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A Study Of Natural Language Phonetic Symbolism, David B. Tarr

Theses and Dissertations

The present investigation concerns itself with the phenomenon of natural language phonetic symbolism. Proponents of phonetic symbolism, or the hypothesis of phonetic universals, as it is sometimes called, claim that human speech sounds have inherent meaning apart from their learned association with referents in the world. Since phonetic symbolism had been used to explain both success in guessing the meanings of foreign words and also a consistent tendency to attribute particular meanings to selected nonlinguistic verbalizations, it was hypothesized that phonetic symbols were part of an underlying stratum of semantic invariance. Further, it was assumed that such phonetic/semantic symbols should …

The Relationship Between Transitional Object Attachments In Early Childhood And Psychological Functioning In Later Life, Keith Cohen

Theses and Dissertations

This study focused upon assessing various relationships between the presence or absence of a transitional object in early childhood and aspects of psychological functioning in later life. The nature of the inanimate object attachments were determined by stringent criteria involving both self- and parental-reports. Personality differences were found between those subjects demonstrating strong singular attachments that persisted for a considerable period of time and those having no such significant attachments. The nature of what might be considered optimal object attachments was discussed in light of the findings.

Moral Judgment And Life Experiences, Edward P. Kehrwald

Theses and Dissertations

Previous research in the cognitive developmental approach to moral judgment has been to delineate changes occurring with age in the person's understanding and interpretation of moral rules. Recently, the Defining Issues Test of moral judgment has been used as an objective, standardized measure due to its quantitative description of the developmental process. A systematic exploration of the importance of previous life experiences and their impacts upon the individual's moral judgment has not been reported in the literature.

The current study investigated the association between subjects' use of principled moral judgment with their previous life experiences, and with the perceived impact …

The Learning Package As An Instructional Tool For Non-Certified Pre-Kindergarten Teaching Personnel, Daniel James Gartrell

Theses and Dissertations

The population of non-certified pre-kindergarten teachers in northern Minnesota have encountered problems in obtaining formal, on- campus teaching instruction. "Self Concept Development and the Teacher- Child Relationship" was one of many learning packages developed at Bemidji State University to assist the population. The dissertation was a response to two topics of inquiry about the population and the learning package: (A) What are typical pre-package responses by the population toward young children in respect to self concept development? (B) How effective is the learning package as an instructional tool intended to facilitate the internalization of principles relating to self concept development? …

November 1, 1979, University Of North Dakota

University Senate Meeting Minutes

Minutes from the November 1, 1979, meeting of the University Senate. 5 pages

October 27, 1979, Vs. Morningside, University Of North Dakota

UND Athletics Publications: Football

Program for the October 27, 1979, football game versus Morningside College.

Classroom Discipline: Toward A Diagnostic Model Integrating Teachers' Thoughts And Actions, Doren Gill, Philip S. Heller

Journal of Teaching and Learning

No abstract provided.

Self-Esteem Effects In The Measurement Of Sex-Role Orientation, Steven H. Weaver

Theses and Dissertations

In a replication of a study which demonstrated a relationship between Masculinity and Independence, the nature of the relationship between Self-esteem and orthogonal Masculinity and Femininity di mensions was examined. Regression analyses for 212 female and 165 male undergraduates indicated that for both sexes, Masculinity was moderately correlated to Self-esteem, but that Femininity did not add to this prediction significantly. Scores for Independence were obtained from a subset of 24 females and 29 males by placing them in a conformity paradigm situation. The major hypothesis was that Masculinity would not contribute uniquely to the prediction of Inde pendence made on …

Cognitive Changes During The Grief Process, Barbara J. Benner

Theses and Dissertations

Although many authors have used the term "grief work" since Lindemann (1944) first coined it, there has been no systematic investigation of the nature of this phenomenon. This study sought to delineate the cognitive and interpersonal events that occur during grief events and grief resolution. It was hypothesized that grief work involves the creation of a new relationship with the deceased, and that this would be manifested in a variety of styles of grief.

Men and women who had been widowed within the previous two years were identified through newspaper obituaries and recruited as subjects. Sixty subjects completed two process …

A Survey Of Vocal Characteristics In A Sample Of Adult Rheumatoid Arthritics, Janine B. Chenier

Theses and Dissertations

The normalcy of voicing at the level of the larynx is dependent upon the competency of the cricoarytenoid joints to which the vocal folds are attached. Rheumatoid involvement of this diarthrodial joint could result in reduced mobility or fixation of the fold(s).

