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Anthropocentrism: Construct Validity And Measurement., Edward W. Chandler Jan 1981

Anthropocentrism: Construct Validity And Measurement., Edward W. Chandler

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The values, attitudes, and beliefs which humans hold regarding mankind's role in the universe must be understood if the natural environment is to be preserved. In this study, the utility of the construct "anthropocentrism" as an organizing principle for understanding consistencies among individuals' attitudes regarding man's role in nature was explored. Anthropocentrism was defined as a doctrine which posits humanity as the center of the universe and sees the well being of mankind as the ultimate purpose of things. The various attitudinal manifestations and historical roots of anthropocentrism were explored, and the sparse empirical literature relevant to this construct was …

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Methane Production From Alkaline Food Waste., Wilson Thomas Gautreaux Jr Jan 1981

Methane Production From Alkaline Food Waste., Wilson Thomas Gautreaux Jr

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Anaerobic digestion of an alkaline food waste for methane production was investigated. The waste generated by potato processing contained significant quantities of carbohydrate degradation products and sodium carbonate. Anaerobic digestion was determined to be a reliable process for waste treatment and methane production. The high sodium levels did not inhibit anaerobic digestion at a substrate concentration of 1.0 wt % alkaline peel solids. Single and two-stage (separate acid, methane stages) anaerobic digestion systems were studied. In two-stage bench-scale studies at 37(DEGREES)C, methane production averaged 0.28 m('3)/kg COD feed or 0.65 m('3)/(m('3)(.)d) in a settled bacterial sludge methane fermenter with a …

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The Forgiving Landscape: The Poetry Of William Stafford., Malovika Mukerji Jan 1981

The Forgiving Landscape: The Poetry Of William Stafford., Malovika Mukerji

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

There is a wholeness and a sanity in William Stafford's vision that arises out of his allegiance to the authentic elements of our experience. These elements include the vital but continually imperiled wilderness, the human landscape of the past comprised of family, friends, and lovers, and the eternal and inescapable rhythms of time, death, mutability, and terror. In his own words, Stafford is seeking to embody in his work "the unanalyzed impressions of holiness" that the world thrusts at him. By temperament and by choice, Stafford is alienated from the so-called confessional school of poetry. Instead, he writes in the …

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Mitotic Triggers In The Cell Cycle: Phase Dependency Of Cleavage Advance On The Chromosome Cycle In Parthenogenetically Activated Sea Urchin Eggs., Barbara Ellen Wolfanger Belisle Jan 1981

Mitotic Triggers In The Cell Cycle: Phase Dependency Of Cleavage Advance On The Chromosome Cycle In Parthenogenetically Activated Sea Urchin Eggs., Barbara Ellen Wolfanger Belisle

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

In the sea urchin egg, metabolic activation, DNA synthesis and the chromosome cycle can be induced with parthenogenic activators (NH(,4)Cl or procaine) although no spontaneous cleavage will occur. To determine the effects of these agents on other cell cycle events, eggs from four species of sea urchins were activated with NH(,4)Cl or procaine and then fertilized at different times of the chromosome cycle. These eggs show a decrease in the time to first cleavage which is apparently coupled to the parthenogenecally induced chromosome cycle. The advance is seen whether the activated eggs are fertilized during the first or second chromosome …

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Professional Competencies Needed, Levels Attained And Training Sources As Perceived By Louisiana Vocational Agriculture Teachers., Fe Saavedra Saladaga Jan 1981

Professional Competencies Needed, Levels Attained And Training Sources As Perceived By Louisiana Vocational Agriculture Teachers., Fe Saavedra Saladaga

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The professional competencies (from among those that have been previously identified by Atherton in 1976) that should be included in the pre-service curriculum for vocational agriculture/agribusiness teachers in Louisiana were studied with emphasis on levels of need and attainment of competencies as perceived by teachers, and the one main training source. Differences among teachers responses on levels of need and attainment, relationships between responses on relative need for competencies and attainment levels, and differences among responses on attainment levels by selected demographic variables were investigated. The descriptive method of research was used with opinionnaires utilized for data collection. Data were …

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Indigenism And Feminism In The Prose Fiction Of Rosario Castellanos., George Alexander St. John Robinson Jan 1981

Indigenism And Feminism In The Prose Fiction Of Rosario Castellanos., George Alexander St. John Robinson

