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Language Production By Normals Under Conditions Of Personalized Distraction, Penelope Thrasher

Master's Theses

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A Signal Detection Theory Analysis Of Several Psychophysical Procedures Used In Lateralization Tasks, Joseph N. Baumann

Master's Theses

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Easterbrook's Hypothesis And Eyewitness Cue Utilization, Mark R. Hill

Master's Theses

Although well-supported and historically-important, the Yerkes-Dodson research cannot incorporate current findings on the relationship of arousal and selective attention. Easterbrook's hypothesis suggests that arousal produces a narrowing of attention which selects among available stimuli. Whether information is processed depends on the level of arousal and the nature of the task. As arousal increases, Easterbrook predicts more attention directed to central tasks, while superfluous stimuli are progressively removed. The present investigation studied the predictions of Easterbrook' s hypothesis on.incidental memory in a simulated eyewitness case. College students were aroused to either resting, 50, 65, or 85 percent maximum heartrate by their …

The Role Of The Adrenal Cortex In Fat Metabolism Of Meriones Unguiculatus, The Mongolian Gerbil, Saffia Baggia

Master's Theses

The effects of adrenalectomy and corticoid replacement therapies on survival, weight loss, depot fat and blood free fatty acid were studied in Meriones unguiculatus, the Mongolian gerbil. Adrenalectomized gerbils that received cortisol and aldosterone lived significantly longer and lost significantly more weight than the controls (adrenalectomized gerbils not receiving any treatment) and the sham-operated groups. Cortisol and aldosterone treatment were also effective in mobilizing significantly greater amounts of depot fat into free fatty acid. Cortisol and aldosterone treated groups had significantly less blood free fatty acid than the control and the sham-operated groups.

A History Of The Village Of Midlothian, Virginia, Emphasizing The Period 1835-1935, Barbara Irene Burtchett

Master's Theses

An overview of Midlothian from its beginning and particularly for the century 1835 to 1935 reveals a village (unincorporated) that developed to house and provide necessities for the people working in the coal mines. The same village continued to survive when the mines closed because the railroad that had come through the village to serve the local people, provided both freight and passenger services, jobs, and transportation to jobs in Richmond. As more people bought cars and trucks the railroad service dwindled but continued to provide passenger service for the entire first half of the twentieth century. Richmond took a …

The Effects Of Positive And Negative Mental Rehearsal Upon Adolescent Boy's Performance On Mirror Drawing, Jeffrey Alan Betman

Master's Theses

Forty-five adolescent males were divided into three groups of imagery ability based on Marks' Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire. Within the groups of low, medium, and high ability each subject was randomly assigned to one of three mental rehearsal conditions: positive mental rehearsal, negative mental rehearsal or neutral mental rehearsal. Subjects were given the appropriate mental rehearsal instructions and then completed a mirror drawing task. A 3 x 3 (ability level x type of instructions) analysis of variance was performed on the number of errors and elapsed time for the mirror drawing task. Although specific hypotheses had been predicted no …

Locus Of Control And Attribution As Predictors Of Learned Helplessness In Children, Anne Marie Albano

Master's Theses

The present study investigated the predictive value of locus of control and internal-external attribution as they relate to learned helplessness in children. Forty four females and twenty seven males enrolled in the fifth and sixth grades of a private elementary school served as subjects. Subjects were group administered the Nowicki Strickland Locus of Control Scale for Children and the KASTAN Attribution Rating Scale. They were then exposed to a guessing task designed to induce helplessness, and subsequently tested on a persistence task. It was expected that subjects would differ in persistence time based upon their internal-external locus of control orientation, …

An Historicist Perspective On Daniel 11, Frank Wilton Hardy

Master's Theses

Problem The objective of the present study was to establish a rigorous exegetical basis for a historicist interpretation of Dan 11. Method In chapter I the various claims and presuppositions of preterism, futurism, and historicism were contrasted. In chapter II the structure of Dan 11 was examined in terms of both chiastic and linear outline formats, applying the historicist principles discussed in chapter I to the text. In chapter III comparisons were made, with regard to both form and content, between Dan 11 and Dan 8-9. 2 Results It was shown that the narrative of Dan 11 is oriented toward …