Medical authors hold differing opinions of the nature and frequency of voice change due to the pathology known as cricoarytenoiditis. The term "hoarse" has been widely used to describe the characteristic alteration of phonation in a population of rheumatoid arthritics.

It was the purpose of this study to survey a sample of adult rheumatoid arthritics in order to …

A Descriptive Analysis Of Language And Cognition In Congenitally Blind Children Ages 3 Through 9, David Wm. Anderson

Theses and Dissertations

Purpose This study was designed as an investigation of the semantic and cognitive functioning of congenitally blind children within the age range of 3 through 9 years, to help fill the gap in the existing research concerning the early development of the visually handicapped.

Delays in cognitive development among school age congenitally blind children have been attributed to the limitations imposed by blindness on mobility and interaction with objects and events in the environment. It has been assumed that blind children must rely on less efficient sensory perception and discrimination processes resulting in a conceptualization of the world which may …

Learned Helplessness: Affect In Relation To Facilitation And Interference Effects, Thomas R. Foster

Theses and Dissertations

Learned helplessness is an experimental analogue of depression. In ess;ence learned helplessness theory states that exposure to noncontingent feedback leads to changes in self esteem, performance and affect. Brief exposure to noncontingent feedback is thought to cause increases in anxiety and/or hostility and these motivational changes are thought to facilitate subsequent performance. Extended exposure to noncontingent feedback is thought to cause decreases in self esteem and increases in depression and these motivational changes are thought to be associated with subsequent impaired performance.

One hundred and twelve undergraduate students participated in a six group experiment with groups receiving either contingent or …

An Evaluation Of The Effectiveness Of The Teacher Education Alternatives Model At St. Cloud State University, Judith E. Minier

Theses and Dissertations

Purpose: This study was undertaken for the purpose of evaluating the effectiveness of an alternative teacher education program at St. Cloud State University. The Teacher Education Alternatives Model (TEAM) Project provided an optional means of training for undergraduate elementary education students. The traditional program and the TEAM Project coexisted as the two avenues to teacher licensure over a span of three years.

The evaluation of TEAM's efforts and outcomes was needed to aid program decisions in the college of education at St. Cloud State Univer sity. The study would also generally contribute to research about teacher education.

Procedure: The evaluation …

The Effects Of Imaginal Strategies, Trait Anxiety And Sex Differences On Skin Temperature And Attentional Bias, Ryan D. Jagim

Theses and Dissertations

Past research has suggested the potency of imagery in mediating peripheral skin temperature changes (Maslach, Marshall & Zimbardo, 1972). Imagery has also been found to be a relevant variable in the research area of brain lateralization (Morgan, McDonald & McDonald, 1971). The present study drew these rather divergent lines of research together by utilizing imagery as the common factor. This study investigated the relationship between hemispheric laterality and autonomic laterality by concomitantly monitoring bilateral skin temperature and lateral hemispheric activation as measured by attentional bias (Kinsbourne, 1970). In addition, the present study provided a test of the potency of imaginal …

A Study Of Friedrich Durrenmatt's Hero In Romulus Der Grosse, Der Besuch Der Alten Dame, And Die Physiker, Helen Weber Hausler

Theses and Dissertations

The fact that Durrenmatt is a writer of Komodien is well-known. He maintains that in depicting the present, comic elements must be used in order to create distance between the action on the stage and the audience. This does not mean that the tragic is entirely impossible, but rather that a portrayal of the tragic can only be attained through the comedy. And indeed the outcome of a Durrenmatt Komodie better resembles that of the tragedy than that of the comedy. Keeping in mind that there is then a mixture of the comic and the tragic, it is the purpose …

Examination Of The Therapeutic Process In A Juvenile Probation Setting And Further Validation Of The Group Assessment Of Interpersonal Traits (Gait), Douglas D. Knowlton

Theses and Dissertations

The present study was undertaken to examine several questions ranging from simple, direct, detailed examination of juvenile probation officer behavior in a county juvenile court system, to a more technical question—Does this study provide additional validation of the Group Assessment of Interpersonal Traits? In addition, the study locks at the relationship between probation officer's verbal behaviors and their ratings of Therapist Talent.

