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Perceptions Of Personality From Speech: Effects Of Manipulations Of Acoustical Parameters, Bruce L. Brown, William J. Strong, Alvin C. Rencher Jan 1973

Perceptions Of Personality From Speech: Effects Of Manipulations Of Acoustical Parameters, Bruce L. Brown, William J. Strong, Alvin C. Rencher

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A speech analysis-synthesis system was used to manipulate variance of fundamental frequency and a mechanical rate changer was used to manipulate speech rate. The synthesized and altered voices were tested for realism. Synthesized voices were mistaken for normal 50% to 58% of the time and rate-changed voices were mistaken for normal 78% of the time. Additional studies were conducted to test the effects of these acoustical manipulations on the adjective ratings judges made of speakers. Variance of intonation was increased and decreased by 50% for eight speakers. There was a significantrend for increased intonation to cause voices to be rated …


Fifty‐Four Voices From Two: The Effects Of Simultaneous Manipulations Of Rate, Mean Fundamental Frequency, And Variance Of Fundamental Frequency On Ratings Of Personality From Speech, Bruce L. Brown, William J. Strong, Alvin C. Rencher Jan 1973

Fifty‐Four Voices From Two: The Effects Of Simultaneous Manipulations Of Rate, Mean Fundamental Frequency, And Variance Of Fundamental Frequency On Ratings Of Personality From Speech, Bruce L. Brown, William J. Strong, Alvin C. Rencher

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Utterances of two adults males were analyzed and synthesized by a fast Fourier Transforms method. Each of the two voices was synthesized in each of the twenty‐seven combinations of three levels each of rate, mean FØ, and variance of FØ (a total of fifty‐four “voices” generated from two). The effects of the rate, mean FØ, and variance of FØ manipulations, the interactive effects of rate and variance of FØ, and the effects due to speaker were all statistically significant predictors of personality ratings given the voices. They accounted for 86%, 4%, 3%, 2%, and I% of the …


Constitutional Law - The Eighth Amendment And Prison Reform, Ronald H. Rosenberg Jan 1973

Constitutional Law - The Eighth Amendment And Prison Reform, Ronald H. Rosenberg

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Marijuana Dog Searches After United States V. Unrue, Fredric I. Lederer, Calvin M. Lederer Jan 1973

Marijuana Dog Searches After United States V. Unrue, Fredric I. Lederer, Calvin M. Lederer

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Cross-Cultural Counseling: Bridge Between Desegregation And Integration. A Study Relative To Group Counseling And Its Impact On Students And Faculty, Leander A. Brown, Richard F. Strub, Lee Rainey Jan 1973

Cross-Cultural Counseling: Bridge Between Desegregation And Integration. A Study Relative To Group Counseling And Its Impact On Students And Faculty, Leander A. Brown, Richard F. Strub, Lee Rainey

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For the past several years; much emphasis has been placed on open enrollment plans involving bussing that enable black and white students to attend schools together. The Laboratory School of the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls has been involved in such a program since 1968. As the project developed; the potential for very serious problems relating to racial tension and student frustration became evident. To approach these problems and to promote more openness and understanding between students from different communities and differing cultural backgrounds; cross-cultural group counseling sessions were developed. The groups during the past two years have …


Look At It This Way: Questions Youth Are Asking Today, C. Mervyn Maxwell Jan 1973

Look At It This Way: Questions Youth Are Asking Today, C. Mervyn Maxwell

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The Paradox Of Pentacostalism, C. Mervyn Maxwell Jan 1973

The Paradox Of Pentacostalism, C. Mervyn Maxwell

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The Effects Of An Individualized Instruction Workshop And Its Related Follow-Up Program On The Attitudes And Behavior Of Selected Elementary Teachers And Their Students: Final Report, Helen Dell, Warren Kallenbach Nov 1972

The Effects Of An Individualized Instruction Workshop And Its Related Follow-Up Program On The Attitudes And Behavior Of Selected Elementary Teachers And Their Students: Final Report, Helen Dell, Warren Kallenbach

