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The Construction Of An Instrument To Measure Career Indecision., Mark W. Anderson

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The purpose of this study was to construct an instrument to measure career indecision from a multidimensional perspective. The instrument was comprised of three scales. Each was designed to correspond to a different dimension of career indecision. The research consisted of two related stages. The first stage focused on the construction of the three scales including item development. The second stage involved the examination of the psychometric properties of the scales. In so doing, the internal consistency, temporal stability, independence, and relationship of the three developed scales with external criteria were assessed.Item development initially involved the analysis of the three …

An Investigation And Analysis Of The Epistemological Premises Inherent In Music Education Which Enable The Student To Actualize The Listening Process (Learning, Individual)., James Lee Croonquist

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The study was undertaken to determine the potential of the listening process in music for use by the learner. It focused on the epistemological premises of the instructional mode, particularly with reference to the use of the creative process as a form of learning which is realized through Susanne Langer's emphasis on actualization. In the study, an examination was made of the nature of the relationships that exist between the subject (the learner) and the object (the music). Emphasis was given to those relationships which enable the learner in his or her use of a knowledge base to transcend it …

Stereotypic Behaviors In Blind Children: Relationships To Motility Behaviors Of Autism (Rubella, Retrolental Fibroplasia, Self-Stimulation)., Landa J. Iverson

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Purpose. This study was designed as an investigation of stereotypic behaviors in blind children and their relationship with autism. Attempts were made to determine the similarities and differences of various groups of blind children in displaying stereotypic behaviors. Specifically, these groups were: (1) those with rubella, (2) those with retrolental fibroplasia, and (3) those blinded by other causes.Procedure. A total of twenty-six blind children were selected from two residential schools for the blind. Each child's cumulative file was reviewed for background information. Systematic observations were conducted on each child for presence of autistic-motility behaviors and eye-oriented behaviors. Observation was for …

Causal Interpretation Level And Perceptions Of The Counseling Process (Attributions, Therapy)., John Llewellyn Kube

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Two forms of causal interpretation, one tentative and one declarative, were compared in this study with each other and with a noninterpretative response to explore their effects on the counseling process. The responses reflect differing levels of causal interpretation, defined by the degree of directiveness or level of counselor input. To examine the effect different counselors might have, each response was presented by a similar male or female counselor.In a randomized group posttest only design, 220 student subjects in two samples viewed a videotaped counseling vignette and completed a rating instrument. Assessed were perceptions of the counselors' attractiveness, expertness, and …

Visits. (Original Writing; Short Stories, Play)., June Janelle Masters

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Visits is a creative dissertation consisting of eight short stories, a one-act play, and a critical introduction. The stories deal with the members and friends of the Becker family; Zan is the chief character, having a major role in six of the stories. The play is about the characters that were left out of the stories or who were given only minor parts and serves as a humorous afterword. In the critical introduction, I briefly trace the history of the short story and relate my stories to the philosophy of the genre.

The Central Control Of Directional Fractionation: Lateralized Attentional Processes Indexed By Heart Rate., Anthony Stephen Papciak

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The peripheral electrophysiological manifestation of different attentional systems was investigated by recording heart rate. Two groups were differentiated using the personality variable locus of control. Subjects were given a perceptual task, Navon figures, which had figures that differed on global and analytical features. A warning stimulus (x) cued the subjects to the beginning of each trial. Following this task subjects were trained on viewing line drawings in either a global or an analytic style. The global style required the subject to find the gist or overall theme of the picture and the analytic style required finding three objects in the …

Perceptions Of Women Administrators In Higher Education In The Upper Midwest As To The Constraints To Career Advancement For Women And The Skills And Characteristics Necessary To Overcome Those Constraints., Williams Robyne Carol Willoner

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The literature suggests that women have been under-utilized in higher education administration. This study was designed to determine what selected women holding an administrative position of President or Chancellor, Vice President, Dean of an Academic College, or Dean of Students in an Upper Midwest public four-year institution of higher education perceived to be: (1) Significant constraints to career advancement in administration for women in general and in their own career in regard to training and experience; intra-institutional processes, procedures, and attitudes; extra-institutional processes, procedures, and attitudes; and self-imposed factors or behaviors. (2) Some of the skills and characteristics necessary to …

The Potential Of Cognitive Style Constructs As A Contributing Factor In Learning Disability Classification., Alfred W. Johnson

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The purpose of this study was to compare learning disabled with nonlearning disabled secondary school students (grades 7 through 12) on their responses to four cognitive style dimensions: (1) psychological differentiation, (2) locus of control, (3) conceptual tempo, and (4) breath of categorization. It was hypothesized that the variables could be used in a discriminating fashion in helping to distinguish the two groups. In addition age was investigated with junior high students being compared to senior high students.Participants for this study were junior-senior high learning disabled and normal students (27 LD and 33 nonLD). The design consisted of two groups …

Naming Oneself Writer: Three Writing Lives., Helen Jane Lamar

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The purpose of this study was to investigate writers' perceptions of how they came to name themselves as writer. While many researchers have investigated the act of writing, little has been done to discover what the adult writer perceives to have been experientially important as a child and adult in the process of becoming and naming one's self writer. This study focused on the experiences writers perceived to be important in the act of naming.Literary and psychological concepts of the writer throughout history were examined and the philosophical views of Merleau-Ponty and Walker Percy that specifically pertain to naming and …

