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Attraction Increases And Decreases As A Function Of Emotion-Attribution And Appropriate Social Cues, Richard A. Dienstbier

Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications

To study the impact of startle-induced arousal on attraction, blindfolded subjects in a “vestibular function” study were startled by a loud noise accompanying the sudden backward tilt of the dental chair in which they were seated. In Study I startled male subjects indicated (on a “postexperimental” questionnaire) greater attraction toward a pretty female experimenter than did control subjects. Study II demonstrated the reverse, with startled male subjects disliking a male experimenter more than controls. In Study III, female subjects startled by a male experimenter indicated greater attraction than controls, although the pattern of their responses differed from males. While an …

Search Image Formation In The Blue Jay (Cyanocitta Cristata), Alexandra T. Pietrewicz, Alan Kamil

Papers in Behavior in Biological Sciences

Blue jays trained to detect Catocala moths in slides were exposed to two types of slide series containing these moths: series of one species and series of two species intermixed. In one species series, detection ability increased with successive encounters with one prey type. No similar effect occurred in two species series. These results are a direct demonstration of a specific search image.

Attitudes Of A Selected Sample Of Middle-Aged Women Toward Aging, Helen Jane Speece

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

The primary objective of the study was to survey attitudes of middle-aged women toward aging. The secondary objective was to give direction in planning educational programs for this age group. The problem was to determine the relationship among attitudes toward aging and attitudes toward self, satisfaction in resolving developmental tasks, and contact with older people and planning for old age. An analysis was also made of the relationship of attitudes toward aging and perceived financial security and perceived health in old age. This study was an exploratory, descriptive survey utilizing a proportionate random sample of 241 Extension Club members in …

Farm, Ranch And Home Quarterly Institute Of Agriculture And Natural Resources, University Of Nebraska- Lincoln

Farm, Ranch and Home Quarterly

In this issue:

We're Serving You ........................................ 2

Youth County-Juniors Find Action in County Government ............................... 3

Farmer's Market-From Farm to Fork ....................... 4

Dog Owner's Beware-Mosquitoes Spread Heart-worm in Nebraska ......................6

Tap and Sap-Making Maple Syrup in Nebraska .............. 8

How Do Children Cope When Parents Break Up? ............. 10

Free-Wheeling Garden Is Edible, Educational ................. 12

Citizenship Comes Alive-With Impact '78! .................. 14

Nebraskans Play a Role in Care Labeling .................... 16

Town or City-There's No Place Like HOME ................. 18

The Pod Research Committee, B. Claude Mathis

POD Quarterly: The Journal of the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education

When the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education was formed, the idea of recognizing research through the efforts of a research committee had a low priority among all the plans necessary to giving birth to an organization as eclectic as POD. The Network demonstrated very clearly at the Fourth Annual Conference in Oklahoma during November 1978 that POD is an idea which has survived the personal excitements which helped to create it. An interest in research and the dissemination of research results has emerged with strong support from the membership. The several meetings of the Research Committee at …

Book Reviews, Spring 1979

POD Quarterly: The Journal of the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education

Teaching Students by Donald Bligh et al., reviewed by Glenn F. Nyre

On College Teaching, ed. by Ohmer Milton, reviewed by Luann Wilkerson

Helplessness: On Development, Depression, and Death by Martin E. P. Seligman, reviewed by Lance C. Buhl, Ph.D.

Wolf Howling And Its Role In Territory Maintenance, Fred H. Harrington, L. David Mech

United States Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center: Publications

The wolf (Canis lupus) is a wide-ranging social carnivore with a complex spatial organization (MECH, 1972; 1973). The precise manner in which this organization is maintained is unknown, but territory advertisement using olfactory and acoustic modes seems to be involved.

The acoustic mode includes primarily howling. Within a wolf pack, howling may be useful to reassemble separated members (MECH, 1966; THEBERGE & FALLS, 1967), and may communicate information on individual identity, location, and other behavioral and environmental contingencies (THEBERGE & FALLS, 1967). Between packs, however, howling may serve to advertise territory, communicating the locations of packs and thus …

1978-1979 Pod Members

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives

No abstract provided.

Fifth Annual National Conference Program

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Conference Materials

Welcome to The Fifth Annual POD National Conference

The Conference Planning Committee

Schedule

Formal Presentations

Workshops

Panels

Demonstrations of Model Programs

Special Sessions

Information On Conference Sessions

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Conference Materials

Holistic Practices for Growth and Self-Management

Keynote, Workshops, Panels, Formal Presentations, Demonstration of Model Programs, Special Sessions

Call For Sessions And Directory Information

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Conference Materials

Call for Sessions

Address Changes/Corrections to 1978-1979 POD Directory

Directory Supplement

Frantz Fanon: Language As The God Gone Astray In The Flesh, Chester J. Fontenot Jr.

