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The Sensory Motor Effects Of Movement Education In A Sample Of First And Second Grade Boys And Girls In Starkweather Public School, Starkweather, North Dakota, Patricia Ordahl

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A History Of The North Dakota State School Of Science, 1946-1975, Paul T. Nelson

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National Character And The Napoleonic Appeal : American And British Historians View Napoleon, William Leigh Adams

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A Study Of Attitudes Toward Reading, A James Flinton

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The Differential Effects Of Group Emotional Climate In Four Types Of Counseling Groups., Bruce K. Thordal

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No abstract provided.

A Multidimensional Evaluation Structure Analysis Of Holland's Occupational Typology., James Allan Henry

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The Relationship Of Placement Credential Variables To The Employment Of Nonemployment Of College Graduates., Stephen Blaine Hurd

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A Study Of The Ontology Of Evil In The Educational Philosophy Of Martin Buber, Laud Oswald Vaught

Theses and Dissertations

Martin Buber preferred to be known as a philosophical anthropologist rather than a philosopher, theologian, or teacher. Any of these titles are properly used since the scope of his writings contribute significantly to each of these fields.

It is the purpose of this paper to show that what he had to say concerning the Ontology of Evil is significant in the study of educational theory and that his own educational philosophy was influenced by his presuppositions concerning the nature of evil.

Chapter II is devoted to the literature relating to the basic elements of this study: the problem of evil, …

Behavioral Effects Of Postnatal Zinc Deficiency And Kryptopyrrole In The Rat, Peter C. Peterson

Theses and Dissertations

Zinc deficiency has been shown to have a wide range of behavioral effects in the rat. The experiments presented below were conducted to determine the effects of postnatal zinc deficiency (birth-21 days) on avoidance learning and on measures of emotionality. Kryptopyrrole, a substance which has been shown to produce "catatonic" freezing behavior and atypical electrical activity in rat brains, was administered to half of the Ss to study possible zinc deficiency-kryptopyrrole interactions.

Dams were made zinc deficient from the day of delivery until day 21 on a diet contaning less than 1 ppm zinc. Two dietary control groups were used: …

The Relationship Between Attitudes Toward Women's Roles And Field Dependence-Independence In College Students, Patricia A. Torness

Theses and Dissertations

One rather consistent finding from studies involving field dependence-independence is that males are more field independent, more articulated in their approach to certain perceptual tasks, than females. It appears that socialization factors and sex-role identification relate to the development of field dependence or field independence. If society plays a part in the development of individual differences in field dependency, a change in society such as the present movement toward greater equality in sex roles could possibly influence sex differences in field dependency. The present study attempts to assess the effect of attitudes favoring traditional roles for women vs. more liberal …

Personality Dimensions Of Drinking Patterns In Hospitalized Male Alcoholics, Donald J. Mccullagh

Theses and Dissertations

Research concerning alcoholism and personality has often been based upon the single syndrome concept of alcoholism. At the theoretical level it has been recognized that different personality patterns exist among alcoholics. However, few researchers have addressed themselves to this area. The purpose of this study was to determine whether a relationship existed between alcoholic drinking patterns and alcoholism severity based on the responses to the Alcohol Use Questionnaire and personality traits as measured by Cattell's Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire.

The sample consisted of 101 white males admitted to a midwestern alcoholism treatment center during a three month period in 1974. …

A Comparison Of Resistance Training Techniques And Their Effect On The Running Speed Of College Football Players, Josiah H. Bartlett

Theses and Dissertations

This study was undertaken to determine which of the three most popular methods of resistance training, when used as a supplement to football practice, would have the greatest effect on increasing the running speed of the college football player.

Forty-two freshman and sophomore football players at the Univ- \ ersity of Minnesota Technical College - Crookston served as subjects. The subjects were divided into three experimental groups. Experimental Group I participated in football practice and isotonic resistance training, Experimental Group II participated in football practice and isometric resistance training, and Experimental Group III participated in football practice and resistance running …

The Effect Of Success And Failure Experiences On Self Concept In Retarded Children, Candace Joan Varvil

Theses and Dissertations

The object of this study was to examine the relationship, if any, between success and failure experiences and self-concept in retarded children. The Piers-Harris Children's Self-Concept Scale was administered to 30 institutionalized mentally retarded children at the Grafton State School. Following the administration of the pretest, the subjects were divided into three groups, two experimental and one control. Each group was further subdivided into a high and a low self-concept group on the basis of pretest performance. The groups were generally comparable with respect to chronological age and sex. Experimental group A was exposed to a success experience, experimental group …

