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Journey: Connections To A Pioneer Past, Judy Shell Busk Jan 1996

Journey: Connections To A Pioneer Past, Judy Shell Busk

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis is a record of a journey into the pioneer past both literally and metaphorically. The physical journey retracing the Oregon and Mormon trails was made in September of 1993, the year I was a National Endowment for the Humanities/Reader's Digest Teacher-Scholar; however, my intellectual and emotional journey into the lives of pioneer women covers several years of study. I compare my life experiences with those of pioneer women whom I studied, using geographical settings on the trail trip as memory triggers. My husband, as my traveling companion, plays an important role in this journey of discovery. Major themes …

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The Psychological Status Of Phonological Analyses, David Eddington Jan 1996

The Psychological Status Of Phonological Analyses, David Eddington

Faculty Publications

This paper casts doubt on the psychological relevance of many phonological analyses. There are four reasons for this: 1) theoretical adequacy does not necessarily imply psychological significance; 2) most approaches are nonempirical in that they are not subject to potential spatiotemporal falsification; 3) phonological analyses are established with little or no recourse to the speakers of the language via experimental psychology; 4) the limited base of evidence which most analyses are founded on is further cause for skepticism.

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A Naturalistic Study Of The History Of Mormon Quilts And Their Influence On Today's Quilters, Helen-Louise Hancey Jan 1996

A Naturalistic Study Of The History Of Mormon Quilts And Their Influence On Today's Quilters, Helen-Louise Hancey

Theses and Dissertations

This interpretive study investigated the "quilt" and its significance to Latter-day Saint Women. Mormon master quilters were chosen because of their knowledge of fabrics, patterns, and symbolism, their skill levels, and their intense interest in quilting. The researcher conducted interviews with the master quilters from July 1995 to April 1996. Field notes were taken and data concerning both observed actions and verbal comments regarding the importance of the quilt were collected, charted, coded, and analyzed.

Several dominant patterns and themes emerged from analyses of the data, including: quilting is an enjoyable and active art form among Mormon women, pattern selection …

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In Search Of A Transcendental Film Style: The Cinematic Art Form And The Mormon Motion Picture, Thomas J. Lefler Jan 1996

In Search Of A Transcendental Film Style: The Cinematic Art Form And The Mormon Motion Picture, Thomas J. Lefler

Theses and Dissertations

This project is an effort to establish a paradigm for reading and tracing transcendence in film art and film propaganda. It addresses the intersection of aesthetic and spiritual planes which is supported by a long and complex tradition of art within religious worship. The study selects a single film as a microcosm of larger issues of cinematic representation and spirituality, in particular the theology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons). It makes a formalistic comparison of structural and and stylistic elements between a Mormon long-form narrative, Legacy (1994) with the classic Hollywood narrative on the one …

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Empirical Findings On The Aces Decision-Making Technique, Larry E. Pate, Troy R. Nielson Jan 1996

Empirical Findings On The Aces Decision-Making Technique, Larry E. Pate, Troy R. Nielson

Faculty Publications

Over the past two years, we have conducted a series of empirical studies on the ACES Decision-making Technique, a normative procedure (Pate, 1987) based upon the Janis and Mann (1977) assertion that decision makers who fail to engage in sufficient information search often find themselves in defensive avoidance and are, thus, unable to be vigilant, resulting in problems of procrastination, shifting responsibility, and rationalization of decisions. ACES represents a mechanism for achieving greater information search through a structured process that involves (1) identifying and challenging Assumptions, (2) clarifying and establishing more accurate Criteria weights, (3) expanding the Evoked set of …

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Conversation In Nauvoo About The Corporeality Of God, Jacob Neusner Jan 1996

Conversation In Nauvoo About The Corporeality Of God, Jacob Neusner

BYU Studies

Religion scholar Jacob Neusner looks at the corporeal nature of God through the lens of Mormonism and Judaism. He addresses anthropomorphism and incarnation, and concludes that the way to know God is through “our relationship with him, not through our act of the incarnation of God in heart and mind and soul.” Neusner appreciates the powerful doctrine of God’s corporeality taught by the Prophet Joseph Smith in the 1842 King Follett Sermon, which says that men may converse with God “as one man converses with another.” He says, “In the formative documents of the Torah in its oral version, that …

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Development Of A Method For Studying Thematic Content Of Psychotherapy Sessions, P. Scott Richards, Susan D. Lonborg Jan 1996

Development Of A Method For Studying Thematic Content Of Psychotherapy Sessions, P. Scott Richards, Susan D. Lonborg

Faculty Publications

The authors developed a measure for categorizing the nature of the topic that clients and therapists discuss from moment to moment during psychotherapy. The Counseling Topic Classification System (CTCS) contains 55 topics and 8 emotional categories. It was used to code the thematic content of Donald Meichenbaum's and Hans Strupp's initial therapy sessions with a client named Richard. Our findings provided preliminary evidence that the CTCS is useful for coding the core topic of initial therapy sessions and that thematic content may be an important process and contextual vari- able. Methods are described for studying thematic content as a contextual …