University Studies (University of Nebraska) (1888–1984)

Contents

Introduction.......... 1

1. Fanon and the Devourers.............. 9

2. Caliban and Prospero................ 23

3. We Wear the Mask................... 37

4. The Disarming Vision................. 45

5. The Utility of Literary Artifacts................... 60

Notes................63

Selected Bibliography................... 65

Acknowledgments........................ 71

The New Humanists In Nebraska: A Study Of The Mid-West Quarterly (1913-1918), R.D. Stock

University Studies (University of Nebraska) (1888–1984)

Contents

INTRODUCTION.................... vii

CHAPTER 1: THE NEBRASKA HUMANISTS................... 1

Section One: Prosser Hall Frye.......................... 1

Section Two: Sherlock Bronson Gass....................... 6

Section Three: Philo M. Buck, Jr..................... 10

Section Four: Hartley Burr Alexander..................... 13

Section Five: Louise Pound........................ 16

Section Six: W. G. Langworthy Taylor.......................... 19

CHAPTER 2: MAJOR THEMES AND OTHER WRITERS IN THE Mid-West Quarterly........................... 24

Section One: Philosophy, Aesthetics, Literary Criticism....................24

Section Two: Education.................... 28

Section Three: Political Philosophy: Justice, Colonialism, the First World War............ 31

CONCLUSION...................... 38

NOTES.......................... 43

INDEX TO THE Mid-West Quarterly.......................... 49

INDEX...........................53

Ade Newsletter: News Of The Association For Documentary Editing, Volume 1, Numbers 1, March 1979

Documentary Editing: Journal of the Association for Documentary Editing (1979–2011)

No abstract provided.

Editors And Their Work--March 1979

Documentary Editing: Journal of the Association for Documentary Editing (1979–2011)

Charles Cullen--Donald Jackson--Diane Campbell--Frank Mevers--C. M. Harris--Harold Moser--Fredson Bowers

Book Reviews, Winter 1979

POD Quarterly: The Journal of the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education

Investment in Learning: The Individual and Social Value of American Higher Education by Howard R. Bowen, reviewed by Diane L. Johnson

Behavioral Instruction: An Evaluative Review by Kent R. Johnson and Robert S. Ruskin, reviewed by Marilla D. Svinicki

The Adult's Learning Projects: A Fresh Approach to Theory and Practice in Adult Learning by Allen Tough, reviewed by Stephen C. Scholl

Adaptation to Life by George E. Vaillant, reviewed by John Anderson

Differing Student And Faculty Perceptions Of Teaching Effectiveness And The Value Of Student Evaluations, George E. Stevens, R. Penny Marquette

POD Quarterly: The Journal of the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education

Over the past decade, the use of student evaluations of teacher effectiveness has grown in popularity. The student typically completes a standardized evaluation form for the teachers of classes in which he or she is enrolled. Not only are more schools using this method of assessing teacher effectiveness, many also use the results to make faculty retention, promotion, salary, tenure and other personnel decisions. As Centra (1972) indicates, the question is no longer whether college teaching should be evaluated; it is how, when and by whom? Although various approaches to measuring teaching effectiveness exist (i.e., peer ratings, superior ratings, classroom …

Participants - 1979 Pod National Conference

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Conference Materials

No abstract provided.

An Economical Microcomputer Design For The Generation And Display Of Timed Visual Stimuli: The Tdl Vdb, John H. Flowers, Mark H. Murphy

Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications

Recent developments in microprocessor-based technology should be of particular interest to psychologists concerned-with perceptual and cognitive processes. This paper describes the advantages of a Z-80-based system that uses the Technical Design Labs video display board (VDB) for the generation and control of visual stimuli.

Response And Encoding Factors In "Ignoring" Irrelevant Information, John H. Flowers, Jack L. Warner, Michael L. Polanski

Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications

Subjects classified either the numerosity or numeric value of elements in successive stimulus displays. In separate experiments, responses were indicated by oral naming, card sorting, manual tapping, and oral "tapping." Incongruent levels of numeric value slowed naming and sorting, but not tapping, when numerosity was the cue for responding. Incongruent numerosity slowed tapping, but not naming and sorting, when numeric value was the cue. Changes in stimulus response mapping may thus critically alter the ability to ignore an irrelevant stimulus dimension.

Young Children's Age Group Conceptions Of Social Relations: Social Functions And Social Objects, Carolyn P. Edwards, Michael Lewis

Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications

Previous research has shown that by age 3-4, children classify the human world into age groups: babies, “little kids,” “big kids,” young adults (“mommies and daddies”), and old adults (“grandmothers and grandfathers”) (Edwards, 1984).. This study investigates young children’s concepts of age roles, that is, their expectations about what behavior makes most sense or is most appropriate for each age group. Study 1 was conducted at two daycare centers in the greater Princeton area, with 24 African-American and 24 European-American children aged 3.6 to 5.9 years. Each child was told a series of stories involving a set of doll-house …

“Sociology At Nebraska: 1884-1929,” Together With “A History Of Sociology At The University Of Nebraska,” By J.O. Hertzler, Joyce O. Hertzler, Mary Jo Deegan