December 1974, University Of North Dakota Alumni Association

ALL: UND Alumni Review Master List

December 1974 issue of "The University of North Dakota Alumni Review." 8 pages

Volume 57, Number 4

Attraction Of A Senior Citizen To A Hypothetical Stranger As A Function Of The Stranger's Age, Sex, And Attitude Similarity, Carl R. Westphal

Theses and Dissertations

The present study was designed to examine the variables which affect attraction in a senior citizen population. In particular, variables which have been shown to affect attraction in younger persons were examined as to their relevancy to older subjects. It was predicted that a stranger’s age, sex, and proportion of similar attitudes would have a significant effect on a senior citizen's attraction rating of the stranger.

A stranger’s age, sex, and proportion of similar attitudes were varied according to a 3 (proportion of similar attitudes) X 3 (age of stranger) X 2 (sex of stranger) factorial design. Male and female …

Kenneth Patchen Picture-Poems, Laurel J. Reuter

Theses and Dissertations

The problem was to present an exhibition of the works of Kenneth Patchen to the University of North Dakota community; to augment the exhibition with a published catalog which would give the uninitiated viewer a sense of Patchen's place in both literature and the visual arts; to accompany the catalog, in thesis form, with a critical article about Patchen’s work.

The procedure involved the following steps: (1) A compilation of a Patchen bibliography. (2) A week in California with Mrs. Patchen during which time I surveyed the artist's entire output of picture-poems and, based upon my critical judgment of the …

Early Postnatal Zinc Deficiency And Aggression In The Rat, Mark J. Hanlon

Theses and Dissertations

The effects of a transitory zinc deficiency on subsequent aggression were assessed. Eleven Sprague Dawley dams were assigned to three dietary conditions.on days 1—21 postpartum. They were fed either a low zinc diet (less than 1 ppm) or an equal amount of the same diet but with zinc supplementation via their water supply, or unrestricted amounts of the zinc supplemented regimen. Within the first two days postpartum, litter sizes were equalized. All dams were returned to zinc adequate diets on day 22, and the pups were weaned on day 24. Food intake data for pups and dams were recorded as …

United States Copper Corporations And The Denationalization Of Chile, Gail Manning

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

No abstract provided.

November 1974, University Of North Dakota Alumni Association

ALL: UND Alumni Review Master List

November 1974 issue of "The University of North Dakota Alumni Review." 8 pages

Volume 57, Number 3

October 1974, University Of North Dakota Alumni Association

ALL: UND Alumni Review Master List

October 1974 issue of "The University of North Dakota Alumni Review." 8 pages

Volume 57, Number 2

The Treatment Of Anxiety In The Physically Disabled By Three Different Variations Of Systematic Desensitization, Robert H. O'Neill

Theses and Dissertations

Systematic desensitization has become a major technique for the direct removal of maladaptive anxiety. The basic method consists of pairing progressive muscle relaxation with the imagination of anxiety producing scenes. The scenes are arranged in a hierarchy with those scenes at the top eliciting little or no anxiety and those scenes at the bottom eliciting a great deal of anxiety. It has been hypothesized that the process of progressive muscle relaxation inhibits the development of anxiety in the presence of anxiety evoking stimuli and weakens the bond between those stimuli and the anxiety. Recently, several investigators have, suggested that any …

The Relationship Of Sprinting Speed Performance And Strength Performance Per Unit Of Body Weight, Charles E. Hanish

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine whether a relationship existed between sprinting speed performance and strength performance per unit of body weight.

A Non-Probability sample, consisting of twenty-nine football players from Fargo North High School was used. All subjects were tested in strength and speed performance and a correlation was made between the scores on each test.

The speed performance test consisted of each subject sprinting the 40-yard dash in a series of four trials. The mode score was used to reduce timer error. All subjects ran the trials alone and started when they were ready. This was …

The Effectiveness Of Dusting As A Reinforcer For The Chinchilla (Chinchilla Lanigera), Kenneth R. Redman

Theses and Dissertations

The Chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera) has been observed to frequently roll in fine dust when it is available. It was hypothesized that such material would have strong reinforcing properties to a chinchilla which had been deprived of bathing in dust.

A straight alley runway was used with start latency and running speed to dust in the goal box as the dependent variables. Fifty-four chinchillas were randomly assigned to equal cells of a 3 by 3 matrix in which hours of deprivation and duration of reward varied. Each subject was given ten individual trials .

