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Thomas Hardy's Victorian Gothic: Reassessing Hardy's Fiction And His Gothic Sensibility, Norma Walrath Goldstein

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A Daily School-Wide Writing Program (K-12): Methods And Theories, Idea Handbook, And Reference Guide, Kathryn Petrone O'Hare

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Peer Assessment As A Predictor Of School Outcomes For Handicapped And Nonhandicapped Students In Mainstream Settings, Mark A. Schreffler

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The Effect Of Modality Of Presentation On Judicial Processes, Lois Ann Wims

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A Study Of Rock Music Videos As The Poetry Of Secondary Orality, Barbara Rose Laboissonniere

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Response Elimination Using Response-Contingent And Response-Contiguous Schedules, Thomas S. Rieg

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The experiment collected both molar and molecular data to compare the effect Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (DRO), Fixed Time (FT), Variable Time (VT), and Extinction (EXT) schedules of reinforcement have on decreasing the frequency of a trained response in rats. The purpose of comparing these schedules was to investigate the relationship between responses and reinforcements in order to determine whether contingency theory or contiguity theory explains the differential effects frequently reported in the literature. Collecting data at both the molar and molecular level allowed a more conclusive theoretical explanation of the suppressive effects seen with these schedules. The experiment …

Relationships Between Communication Style Variables And Sales Effectiveness, Elaine M. Notarantonio

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This research involves two studies which investigated the relationship of communication style variables with effective sales performance. Norton's (1978) communication style construct was used as a guiding framework.

Study 1, examined 74 real estate agents' self-reports of communication style, performance and general sales practices used. In addition, objective measures of respondent's performance were obtained from company records.

A stepwise regression analysis revealed the construct of precise as the only significant predictor of income. A step-wise discriminant analysis showed that the constructs of precise and impression-leaving were significant discriminators among groups of salespeople who were categorized based on income.

A cluster …

Locus Of Control: Development Of Perceived Contingency And Perceived Competence In Children, Anthony Traniello

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A two phase study is reported on the same 100 preschool and grade five children which investigates the relationship between age and locus of control. Phase 1 examined reliabilities and validities of the Children's Locus of Control Scale and a Piaget-type measure of chance conceptualization in consideration of evidence that the relationship between age and internal locus of control reflects two control relevant constructs, perceived competence and perceived contingency. The two scales were found to be reliable and valid. Results suggested a direct relationship between perceived competence and chronological age, and an inverse relationship between perceived contingency and chronological age. …

A Descriptive Analysis Of Dialogue And Inner Speech In Selected Works Of Fiction, Raymond H. Clines

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A Comparison Of Psychotherapy-Changers And Self-Changers In A Naturalistic Environment, Dana Lynn Penney

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Object Representation In Marital Partners, Charlotte Elizabeth Denton

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Reliability Modeling And Analysis Of A Loosely-Coupled Distributed Computing System (Lcdcs), Taein Hwang

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Picture Images Of Girls And Women In Children's Literature, Diane M. Turner-Bowker

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The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the underlying meanings conveyed by media images to preschool age children in three samples of award-winning picture books. One general hypothesis was that female characters would be underrepresented in illustrations found in children's picture books relative to male characters. A second hypothesis was that female characters would more often be portrayed in subordinate and degrading images than male characters. It was predicted that girls/women would be presented more often than boys/men in traditional and passive roles, shorter, below, behind, in deference (bent over, head tilted), as objects of ownership (arm-lock, shoulder-hold, …

The Relationships Among School Climate Perceptions, Student Personality, Family Perceptions, And Social Strata In Explaining School Misbehavior, Steven Colucci

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The Poetry Of A. D. Hope, Robert James Darling

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Psychological Attachment Among Eating Disordered Adolescents, Robin Eva Gibbs

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A Social Fabric Model Of Block Satisfaction, Eric Todd Jones

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The Relationship Of Psychoeducational Assessment Data To Learning Disability Placement Decisions, Martha J. Lally

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Charles Dickens' Self-Destructive Women, Thomas George Mellor

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Development Of An Observational Coding System For Assessing The Processes Of Change In Psychotherapy Sessions, Daniel O'Connell

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Psychological Factors Related To Contraceptive Use By Unmarried College Women, Maryann Araujo Paxson

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"A Map With Utopia": Oscar Wilde's Vision For Social Change, Jody Lauren Price

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Cooperation And Competition In Children With Attention Deficit Disorder, David Michael Rice

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The Interconnection Between Couples' Relationship Behavior And Their Perception Of Their Relationship, Kevin Gerard Tobin

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Self-Reports Of Depression Of Recently Abstinent Alcohol Troubled Persons, Paul D. Williams

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Family Functioning And Sibling Adjustment In Families With A Handicapped Child, Margaret Ann Gruszka

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The Chthonic Heroine: Revision And Reemergence Of The Archetype, Meredith Anne Powers

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Mood Disorders Following Stroke, Robert Andrew Stern

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Learned Helplessness As A Function Of Social Structure, William T. Oswald

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The present study explored the development of learned helplessness. The major question examined whether learned helplessness and its related attributional style were global or situation specific. It was hypothesized that the more bureaucratically structured a situation was perceived to be the more learned helplessness would be manifested. It was argued that the relationship between organizational control and individual commitment could be explained by the reformulated learned helplessness hypothesis.

Subjects in the study were 154 college freshmen and sophomores aged 18 to 24. All subjects completed a questionnaire which assessed individual characteristics (socioeconomic status, locus of control and previous experience in …

Differential Effects Of Methylphenidate And Experience: Dose-Response And Familiarity, Sheila O'Brien Quinn

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