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Economic Indicators As Determinants Of Stock Market Behavior, Lee Franklin

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Developmental Aspects Of Fear Of Success, John R. Lorenz

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

No abstract provided.

A Correlation Study Of The Northwestern Syntax Screening Test And The Grammatic Closure Subtest Of The Illinois Test Of Psycholinguistic Abilities, Karen M. Thompson

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the Grammatic Closure (GC) subtest of the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities (ITPA) and both the receptive and expressive portions of the Northwestern Syntax Screening; Test (NSST-R) (NSST-E). Another aim of this study was to obtain an indication as to whether or not these assessments are more strongly a measure of visual or of auditory comprehension.

The subjects included thirty-eight, children selected from Sacred Heart School in East Grand Forks, Minnesota. The subjects were screened according to established criteria and all subjects who failed to meet the requirements were …

An Investigation Of The Theoretical Relationship Between Personality Factors And Self Concept, Creativity, And Perception Of The Ideal Pupil Among Educators, Shirley Pearson

Theses and Dissertations

Problem: This study investigated selected aspects of teacher personality, teacher self concept, teacher creativity, and teacher perception of the ideal pupil. Attention was given to determining the nature and degree of the relationship between personality, self concept, creativity and perception of the ideal pupil among elementary school teachers.

Procedure: The research was conducted in the Great Falls, Montana Public Schools during the school years 1971-72 and 1972-73. The sample included elementary teachers completing two or more of the instruments used in the study, participating in a Title III, PACE project in-service program.

The following three research questions were proposed and …

A Study Of Nonverbal Behaviors Used By Student Speech Clinicians, Anne L. Mercer

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences between high- and low-rated clinicians in the observed frequency of each of ten selected nonverbal behaviors. Student clinicians, who met certain criteria, were rated independently by two faculty members primarily responsible for supervision of clinicians. Based on these ratings, clinicians were ranked from high to low. The top thirty-three per cent and the lower thirty-three per cent of these clinicians served as the two groups of subjects for this study. The high-rated group was composed of eight clinicians and the low-rated group was composed of six clinicians for a total …

The Effect Of Alpha Brain-Wave Control On The Speech Of Two Adult Stutterers, Randall J. Bjork

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine, compare and describe the effect of alpha brain-wave conditioning upon the speech of two adult stutterers.

Five sessions of baserate measurement were followed by a sequence of conditioning sessions (in which an electronic brain-wave monitor was used to train subjects to control their alpha rhythms), after which the speech of the stutterers was re-evaluated by a procedure which was identical to the baserate procedure. The four speech activities which were investigated were: reading without feedback of alpha-band brain activity from the monitor, monologue without feedback from the monitor, reading with feedback from …

An Experimental Examination Of Cautela's Covert Sensitization As A Smoking Reduction Technique, Jerome Irwin Weiss

Theses and Dissertations

Experimental studies investigating the aversive imagery technique of Covert Sensitization as a cigarette smoking deterrent have not clearly testified to its effectiveness. They have either deviated from Cautela’s technique and/or confounded their results by adding other components to it.

The present study tested the hypothesis that the successful results of Covert Sensitization requires both therapist-administered treatment and instructions that Subjects (Ss) also self-administer treatment. The self-administered treatment (homework) consisted of Ss imagining Covert Sensitization scenes twice a day between meetings with the Experimenter (E).

Thirty-six habitual smokers were randomly assigned to one of three training groups; one group of twelve …

Student Performance And Attitudes In Principles Of Economics, Loren E. Svor

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Relationships Of Achievement Scores In Reading And Language Arts And Selected Variables For Ninth Grade Students In Selected North Dakota Schools, Myra Detweiler Morris

Theses and Dissertations

Problem

The problem was to determine which factors had an effect upon the mean language arts, reading and composite scores reported for ninth grade students in selected accredited North Dakota high schools.