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The True Points Of My Doctrine, Noel B. Reynolds Jan 1996

The True Points Of My Doctrine, Noel B. Reynolds

Faculty Publications

In a 1991 BYU Studies article, I identified and analyzed three core Book of Mormon passages in which the gospel or doctrine of Jesus Christ is defined. Each of these passages presents the gospel as a six-point formula or message about what men must do if they will be saved. In the present article I go on to examine all other Book of Mormon references to the six elements in this formula. Faith is choosing to trust in Jesus Christ in all that one does. Repentance is turning away from the life of sin by making a covenant to obey …

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On The Cross-Cultural Attitudes And Experiences Of Recently Returned Lds Missionaries, Timothy B. Smith, Richard N. Roberts, Burton Kerr Jan 1996

On The Cross-Cultural Attitudes And Experiences Of Recently Returned Lds Missionaries, Timothy B. Smith, Richard N. Roberts, Burton Kerr

Faculty Publications

To examine the effect of the mission experience upon attitudes towards members of different cultures, 273 recently returned LDS missionaries and 493 LDS college students who had not yet served missions were administered measures of racial attitudes. Subsequently, the highest and lowest fifth of missionaries who had served in non-English speaking nations were interviewed. Results indicated that the missionaries did differ from the non-missionary sample in their racial attitudes and that several key qualitative pre-mission and mission experiences distinguished between the two groups interviewed. Prejudice, with its attendant train of evil, is giving way before the force of truth, whose …

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Aerodynamic Mechanisms Underlying Treatment-Related Changes In Vocal Intensity In Patients With Parkinson Disease, Christopher Dromey, Lorraine Olson Ramig Jan 1996

Aerodynamic Mechanisms Underlying Treatment-Related Changes In Vocal Intensity In Patients With Parkinson Disease, Christopher Dromey, Lorraine Olson Ramig

Faculty Publications

The purpose of this study was to document changes in aerodynamic and glottographic aspects of vocal function in patients with Parkinson disease who received two forms of high effort treatment. Previous reports (Ramig, Countryman, Thompson, & Horii, 1995) have documented increased sound pressure level (SPL) following treatment that trained phonation and respiration (Lee Silverman Voice Treatment: LSVT), but not for treatment that trained respiration only (R). In order to examine the mechanisms underlying these differences, measures of maximum flow declination rate (MFDR) and estimated subglottal pressure (Psub)were made before and after treatment. A measure of relative vocal fold adduction (EGGW) …

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Diphthongization In Spanish Derivational Morphology: An Empirical Investigation, David Eddington Jan 1996

Diphthongization In Spanish Derivational Morphology: An Empirical Investigation, David Eddington

Faculty Publications

The alternation between the mid-vowels / e/, /o/ and the diphthongs /je/ and /we/ is widespread in Spanish, and several rule-based analyses claim to account for it. However, they are founded on a small body of evidence. These analyses are evaluated against data from a large corpus, and cannot account for the non-discrete nature of diphthongization as evidenced in the corpus. The corpus data suggest that diphthongization has a gradient relationship to the derivational suffixes. · A nonderivational account, based on Bybee's model (1985, 1988, 1991), better embodies the scalar relationship between diphthongization and the suffixes. This relationship was tested …

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The Bibliographical Control Of English-Language Writings About Japan With Particular Focus On The Social Sciences And Area Studies, Frank Joseph Shulman Oct 1995

The Bibliographical Control Of English-Language Writings About Japan With Particular Focus On The Social Sciences And Area Studies, Frank Joseph Shulman

Journal of East Asian Libraries

No abstract provided.

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“Ye Shall See The Heavens Open”: Portrayal Of The Divine And The Angelic In Latter-Day Saint Art, Richard G. Oman Oct 1995

“Ye Shall See The Heavens Open”: Portrayal Of The Divine And The Angelic In Latter-Day Saint Art, Richard G. Oman

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.

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Differing Visions: Dissenters In Mormon History Edited By Roger D. Launius And Linda Thatcher, Lynn D. Wardle Oct 1995

Differing Visions: Dissenters In Mormon History Edited By Roger D. Launius And Linda Thatcher, Lynn D. Wardle

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.

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Part Iii: Philosophical Arguments Regarding Divine Embodiment, David L. Paulsen Oct 1995

Part Iii: Philosophical Arguments Regarding Divine Embodiment, David L. Paulsen

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.

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A Provably Convergent Dynamic Training Method For Multi-Layer Perceptron Networks, Timothy L. Andersen, Tony R. Martinez Sep 1995

A Provably Convergent Dynamic Training Method For Multi-Layer Perceptron Networks, Timothy L. Andersen, Tony R. Martinez

Faculty Publications

This paper presents a new method for training multi-layer perceptron networks called DMP1 (Dynamic Multilayer Perceptron 1). The method is based upon a divide and conquer approach which builds networks in the form of binary trees, dynamically allocating nodes and layers as needed. The individual nodes of the network are trained using a genetic algorithm. The method is capable of handling real-valued inputs and a proof is given concerning its convergence properties of the basic model. Simulation results show that DMP1 performs favorably in comparison with other learning algorithms.

