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A Comparison Of The Illinois Test Of Psycholinguistic Abilities And The Parsons Language Sample In Assessing The Linguistic Functioning Of Institutionalized Mentally Retarded Children, Ralph Donald Lee Horner

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this research was to compare the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities and the Parsons Language Sample in assessing the linguistic functioning of institutionalized mentally retarded children. A stratified sample of mentally retarded children was administered both the ITPA and PLS in counterbalanced order. The results were correlated through the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient and the correlation matrix analyzed through a principle-components factor analysis. The ITPA, PLS comparison produced high correlation coefficients with the exception of the Intraverbal Gesture sub-test of the PLS. The factor analysis of the correlation matrix revealed one or more sub-tests had high loadings …

Organismic Psychology And Systems Theory, Ludwig Von Bertalanffy

Heinz Werner Lectures

"This book contains the Inaugural Lectures given at Clark University in honor of the late Heinz Werner, world-famous developmental psychologist. Dr. von Bertalanffy here attempts to establish a new interdisciplinary science of man, a science that would encompass aspects of psychology, biology, psychiatry, linguistics and anthropology by emphasizing the centrality of the concepts of symbol and system. These lectures develop the foundation of this projected science through acute criticism of contemporary images of man and his nature."

Brentano's Empirical Psychology: An English Translation With An Evaluation Of Its Influence Upon Contemporary Scientific Psychology Volume 2, Antos C. Rancurello

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Study Of The Relationship Of The Verb-Adjective Ratio In Linguistic Construction To Induced Stress, Bruce A. Schurman

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Preliminary Training In Phoneme Discrimination On The Articulation Of An Unfamiliar Speech Sound., Dolores Smith Butt

Psychology ETDs

The usual procedure followed by speech therapists in correcting defective articulation is to begin with a period of auditory training before giving direct practice in articulation. Presumably, this auditory training will later transfer to articulation le~rnin5. Defective articulation is the most frequent type of speech problem which a speech therapist must treat. In these cases, a student may omit, distort, or substitute error sounds for the correct articulation of a speech sound, or phoneme. The ti1erapist attempts to teach the child. correct articulation, out in many cases the child cannot produce the phoneme correctly and direct practice is difficult. Therefore, …

The Verbal-Quantitative Differential As An Indicator Of Personality Maladjustment, Robert W. Spencer

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Counseling centers at many universities are constantly trying to improve their value to the universities by identifying the students who have problems, and by making known to students the services that are available. Since many counseling centers are in direct contact with large numbers of students during the admissions testing program, it would seem that data gathered at this time should be carefully examined for clues that would aid a student in making a healthy and profitable adjustment to his university environment.

The Effects Of Positive And Negative Verbal Reinforcement On The Verbal Behavior Of College Females As A Function Of Need-For-Approval, George Edward Schultz

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

The Progressive Matrices (1938) With Chronic Brain Disorder And Chronic Schizophrenic Subjects, Ellis L. Schultz

Student Work

This is a report of a study which investigated the performance of two experimental groups of adult psychiatric patients and one group of noninstltutional control subjects on Sets A, B, C, D, and E of the 1956 revised edition of the Ravens Progressive Matrices (1938 Fora, referred to throughout this paper as the PM). The two experimental subject groups consisted of a chronic schizophrenic reaction group and a chronic brain disorder without-psychosis group.

Interest Patterns Of Management Personnel As A Function Of Organizational Level, Arthur Chalmers Omberg

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Induced Movement Of Induced Movement On The Naming Of Pictured Objects And Persons-One Aspect Of Thinking, Jack A. Nottingham

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

A Comparative Study Of Two Approaches To The Teaching Of Spelling, Freda M. Dysert

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Statement of the problem. It was the purpose of this study (1) to determine the desires of the elementary school teachers employed ln the Metropolitan School District of Washington Township, Marion County, Indiana, as to the sources of words for each of the grade levels one through six; (2) to use the majority opinion in the foregoing survey to establish word lists for each grade level; (3) to sample creative writing at given grade levels to detect number and kind of spelling errors made; (4) to compare these writings with others or a later date when emphasis in teaching spelling …

Replication Of A Study Of Perception Of Unstructured Stimuli And Individual Executive Performance, Mildred Pauline Radocha

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Social Perception And The Loyola Language Study, Bruce Clare Becker

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Study Of Inductive Reasoning Ability Among College Women, Ann Codd Forst