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

At the turn of the century the University of Nebraska was one of the four leading centers of sociology in the United States. Despite this auspicious start, Nebraska has remained relatively obscure in the accounts of the history of Sociology. This is partially a result of its size: until 1959 the faculty consisted of only five members and was oriented to a small but quality graduate program. The document which follows is an original manuscript recording the early history of the department. It was written by Joyce O. Hertzler in the Winter of 1929. This rough draft, now yellowing and …

Saint Thomas Aquinas' Division Of The Sciences, Marvin E. Kanne

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies

Saint Thomas Aquinas holds that scientific knowledge is attained when observable phenomena and their properties are accounted for in terms of their relations to their causes. On establishing the divisions of the sciences, Aquinas follows the threefold division of the speculative sciences as proposed by Aristotle and handed on to the Middle Ages by Boethius: natural philosophy, mathematics, and theology. Each science is defined by its subject matter and by its method of procedure.

While Aquinas followed the teachings of Boethius on this point, he makes significant additions and alterations. Thus in his analysis Aquinas focuses his attention on the …

On The Causal Irreducibility Of Natural Function Statements, Eric Russert Kraemer

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies

One topic of interest to a number of philosophers of science is whether functional explanation can be reduced to some other kind of explanation, such as causal explanation. Some philosophers have tried to reduce talk of natural functions to talk of causes. I here examine some such attempts and try to provide, in addition to the traditional counter-examples, an argument as to why such reductions should fail. Certain parallels are drawn between attributions of natural functions to parts of organisms and attributions of propositional attitudes to persons.

The Realizing Character Of The Social Sciences, Andrew Larkin

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies

Because of successful construction of theories in the mathematical, physical, and biological sciences, and because of their unchallenged technological usefulness, the philosophy of science has concentrated on the formal and epistemological aspects of sciences. However, the less formal social sciences have had a greater impact on society. This realizing character of the sciences, i.e., their influence on society through policy (in the case of the social sciences), has been inadequately studied. In this paper the normative character of the social sciences is seen from the perspective of realization. Norms as internal and external criteria, which are entailed by realization, are …

Are Psychophysical Models Of Behavior Possible?, Marianne Shaw

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies

In "The Correspondence Hypothesis," (Philosophical Review), Bruce Goldberg argues that the correspondence hypothesis is an illusion because "B's having the same thought as A" does not entail "B's having the same set of mental or neurophysiological properties, i.e., brain state or process, as A." If Goldberg is correct, a telling blow has been struck against the construction of information processing and psycho linguistic models created with the intention of later incorporation into neurophysiological models of brain functioning.

However, while Goldberg is correct in pointing out that two individuals can be said to have the same thought and yet …

Kant's Subjectivist Theory Of Space, Mark C. Timmons

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies

In his 1780 Kritik der Reinen Vernunft, Kant rejects those objectivist views of space according to which space belongs to the order of things in themselves, either as itself a thing in itself (Newton), or reducible to properties of things in themselves (Leibniz), and argues for a subjectivist alternative. What this subjectivist view comes to is unclear. This paper provides an analysis of a few key passages from the Kritik in an attempt to reconstruct Kant's doctrine of space.

Use Of The Autobiography For Personal Development And As An Investigative Technique, Mark W. Ware

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies

Theory and previous research indicated that an autobiographical project should facilitate personal development and the acquisition of an investigative technique. Twelve students from classes in Personality and History/Systems of Psychology participated in the study by writing autobiographical papers as one option for a course project and by completing an evaluation form. Quantitative and qualitative evaluations of the effectiveness of the autobiography for personal development and as an investigative method were obtained. Data from both sources supported the use of an autobiographical project for acquiring and clarifying information about one's self and his/her relationships to others. Student reactions also indicated that …

Transactions Of The Nebraska Academy Of Sciences Volume Vii (1979): Table Of Contents

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies

Nebraska Academy of Sciences, Officers, Policy Committee ......... ii

Editorial Board, Instructions to Contributors ......... vi

Symposium "Water Usage: Who Cares?"

Water usage-who cares?: a planner's viewpoint (G. J. Karabatsos) ......... 1

Water usage-who cares?: an environmental viewpoint (H. G. Nagel) ......... 5

Water usage-who cares?: an historical perspective (D. T. Pederson) ......... 9

Instream flow needs for water quality management (R. D. Todd) ......... 11

Water usage and power production: the electric utility industry is dependent on water utilization (T. P. Harding and L. G. Harrow) ......... 15

Other Water-Related Subjects

Hydrogeologic relationships to structural failure, Chadron State College, …

Humanities In Medical Education- The Past Ten Years, James J. Quinn

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies

What has always fascinated me is an historical account that ends triumphantly but whose start-to-finish is riddled with reversals and hostile obstacles and haunted by anguishing circumstances. The history of "humanities in medical education- the past ten years" in the United States is just such a story. In the last ten years there has been a continually wider acceptance of humanities in United States medical schools, i.e., a growing number of schools introducing the humanities, a growth in the quality and scope of programs being offered, and a greater acceptance of the humanities as an integral part of the medical …