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The Relationship Of Delinquent Types In An Industrial School Setting To Personality-Motivation Profiles, Lester A. Carlson

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The author serves as Director of Education of the Utah State Industrial School, a school charged with the responsibility for the custody and treatment of delinquents committed to its care from the juvenile courts of the state. For many years he has been concerned about the personality structure of the children committed to the care of the Industrial School. He became particularly interested in the possibility that there is a definable relationship between types of delinquent acts and personality-motivation profiles. Further motivation was given to this interest when he received an answer to some correspondence from a colleague of Dr. …

A Study Of The Relationship Between Anxiety, Manifest Needs, And Creativity In Upward Bound Students, Neal A. Davidson

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Previous investigators have indicated that low socio-economic students have difficulty experiencing success on tests heavily loaded with verbal material. Differences in personality characteristics between students of high and low creativity have also been found. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the influence of manifest needs and anxiety on creative thinking.

The Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale, which determines anxiety level, the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule, which measures manifest needs, and the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking, which provides an index of creativity were administered to Spanish-American, Anglo-American, Negro, and Navaho high school students, who constituted the 1967 Upward …

Assessing Manifest Coping Behavior Of Mentally Retarded Institutionalized Males With An Observational Technique, Daryle I. Bass

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

It was the purpose of the present study to explore the feasibility of investigating naturally occurring behavior of mental retardates with an observational technique.

Twelve mentally retarded male subjects, ages sixteen to twenty one, with Adaptive Behavior levels of upper III, were observed for a total of four observational time blocks of fifteen minutes each. From the collected data 105 behavioral events were extracted, and sorted as to their appropriateness or inappropriateness in the behavioral setting. Each subject was assigned scores based on frequency counts of occurrence of appropriate and inappropriate behaviors manifested during his four observational time blocks. Rank …

A Study Of Color Reactions And Preferences Of Certain Seventh And Eighth Grade Students, Gerald Lee Norris

Masters Theses

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An Investigation Into The Effects Of Immediate Knowledge Of Performance And Subsequent Test Results, Thomas John Ginley

Dissertations

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A Study Of Faculty Ratings In A Minor Seminary, John W. Mccloskey

Dissertations

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Stress, Manifest Anxiety, And Clinical Judgment, Joseph F. Pribyl

Dissertations

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A Comparison Of Factor Analysis And Pattern Analysis Of The Loyola National Institute Of Mental Health Attitude Scale, A. H. Rittenhouse

Dissertations

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The Effect Of Anxiety And Motivation On A Subject's Performance When Subjected To A Stress Condition Of Delayed Auditory Feedback, Charles Joseph Arens

Dissertations

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The Importance Of Hippocampal Remnants In Discrimination Ability, Victor L. Dufour

Dissertations

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A Descriptive Study Of The Interests And Personality Characteristics Of Diocesan Priests With Counseling Training Compared With Diocesan Priests Without Counseling Training, Julio Velilla

Master's Theses

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A Study Of The Relationship Between Communality Of Thought On The Loyola Language Study And Empathic Ability On Kerr's Empathy Test, Mary Lucinia Szpak

Master's Theses

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The Self-Concept As Related To The Concept Of The "Ideal Man" And Of The "Ideal Woman", Yves Begin

Master's Theses

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Cross Validation And Supplementary Research On The Loyola Sentence Completion Test For Seminarians, Lawrence Heinrich

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Study Of Personality Changes In Two Small Groups Of Maryknoll Seminarians, Thomas John Malone

Master's Theses

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Irradiation As A Function Of Hue, Eugene Skoff

Dissertations

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The Weighted Application Blank As A Predicter Of Academic Success In A Junior College, Richard J. Ritchie

Master's Theses

There has been a great of research conducted to find factors which can be used to predict academic success. A number of these factors have already been identified. For example, college board scores, high school rank, and high school grades are widely used a predictors of academic success. Most of the research that has been conducted has dealt with intellectual factor, but there has been some research done to find non-intellectual factors related to academic success. These non-intellectual factors include: study habits, personality, traits, and environmental factors.

One possible predictor of academic success which has received little attention is biographical …

Supervisory Attitude Change Through Reward Of Verbal Behavior, Gary A. Howitt

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Activity In A Random Light-Dark Environment, Robert O. Baldwin

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Ua3/3/1 Psychology Department 1961-1966, Wku President's Office

WKU Administration Documents

Psychology Department folder from Kelly Thompson's Subject/Correspondence File.

• A Patch of Blue
• College Reading Association
• Correspondence
• Cravens, Raymond
• Dotson, Elsie
• Downing, Dero
• Handicapped students
• Institute for Community Leaders in Mental Health
• Kansas State Teachers College - Emporia
• Kentucky. Commissioner of Health
• Kentucky. Dept. of Child Welfare
• Kentucky. Dept. of Corrections
• LaGrange Reformatory
• Literacy Center (WKU)
• Page, Tate
• Regional Mental Health Planning Committee
• Shedd, Charles
• Spano, Bart
• Thompson, Kelly
• Upward Bound

Group Counseling With Underachievers, Mary Frederick Arnold

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Aging On Ratings Of Self, Physical Self And Related Body Concepts As Measured By A Semantic Differential, Gary V. Whalen

Master's Theses

Present Study. Although there is considerable overlap between the body image and the self concept, it would be premature to draw any conclusions regarding one based upon the other until the nature and extent of correlation is obtained. This study is an attempt to determine the extent and direction that an individual's body image may fluctuate as a function of growing old. It is concerned with how the human organism may change over time with respect to a single aspect of the constellations of factors that go into making up a person's self concept. More specifically, do body part ratings …

A Critical Analysis Of The Church Viewed As Struggling Within The Continuum Of Matriarchal-Patriarchal Principles, Robert C. Alexander

Graduate Thesis Collection

It is the thesis of this paper the the Church possesses traits which are characteristic of the human personality; therefore, her spiritual movement can be understood and dealt with through insights of the Oedipus Complex Theory initially described by Sigmund Freud in his discussion of personality development, greatly elaborated upon by Erich Fromm in his book, The Forgotten Language.

Personality And Other Non-Academic Characteristics Of Bright Underachieving Males, Jack H. Grossman

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Brentano's Empirical Psychology: An English Translation With An Evaluation Of Its Influence Upon Contemporary Scientific Psychology Volume 1, Antos C. Rancurello

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

An Investigation Of The Effects Of Three Levels Of Stress On The Operant Conditioning Of Verbal Behavior, Bruce N. Christensen

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Some Effects Of The Interaction Between The Leader And Members' Personal Dimensions On Group Satisfaction And Performance In Problem-Solving Groups, Bernard Chu Mong-Chuan

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Religious Life On The Mmpi Scores Of Religious Brothers: A Longitudinal Study, Quentin Hakenewerth

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Motivational Patterns Of Minor Seminarians, Susana Jimenez Schlesinger

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Pupillary Size And Its Relationship To The Problem Solving Process, Raymond M. Daly

Dissertations

No abstract provided.