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The Role Of Self-Monitoring In Sales Performance., Robert B. Anderson Jan 1980

The Role Of Self-Monitoring In Sales Performance., Robert B. Anderson

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Three groups of salesman were administered Snyder's Self-Monitoring scale in an effort to determine the importance of SM to a salesman's performance. Previous literature has indicated that it is important to a salesman's success for him to possess, (1) effective communication skills, (2) the ability to create a climate of perceived similarity or trust, (3) the ability to accurately sense and interpret the prospect's affective or attitudinal responses, and (4) the ability to adapt oneself appropriately to a variety of situations and prospect responses. Moreover, the research on SM has indicated that self-monitoring individuals possess or should possess these attributes. …

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French-English Bilingual Education And Language Achievement Of Second Graders., Paula Marie Claverie Childress Jan 1980

French-English Bilingual Education And Language Achievement Of Second Graders., Paula Marie Claverie Childress

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether or not second grade students in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana changed differentially in reading and language achievement from regular classroom students as a result of participation in the French-English Bilingual Program. A second purpose was to ascertain whether students in the bilingual program achieved significantly in developing French language ability. Data was coded for the 278 students in the study. The statistical findings (tested at the .05 level) are summarized as follows: (1) Bilingual students did not change differentially in reading achievement from regular classroom students. (2) Females in the bilingual program …

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Degree Of Handicap And Adjustment In Children With Cerebral Palsy., Robert Nolan Cuyler Jan 1980

Degree Of Handicap And Adjustment In Children With Cerebral Palsy., Robert Nolan Cuyler

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

A review of the literature on physical disability reveals competing viewpoints on the relationship between degree of severity of handicap and adjustment. Several studies report that severely disabled individuals exhibit more serious adjustment problems than the mildly handicapped, due to the social reactions to the visibility of deficits and to reductions in functioning and coping due to brain dysfunction. Other research efforts report the opposite relationship and hypothesize that the "marginal" position of mildly handicapped individuals leads to inconsistent and confusing expectations and resultant psychopathology. Sampling and assessment difficulties with these studies, especially in regard to the heterogeneity of experimental …

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A Validity Study Of The Construct "Most Highly Valued Representational System" In Human Auditory And Visual Perceptions., David E. Lange Jan 1980

A Validity Study Of The Construct "Most Highly Valued Representational System" In Human Auditory And Visual Perceptions., David E. Lange

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Bandler and Grinder (1975) proposed the construct "most highly valued representational systems" to describe auditory, visual, and kinesthetic perceptual orientations among individuals. They set forth a predicate method for determining an individual's primary representational system. Contrary to Bandler and Grinder's construct, experimental evidence consistently supports the principle of visual dominance among humans. In order to test the effectiveness of Bandler and Grinder's constructs, 221 volunteers were screened by an alternate predicate method. 22 subjects were selected as "highly auditory" and 19 subjects were selected as "highly visual." These 41 subjects were asked to give their first impressions to 75 simultaneous, …

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An Externalities Approach To The Analysis Of Federal Grants-In-Aid Emphasizing The Effect Of Grants On Cooperation Among Local Units Of Government., Charles Franklin Hawkins Jan 1980

An Externalities Approach To The Analysis Of Federal Grants-In-Aid Emphasizing The Effect Of Grants On Cooperation Among Local Units Of Government., Charles Franklin Hawkins

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The genesis of federal grants-in-aid can be traced back to the Northwest Ordinances of 1785 and 1787. From those earlier years to the present, grants have been introduced in response to individual needs that have existed at particular points in time. As a result of the basic reaction nature of grants, only a very negligible consideration has been given to developing the individual grants into an integrated, non-conflicting system. As could be expected, the consequence of this approach to grant development has been an uncoordinated grant program containing overlapping grants in some cases and conflicting ones in others. In fact, …

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Sir Thomas More, Humanist And Hero: A Man For All Ages., Noel Joseph Toups Jan 1980