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The novel of Indian concern has had a long vogue in Latin America, where it is known alternately as novela indianista or novela indigenista. This tradition in the novel has produced such well known works as Lopez y Fuentes' El indio, Alcides Arguedas' Raza de bronce, Jorge Icaza's Huasipungo and Ciro Alegr(')ia's El mundo es ancho y ajeno, all published between 1919 and 1941. These novels seek to illustrate the deplorable conditions of life in Indian communities from Mexico to Bolivia. In so doing, however, the Indian characters of these novels are generally reduced to single dimensional characters devoid of …

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The Effect Of Triacontanol On The Growth And Development Of Tabasco Pepper (Capsicum Frutescens L.)., Awang Soh Bin Mamat Jan 1981

The Effect Of Triacontanol On The Growth And Development Of Tabasco Pepper (Capsicum Frutescens L.)., Awang Soh Bin Mamat

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

An investigation was conducted to determine the effectiveness of a new formulation of triacontanol on the growth, water content, yield, early maturity, total number of fruits, fruit and leaf dry weight and the concentration of N, P, K, Ca, Mg, Zn, Cu and Fe in the leaves of Tabasco pepper plants (Capsicum frutescens L.) grown on olivier silt loam. In the greenhouse experiment, 0.01 mg per liter of triacontanol applied at the rate of 15 ml and 10 ml to each Tabasco pepper seedling 18 and 43 days after planting, significantly increased the plant height and water content of 71 …

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Selected Virginia Cooperative Extension Services' Professional Personnel's Perceptions Of Concepts And Competences In Extension Program Development., Bruce Allen Little Jan 1981

Selected Virginia Cooperative Extension Services' Professional Personnel's Perceptions Of Concepts And Competences In Extension Program Development., Bruce Allen Little

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of the study was to determine the perceptions of Extension Agents, Unit Chairmen and District Staff relative to selected concepts and competences dealing with Extension Program development in the local unit. A conceptual model of Extension Program development that was developed in 1974 was used as the basis for this study. These six concepts were further used as categories for the 120 items identified for the questionnaire. The instrument was pretested prior to submitting to the population of 423 personnel of the Virginia Cooperative Extension Service. Two-hundred and ninety five, or 70 percent, who responded indicated their perceptions …

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Prime Agricultural Lands Of Louisiana: Identification, Evaluation, And Analysis Of Transition To Nonagricultural Uses., Albert Frank Ramsey Jan 1981

Prime Agricultural Lands Of Louisiana: Identification, Evaluation, And Analysis Of Transition To Nonagricultural Uses., Albert Frank Ramsey

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study provides an inventory of the prime agricultural lands of Louisiana and analyzes the process of urban encroachment onto these productive soils. The study also discusses the merits of prime agricultural land preservation and reviews various policies and programs directed toward that end. Louisiana has about 12.5 million acres (43 percent of total acreage) of prime agricultural land. On a parish basis, acreages of prime land range from a high of 536,303 acres in Calcasieu to a low of 14,332 acres in Orleans parish. Every parish contains some prime land acreage but the greatest concentrations of prime land are …

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The Influence Of Redundancy, Analogies, And Field Dependency Upon Learning Of Scientific Material From Audiotapes., Ellen Jane Wyllie Wydra Jan 1981

The Influence Of Redundancy, Analogies, And Field Dependency Upon Learning Of Scientific Material From Audiotapes., Ellen Jane Wyllie Wydra

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The problems investigated in this study were: (1) Does the use of redundancy and analogies to emphasize the main verbal scientific concepts of an instructional unit facilitate comparable learning for field independent (FI), intermediate cognitive style (ICS), and field dependent (FD) undergraduate college students? (2) Are there differences in the aural, visual, and preferred sense recall of FI, ICS, and FD undergraduate college students? The population consisted of undergraduate education students at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge during the Spring Semester, 1981. The sample was all students enrolled in six sections of two media courses. Instruments used were the …

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The Austrian Problem Of Language And Peter Handke: A Documentation., Donald Russell Bailey Jan 1981

The Austrian Problem Of Language And Peter Handke: A Documentation., Donald Russell Bailey

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Linguistic skepticism and the resultant awareness of the limits of language can be traced back to Hamann, Herder, and Humboldt, through Romanticism and French Symbolism, up to modern times. What has come to be called the crisis of language (Sprachkrise) can be viewed as one segment of a broader, multi-media phenomenon. The intensity of this crisis is concentrated in Austro-Hungary in the waning days of the Habsburg Monarchy. From this time forward supersensitivity to language remains a strongly Austrian phenomenon and can be followed through the European, German-language, and Austrian movements of this century, up to the founding of the …