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The effects of an individualized instruction workshop and its related follow-up program on the attitudes and behavior of selected elementary teachers and their students were discussed in this report. Participants were teachers in a four-day workshop on individualizing instruction. The workshop included training in classroom procedures, managing physical facilities, utilizing human resources, and developing techniques for encouraging students to be self-managing. Evaluation methods, questionnaires and observation indicated a favorable change in teacher behavior. The effects of the inservice program for teachers indicated little or no affect on student attitude and independent work habits. (Appendixes of related program material and a …


Questions Youth Are Asking Today, C. Mervyn Maxwell Mar 1972

Questions Youth Are Asking Today, C. Mervyn Maxwell

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Enhancement Of Progressive‐Ratio Performance By Chlordiazepoxide And Phenobarbital, Donald M. Thompson Jan 1972

Enhancement Of Progressive‐Ratio Performance By Chlordiazepoxide And Phenobarbital, Donald M. Thompson

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The key pecking of two pigeons was reinforced with food on a progressive‐ratio schedule, which required an increasing number of responses for each successive reinforcement: 8, 16, 24, 32, etc. When the subject failed to complete the next ratio in the sequence within 60 min, the session terminated. The number of responses in the final completed ratio was defined as the “breaking point”. After the breaking point had stabilized (60 sessions), it served as a baseline to assess the effects of varying doses (5 to 80 mg/kg) of chlordiazepoxide and phenobarbital, administered intramuscularly 30 min before the sessions. Both drugs …


The Specific Theory Of Academic Freedom And The General Issue Of Civil Liberty, William W. Van Alstyne Jan 1972

The Specific Theory Of Academic Freedom And The General Issue Of Civil Liberty, William W. Van Alstyne

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Academic freedom has been blurred in law and in popular usage. Its clarification should enable the Supreme Court to grant it explicit protection under the Constitution as an identifiable subset of First Amendment freedoms. Its identification with the professional endeavors of faculty members, moreover, should reduce the tendency of institutions to intrude upon the aprofessional personal liberties of the faculty even while adequately protecting the extramural professional pursuits of the faculty and assuring them of equal protection in their interests as private citizens. Adjustments of standards by the American Association of University Professors, more definitely distinguishing the special accountability of …


A Study Of Cross-Cultural Groups At Malcolm Price Laboratory School; University Of Northern Iowa, Leander A. Brown, Richard F. Strub, Shirlee Rainey Jan 1972

A Study Of Cross-Cultural Groups At Malcolm Price Laboratory School; University Of Northern Iowa, Leander A. Brown, Richard F. Strub, Shirlee Rainey

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A brief history of the integration efforts of the school and the resulting interracial conflict is presented. From this background evolved the cross-cultural groups which are the focus of this paper. Essentially; discussion was used for exploring the issues which were identified as impediments to good relationships within the school; (1) too few black faculty and students; (2) the impact of "Tomism;" (3) geographic location of students' homes; (4) differing interests of black and white students; (5) the need for extra-school interracial contact; and (6) inhibitions; both social and parental; against interracial contact; especially dating. The results of a questionnaire; …


An Assessment Of The Differences Between High And Low Achieving Students. Final Report, Ralph Scott, Jon A. Ford Jan 1972

An Assessment Of The Differences Between High And Low Achieving Students. Final Report, Ralph Scott, Jon A. Ford

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Primarily a longitudinal and quantitative analysis of achievement functioning; this experiment sought to identify factors which promote or impair the learning of individual children. The 683 Junior High students were divided into one of eight groups according to sex; race and whether their seventh grade Iowa Test of Basic Skills Composite score was above or below that expected from their Kindergarten Metropolitan Readiness Test performance. The incidence of males and females making unexpected gains (Ups) or losses (Downs) was approximately the same; but a significantly greater proportion of black children made greater than expected achievement gains. Thirty-three Up Ss were …


Questions Youth Are Asking Today, C. Mervyn Maxwell Oct 1971

Questions Youth Are Asking Today, C. Mervyn Maxwell

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No abstract provided.


State Constitutions For The 20th Century, William F. Swindler Jul 1971

State Constitutions For The 20th Century, William F. Swindler

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No abstract provided.


The Chief Justice And Law Reform, 1921-1971, William F. Swindler Jan 1971

The Chief Justice And Law Reform, 1921-1971, William F. Swindler

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No abstract provided.


