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Cpi Achievement Motivation Scales In Differential Prediction Of Academic Achievement, Dwight J. Petersen May 1969

Cpi Achievement Motivation Scales In Differential Prediction Of Academic Achievement, Dwight J. Petersen

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The grade-point average (GPA) of 4 groups of college sophomores, representing high and low scores on the CPI Ac and Ai scales, was analyzed to test the hypothesis that conforming and independent achievement motivation (as measured by the CPI) is related to scholastic achievement reflective of conforming or independent behavior. Specific hypotheses regarding differential achievement as a function of Ac and Ai scores were tested and, in general, supported. From this study, it was found that the CPI Ac and Ai scales do provide a basis for differentially predicting the scholastic achievement of students in settings rewarding dependent and/or independent …


Group Psychotherapy: A Review Of Literature, Paul B. Sorensen May 1969

Group Psychotherapy: A Review Of Literature, Paul B. Sorensen

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

Group psychotherapy has been described as uniquely American. It is indeed a consequence of the pragmatism of American psychiatry, which appeared willing to explore any new and possibly helpful technique.


Response Contingent Shock And Its Effect Upon Self-Injurious Behavior, William N. Schlee Mar 1969

Response Contingent Shock And Its Effect Upon Self-Injurious Behavior, William N. Schlee

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Use Of The Slingerland Screening Tests To Delineate Reading Problems Among Retarded Children, James Over Rust Jan 1969

The Use Of The Slingerland Screening Tests To Delineate Reading Problems Among Retarded Children, James Over Rust

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


The Image Of Limited Good In Ojibway Society, Jeffrey C. Moore Jan 1969

The Image Of Limited Good In Ojibway Society, Jeffrey C. Moore

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

Ojibway Indians of the north-central United States have had great difficulty in organizing effectively to work toward common economic, social, and political ends. This has been the case historically and remains true today. The basic reason for the inability to organize is on orientation to life which Foster has described in his theory of the Image of Limited Good, and which was observed on a Minnesota reservation.


A Reliability And Validity Assessment Of Scales Measuring The Perception Of The Evaluations Of Others, John A. Vonk Jan 1969

A Reliability And Validity Assessment Of Scales Measuring The Perception Of The Evaluations Of Others, John A. Vonk

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


A Study Of Personality Factors And Academic Achievement In The Elementary School, Judith P. Kuehn Jan 1969

A Study Of Personality Factors And Academic Achievement In The Elementary School, Judith P. Kuehn

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Nursing Attitude Change As A Variable In Therapy Outcome Measures , Richard Charles Evenson Jan 1969

Nursing Attitude Change As A Variable In Therapy Outcome Measures , Richard Charles Evenson

Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Effects Of Examiners And Anxiety On Three Complex Learning Tasks, Anthony Firetto Jan 1969

Effects Of Examiners And Anxiety On Three Complex Learning Tasks, Anthony Firetto

Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Contract Group: Small Group Approaches To Interpersonal Growth, Gerard Egan Jan 1969

The Contract Group: Small Group Approaches To Interpersonal Growth, Gerard Egan

Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Pre-Experimental Briefing And Experimenter Status On Social Desirability Scale Scores, Paul Ignatius Hettich Jan 1969

The Effects Of Pre-Experimental Briefing And Experimenter Status On Social Desirability Scale Scores, Paul Ignatius Hettich

Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Body Image And Habit Change In Religious Women, Cel Brocken Jan 1969

Body Image And Habit Change In Religious Women, Cel Brocken

Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Changes In The Mmpi Scores Of A Group Of Diocesan Seminarians, Tested At Fourth Year Minor Seminary Level, Retested In The Second Year Of Graduate Theology: A Longitudinal Study, Richard J. Feller Jan 1969

Changes In The Mmpi Scores Of A Group Of Diocesan Seminarians, Tested At Fourth Year Minor Seminary Level, Retested In The Second Year Of Graduate Theology: A Longitudinal Study, Richard J. Feller

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Effect Of Ribonucleic Acid On Pole Climbing Performance In Rats, Thomas J. Hinkel Jan 1969

Effect Of Ribonucleic Acid On Pole Climbing Performance In Rats, Thomas J. Hinkel

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


A Study Of The Relationship Between Children's Verbal Ability And Social Class, Ronald P. Mcdermott Jan 1969

A Study Of The Relationship Between Children's Verbal Ability And Social Class, Ronald P. Mcdermott

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Temperament Trait Differences Between Two Groups High And Low In Psychological Defensiveness On The Guilford-Zimmerman Temperament Survey, James B. Harney Jan 1969

Temperament Trait Differences Between Two Groups High And Low In Psychological Defensiveness On The Guilford-Zimmerman Temperament Survey, James B. Harney

Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Click-Intensity Discrimination In Relation To The Statistics Of The N1 Response, Harvey B. Taub Jan 1969

Click-Intensity Discrimination In Relation To The Statistics Of The N1 Response, Harvey B. Taub

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

No abstract available.