Results of a three-way analysis of variance …

Pre-Implementation Evaluation And Refinement Of A Schoolwide Model For Eliciting Parent-Owned Information Regarding School Program Effectiveness, Alfred M. Mcglinskey

Theses and Dissertations

Problem: This study was concerned with the design, evaluation and refinement of a model which would attempt to organize all the parents from a given school, into a structure and process which would enhance, elicit and legitimize parent contributions to the information base utilized in the schools' decision-making processes.

Procedure: The population of the study included (1) Grand Forks residents whose children attend one of two public elementary schools selected for differences in socio-economic variables, (2) the teachers in those schools, (3) all the district's elementary principals and (4) the district's central office administrators. Each member of the population was …

A Comparison Of The Effects Of Two Different Time-Out Durations On Audible Stuttering Behavior, Duane A. Dale

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine any differences or similarities between the effects of five-second and ten-second time-out durations on the frequency of criterion stuttering behaviors.

Four adults, who exhibited stuttering behavior, were selected as subjects. Each subject was studied individually for four sessions. Each session consisted of five ten-minute segments, including (1) baseline, (2) treatment, (3) extinction, (4) treatment, and (5) extinction. During treatment segments, time-out stimuli of either five-second or ten-second durations were delivered contingent upon the occurrence of each criterion stuttering behavior. Time-out stimuli consisted of a brief period of time during which the subject …

Ella Deloria: A Biographical Sketch And Literary Analysis, Janette K. Murray

Theses and Dissertations

Ella Deloria, a Dakota born on the Yankton Reservation in 1888, was a teacher, speaker, author, and researcher in linguistics and anthropology. One purpose. of this study ·was to present a description of her family background, education, and career. Most of this information was gathered by interviews with her relatives, friends, former students, and professional acquaintances. A second.purpose was to analyze her writings on the language and culture of the Dakota people and to determine her contributions to existing publications by others.

The ancestors of Ella Deloria played important roles in the history of South Dakota. Her great-grandfather, Philippe des …

A Comparison Of Communication Between Friends And Strangers Under Oral And Written Conditions, Raymond F. Venzke

Theses and Dissertations

The primary goal of the communication process is to have the addressee understand the communicator's expressed thoughts or ideas. Three factors which have Been shown to be important are: the relationship between the communicator and addressee (Ferguson, 19^9), the amount of feedback (Leavitt and Mueller, 1951)» and the communication channels used (Duncan, 1969).

The present study attempted to determine if friends communicate more effectively than strangers and if oral communication in a condition permitting nonverbal communication and feedback was more effective than written communication.

Five sets of ten pictures of males were given to each subject. One friend was designated …

A Study Of The Cooperative Practices Involving The Use Of Selected Secondary Public School Facilities By The Recreation Commissions In Rural Minnesota, J. Ross Richardson

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to survey the use of selected public secondary schools by the recreation commissions in rural Manitoba, to determine the amount of, or lack of, cooperative practices between the school district and the recreation commission in these communities, in regard to the commission's use of the school for community recreation.

A single group non-probability sample of all school superintendents from the rural communities in southern Manitoba, that had a recreation commission and a population of between 800 and 4000 people was employed in this study. The questionnaire method was used with a questionnaire constructed by …

The Influence Of Sex Of Administrator On Independent/Dependent Women In A Problem Solving Situation, Morna R. Pederson

Theses and Dissertations

This investigation was designed to study help seeking behavior among women when they are in interaction with males and females. The behavior of women who differed in the personality traits of dependence and independence was observed. After psychological screening with the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule, sixteen independent subjects and sixteen dependent subjects were placed in an anagram problem solving situation in which it was possible to receive help. For one list of anagrams a male helper was present and for another list, a female helper was present. After completion of the anagrams, the subjects rated on 10-point scales their helpers …

Effects Of Three Pre-Competition Meals Upon Subsequent Performance In A Two-Mile Run, Jeffrey D. Fair

Theses and Dissertations

It has always been desired that the meal consumed prior to competition would enhance the athlete's performance. The problem is that no one knows how different pre-competition meals affect the performance of the athlete.

Sixty-eight Oklahoma State University football players ran a two-mile run after consuming one of four treatments-- steak and eggs, pancakes, oatmeal and eggs, and a control meal. Subjects were grouped by football position and blocked in fours based on a pre-test time. Subjects were assigned treatments randomly with each subject in each block having a different treatment. A questionnaire was filled out after testing by the …