Twelve juvenile probation officers (full-time and volunteer) and their probationers agreed to have four individual sessions audio recorded. Randomly selected segments of these tapes were rated by two sets of raters. Their verbal behaviors were categorized and ratings …

Willingness To Self-Disclose And Attraction For The Therapist As Functions Of Subject-Therapist Matching On Conceptual System And Attitude Direction, Robin Foster

Theses and Dissertations

The main purpose of the investigation was to study willingness to -self-disclose and attraction for the therapist as functions of matching subjects and construed therapists for similarity/dissimilarity of attitude direction and concreteness/abstractness of conceptual system. A secondary purpose was to investigate willingness to selfd^ sclose and interpersonal attraction as functions of the conceptual system of the subject and the professional status of construed therapists.

A pool of undergraduates was given the "This I Believe Test" (Harvey, Hunt, and Schroder 1961) which were independently scored by two judges and used to select 16 male and 16 female subjects clearly representative of …

Relative Hemispheric Involvement During Arousal And Inhibition Of Affect, Steven L. Shearer

Theses and Dissertations

The predominant view of hemispheric contributions to emotional ity focuses upon the inherent emotionality of the right hemisphere, in contrast to the logical, rational, nonemotional characteristics of the left hemisphere. However, recent research has also implicated contri butions of the left hemisphere during affective arousal (d'Elia & Perris, 1973, 1974; Ehrlichman & Wiener, Notes 10, 11; Harman & Ray, 1977; Tucker, Antes, Stenslie & Barnhardt, 1978; Tucker, Roth & Shearer, Note 7). Some reports have implicated the left hemisphere in negative affect (Ehrlichman & Wiener, Notes 10, 11; Harman & Ray, 1977), and the right hemisphere in positive affect (Ehrlichman …

Relationship Of Selected Personal, Academic, And Interest Factors To Predictability Of First Year Bookkeeping/Accounting Achievement In North Dakota Public Secondary Schools, Leah Rose Pietron

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

On Being Out Of Body, Bradford John Eaton

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

No abstract provided.

May 3, 1979, University Of North Dakota

University Senate Meeting Minutes

Minutes from the May 3, 1979, meeting of the University Senate. 41 pages

May 1979, University Of North Dakota Alumni Association

ALL: UND Alumni Review Master List

May 1979 issue of "The University of North Dakota Alumni Review." 8 pages

Volume 61, Number 9

Expectation For The Role Of Cooperative Special Education Director As Perceived By Superintendents Of Schools, Teachers Of Special Education, And Directors Of Special Education In North Dakota, Robert R. Duncan

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to attempt to clarify the role expectations held for the cooperative special education director in the State of North Dakota as perceived by public school superintendents, public school special education teachers, and public school special education directors.

A three section questionnaire was constructed by the author. The first two sections asked the respondent to rank in order of importance seven role performances and six personal characteristics commonly associated with the role of the cooperative special education director. The third section asked the respondent to complete twenty forced choice questions dealing with typical administrative problem …

Historical Development Of The Teaching Of Writing, John P. Landwehr

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Sensory Integration With Public School Children : A Pilot Study., Jane A. Jedlicka

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

No abstract provided.

The Suit Of Alienation Of Affections: Can Its Existence Be Justified Today, Gregory L. Thompson

North Dakota Law Review

No abstract provided.

Constitutional Law - Search And Seizure - Random Automobile Stops Lacking Reasonable Suspicion Of Criminal Violation Held Unconstitutional, Cory Carlson

North Dakota Law Review

No abstract provided.

January 1979, University Of North Dakota Alumni Association

ALL: UND Alumni Review Master List

January 1979 issue of "The University of North Dakota Alumni Review." 8 pages

Volume 61, Number 5

Social Security And Public Welfare - Federal Assistance And State Cooperation, Statutes, And Regulations In General - Statute Disallowing Payment Of Medicaid Funds For Therapeutic Abortions Held Invalid, Sandra L. Tabor

North Dakota Law Review

No abstract provided.

Grammatical Relations In Universal Grammar, Donald G. Frantz

Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session

From the introduction: "[W]e shall look at a number of recurring language phenomena involving grammatical relations. Because most of these allow a universal formulation only in terms of relational networks rather than linear or constituent structures, we shall make use of Postal and Perlmutter's promising framework, generally referred to as Relational Grammar (RG)."