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About The Contributors, Journal Of Book Of Mormon Studies Jul 1995

About The Contributors, Journal Of Book Of Mormon Studies

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

No abstract provided.

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The Paradox Of Silence In The Arts And Religion, Jon D. Green Jul 1995

The Paradox Of Silence In The Arts And Religion, Jon D. Green

BYU Studies

Through paradoxical silences, some artists convey their anguish over heaven's unresponsiveness in the face of evil. But in religion silence often conveys God's presence and sorrow.

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Anxiety In Eden: A Kierkegaardian Reading Of Paradise Lost By John S. Tanner, Neal W. Kramer Jul 1995

Anxiety In Eden: A Kierkegaardian Reading Of Paradise Lost By John S. Tanner, Neal W. Kramer

BYU Studies

John S. Tanner. Anxiety in Eden: A Kierkegaardian Reading of Paradis Lost. New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992. vii-viii; 209 pp. $36.35.

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Spiritual Interventions In Psychotherapy: A Survey Of The Practices And Beliefs Of Amcap Members, P. Scott Richards, Richard W. Potts Apr 1995

Spiritual Interventions In Psychotherapy: A Survey Of The Practices And Beliefs Of Amcap Members, P. Scott Richards, Richard W. Potts

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

Three hundred members of the Association of Mormon Counselors and Psychotherapists (AMCAP) were randomly selected and asked about their use of spiritual interventions in their professional work. Two hundred and fifteen (72%) AMCAP members responded to the survey and indicated that they use a wide variety of spiritual interventions. Praying silently for clients, teaching spiritual concepts, encouraging forgiveness, using the religious community as a support, and encouraging clients to pray were used much more frequently than were priesthood blessing by therapists, praying with clients, and asking clients to memorize scriptures. Critical incident case examples provided by the therapists revealed that …

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Imposing Our Values, Duane M. Laws Apr 1995

Imposing Our Values, Duane M. Laws

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

No abstract provided.

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Youth Gang Violence: Community Interventions, Dale F. Pearson Apr 1995

Youth Gang Violence: Community Interventions, Dale F. Pearson

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

The rise of gang activity and crime--such as homicides, drive-by shootings, drug trafficking, burglary, and graffiti--poses a serious threat to many communities, including Utah. While juvenile homicides are relativety rare and constitute a fraction of all juvenile crime, its prevalence at all is a serious concern to parents, schools, and families in general. Some core problems which have given rise to the increase in violent gangs in society are discussed. Strategies and community interventions are recommended for this escalating social concern.

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The Ethnic Chameleon: Bakhtin And The Bai, Lucien Miller Apr 1995

The Ethnic Chameleon: Bakhtin And The Bai, Lucien Miller

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

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The Historical Study Of Mental Images, Olavi K. Fält Apr 1995

The Historical Study Of Mental Images, Olavi K. Fält

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

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On Civilizational Worldviews, David Richardson Apr 1995

On Civilizational Worldviews, David Richardson

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

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A Characteristic 500-Year Process—Time In Cultural Civilizations, A. S. Iberal Apr 1995

A Characteristic 500-Year Process—Time In Cultural Civilizations, A. S. Iberal

Comparative Civilizations Review

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Spiritual “Reddyness”, Thomas W. Draper Apr 1995

Spiritual “Reddyness”, Thomas W. Draper

BYU Studies

My professional and spiritual identities were nurtured by a home that had its share of troubled water. Some of the trouble percolated from the inevitable miscombinations of a blended family; some flowed from children with difficult personalities. My family's strong commitment to the gospel of Jesus Christ made my parents, both of whom valued intellect, unwilling to make their reasoning or anyone else's valued intellect, unwilling to make their reasoning or anyone else's the final arbiter of life's goodness. I was grateful for my parents' reservations about reason, for their hesitation left a space for our family to be continually …

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Rites Of Healing, Wendy L. Ulrich Apr 1995

Rites Of Healing, Wendy L. Ulrich

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

No abstract provided.

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Boundaries: The Line Of Yes And No, Sister Chieko N. Okazaki Apr 1995

Boundaries: The Line Of Yes And No, Sister Chieko N. Okazaki

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

No abstract provided.

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Factors Affecting Selection Of Winter Food And Roosting Resources By Porcupines In Utah, Dave Stricklan, Jerran T. Flinders, Rex G. Cates Jan 1995

Factors Affecting Selection Of Winter Food And Roosting Resources By Porcupines In Utah, Dave Stricklan, Jerran T. Flinders, Rex G. Cates

Great Basin Naturalist

Ecological and phytochemical factors potentially affecting winter dietary discrimination by porcupines (Erethizon dorsatum) in the mountain brush zone of Utah were studied. Porcupines utilized gambel oak (Quercus gambelii) as their primary winter food and roosting resource. Big-tooth maple (Acer grandidentatum) was the most common tree species in the study area but was rarely utilized by porcupines. Conifer species were used as a food and roosting resource significantly less often than they occurred in the study area, despite thermal advantages provided by their relatively dense canopies. Oak feed trees were successfully separated from conifer feed …

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