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Re-Standardization Of The Loyola Language Study On A Far Western Population, William Anthony Guppy

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Comparison Of Free And Controlled Association On The Loyola Language Study , John J. Trainor

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Comparative Study Of Responses Of Good And Poor Readers On The Revised Stanford-Binet, Form L. , Charles J. Joly

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

The Development Of A Standardized Interview For Measuring Non-Intellective Factors Associated With Success And Failure Among College Students, William Hensley Leftwich

Master's Theses

This study represents an attempt to discover factors differentiating achieving and non-achieving college students. It was done as a part or a larger program being conducted in the University or Richmond Center for Psychological Services. It involved the construction and use of a standardized interview developed particularly for college students. It is hoped that in the future this instrument or a similar technique may aid in the prediction of academic performance.

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.

Prediction Of Academic Achievement And Professional Adjustment Of Student Nurses By Use Of The Group Rorschach Test, Henry Joseph Lambin

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Comparison Of Scores Of Negro And White Children On The Wechsler Intelligence Scale For Children, John Robert Blakemore

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

This investigation concerns the intelligence of the Negro population in relation to the white population. There is a considerable difference of opinion relating to the intelligence of the Negro. Some students in the field contend that the Negro's intelligence, as measured by the tests available for all individuals, is naturally lower due to hereditary factors. Other investigators (these seem to be in the majority¹ believe that environment plays the major role in lowering their ability to gain a comparable score with white individuals.

Correlation Between Scores On The Kuhlmann-Anderson Scales And On The Performance Scale Of The Wechsler Intelligence Scale For Children In Testing Deaf Children, Edna Frances Bodjack

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

An Investigation Into The Relationship Between Attitude And Emotion, Marshall J. Webb

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

The Formation And Retention Of Concepts As A Function Of Their Abstractness, Ruth Baker Hines

Master's Theses or Doctor of Nursing Practice

The general problem of the experiment was to investigate the influence of abstractness on the formation and retention of concepts. The specific problems were the following: (1) How does abstractness influence the number of promptings required to learn and relearn concepts? (2) What is the relation of abstractness to the percentage of consistent concepts learned and retained? (3) What is the relation of the number of promptings required to learn and relearn consistent or correct as compared with inconsistent or incorrect concepts? (4) What are the individual differences in the method of learning and relearning highly abstract concepts?

The Prediction Of Academic Success In Engineering And Chemistry At The University Of New Mexico, Glenn Tuett Easley

Psychology ETDs

The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between the marks earned in the beginning chemistry by freshmen students in the College of Engineering at the University of New Mexico and their scores on (a) The Iowa Placement Examination Chemistry Aptitude, (b) The University of New Mexico Mathematics Test, (c) The American Council on Education Psychological Examination, (d) the linguistic sub-test on The American Council on Education Psychological Examination, (e) the quantitative sub-test on The American Council on Education Psychological Examination, (f) the Cooperative English Test, and (g) the reading sub-test on the Cooperative English Test. This investigation …

A Study Of The 1947 American Council On Education Psychological Examination And Its Usefulness In Predicting The Grades Of Utah State Agricultural College Freshmen, Russell B. Bateson

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Prediction of future performance is attempted in almost every field of endeavor. The accuracy varies in different lines of study, and perhaps none is as subject to variability as those attempted with human beings as subjects.

When an attempt is made to ascertain in advance the performance of college students in their schoolwork, a multiplicity of complicating problems are introduced. Whereas intelligence can be fairly well isolated, it is difficult to control or even enumerated all the other factors that come into the problem of predicting grades from scores received on an intelligence examination. Among the factors that are difficult …

The Relationship Between Scores On A Battery Of Nursing Tests And Scholastic Achievement At The End Of The Pre-Clinical Period, Patrick Fitzmaurice

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Relationship Of School Background To Reading Ability Of One Hundred Disabled Readers, Mary Loretta Nolan

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Comparison Of The Vocabulary Score Of The Revised Stanford-Binet Scale And The Word Meaning Of The Stanford Achievement Test, Mary Patrice Mcglone

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

The Standardization Of The Kelly Spatial Insight Test, Darlieene Thompson

Master's Theses or Doctor of Nursing Practice

The purpose of this study is to standardize the Kelly Spatial Insight Test, a test of performance ability. The task was to establish norms by which individual cases can be compared with each other.