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The Effect Of Training On The Helping Behavior Of Religiously-Oriented Persons, Randy P. Marsh Oct 1985

The Effect Of Training On The Helping Behavior Of Religiously-Oriented Persons, Randy P. Marsh

Doctor of Psychology (PsyD)

Persons who adhere to a religious faith or theology based upon the Bible value its teachings that call for responsiveness to the needs of others. However, belief often varies from behavior. Prior research (Darley & Batson, 1973, Batson, 1976, Batson & Gray, 1981, Batson & Ventis, 1982) has found that religious orientation consistently predicts differences in helping behavior. A particular disparity exists between quest oriented persons, who are typically responsive to the stated needs of others, and end oriented persons, whose responses seem more dependent upon an internal need to appear helpful. The present study hypothesized that such differences are …

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Psychology, Ralph H. Kolstoe Jan 1983

Psychology, Ralph H. Kolstoe

UND Departmental Histories

This departmental history was written on the occasion of the UND Centennial in 1983.

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Sexual Attitudes And Behavior As A Function Of Religiosity In The Appalachian College Student, Kimberly Kay Mcclanahan Aug 1980

Sexual Attitudes And Behavior As A Function Of Religiosity In The Appalachian College Student, Kimberly Kay Mcclanahan

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A thesis presented to the faculty of the School of Education at Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in Psychology by Kimberly Kay McClanahan in August of 1980.

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The Effects Of Source Credibility And Ego Involvement On Attitude Change Toward A Discrepant Communication Under Facilitative And Non-Facilitative Cognitive Response Expression Conditions: An Elaboration Of The Evaluative Set Theory Approach, John A. Scileppi Jan 1973

The Effects Of Source Credibility And Ego Involvement On Attitude Change Toward A Discrepant Communication Under Facilitative And Non-Facilitative Cognitive Response Expression Conditions: An Elaboration Of The Evaluative Set Theory Approach, John A. Scileppi

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Personality And Achievement Factors As Influences On Church Attendance Of College Students, Patricia Welch Apr 1972

Personality And Achievement Factors As Influences On Church Attendance Of College Students, Patricia Welch

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

College students, even of the same religious preference, attend church functions with varying degrees o£ frequency. What factors influence the rate of attendance among students? This study investigated the relationship between reported church attendance and personality and achievement variables in a group of college juniors and seniors in a state university in the South. It was hypothesized that there would be no significant differences between students who reported attendance at church functions either (a) 7 or more times per month (High Attenders), (b) 2 through b times per month (Attenders), or (c) 1 or 0 times per month (Low Attenders) …

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The Relationship Of Leadership Effectiveness To L.P.C For University Department Chairmen, Carter W. Brown Jan 1972

The Relationship Of Leadership Effectiveness To L.P.C For University Department Chairmen, Carter W. Brown

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

For most of recorded history leadership ability has been considered a simple variable linearly related to the effectiveness of a team of workers. Everyone possessed it to some degree. When a king or corporate president had a task to be accomplished, all he needed to do to maximize the probability of the task being completed vas to locate the individual with the greatest leadership skill available. For centuries man has tried to quantify this variable so that identification of good leaders could be achieved more accurately. After years of futile attempts at quantification, leadership theorists began in the early 1900's …

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