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An Evaluation Of A General Semantics Approach In Teaching Situational Leadership Theory In Women's Volunteer Service Organizations., Laura Mcquaig Badeaux Jan 1981

An Evaluation Of A General Semantics Approach In Teaching Situational Leadership Theory In Women's Volunteer Service Organizations., Laura Mcquaig Badeaux

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study was designed to evaluate the effects on followers' perceptions of leader effectiveness and leader flexibility after training the leaders of such followers in general semantics and/or situational leadership theory. The experiment involved female volunteer leaders from three Louisiana service organizations. A 21 hour course in general semantics and situational leadership theory was taught to a research group numbering 18. A control group of 17 leaders participated in an eight hour presentation of situational leadership theory, with no reference to general semantics. Pre- and post-measurements were taken using the semantic differential and Hersey and Blanchard's LEAD-Other. Leaders were rated …

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Remarque's 'Weltanschauung': A Study In Fictional Dualism., Ingrid Ehrmann Gross Jan 1981

Remarque's 'Weltanschauung': A Study In Fictional Dualism., Ingrid Ehrmann Gross

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The objective of this study was to examine Remarque's Weltanschauung as expressed through his novels. Remarque sees the world negatively when he regards it as a whole. This all-encompassing world, the macrocosm, is defined by two basic factors: the evil side of man's nature, and the existence of death. The world, as Remarque views it, is not ruled according to a divine plan but is a world of man's own making. Because man has been unable to keep in check his tendencies for committing evil, he has brought about the events which characterize the first half of the twentieth century: …

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Studies On Carbohydrate Metabolism In Normal And Diabetic Rats., Beverly Ann Bauer Jan 1981

Studies On Carbohydrate Metabolism In Normal And Diabetic Rats., Beverly Ann Bauer

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The specific activities of phosphofructokinase, aldolase, and pyruvate kinase was diminished in crude extracts from skeletal muscle of streptozotocin diabetic rats, whereas the activities of glucosephosphate isomerase and phosphoglucomutase were not changed. The decreased phosphofructokinase activity was shown to be independent of allosteric control, and it could be reversed by insulin treatment. A rapid and mild method for the purification of phosphofructokinase from rat skeletal muscle were developed. The partially purified enzyme from muscle of normal and streptozotocin diabetic rats showed identical Michaelis constants for ATP and equal sensitivity to inhibition by excess of ATP. Extracts of quick-frozen muscle from …

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Ethyl Methanesulfonate (Ems) And Diethylnitrosamine (Den) Effect On Germ Cells Of Drosophila Melanogaster., Haimei Huang Jan 1981

Ethyl Methanesulfonate (Ems) And Diethylnitrosamine (Den) Effect On Germ Cells Of Drosophila Melanogaster., Haimei Huang

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

With autoradiography and fluorescent stain techniques, the degree of ethylation of Drosophila melanogaster sperm following treatment with (1-('3)H)-ethyl-methanesulfonate (EMS) or (2-('3)H)-diethylnitrosamine (DEN) was shown by different levels of silver grains on sperm. The degree of ethylation of sperm cells treated with the mutagen in different germ cell stages of development (sperm, spermatids, spermatocytes, or spermatogonia) was determined by varying the time of sampling. The average grains per sperm head from different samples were computed and analyzed with SAS program by the IBM 3033 computer at System Network Computer Center on the LSU campus in Baton Rouge. The sperm which originated …

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Ultrastructure Of A Feline Extraskeletal Giant Cell Tumor (Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma), A. W. Confer, F. M. Enright, G. B. Beard Jan 1981

Ultrastructure Of A Feline Extraskeletal Giant Cell Tumor (Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma), A. W. Confer, F. M. Enright, G. B. Beard

Faculty Publications

A subcutaneous extraskeletal giant cell tumor (malignant fibrous histiocytoma) was excised repeatedly from a 9-year-old Domestic Shorthair cat. Ultrastructurally, the mass was composed of fibroblast-like, histiocyte-like, and multinucleated giant cells, and some undifferentiated cells and mononuclear cells intermediate between the fibroblast-like and histiocyte-like cells. Fibroblast-like cells were characterized by abundant well-developed rough endoplasmic reticulum, relatively smooth cytoplasmic membranes, few lysosomal structures, and finely granular chromatin. Histiocyte-like cells resembled immature macrophages. The cell membranes had many villous projections. Rough endoplasmic reticulum varied in quantity. Lysosomes were numerous. Multinucleated giant cells had characteristics of both the fibroblast-like and histiocyte-like cells. No viral …