Sir Thomas More, Humanist And Hero: A Man For All Ages., Noel Joseph Toups

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Thomas More has appeared in diverse works from the sixteenth to twentieth century; these works have usually treated him as a model of integrity and conscience whose love of truth made him a touchstone for judging a panoply of others. More's own century viewed him in conflicting ways. Tudor apologists--Hall, Holinshed, and Foxe--were critical of More's wit and treatment of heretics and deemed him prideful, whereas the recusants like Roper and Harpsfield pictured More loyal Londoner, devoted father, humanist, and man of conscience. Sixteenth century treatments culminate in those of Ro. Ba. and Munday. Munday's Thomas More, an essentially Protestant …

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Competencies For A Minister Of Music In A Southern Baptist Church: Implications For Curriculum Development., Donald Roland Bearden Jan 1980

Competencies For A Minister Of Music In A Southern Baptist Church: Implications For Curriculum Development., Donald Roland Bearden

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to develop and validate musical and music related competency statements which would describe the needed skills, behaviors, and knowledge for a minister of music in a Southern Baptist church. In the development of the areas and items to be covered by the competency statements, several types of field research were employed. Three Goal Analysis Conferences were conducted with panels of church musicians giving scrutiny to the basic goals of the church music ministry. A Job Analysis was accomplished adapting the procedures developed by the U. S. Department of Labor--interview and observation. A field study …

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Child Behavior In Venezuela And The U.S.: A Cross-Cultural Comparison., John Michael Fitch Jan 1980

Child Behavior In Venezuela And The U.S.: A Cross-Cultural Comparison., John Michael Fitch

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purposes of this study were (a) to carry out a factor analysis of the Spanish translation of the Children's Behavioral Classification Project questionnaire on data obtained from Venezuela, and (b) to compare the result with that of parallel data obtained in the United States with the original English version of the same questionnaire. The Children's Behavioral Classification Project questionnaire is an instrument designed to be administered to parents of children 6-13 years old for the purpose of contributing information about the child's outward behavior useful in understanding the psychological, physical, or conduct problems which the child might display. The …

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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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Jack London's South Sea Narratives., David Allison Moreland Jan 1980

Jack London's South Sea Narratives., David Allison Moreland

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Although Jack London is recognized as one of the most popular American fiction writers in the world, critics of American literary naturalism have tended to rank him considerably below the other well-known naturalists: Frank Norris, Stephen Crane, and Theodore Dreiser. The consensus has been that London wrote too much, too hastily, and weakened his art by imposing "ideas" (Darwinian, Spencerian, Nietzschean, Marxian) upon his narratives. However, in recent years a serious reevaluation of "the boy wonder of the naturalist carnival" has begun. As a master of the action narrative, Jack London, who both mirrored his age and anticipated later twentieth-century …

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The Solution To Single Kink Solitary Wave Transport For Systems Described By A Generalized Frenkel-Kontorova Equation., Louis William Adams Jr Jan 1980

The Solution To Single Kink Solitary Wave Transport For Systems Described By A Generalized Frenkel-Kontorova Equation., Louis William Adams Jr

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

A numerical procedure to solve the differential equation for solitary waves via iteration for a generalized Frenkel-Kontorova model is presented. The generalization consists of adding a constant force proportional to particle velocity. The equation of motion is cast into integral form using a Green's function. The introductory chapter briefly reviews recent progress in nonlinear dynamics using the sine-Gordon equation as an example. Emphasis is placed on the concept of "non-linear modes" and its relevance in theoretical descriptions of transport processes. After a second chapter defining the generalized Frenkel-Kontorova equation, its dimensionless reparametrization and an outline of the iteration scheme, the …

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Management Practices Of Members Of The Louisiana Quarter Horse Breeders' Association, 1979., John Mcgeary Perkins Jr Jan 1980

Management Practices Of Members Of The Louisiana Quarter Horse Breeders' Association, 1979., John Mcgeary Perkins Jr

