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Humanistic Biology: A General Education Approach, Alwynelle S. Ahl, Lawrence R. Krupka, Helen B. Hiscoe, Andrew Mcclary

Perspectives (1969-1979)

In modern man's attempt to understand human nature, two major modes of perceiving human experience, the humanistic and scientific, have often been in conflict. C.P. Snow labelled this dichotomy " the two cultures." As the power of science and accompanying technology have grown in the past forty years, the distance between the two cultures has widened. Reflecting concern about this cleavage, some scientists have attempted to incorporate humanistic perspectives and goals into science. In the area of biology, this humanistic concern is demonstrated by such groups as the Institute of Society, Ethics, and the Life Sciences (Hastings-on-Hudson) and its highly …

University Magaizine Vol. 3 No.4, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Magazine (1963-1980)

• Letters • Motivation • On Campus • Periscope On People • Homecoming '77 • Recommended Reading • Bronco Sports • WMU Foundation Meets • Alumni News • WMU President's Club Grows • Miller Auditorium lOth Anniversary • Phonathon Activities • Estate Planning Ideas • Class Notes • In Memoriam

Some Thoughts On Interdisciplinary Studies, Sidney F. Parham, Peter W. Graham

Perspectives (1969-1979)

The vogue for interdisciplinary courses has led our more crusty and conservative colleagues to complain that such programs represent a mere repackaging of traditional courses, a process that diminishes the value the student receives from traditional courses without broadening or integrating his knowledge. Too often this criticism is just. We should like to argue that a genuinely interdisciplinary approach does not repackage but restructures knowledge in such a way that students are led to consider the nature of knowledge itself and thus, we hope, to think about their own thinking. Such reflection seems to us a decidely traditional goal of …

Social Control Or Social Wage: On The Political Economy Of The "Welfare State", Paul Adams

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Discussion between liberal apologists for the "welfare state" and their radical critics has tended in recent years to focus on the question of "social control." In this area the corporate liberals and social democrats (the "welfare statists") are weak. They talk of the "welfare state" as if, at least in principle, it represented the collective assumption by society of responsibility for the basic needs and dependencies of its members. Insofar as "social control" is relevant for them, it has to do with society's exercise of restraint over the selfish pursuit of private profit.1 Radical critics of the "welfare state," on …

The "Case Work Notebook": An Analysis Of Its Content, Leslie B. Alexander, Philip Lichtenberg

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Although the contemporary trend of the unionization of both professional and non-professional social service workers merits careful examination of both socio-structural and ideological dimensions, the following study is confined to a historical analysis of the professional, more specifically, casework interests of a group of professional social work unionists in the late 1930s, early 1940s. The method of content analysis is used to examine several major themes within a regular section, "The Case Work Notebook," of the journal, Social Work Today, which was the major theoretical organ of the social work union movement.

The Measurement Of Personal Influence In Organization And Community, Roger A. Lohmann

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Discussions of personal influence in situations in communities and organizations are ordinarily abstract and theoretical. In this paper, a practical method for the measurement of influence in interactional terms is developed. The approach combines the use of Likert scales, sociometric techniques and a simplified version of "blockmodeling" using mathematical matrices. The method is outlined using a hypothetical social service agency with a seven-member staff.

Parity, Family Size Preference And The "Value Stretch", Virginia Aldige Hiday, Steven Polgar

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

A two-wave survey of women in their reproductive years living in poverty areas of New York City is used to investigate family size preferences among the poor. The hypotheses that parity affects family size preference and that current parity affects future parity are supported. Implications for future trends in family size preference and for family planning programs are discussed.

Western News, December 15, 1977, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Millionth Book Acquired by WMU Libraries is Rare Edition, Fire Alarms to Be Tested, After 38-Year Interruption; Man; 61; Completes Degree, Plan Campus Information Center on Child Abuse & Neglect, Persell Most Valuable Again, 7,000 Mile Phone Call for Ed.D. Exam

Western News, December 8, 1977, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Report Tonight on Women's National Meet, Explain Job Posting Policy, DeLuca Has Grand, Rapids Exhibition, Patron’s Choice Act II, Features 10 Events, Two Symphonic Bands to Perform, Two Metallurgy Students Cited, Fall Reading Horizons Out, MENC Selects WMU Orchestra, Linguistics Issues 'Informant'

A Report Of An Internship Experience With The Grand Rapids Public Schools Grand Rapids, Michigan, William D. Upton

Masters Theses

This report describes an internship completed at the Business Affairs Office, Grand Rapids Public Schools, Grand Rapids, Michigan, in the summer of 1977.

An internship in the Business Affairs Office was chosen to enrich the intern's conceptual, human, and technical skills pertaining to school business and finance management. The intern actively participated in the daily activities and responsibilities of each of the nine departments which compose the Business Affairs Office. He had the opportunities to confer and interview the department heads and to observe the daily functions of each department. In addition, the intern assisted in the organization and instruction …

The Comparative Effects Of Assignment Size And Pacing Contingencies On The Academic And Social Behavior Of High School Students, Linda M. Campbell

Masters Theses

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Training And Generalization Of Restauranting Skills: Programming Primary Reinforcement For Community Travel, Richard Aart Van Den Pol

Masters Theses

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Curriculum Development At The Ottawa Area Skills Center In The City Of Holland, Weyman V. Helton

Masters Theses

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Effects Of Anticonvulsant Drugs On The Morphological And Neurophysiological Aspects Of An Experimental Model Of Epilepsy, Linda D. Compton

Masters Theses

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Some Effects Of Variable Duration Conditioned Stimuli In A Conditioned Suppression Procedure, Harvey E. Jacobs

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Neuroendocrine Basis Of Nest Building In Mice, Aldair Fiori Simoes Fontes

Masters Theses

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Conditioned Reinforcement: An Attempt To Use Zimmerman Technique With Children, Priscila R. Derdyk

Masters Theses

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Women's Liberation Ideology And Union Participation Among Michigan Women, Marilyn Boyd

Masters Theses

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Assimilation: An Empirical Test Of Milton Gordon's Model On Mexican Americans In Holland, Michigan, Denise L. Tyiska

Masters Theses

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Auditory Discrimination Of Pitch Differences Among Pure Tone And Voice Stimuli, Demetria Bilycia

Masters Theses

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The Effect Of Withdrawal From The Negative Cue On Learning A Simultaneous Discrimination, Carl Merle Johnson

Masters Theses

Three groups of rats learned a black-white discrimination in a Grice box. All subjects were reinforced with food pellets for correct choices. No-Retrace subjects were confined in the negative goal box after errors. Retrace subjects were allowed to withdraw after errors from the negative goal box to the choice point or start box. Take-Out subjects were manually removed from the goal box during errors immediately after inspecting the empty food dish. All subjects were trained to a criterion and then reversal training was instituted. Retrace subjects learned the original discrimination significantly slower than either No-Retrace or Take-Out subjects, which did …