Can You Answer This?, C. Mervyn Maxwell Aug 1970

Can You Answer This?, C. Mervyn Maxwell

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No abstract provided.


Can You Answer This?, C. Mervyn Maxwell Jul 1970

Can You Answer This?, C. Mervyn Maxwell

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No abstract provided.


The "New Affirmation" Of "Old" Inspiration, Wilber Alexander Jun 1970

The "New Affirmation" Of "Old" Inspiration, Wilber Alexander

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No abstract provided.


Love And Sexuality Part 3, Charles E. Wittschiebe Mar 1970

Love And Sexuality Part 3, Charles E. Wittschiebe

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No abstract provided.


Can You Answer This?, C. Mervyn Maxwell Feb 1970

Can You Answer This?, C. Mervyn Maxwell

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No abstract provided.


Auto Insurance In New York State, James D. Ghiardi, John J. Kircher Jan 1970

Auto Insurance In New York State, James D. Ghiardi, John J. Kircher

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No abstract provided.


Repeated Acquisition As A Behavioral Baseline, Donald M. Thompson Jan 1970

Repeated Acquisition As A Behavioral Baseline, Donald M. Thompson

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The Boren (1963) technique for studying variables affecting acquisition with an individual-S design was modified and used with pigeons. The sensitivity and reversibility of the steady-state baseline were demonstrated by temporarily removing the different Stimuli correlated with the different members of the chain. This “tandem” probe produced a substantial increase in the number of learning errors. © 1970, Psychonomic Journals, Inc.. All rights reserved.


The Role Of The Judiciary In The Confrontation With The Problems Of Environmental Quality, Gary G. Neustadter Jan 1970

The Role Of The Judiciary In The Confrontation With The Problems Of Environmental Quality, Gary G. Neustadter

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No abstract provided.


Instruction In College Freshman Composition. Final Report., Ross M. Jewell, John Cowley, Gerald Bisbey Jan 1970

Instruction In College Freshman Composition. Final Report., Ross M. Jewell, John Cowley, Gerald Bisbey

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The research attempted to determine whether or not there was any difference between the scores of two groups of juniors; both of which had no freshman composition instruction; but one of which (Group 1) had composition instruction in the junior year and the other (Group 2) had not. Three measures; COOP; CEEB; and a theme; were administered at the end of the sophomore year and again at the time when Group 1 completed the course. Comparisons were made between scores of the two groups; of the males of each group; and of the females of each group. Results are: (1) …


Surrogate Management Of The Property Of The Aged, George J. Alexander Oct 1969

Surrogate Management Of The Property Of The Aged, George J. Alexander

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No abstract provided.


The Role Of The Judiciary In The Confrontation With The Problems Of Environmental Quality, Kenneth A. Manaster Jan 1969

The Role Of The Judiciary In The Confrontation With The Problems Of Environmental Quality, Kenneth A. Manaster

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No abstract provided.


Foreign Studies: Teacher's Guide, James Hantula Jan 1969

Foreign Studies: Teacher's Guide, James Hantula

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Foreign Studies; an elective course for junior and senior students; is a study of selected Asian cultures; including the nations of China; Japan; and India; and of African cultures; including the nations of Nigeria; Ethiopia; and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Asia and Africa are studied from the American cultural viewpoint with emphasis upon the three concepts of culture; ideology; and the comparison of traditional and modern society. This teacher's guide is divided into four main sections. 1) An outline of content is presented from which many generalizations are developed. These generalizations provide the framework for the development of …


Inner-City Education: Are We Failing?, William H. Dreier, John M. Earls Jan 1969

Inner-City Education: Are We Failing?, William H. Dreier, John M. Earls

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These collected papers and reports; many taken from the Professional Education Seminar at the University of Northern Iowa; concentrate on the failure of inner-city education. A number of essays attempt to analyze the role of teachers; administrators; and communities in the failure of inner-city education. Also; there are several field reports on specific cities. Teacher preparation for working with disadvantaged black students in an urban setting is discussed at length. (Editor/JW)


An Ombusdman For Local Government, Tom A. Collins Apr 1968

An Ombusdman For Local Government, Tom A. Collins

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No abstract provided.