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Counseling By Mail: A Longitudinal Study Of Correspondence Between Minor Seminarians And Their Spiritual Director, Especially In Relation To Vocational Perseverance, Richard Saudis

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Prediction Of Academic Achievement In College, John Thomas Dulin

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Color Preferences Related To The Personality Variables Of N Intraception And N Achievement, Mary Anne Safely Kelbley

Dissertations

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Effects Of Category-Relevance, Retention Measure, And Category-Affiliation Upon Retention Of The Aging, Gary M. Tyson

Master's Theses

The present investigation represents an attempt to further explore several parameters of short-term memory as a function of the relevance of appropriateness of the verbal materials utilized. It is the author's contention that due to changing patterns of interests and experiences accompanying chronological aging, certain types of verbal material vary with respect to their relevance for use with aging populations. In regard to parameters of short-term memory, the present study contains provisions for exploring efficiency of retention as a function of the retention measure; and category•affiliated as opposed to randomly-selected words. A more complete and integrated formulation is presented in …

The Relationship Between Beards And The Self Concept, Walter H. Nelson

All Master's Theses

This research investigated possible differences between the individual self concepts of bearded and non-bearded college men. Two groups of college men, 50 bearded (B) and 50 non-bearded (NB), were randomly selected, interviewed, and given the Tennessee Self Concept Scale (TSCS). Subjects were placed into appropriate categories by judges when they were present during testing times, and by the researcher when they were not. No significant differences in the self concepts existed between groups. These results may reflect what may be expected from other groups or college men.

The Role Of Adventitious Reinforcement In Operant Discrimination, Alan Kamil, John W. Davenport

Avian Cognition Papers

Rats were trained in 2 S^D-S^Δ discrimination experiments in which the effects of an S^D-postponement contingency during S^Δ and temporal regularity of S^Δ duration were assessed. Experiment I showed that discrimination is markedly facilitated by the presence of an S^D-postponement contingency of either fixed or variable duration. Experiment II showed that variable-duration S^Δ periods in a noncontingent schedule can also greatly enhance formation of an operant discrimination. These effects were attributed to differences in the probability of adventitious reinforcement of S^Δ behavior by S^D events.

Mexican-American Children In The Process In Acculturation, Elizabeth Ford Stone O'Neill

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The web of Mexican-American life is complex in its origins, its manifestations, and its degree of identification with or alienation from the dominant culture. A thesis of the length of this one can deal with all this complexity only in a superficial way. However, by a rather narrowly defined examination of a few children certain insights may be gained which could be used as a basis for generalization about other children of similar background, and perhaps even for some tentative generalizations about the problems of the Mexican-American community as a whole.

With this purpose in mind -- to inquire intensively …

A Study Of The Interrelationship Between Personality With Special Reference To Self Concept And Achievement In Reading, Betty F. Feezel

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Personality Profiles Of A Group Of Adult Public Aid Recipients Measured By The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, Myra Edman

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of Parental Religious Belief And Practice On The Religious Behavior Of Catholic High School Girls, William J. Shields

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Personality Characteristics Of The Alcoholic Derived From Story Sequence Analysis, Harry George Eschel

Dissertations

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Conceptual Tempo And Early School Achievement, Angela Lucille Chemazar

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Counseling: A Language-Learning Process, Michael. Murray

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Temperament Profile Similarity Between Managers And Their Subordinates, Edwin J. Reidy

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Comparison Of Diocesan Priests Who Leave The Active Ministry With Priests Who Remain In The Active Ministry, John J. Echlin

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Comparative Study Of Certain Personality And Vocational Interest Variables Of Seminarians Who Completed And Failed To Complete A Junior College Program, Thomas I. Healy

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Characteristics Of The Normative Group On The Edwards Personal Preference Schedule In A Midwestern Minor Seminary Population, Luke James Callahan

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Phenomenological Study Of Behavioral Change Attitudes Toward The New Liturgy, John J. Jankauskas

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

An Investigation Of The Comparative Psychology Of Ecuadorean And North American Adolescents Boys, James E. Malo