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Louisiana Agriculture Magazine, Winter 1981-1982, Lsu Agricultural Experiment Station Jan 1981

Louisiana Agriculture Magazine, Winter 1981-1982, Lsu Agricultural Experiment Station

Louisiana Agriculture

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Cenobium 1981, Louisiana State University And Agricultural And Mechanical College, School Of Veterinary Medicine, Joanne Maki Jan 1981

Cenobium 1981, Louisiana State University And Agricultural And Mechanical College, School Of Veterinary Medicine, Joanne Maki

Cenobium Yearbook

Cenobium began publication in 1977 and continued through 1990. Produced by students, the yearbooks are a chronicle of the daily life and the special events experienced by veterinary students at the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine.

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Lsu General Catalog 1981-1982, Louisiana State University And Agricultural And Mechanical College Jan 1981

Lsu General Catalog 1981-1982, Louisiana State University And Agricultural And Mechanical College

LSU General Catalog

The LSU General Catalog describes all undergraduate and graduate departments and programs with degree requirements and courses offered for each one. The General Catalog includes information on registration and financial aid as well as academic services offered to all students.

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The Origins And Development Of The Gentlemanly Ideal In The South: 1607-1865., Robert Lynn Rainard Jan 1981

The Origins And Development Of The Gentlemanly Ideal In The South: 1607-1865., Robert Lynn Rainard

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study is to examine the origins and development of the gentleman in the South. It begins with an examination of Castiglione's The Courtier. Castiglione provided a discussion of the ideal man of Renaissance Italy. His ideal man, the courtier, possessed cultivation, character, and class. Together, these attributes made up the complete, or universal man. The Renaissance idea of the complete man profoundly influenced all later thought concerning the nature of the gentleman. The English embraced Castiglione's idea of a complete man, but they immediately adapted it to suit their own needs. The English placed much greater …

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Oral And Written Linguistic Indices Of Deception During Employment Interviews., Kittie Wells Watson Jan 1981

Oral And Written Linguistic Indices Of Deception During Employment Interviews., Kittie Wells Watson

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study was designed to find preliminary information concerning differences between oral and written linguistic indices of deception during employment interviews. It was predicted that: (1) oral messages would be characterized by significantly different linguistic indices than written messages, (2) truthful messages would be characterized by significantly different linguistic indices than deceptive messages, (3) male responses would be characterized by significantly different linguistic indices than female responses, and (4) individual question responses would be characterized by significantly different linguistic indices than other individual question responses. 31 male and 42 female students enrolled in undergraduate business and professional communication courses participated …

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Effect Of Management Systems On Performance And Parasite Infections Of Finishing Lambs In The Gulf Coast Area, Annabel Louise Kellam May 1980

Effect Of Management Systems On Performance And Parasite Infections Of Finishing Lambs In The Gulf Coast Area, Annabel Louise Kellam

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

An experiment was conducted over a three-year period to determine the effect of three management systems on performance and degree of parasitism of spring born market lambs. One hundred fifty-six Suffolk and Suffolk sired crossbred lambs (60, 48 and 48 in 1977, 1978 and 1979, respectively) were randomly alloted so as to balance the effect of sex, weight and breeding to one of three treatments: (1) pasture plus creep, (2) drylot and (3) an expanded metal floored pen. All lambs were fed a pelleted ration consisting of approximately 50% forage. Lambs were weaned at an average age of 60 days, …

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Techniques Of Atomic Absorption: Direct Determination Of Cadmium In Biological Materials And Metal Speciation By Differential Atomization., Susan Deborah Weiss Jan 1980

Techniques Of Atomic Absorption: Direct Determination Of Cadmium In Biological Materials And Metal Speciation By Differential Atomization., Susan Deborah Weiss

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

A method was developed for the direct determination of cadmium in biological materials. Determination of metals in biological samples was made difficult by the low concentration, the complex matrix, and the small amount of sample generally available. Current methods for this type of analysis involve either a wet-ashing or a dry-ashing step to break down the organic matrix and concentrate the metals present. These procedures often cause positive and/or negative errors due to contamination of the sample or loss of the metal of interest. The described method avoided these sources of error by eliminating sample pretreatment steps. The method made …

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On The Classification Of Families: Dimensions Of Family Functioning Descriptions., Maria Vidos Jan 1980

On The Classification Of Families: Dimensions Of Family Functioning Descriptions., Maria Vidos