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to determine the educational needs of Louisiana Quarter Horse breeders (owners) based on an analysis of their current management practices, and to determine the association of these practices with age of breeder, education of breeder and primary reason for owning Quarter Horses. The data were obtained by phone and personal interviews of 100 of the 838 in-state members of the Louisiana Quarter Horse Breeders' Association. The chi-square test was applied to determine statistically significant associations at the .20 level of probability. The specific objectives of the study were: (1) To develop a personal profile …

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Conflict Theory And Segregation Academies: Application And Refinement Of Dahrendorf's Theory., Jerry Douglas Himelstein Jan 1980

Conflict Theory And Segregation Academies: Application And Refinement Of Dahrendorf's Theory., Jerry Douglas Himelstein

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study is an exploratory case study which applies and refines Ralf Dahrendorf's theoretical work in an effort to understand the social organization of segregation academies. One location is studied intensively through guided interviews with a variety of subjects who had some role in one of four local private schools or some relationship to them. School documents and other recorded data are also used to trace the development of these schools. Variables suggested by Dahrendorf and by Nevin and Bills are explored and further developed. Enrollment figures are used in a state-wide analysis of the effect of potential black enrollment …

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The Confederate Defense Of Mobile, 1861-1865. (Volumes I-Ii)., Arthur William Bergeron Jr Jan 1980

The Confederate Defense Of Mobile, 1861-1865. (Volumes I-Ii)., Arthur William Bergeron Jr

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The people of Mobile, Alabama, supported the secession of their state from the Union in January 1861, and thousands of her able-bodied men served in the Confederate army from 1861 to 1865. Recognizing the city's strategic importance as a port and major railroad center connecting the eastern and western sections of the new nation, the Confederate government moved quickly to provide adequate defenses for Mobile. Confederate soldiers occupied and began to strengthen Fort Morgan and Fort Gaines, which guarded the main channels leading into Mobile Bay. The Confederate Navy Department converted several steamers into gunboats and began construction of four …

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Student Achievement In Biology In Terms Of Cognitive Styles Of Students And Teachers., Pauline E. Jolly Jan 1980

Student Achievement In Biology In Terms Of Cognitive Styles Of Students And Teachers., Pauline E. Jolly

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study was designed to determine whether biology students who were matched to their teachers in cognitive style achieved significantly higher mean scores on a cognitive test in biology than biology students who were mismatched to their teachers in cognitive style. The hypotheses tested.

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Para-Proxemic Attributions: An Investigation Into The Relationship Between Close-Up And Extreme Close-Up Camera Shots And Audience Response., David Mitchell Klein Jan 1980

Para-Proxemic Attributions: An Investigation Into The Relationship Between Close-Up And Extreme Close-Up Camera Shots And Audience Response., David Mitchell Klein

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to determine if there were differences in para-proxemic attributions (effectations based upon the relative distance of a media source) to the extreme close-up as opposed to the close-up camera shots. Differences in audience response by sex of subject were found. Two stimuli were simultaneously videotaped of a man making an informative speech. The first tape was composed of establishing shots and extreme close-up shots. The second tape was comprised of establishing shots and close-up shots. The establishing shots were constant in both tapes. In the first tape a cut from the establishing shot to …

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The Impact Of The Structural Parameters Of Age And Race Upon Residents' Evaluations Of Community., Gary Martin Stokley Sr Jan 1980

The Impact Of The Structural Parameters Of Age And Race Upon Residents' Evaluations Of Community., Gary Martin Stokley Sr

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The research reported in this dissertation deals directly with an individual's perception of his or her community and family circumstances. The major question explored deals with what structural factors influence individuals' perceptions. In order to examine this question, the study primarily employs structural parameters such as age, sex, race, community, etc. to note differences or similarities among subpopulations. Specifically, the study explores the differences or similarities between adults and adolescents in rural communities. The data includes both an adult and adolescent sample taken in three rural communities in South Louisiana. The racial composition of the communities includes black, Indian, and …