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Prediction Study Of High School Dropouts, Using Story Sequence Analysis, Michael Charles Berthold

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Variations In Human Subjects' Test Performance As A Function Of The Experimenter's Experience, Status, And Procedural Deception, William Edward Davis

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Loyola Seminarian Sentence Completion Test A Validation Study, Edward Patrick Sheridan

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

An Investigation Of The Effects Of Experimentally Induced Stress Upon Figure Rotations, Edward Wittert

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Survey Of The Breakfast And Snack Habits Of Adventist And Non-Adventist Adolescents, Consuelo A. Bustista

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

A study was undertaken to survey by questionnaire and interview methods the breakfast and snack habits of Adventist and non-Adventist adolescents. The purposes of the study were: (I) to find out if there is any difference in the practices of Adventist and non-Adventist teenagers, and (2) to determine their attitudes toward snacking and omission of breakfast.

Results of the questionnaire were coded, punched onto IBM cards, and fed into computing machines for item and statistical analysis. Chi-square test analyses were done on denominational classification against some questions of interest to show any significant differences between Adventist and non-Adventist students' responses. …

An Investigation Of Personality Differences Between Smokers And Nonsmokers And The Reduction Of Dissonance, John B. Wolf Iii

Master's Theses

This thesis wil deal with alternative methods of cognitive dissonance. Primarily, the concern will be with the relationship between personality characteristics and methods of reduction. The question of personality related preferences for dissonance reduction may be studied by comparing individuals with similar personality characteristics.

Individual! Person! Community! What Do We Mean When We Use These Terms?, Wendall Thomas

Green Revolution

No abstract provided.

Guarded And Unguarded Responses To Sentence Completion Tests Among Normal Adolescents And Juvenile Delinquents, Mohammed K. Fazel

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

This study was designed to test the responses of a group of juvenile delinquests and a group of normal adolescents to a sentence completion test. The test used was a modified form of Sack's Sentence Completion test in two forms--form A, first person stems and form B, third person stems. The hypothesis to be tested were (1) people project more in the third person, (2) the normal projects more, and (3) there would be no difference in projection on neutral items. The results bear out the three hypothesis. The sex scale, however, was an exception. This may be due to …

A Comparison Of Two Non-Verbal Intelligence Tests As Predictors Of Academic Success Of Navajo Students, Stanford S. Larson

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

This study was a search for a valid and reliable tool for the measurement and appraisal of the Navajo student at Intermountain School whose cultural and bilingual background make many highly verbal tests untrustworthy. The two tests chosen for the study were the Chicago Non-verbal Examination and the Cattell Institute for Personality and Ability Testing Culture Free Test. It was assumed that these tests would call attention to students who had good intellectual ability but were below standard in reading and verbal development and had been overlooked because of their lack of verbal fluency.

The two tests were administered to …

The Effects Of Response Set On The Structured-Objective Rorschach Test, Richard Y. Moody

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The normal forced-choice Structured-Objective Rorschach Test (SORT) and a modified free-choice SORT were administered to sixty high school students to determine the effects of response set (e.g. social desirability). The results were inconclusive. The following trends, however, were observed: (1) The free-choice modification was more resistant to response set distortion than the normal forced-choice SORT. (2) The free-choice administration showed greater flexibility in enhancement and resistance to social desirability. (3) There was little sex difference in factor scores with respect to choice administration. Females, however, gave more responses than males on the free-choice SORT.

Relationship Between Self-Concept Discrepancies And The Expression Of Need Achievement In Children, Ian Griggs

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The present study was designed to test the hypothesis that a significant relationship exists between self-concept discrepancies and expressed need for achievement.

A self-concept discrepancy score was obtained and a low and high discrepancy group was isolated.

Expressed need for achievement was measured by the use of the Thematic Apperception Test and scored according to the Atkinson method.

Mean comparisons of need achievement scores of subjects whose discrepancies between actual and ideal self-concept were in the upper or lower one-third of the distribution were found not to be significant at the 5 percent level of confidence.