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of the present study was to determine the degree of commonality among current models of family assessment. The goal was to ascertain the most significant dimensions of family functioning. These ends were achieved by means of a principal components factor analysis. Three hundred Introductory Psychology students at Louisiana State University were asked to describe their family of origin using 240 behavioral statements provided by the examiner. The statements, printed on 3 x 5 cards, were drawn from a pool of assessment models described by Fisher (1976). The students were asked to sort each of the statements by asking …

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A Curriculum For Training Extension Agents In The Field Of Animal Science., Ronald Alvin Harrell Jan 1980

A Curriculum For Training Extension Agents In The Field Of Animal Science., Ronald Alvin Harrell

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of the study was to develop a curriculum for inservice training of Extension agents involved in animal science work. Selected aspects of curriculum and learning theory furnished the basis for a curriculum model applicable to the work area of animal science. The curriculum was derived from inputs obtained from Extension specialists in animal science, Extension agents doing livestock work and selected animal science disciplines. Curriculum disciplines included: (1) livestock management, (2) nutrition, (3) marketing, (4) breeding and physiology, and (5) meat technology. An analysis of agent cognitive ability established the agent's educational requirements. Thirty-two concepts in the animal …

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Effects Of Ration Energy Level On Organoleptic And Chemical Characteristics Of Beef., Richard Eugene Montgomery Jan 1980

Effects Of Ration Energy Level On Organoleptic And Chemical Characteristics Of Beef., Richard Eugene Montgomery

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Four experiments were conducted to evaluate carcass characteristics, palatability, chemical traits and shear values of cattle produced on pasture (primarily bermudagrass and ryegrass), pasture plus 1/2% or 1% of body weight in grain or finished on a concentrate ration. Angus or Angus x Hereford cattle were used in Experiments 1, 2 and 3 but Experiment 4 contained straightbred Angus and Hereford along with crosses of Angus, Hereford, Brahman and Charolais cattle in various combinations. Age at slaughter was 23 and 20 months for Experiments 1 and 2, respectively. Age in Experiments 3 and 4 varied with treatments because of the …

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The Relationship Of Biorhythms To Academic Performance In Reading., Natalia Lavonne Brackin Peveto Jan 1980

The Relationship Of Biorhythms To Academic Performance In Reading., Natalia Lavonne Brackin Peveto

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study was an investigation to determine if a relationship existed between the twenty-three day physical, twenty-eight day emotional and the thirty-three day intellectual biorhythm cycles and academic achievement in reading. If a relationship existed between the learning potential of a student and the low, critical and high levels of the biorhythm cycles, instructional techniques could be designed to capitalize on the internal fluctuations of each learner. It was hypothesized that there would be a significant relationship between the academic performance of a student in reading and the high, low and critical positions of the twenty-three day physical, twenty-eight day …

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Estimation Of Physiological And Genetic Parameters Related To Dystocia In Beef Cattle., David Gene Morrison Jan 1980

Estimation Of Physiological And Genetic Parameters Related To Dystocia In Beef Cattle., David Gene Morrison

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Data from 591 calvings of dams which were crosses of Brahman (BR), Chianina (CA), Maine Anjou (MA) and Simmental (SM) sires bred to Angus and Hereford cows were used to evaluate factors affecting dystocia. Calves at location I were produced from all eight breed crosses by naturally mating Red.

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Ameson Michaelis (Microsporida) In The Blue Crab, Callinectes Sapidus: Altered Host Cell And Isolated Parasite Metabolism., Anna Marie Carmela Findley Jan 1980

Ameson Michaelis (Microsporida) In The Blue Crab, Callinectes Sapidus: Altered Host Cell And Isolated Parasite Metabolism., Anna Marie Carmela Findley

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The Microsporida are a large group of highly specialized obligate intracellular protozoan parasites. Despite their wide distribution in nature and their devastating effect on a variety of animal populations, relatively little is known about the physiological characteristics of these parasites.

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Sex Typed Language., Margaret Estes Johnson Jan 1980

Sex Typed Language., Margaret Estes Johnson

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between psychological sex typing and patterns of language usage. Seventy-nine Louisiana State University undergraduate students were categorized according to the Personal Attributes Questionnaire (Spence, Helmreich and Stapp, 1975). Sex type groups included: psychologically androgynous (High Masculine/High Feminine); masculine (High Masculine/Low Feminine); feminine (Low Masculine/High Feminine); and undifferentiated (Low Masculine/Low Feminine), for both male (n = 40) and female (n = 39). Three written language samples were gathered for each subject. Subjects were asked to spend ten minutes writing in response to each of the three verbal stimuli. Two of the …

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