Purpose

The study was designed to:

1. 1. Determine what relationships might exist between achievement scores in reading and language arts, as measured by the Iowa Tests of Educational Development (ITED), and various selected educational and demographic variables.
2. 2. Determine whether and the degree to which change in achievement levels had occurred from 1971 to 1972 and 1973.
3. 3. Determine what differences in mean achievement scores existed between schools …

Relationships Among Personality, Empathic Ability And Counselor Effectiveness, Brian R. Brewer

Theses and Dissertations

Problem

The purpose of this study was to measure personality characteristics and empathic ability of masters level counseling students and then to determine the relationship of these dimensions to independent ratings of their counseling effectiveness. Relationships between personality characteristics and empathic ability were also examined as were differences in personality and empathy between more effective and less effective counselor groups.

Method

The subjects were 34 masters level counseling students enrolled in their first counseling practicum. They completed Form A and Form B of the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF), the measure of personality, and the Affective Sensitivity Scale, the measure …

Appropriate Educational Background For Areawide Comprehensive Health Planning Agency Executive Directors: A Survey, Lawrence W. Olson

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Day Care Experienced Vs. Non-Day Care Experienced Children: A Comparison Of Maturity And Achievement In Grade School, James L. Youngman

Theses and Dissertations

While a considerable amount of evaluative research has been performed in the area of day care, the overwhelming majority of these studies have dealt only with experimental programs aimed at lower class children. The present study was conceived as an evaluation of established day care and preschool programs available to the general community. The study was performed in an Upper Midwest community with a total population of 35*000.

Three groups of fifth-grade students were selected and matched on the bases of age, sex, and family income. Members of Group 1 had no day care experience, Group 2 had 20- 120 …

June 1974, University Of North Dakota Alumni Association

ALL: UND Alumni Review Master List

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

Volume 56, Number 10

Spring Commencement: May 12, 1974, University Of North Dakota

UND Commencement Programs

UND Spring Commencement program from May 12, 1974.

May 2, 1974, University Of North Dakota

University Senate Meeting Minutes

Minutes from the May 2, 1974, meeting of the University Senate. 30 pages

The Rating Of Sexual And Nonsexual Cartoons As A Function Of Repression-Sensitization, William J. Burns

Theses and Dissertations

In the past ten years, since the revision of the Repression- Sensitization Scale (Byrne, Barry and Nelson, 1963) a growing number of investigators have attempted to relate the R-S scale to an approach- avoidance continuum of defensive behavior. The few studies that have used sexual stimuli to produce a threat response have not obtained very consistent results. The present study has focused on the relationship between the R-S scale and the humor rating of cartoons. Through the use of Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability scores, repressors were differentiated into defensive and nondefensive.

The independent variable involved the presentation of two types of …

Physiological And Behavioral Effects Of Zinc Deficiency In Rats, Michael Charles Rowe

Theses and Dissertations

The studies presented below concern the physiological and behavioral effects of zinc deficiency. One group of dams were fed a zinc- deficient diet from the morning of day 14 to the morning of day 19 of the pregnancy. A second group was given the same amount of food as was eaten by their zinc-deficient counterpart (pair-fed) plus water containing 50 ppm zinc, thus they were not zinc-deficient but did experience starvation. A third group was fed the diet ad libitum and given the zinc-supplemented water. Dams' food intake, weight gain, food efficiency and pups per litter were determined. Pups' birth …

Cross Exercise: A Comparison Of Electromyographic Recordings During Maximal Static Performance Of The Vastus Lateralis Muscle, Jeffrey S. Monroe

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to investigate the transient response of cross exercise during maximum static performance by electromyography. Thirty male athletes performed maximum static exercise at 115 degrees extension of the knee. Action potentials generated in this dominant exercising and nondominant, nonexercising vastus lateralis muscles were compared to determine whether or not the nonexercising muscle was affected during exercise.

Surface electrodes were attached to both vastus lateralis muscles. The muscular impulses were recorded on a Grass Five Polygraph. The amplitude of the EMG tracings were then measured to determine the relative quantity of stimulus that each muscle received …

The Effect Of Response Cost On Misarticulation, E. Heather Mackenzie

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of response cost on percentage of error production with children who misarticulate.

