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An Investigation Of The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory As A Predictor Of Adjustment To College Life, John Thomas Drury

Master's Theses

College populations are rapidly growing and many millions or young people will have a chance for college in the future who would not have had an opportunity for such an education some years ago. Factors making for success in college become more important as the population increases and facilities become more limited. The present investigation is directed to the matter of adjustment to college life and the prediction of such adjustment with the use of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory.

Human personality has been the object or much re­ search and discussion through the centuries. Many psychol­ ogists have proposed …

An Experimental Study Of The Responses Of Mentally Retarded Children And Normal Children With Reading Problems To The Keystone Visual Survey Tests, Clarence Luther Hall

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to: (1) analyze the value of the Keystone Visual Survey sub-tests in discriminating between mentally deficient children and normal children with reading difficulties; (2) investigate the effect of intelligence in determining responses to the Keystone Visual Survey Tests; and (3) test the validity of the use of the Keystone Visual Survey Tests for vision screening of the mentally retarded.

Schizophrenia, Charles Verlis Bartimus

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Ascendance-Submission And The Psychogalvanic Response To Stress, John Joseph Flanagan

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

An Experimental Study Of Changes In Self-Concepts And Ideal Self-Concepts, Clarence James Walther

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The problem under investigation was to determine if the techniques of client-centered therapy, as applied to a student group, would be successful in bringing about a significant change in the relationship between students' self-concepts and their ideal self-concepts.

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, …

Objective And Projective Measures Of Withdrawal Behavior, Edmond F. Erwin

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

A Study On Indecisiveness As A Proposed Criterion For Measuring Adjustment In Children, Charles George Lenderman

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

It was the purpose of this study to test a possible method of assessing adjustment that could be used quickly and easily by teachers. The tool, to be effective, would (1) have to be administered to groups of children; (2) have clear and concise directions understandable to children in lower grades; (3) be easily scorable; and (4) have a definitive scale of scoring.

A Study Of The Performance Of Matched Mental Age Groups Of Mongoloid And Normal Children On The Revised Stanford-Binet Scale, Form L, And The Goodenough Draw A Man Test, Rosalia Asma

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Certain Basic Concepts In The Educational Philosophy Of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints 1830-1930, Wendell O. Rich

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

This study is an attempt to search out and define, where possible, certain basic concepts in the educational philosophy of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints during its first century from 1830 to 1930. Commonly known as the Mormon Church, the membership numbered approximately one million two hundred thousand in 1954. While concentrated largely in the Western United States area, it has many congregations across the United States and scattered in countries throughout the world. Showing an active interest in education, the Church has sponsored a program both formal and informal in nature. This program, with its accompanying …

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.

Psychological Aspects Of Obesity In The Adolescent, Lois Jean Williams

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

An Investigation Of Relationship Between Personality Adjustment And Disparity Of Verbal And Performance Intelligence, Herman Edward Frick

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The problem of the thesis was as follows: On a selected group of children, to what extent are differences between scores of verbal and performance intelligence tests useful as group and individual measures of adjustment? Adjustment was measured by A Test of Personality Adjustment by Carl Rogers. Verbal and performance intelligence were measured by the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children. Differences between scores of verbal and performance tests were measured by a specified criterion, disparity. The problem, findings, and interpretations were limited to these criteria.

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.

A Study Of The Original Norms Of The Furfey Developmental Age Scale Witha1952 Population, Edward Maurice Flaherty

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Comparison Of Two Adjustment Inventories On The Eighth-Grade Level, Elizabeth Jane Murphy

Master's 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 Analysis Of The Performances Of Six-Month-Old Infants On The Cattell Infant Intelligence Scale, Patricia Bledsoe

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

An Experimental Study Of Rorschach Performance Of Six-Year-Olds With And Without A Trial Block, Katusha Marilyn Didenko

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Judgments Of The Self Made In The Absence Of Self-Recognition, Richard George Doyle

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Study Of Chromatic Stereo-Effects, Thaddeus Rudolph Murroughs

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Types Of Behavior During Labor And Delivery And Scores On The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, Bette Gloria Winthers

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Purpose of the Study

The thesis of this study is that personality characteristics can be shown as factors in the variation of behavior which occurs during labor and childbirth. It is felt that if personality traits can be measured by a standard device they will correlate with various types of behavior expressed during labor. The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory is one instrument which tests all of the more important phases of personality. This test was chosen as the device to be used in this study to determine the personality traits of the women involved. Therefore, the purpose of this study …

The Mosaic Test As A Diagnostic Indicator Of Schizophrenia, Irvin Arthur Hansen Jr.

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Within the past decade the field of clinical psychology has become increasingly concerned with projective tests as a means of facilitating the understanding of the dynamic makeup of the individual personality. The enthusiasm over these techniques has resulted in the development of a barrage of projective techniques, purporting to uncover dynamics and "complexes" to a sometimes fantastic and often dubious extent. The subjective nature of these tests appears to render them most difficult to quantify and validate experimentally. Although the Mosaic test dates its origin twenty-five years back, there have been few, if any, successful validation studies. Those that have …

Teacher Morale, Roy M. Luthe

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Age, Sex And Intelligence Differences In Size Constancy, Agnes James Leonas

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Study Of The Personality Characteristics Of Engaged Couples In Relation To Expected Marital Adjustment, John Michael Mccauley

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

An Investigation Of The Differences In Masculine-Feminine Interests Patterns Of Three Groups Of Women Students, Richard James Stanek

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.