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Exploration Of Generalization Effects Of Social Skills Training In Children., Catherine Alice Seiler Jan 1980

Exploration Of Generalization Effects Of Social Skills Training In Children., Catherine Alice Seiler

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The generalization effects of social skills training (consisting of instructions, feedback, behavior rehearsal, and modeling) were examined in a multiple baseline design across settings and across subjects. The five male and female subjects, ranging in age between 10 and 13 years, were referred for treatment by teachers and parents because of difficulties with interpersonal relationships. Response latency, ratio of eye-contact to speech duration, intonation, smiles, gestures, verbalizations in five content areas and overall social skills were the target behaviors selected for modification within the clinic setting. Teacher and parent ratings of interpersonal behaviors considered problematic for each subject and sociometric …

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Group Influence And Cognitive Consistency As Determinants Of Value Change: A Methodological Analysis Of Self-Confrontation Theory., Mark L. Paris Jan 1980

Group Influence And Cognitive Consistency As Determinants Of Value Change: A Methodological Analysis Of Self-Confrontation Theory., Mark L. Paris

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The present study attempted to either extend, modify or challenge Rokeach's (1973) Self-confrontation theory of value change. Rokeach (1973) found that subjects who were confronted with specific self-confrontation messages, which were designed to make differences between their value systems and self-concepts salient, were more likely than control subjects to change the rank-ordering of the values Freedom and Equality in a ranking task containing 18 values. Rokeach explained this phenomenon by invoking the concept of self-dissatisfaction, which he said subjects came to feel as a result of being exposed to the self-confrontation messages. The present study compared this explanation with the …

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The History Of The National Basketball Tournaments For Black High Schools., Charles Herbert Thompson Jan 1980

The History Of The National Basketball Tournaments For Black High Schools., Charles Herbert Thompson

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The National Basketball Tournaments for Black High Schools represented one of the most significant eras in the history of athletics in the United States. The existence of these tournaments was predicated on the restrictive conditions dictated by legally enforced segregation which included amon.

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Listening Ability And Manual Dexterity Of Stenography Students., Annette Vincent Nunez Jan 1980

Listening Ability And Manual Dexterity Of Stenography Students., Annette Vincent Nunez

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Listening ability and manual dexterity as possible factors for success in shorthand were the subjects of this study. Investigated also were the possible increases in listening ability and manual dexterity due to a course in shorthand. The experimental-control groups, pretest-posttest desig.

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A Constructive Proof Of Luft's Theorem In Case Genus Two., Robert John Kramer Jan 1980

A Constructive Proof Of Luft's Theorem In Case Genus Two., Robert John Kramer

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

In Kirby's problem list {R. Kirby: Problems in Low Dimensional Manifold Theory. Proc. Symp. Pure Math. 32, (1978), p.28} is "Problem 2.4: (Birman) Let (alpha) be the obvious homomorphism (eta)(,g)(' )(--->)(' )Aut ((pi)(,l)(N(,g))) where (eta)(,g) is the group of isotopy classes of orientation perserving homeomorphisms of N(,g). Is kernel ((alpha)) finitely generated?" Here N(,g) denotes the 3-dimensional orientable handlebody of genus g. See {J. Birman: Braids, Links and Mapping Class Groups. Ann. of Math. Studies No. 82, PUP(1975), p.220}. In {E. Luft: Actions of the Homeotopy Group of an Orientable 3-Dimensional Handlebody. Math. Ann. 234 (1978), Corollary 2.3} Luft …

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Influence Of Soil Reaction And Zinc Applications On Yields And Zinc Contents Of Rice Plants, J E. Sedberry Jan 1980

Influence Of Soil Reaction And Zinc Applications On Yields And Zinc Contents Of Rice Plants, J E. Sedberry

LSU Agricultural Experiment Station Reports

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On Hartfiel And Maxson's Definition Of Connected Sets Of A Matroid, James G. Oxley Jan 1980

On Hartfiel And Maxson's Definition Of Connected Sets Of A Matroid, James G. Oxley

Faculty Publications

In a loopless matroid a non-empty set is connected in the sense of Hartfiel and Maxson if and only if it spans a non-separable flat. © 1980.