Force Measurement And Design Of A Torquing Highpull Headgear, John William Tabash

Master's Theses

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Investigation Of Several Procedural Modifications To Delta Plot Methodology, Rita Karwacki Bode

Master's Theses

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The Distribution Of Recreational Facilities In Chicago: An Empirical Analysis Of The Public Policy Of The Chicago Park District, Greg Slusarczyk

Master's Theses

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Ethics And Science In Psychotherapy, Jeffrey M. Kunka

Master's Theses

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Rorschach Content Elaboration: An Exploratory Study, Mary Angela Yerkes

Master's Theses

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A Study Of The Relationship Between Neonatal Characteristics And Attachment Behavior In Infants At Twelve Months, Janice M. Kowalski

Master's Theses

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Postdivorce Preventive Intervention With Preschoolers And Their Family: A Multiple Approach Stressing Coparenting, Solange M. Cubie-Roca

Master's Theses

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The Experience Of Grace And Suffering In Selected Writings Of Mother Maria Kaupas, Linda Strozdas

Master's Theses

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The Effects Of Parents' Marital Status, Intrafamilial Conflict, And Developmental Phase On Attitudes Towards Marriage, Nancy K. Moersch

Master's Theses

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The Behavioral Display Of Power And Intimacy Motivation, Jeffrey Robert Wilbert

Master's Theses

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A Review Of Outcome Studies Of Rational-Emotive Therapy, 1977-1981, Terrance E. Mcgovern

Master's Theses

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The Relationship Between State And Prandial Condition In High-Risk And Healthy Infants, Lorraine M. Hall

Master's Theses

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Influence Of Stress Due To Circumcision On Sleep State Organization In The Neonate, Dalma Kalogjera

Master's Theses

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Adults' Responses To Infant State Patterns, Linda Vest Klein

Master's Theses

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Associative Disturbance In Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorders, And Major Affective Disorders: Comparisons Between Hospitalization And One-Year Followup, Francine R. Rattenbury

Master's Theses

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Psychiatric Diagnosis And Length Of Illness As Predictions Of Outcome, Judith Lechert Fudala

Master's Theses

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Capital Punishment : Public Opinion And Abolition In Great Britain During The Twentieth Century, Carol A. Ransone

Master's Theses

Some form of capital punishment has been practiced for as long as there has been recorded history. Early laws were generally harsh and failed to consider the impact of crime on society. In 621 B.C. the Code of Dracon recorded the laws observed in Athens. The Code of Dracon revealed that almost all offences were punishable by death. Two centuries later a more humanitarian attitude was expressed in Greece. Plato believed in the segregation and reform of the criminal rather than his execution.

In England the death penalty for felony convictions was traced to the reign of Henry I. It …

A Study Of Deuteronomic And Priestly Legislation With Particular Reference To Clean And Unclean Foods, Vivienne J. Fletcher-Watts

Master's Theses

Problem The laws of clean and unclean foods in Lev 11 and Deut 14: 3:21 have fascinated and perplexed generations of b ib lica l scholars. A great v ariety of suggestions have been proposed as reasons fo r the distin ctio n between the clean and unclean animals. Modern b ib lica l scholars claim, however, that the Levitical and Deuteronomic codes are in tern a lly inconsistent. These claims are of s u ffic ie n t magnitude that i f true might c a ll into question the assumption th at both were given by God at …

Field Dependence As A Factor In Eyewitness Accounts, Charlotte Sue Lerch

Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between field dependency and performance on an eyewitness task. Sixty four college students participated in the experiment. Subjects were divided into two groups, field dependent and field independent, based on their scores on the Group Embedded Figures Test (Witkin et al. , 1971). All the subjects viewed a series of slides depicting a wallet snatching incident and, after completing a short, filler activity, filled out a thirty item questionnaire on the slides. After a two day interval, the subjects read a summary paragraph of the wallet snatching incident. This paragraph …

Behavior Of Depressed Subjects In Impersonal And Interpersonal Situations, Linda. Brownell

Master's Theses

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Power, Politics And Public Policy: Bureaucratic Power In The Policy Process, Donald L. Schultz

Master's Theses

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An Intensive Case Study Of A Candidate's Experience, Richard F. Mcgourty

Master's Theses

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