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Rehabilitation And Psychological Evaluations Of Claimants Of Portuguese And Puerto Rican Background, Rui R. Rodrigues

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This study outlines specific steps for guiding bilingual psychologists in the administration of psychological testing instruments. The study delineates the discrimination of subtle behavioral responses, the identification of various forms of low motivation, evasiveness, and malingering during the assessment procedure.

One hundred disability immigrant claimants of Portuguese and Puerto Rican background took part in this study. Data on file from their psychological reports was analyzed and two hypotheses were tested. The findings indicate that there is a strong relationship between the subjects' cognitive functioning, their adaptive behavior, and academic achievement in their native countries. There was also a significant relationship …

Biological And Environmental Influences On The Cognitive Development Of Children With Developmental Disabilities, Ruth H. Schennum

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The biological and environmental influences on sensorimotor/cognitive development were studied. Participants were 100 children with developmental disabilities between the ages of 2 and 28 months and their families. Scores from the Rochester Research Obstetric Scale (ROS), Pediatric Complications Scale (PdCS), and Home Observation for the Measurement of the Environment (HOME) were used as independent variables in a multiple regression analysis. The dependent variable was the Mental Development Index (MDI) from the Bayley Scales of Infant Development. Results indicate there is a significant, but moderate relationship between the independent and dependent variables. Very little overlap was found among the independent variables. …

Levels Of Attribution In Psychotherapy, Nancy S. Wilcox

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The Relative Contribution Of Social/Cognitive Processes To Social Competence, Diane Marques

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In the present study, the relationship of linguistic achievement, social problem-solving and empathy to social competence as validated by teachers, peers and self was explored. It was hypothesized that these three developmental processes would be significant predictors of social competence, and that their relative orders of contribution would differ across competence indicators. The subjects in this study were 102 third grade students. After parental consents were obtained, five pencil and paper measures were administered to the students using a group testing format in two sessions. These measures examined language achievement, social problem-solving, empathy, a peer rating of other classmates and …

Creativity, Attention Deployment, And Equilibration, Joseph R. Mcallister Jr.

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This investigation examines the relevance of Piagetian theory for understanding creativity. Selected studies of creativity using a variety of methodologies and deriving from diverse theoretical orientations are reviewed with the purpose of demonstrating a common link among seemingly unrelated investigations, namely, their congruence with a Piagetian theory of creativity.

Three subtopic areas are considered in more detail: attention deployment of creatives, similarities and differences between creatives and schizophrenics, and Kuhn's theory of scientific revolutions. An attempt is made to relate the findings from each of these areas to a Piagetian perspective on creativity.

Subjects were 104 undergraduate student. A tachistoscopic-type …

Causal Inferences Among Perceived Work And Nonwork Stress And Satisfaction, And Psychological Distress: Empirical Tests Of Path-Analytic Models, Jocelyn J. Johnson

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The present investigation was designed to integrate work and nonwork domains in the study of perceived stress, satisfaction, and psychological distress. Causal inferences among perceived work and nonwork stress and satisfaction, and psychological distress were determined by empirically testing two basic path-analytic models depicting causal relationships among those variables.

Data were obtained from a sample of 105 female clerical workers on five variables (work stress, nonwork stress, work satisfaction, nonwork satisfaction, and psychological distress) and support for the contention that work and nonwork domains are interdependent was found. Nonwork variables contributed more to perceived psychological distress than work factors.

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Short Stature In Caucasian Males: Personality Correlates And Social Attribution, Leslie F. Martel

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Given the advent of genetically engineered human growth hormone, there is a pressing need to better understand the personality correlates and impact of short stature in males. One hundred-twenty college age Caucasian males of short, average and tall stature were administered measures of self-concept, body-cathexis, psychological security, and a semantic-differential measure. In addition, a questionnaire regarding the importance of height in daily life was also included.

The broadly-based literature review strongly suggests that short stature in males is a distinct developmental and social liability.

The results of the present study supported the first prediction that short subjects would feel significantly …

Conditioned Reinforcement: Order Out Of Chaos (Secondary Conditioned Incentives, Intra-Cranial Stimulation), Robert Stephen Harris

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Determination Of Iodine In Bread And Fish Using The Iodide Ion-Selective Electrode, Joanne Burkhart Steiner

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An Evaluation Of A School-Based Group Counseling Program For Fourth, Fifth And Sixth Grade Children Of Divorce (Divorce, Counseling), Richard John Ferrante

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An Investigation Of The Effect Of Holocaust Survivor Parents On Their Children (Concentration Camp, Adolescence), Cynthia Budick

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The Immediate Effect Of Vigorous Exercise On Stress-Related Emotions In Women, Nancy P. Cherico