Six elementary school children enrolled in articulation therapy were selected as subjects. Baseline measures of target phoneme error production were obtained by having the subjects construct sentences, using words presented to them verbally by the experimenter.

The effect on percentage of error production of two different ratios of token gain to token loss and positive reinforcement alone was investigated. Also, the effects during extinction of the three different contingencies were studied. During the treatment sequence, subjects were placed …

How Stated Purposes For Reading Affect Reading Comprehension Scores Of Fifth Grade Students In A Midwestern Suburban School District, Larry M. Brady

Theses and Dissertations

The Problem: The purpose of this investigation was to study the performance of fifth grade students on reading comprehension under two conditions: (1) when stated purposes for reading were provided prior to reading, and (2) when stated purposes were not provided prior to reading. A second purpose of the investigation was to determine whether the effect of providing purposes for reading is different at various cognitive levels.

The Procedure: The sample for this investigation was comprised of students enrolled in the thirty-two fifth grade classrooms of Independent School District #191, Burnsville, Minnesota. The subjects were assigned by classroom unit to …

A System Application To The Classical Functions Of Managements, Gregory A. Spilker

Theses and Dissertations

This study compares the traditional approach to the functions of management with the systems approach these same functions, an examination and tabulation of classical management functions is conducted, this approach is then contrasted and compared current innovations in the system concept of management, A model is developed show how systems thinking applies in a classical structure, Overall, it is concluded that the systems approach does have validity of application,

An Analytical Comparison Of Student Achievement In Pitman Shorthand And Pitman Shorterhand, Lucette Paquette Sscj

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

May 1974, University Of North Dakota Alumni Association

ALL: UND Alumni Review Master List

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

Volume 56, Number 9

The Prevalence Of Speech And Hearing Disorders Among Inmates At The North Dakota State Penitentiary, Pamela Kay Strom

Theses and Dissertations

This study was designed to determine the prevalence of speech and hearing disorders at the North Dakota State Penitentiary. Recommendations for suitable follow-up services for speech and hearing disorders were made to the administrative staff of the penitentiary.

Subjects for this study consisted of eighty-seven male inmates at the North Dakota State Penitentiary. The speech of each subject was evaluated to identify speech disorders of articulation, voice, and/or fluency. Articulation disorders were identified from scores obtained by the subjects on the Arizona Articulation Proficiency Scale ReVised. Voice and fluency disorders were identified on the basis of the examiner's clinical experience …

The Use Of Multidimensional Perceptions As Predictors Of Successful Adjustment For Mentally Retarded Adults And Psychiatric Patients, David L. Hanson

Theses and Dissertations

Six investigations ware conducted to determine the efficacy of employing modifications of the Multidimensional Evaluation Structure Analysis (MESA) methodology to the predictive task of assessing potential vocational outcome for mentally retarded adults and psychiatric patients. Five of the investigations dealt xvLth mentally retarded adults who were seeking or had obtained vocational placement positions. A sixth investigation dealt with psychiatric patients (inpatients and outpatients) and their probable community adjustment success.

Each of the six subject groups (referred to as stimulus-persons) were evaluated by their respective judge group from four different agencies. The SS-1 and SS-2 stimulus-person groups (N = 10 and …

An Analysis Of Job Characteristics And Responsibilities Of Legal Secretaries In Selected Law Firms In California With Implications For Curriculum Revision, Marylynne Ward

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Study Of Minnesota And North Dakota Industrial Requirements For The Employment Of An Industrial Technologist, Patrick A. Remfert

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Megavitamin Therapy : Treatment Of Childhood Disorders, Justine Billing

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

No abstract provided.

The Emotional Care Of Children With Cancer And Their Families, Jo Anne L. Solberg

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

No abstract provided.

A Study Of The Effects Of Training In Decision-Making On Selected Factors Of Self-Concept, Certainty Of Vocational Choice And Appropriateness Of Vocational Choice., Milton Curtis Olsen

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.