An Investigation Of The Relationship Between Interpersonal Behavior, Level Of Communication, And Divergence From The Group Using The Leary Method, Marilyn Kolton Jan 1969

An Investigation Of The Relationship Between Interpersonal Behavior, Level Of Communication, And Divergence From The Group Using The Leary Method, Marilyn Kolton

Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Prognostic Validation Of Several Measures For Indices Of Cognitive Functioning In Educable Mentally Retarded Pupils, Richard Harris Freer Jan 1969

Prognostic Validation Of Several Measures For Indices Of Cognitive Functioning In Educable Mentally Retarded Pupils, Richard Harris Freer

Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


An Analysis Of Aggressive Display In The Game Cock: Response Decrement And Reinstatement, William Herbert Fullmer Dec 1968

An Analysis Of Aggressive Display In The Game Cock: Response Decrement And Reinstatement, William Herbert Fullmer

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Physique And The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy, Stuart Storey Aug 1968

Physique And The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy, Stuart Storey

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Young people today are confronted with many problems in their everyday lives. It is difficult to tell how each individual overcomes these problems, but we do know that some problems are overcome more easily than others. This study was concerned with two problem levels, (a) those problems which were merely troublesome, and (b) those problems which were worrying. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between physique, which was considered to be one of the major factors influencing attitude and behavior, and the type and number of problem and worry items which high school freshmen students experience. …


The Modification And Generalization Of Voice Loudness In An Emotionally Disturbed, Aphonic Girl As A Function Of Reinforcement Contingencies In A Laboratory Setting, Donald Alan Jackson Aug 1968

The Modification And Generalization Of Voice Loudness In An Emotionally Disturbed, Aphonic Girl As A Function Of Reinforcement Contingencies In A Laboratory Setting, Donald Alan Jackson

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Verbal Conditioning With Vicarious Reinforcement As Related To Peer Attitudes In Grade-School Children, Margaret Mccutcheon Lauterbach Aug 1968

Verbal Conditioning With Vicarious Reinforcement As Related To Peer Attitudes In Grade-School Children, Margaret Mccutcheon Lauterbach

All Master's Theses

The purpose of the present study was to determine the effects of peer attitudes toward performers in a verbal conditioning experiment using vicarious reinforcement, and to determine whether birth order or need for social approval had any effect on conditioning. Fifth grade and sixth grade students served as subjects, with performers (those to be directly reinforced) from the same grades as the observers.


The Effect Of Dominance Level When Using Mediated Generalization To Facilitate Concept Formation, Delbert Smith Mchenry Aug 1968

The Effect Of Dominance Level When Using Mediated Generalization To Facilitate Concept Formation, Delbert Smith Mchenry

All Master's Theses

This investigation was concerned with demonstrating differences in order of concept attainment as a function of the degree of association between a concept instance and concept response, using mediated generalization.


The Effects Of Reinforcement And Classroom Activity On Vocal Behavior, Eugene Ramp Aug 1968

The Effects Of Reinforcement And Classroom Activity On Vocal Behavior, Eugene Ramp

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Rate Of Extinction As A Function Of The Distribution Of Extinction Trials, Richard Louis Allers Aug 1968

Rate Of Extinction As A Function Of The Distribution Of Extinction Trials, Richard Louis Allers

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Play Preparation For The Adeno-Tonsillectomy Patient, Carol Brown, Harriet Hecker Aug 1968

Play Preparation For The Adeno-Tonsillectomy Patient, Carol Brown, Harriet Hecker

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Hospitalization and surgery have been recognized as being psychologically stressful for the majority of children. Hospital personnel have attempted to reduce some of the unnecessary psychological stress incurred by children by the use of many different methods. This study attempted to evaluate the use of preoperative play preparation sessions for minimizing this stress. The method was experimental with one variable. The subjects were forty-one children aged three and one-half to seven and one-half who had adeno-tonsillectomies. Twenty-one children comprising Group E were involved in a play session by the researchers. Twenty children were not prepared in this way. The tools …


The Effects Of Monetary Reinforcement On The Intelligibility Threshold For Spondee Words, John L. Allen Jul 1968

The Effects Of Monetary Reinforcement On The Intelligibility Threshold For Spondee Words, John L. Allen

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effect Of Modification Of Hyperactive-Aggressive Behavior On Oral Expressive Language Behavior, Betty Susan Dowdell Jun 1968

The Effect Of Modification Of Hyperactive-Aggressive Behavior On Oral Expressive Language Behavior, Betty Susan Dowdell

All Master's Theses

The question the study sought to answer was: Will the affect of modification of hyperactive-aggressive behavior effect a change in the oral expressive language behavior of the children?


The Rate Of Processing Visual Information Within The Human Organism, Thomas E. Wilkins Jun 1968

The Rate Of Processing Visual Information Within The Human Organism, Thomas E. Wilkins

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.