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Rate-Dependency And Attention Deficit Disorder: The Effects Of Methylphenidate On Operant Behavior Controlled By Complex Reinforcement Schedules, George Joseph Dupaul

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Edmund Wilson And The Sociology Of Literature, Joseph R. Fargnoli

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Acquisition Of Self-Efficacy Expectations As A Function Of Task Difficulty, Experience And Social Comparison Information (Attribution), Susan Schulman Kirschenbaum

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Some Factors Related To Self-Esteem In Women (Mother-Daughter Relationship), Robin H. Hasenfeld

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The Relationship Of Linguistic Awareness To Reading Skill In Children And Adults (Literacy, Disability, Phonemic, Language Disorders, Dyslexia), Anne Caroline Pratt

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Cognitive And Learning Processes In Children With Down Syndrome (Assessment), Siegfried M. Pueschel

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Attention Deficit Disorder And Methylphenidate: Personality Changes Following Treatment (Psychostimulants, Hyperactivity), Robert Wayne Siviski

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Studies On The Validity Of The Family Functioning Scale (Assessment, Self-Report), Mark Leon Tavitian

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Edith Wharton And The Re-Shaping Of Legend, Barbara Marie Colavecchio

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An Investigation Of The Effect Of Holocaust Survivor Parents On Their Children, Cynthia Budick

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Studies of the Holocaust have shown that the Concentration Camp victims were traumatized in so massive a fashion as to make a permanent and irreversible change in their character.

The purpose of the present research was to make a direct inquiry into whether the character traits and symptoms of the survivors had an effect on character structure and personality of their children. Further, it was an attempt to distinguish two groups of survivors' children: children of survivors who were adolescents in the Concentration Camps and children of survivors who were adults in the Concentration Camps.

The subjects in this study …

The Role Of The Orientation Response In The Cognitive Control Of Leveling And Sharpening, David J. Libon

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Heart rate orientation responses were taken while subjects were administered two tests of leveling and sharpening. The first leveling and sharpening test was neutral in content while the second was designed to be affectively arousing. Subjects were also administered the aggression scale from the Edwards Personal Preference Scale (EPPS) and classified into low and high aggression groups. It was predicted that the use of attention is a major cognitive distinction between levelers and sharpeners. Heart rate orientation responses were used as a measure of attention. It was predicted that sharpeners would exhibit greater orienting behavior than levelers and these attentional …

Conditioned Reinforcement: Order Out Of Chaos, Robert Stephen Harris

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The empirical research on conditioned reinforcement, after nearly half a century, has failed to yield a coherent and conclusive body of literature to justify its extensive use as a genuine phenomenon and a basic construct within the field of learning. The primary reason for this dilemma is a history of the use of inadequate controls and the use of paradigms which are subject to interpretations other than that of conditioned reinforcement. In order to determine conclusively, the necessary and sufficient conditions for the establishment of a conditioned reinforcement effect, intracranial stimulation of the lateral hypothalamus was used as the primary …

The Relationship Of Linguistic Awareness To Reading Skill In Children And Adults, Anne Csroline Pratt

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Extensive experimental evidence suggests that reading disability is related to linguistic deficits. One linguistic skill, linguistic awareness (awareness of the units that comprise one's language), has been shown to be related to beginning reading skills in young children, but little research has been conducted with older children or adults.

In Experiment 1 of the present study, third-grade good and poor readers were compared on three measures of linguistic awareness and a non-speech control task. Significant differences were found on all three linguistic awareness measures, but not on the non-speech control task. When the sample was divided by verbal and non-verbal …

Some Factors Related To Self-Esteem In Women, Robin H. Hasenfeld

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Previous research has suggested a high positive correlation between agentic characteristics and self-esteem. Psychotherapists have noted, however, that as women clients become more agentic, they experience distress and heightened concerns about betraying their mothers. The present study utilized a non-clinical sample of adult women engaged in the process of personal change (i.e., women reentering college) to explore relationships among the variables of Self-esteem (SE), Fear-of-success (FOS), Educational Goals (EG), Agency (A), Communion (C), agentic similarity to mother (ASI), and comfort with agentic attributes (ACI). In addition, More Advanced and Less Advanced students were compared on these variables. One hundred and …

Recidivism Among Male Dwi First Offenders And Intervention, Michael R. Obolensky

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Perceived Need For Family Services: Alternative Sources Of Needs Information (Needs Assessment, Chronic Schizophrenia; Key Informant), Charlotte I. Giese

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The Impact Of Personality And Systems Variables On Smoking Cessation And Recidivism: An Extension Of The Transtheoretical Model Of Change (Life Events), Duane Valentine Lapsanski

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Adolescent Female Drug Abusers And Their Families: Some Variables Associated With Successful Treatment Outcome, Dorothy M. Bianco

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