention, sex differences, and the correlation of retention of factual …

Humor And Its Appeal To The Child, Leona Marie Carroll

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Early Childhood Fears, Lenore Bernadette Mccarthy

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Study In Eidetic Imagery, Elizabeth Lourdes Mcgrath

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Study In The Psychology Of Conversion, Dorothy Catherine Kleespies

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Psychological And Educational Study Of The Language Factors Of The American Research Council. Psychological Examinations Administered To Freshmen At The College Of The Pacific In The Years 1925, 1926, And 1928, Chester Livingston Hoar

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this thesis is to determine, as far as possible, the extant to which the language-factor tests included in present psychological examinations administered to freshmen at the Collage of the Pacific are reliable as factors contributing to an estimate of the capacities of the individuals examined.

This necessitates a study of both the gross and language-factor tests scores

In making the study, the results of examinations given in three years,—1925, 1926, and 1928, —were utilized. The total number of cases included in these years was 560, a sufficient number to warrant the placing of considerable reliance upon the …