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From Disgrace To Dignity - The Louisiana Leper Home, 1894-1921, Charles Hilary Calandro Jan 1980

From Disgrace To Dignity - The Louisiana Leper Home, 1894-1921, Charles Hilary Calandro

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The care and treatment of lepers at the Louisiana Leper Home from 1894 to 1921 was based essentially upon both Biblical and medieval precedents, the chief of which was the belief that leprosy was incurable and its victims should be isolated. Accordingly, the state medical profession believed that leprous cases should be isolated and treated to prevent further spread of the disease, while the lay community favored their isolation to remove the public's economic and social fears. The creation of an asylum at a rundown plantation in Iberville Parish represented the practical application of this belief. On the one hand, …

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Seasonal Distributions, Relative Abundances And Sexual Communication Of The Plusiinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Of Louisiana Soybean Ecosystems., Arthur Randall Alford Jan 1980

Seasonal Distributions, Relative Abundances And Sexual Communication Of The Plusiinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Of Louisiana Soybean Ecosystems., Arthur Randall Alford

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

An adult population survey of 4 species of the noctuid subfamily Plusiinae was conducted in soybean ecosystems of south, south central and north central Louisiana. Sticky-traps baited with the synthetic sex pheromone (Z)-7-dodecen-1-ol acetate, or looplure, were used as the sampling tools for 2 soybean growing seasons. The soybean looper Pseudoplusia includens (Walker) reached the highest densities of the plusiine complex with 4 and 5 generations detected in the southern and central regions of the state. Moth density was greatest at Krotz Springs (south central site) during 1977 and 1978; the lowest levels were detected at Niblett (southern site). Males …

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An Exploratory Analysis Of The Relationships Between Self-Images, Perceived-Risk, And Purchase Intention Horizons., Corbett Fay Gaulden Jr Jan 1980

An Exploratory Analysis Of The Relationships Between Self-Images, Perceived-Risk, And Purchase Intention Horizons., Corbett Fay Gaulden Jr

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study is to examine in some detail the nature of some commonly acknowledged psychological constructs related to consumer behavior. These constructs, perceptual in nature, are self-image and perceived risk. In addition, a third concept of more recent vintage was included: purchase intention expectations, or more simply time perceptions. The focus of the study was an exploration of interrelationships among the three constructs. The following objectives were specified: (1) to analyze the relationship between self-image and ideal self-image across a group of products, across time, and as this relationship relates to risk, (2) to investigate the relationships …

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Perceptions Of The Role Of Corporate Audit Committees - Now And In The Future., Brenda Stewart Birkett Jan 1980

Perceptions Of The Role Of Corporate Audit Committees - Now And In The Future., Brenda Stewart Birkett

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Changes in the economy have brought about attempts to improve the structure of the corporate organization and the quality of corporate financial reporting. One such attempt has been to increase the responsibilities of corporate boards of directors, and subcommittees to handle specific duties of the board have been established. The audit committee is one of these subcommittees and is now required for all companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The corporate audit committee should make a significant contribution toward improving the integrity and credibility of financial statements and the overall corporate image in the public sector. To accomplish …

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A Tenor-Clef Reader For The Bassoonist., John A. Bivins Jan 1980

A Tenor-Clef Reader For The Bassoonist., John A. Bivins

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

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The Six Schuebler Chorales: A Performing Edition. A Comparative Study Of The Cantatas From Which They Were Transcribed., Paul Edward Dunbar Jan 1980

The Six Schuebler Chorales: A Performing Edition. A Comparative Study Of The Cantatas From Which They Were Transcribed., Paul Edward Dunbar

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

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