The Use Of The Holland Constructs, As Measured By The Act Assessment, To Predict College Persistence, Achievement, And Stability (Interests)., Raymond Gerszewski

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This study examined the use of the Holland constructs, as measured by the ACT Assessment, in the prediction of college persistence, achievement, and stability. Specifically, this research measured the combined effects of expressed and inventoried Holland type, congruency, consistency, and differentiation; along with the predictors of sex, academic aptitude, and achievement, upon persistence, achievement, and stability. In addition, the relationship of the Holland constructs and these other predictors was examined.ACT Assessment records for a large sample of new, first-time freshmen (N = 1158) who entered the University of North Dakota in the Fall of 1978 were retrieved and matched with …

The Effect Of Hydrocortisone On Auditory Sensitivity, Rodney J. Haug

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In order to test the effect of cortisol on auditory thresholds, seventy-five volunteer right-handed college males were given either a 10 mg, 20 mg, 40 mg dose of hydrocortisone, or placebo, or were part of a control group in a double blind design. Right ear auditory thresholds were determined for frequencies of 500, 1,000, 4,000 and 8,000 Hz using the method of limits. The results were converted to mean threshold change scores by using threshold scores obtained for the same subject prior to treatment. Results indicated that treatment with 20 mg of cortisol reduced sensitivity at 8,000 Hz as compared …

The Father Role: Correlates Of Fathering Attitudes (Cross-Generational)., Robert Daniel Olson

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The present study focused on the attitudes that fathers hold regarding their father role. In Part 1, 61 men with at least one 4-year old child were assessed as to their father role attitudes, using the Fathering Attitude Survey (FAS). The FAS was created in an earlier study by factor analysis, and was normed on a sample of 360 fathers. Attitudes are measured along nine scales (e.g., Fathering is merely to be tolerated; Fathering is extremely rewarding and satisfying; Father is emotionally involved with his child; Fatherhood hurts his marriage; etc.). These attitudes were related to the men's psychological sex …

Endocrine Dysfunction In Primary Depressive Disorders In The Mentally Retarded And Its Behavioral Correlates., Douglas Joseph Pawlarczyk

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Melancholia or severe depression is a poorly explored phenomenon within mentally retarded populations. Traditional self-report measures of depression are of limited utility for most mentally retarded individuals. Data from a biological test for depression, the dexamethasone suppression test (DST), in conjunction with data from behavioral rating scales, may provide a more reliable means of delineating the nature of severe depression in mentally retarded individuals.Seven hundred and sixteen of the 810 residents of a large institution for mentally retarded individuals were rated by attendants for various characteristics of severe depression. On the basis of these ratings and the absence of other …

Arousal Effects On Eye Movement Parameters While Viewing Pictures (Noise, Pupillometry)., James Granville Penland

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Prior investigations of eye movements to pictured scenes indicate that during the first few moments of viewing there is a rapid shifting of the eye to scene areas that can be reliably identified as informative. Often, as viewing continues, a more deliberate analysis of picture detail is exhibited, with considerably more time spent looking at less informative scene areas. Potentially, variability in viewer arousal may influence this pattern of looking at pictures. Studies of the effects of arousal on perception have suggested that attention narrows with heightened arousal, but have neglected systematic study of eye movement behavior which might help …

The Relative Frequency Of Sounds Used In The Initial Position Of Words By Standard Speakers During Reading And Monologue, Theresa Gibbens

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The Validity And Reliability Of The Anaerobic Threshold In Maximal Exercise Testing, Marvin W. Christianson

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Where It's At : A Study Of Individual Differences And Cognitive Mapping Ability, John David Collins

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Nonverbal Communication Of Congenitally Blind Adolescents At The North Dakota School For The Blind, Sheila R. Davidson

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The Relative Frequency Of Various Groups Of Sounds Used In The Initial Position Of Words By Standard Adult Speakers During Reading And Monologue, Nadine E. Ewanchyshyn

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A Follow-Up Study Of University Of North Dakota Industrial Technology Graduates Of The Period 1973-1983, Bert M. Gumeringer

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An Eye Movement Analysis Of The Effect Of Experience On Topographic Map Reading, Thomas W. Lenzen

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Cholecystokinin, Met-Enkephalin And Naloxone Effects On A Discrimination Task In Rats, Karen Kay Knutson

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The Effects Of Alcohol On Encoding Of Prose, Norman A. Kerbel

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Restrained Eating : Public Versus Private Behavior In Normal Weight And Overweight Individuals, Gerri T. Merola

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A Study On Improving Strategic Missile Squadron Management Incorporating The New Assistant Operating Officer, Bradley B. Dunning

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Test Task And Item Similarity Factors Affect Memory And Eye Movements During Picture Recognition, David Paul Lommen

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The purpose of this study was to explore how recog nition memory for pictures and eye movements vary depend ing on the type of test and the nature of the "related" distractor items. Prior research suggested that manipula tion of test type and distractor similarity both influ ence recognition memory. The present study crossed test type and composition (kind of distractors) in a 2 X 2 design.

Forty-eight undergraduates viewed an input list of 58 scenic, color photographs of cityscapes and landscapes. The memory test was composed of 12 "Same Photo" items, each identical to input list photographs; 12 "Related" …

Cognitive Ability And Cognitive Style In The Comprehension And Expression Of Emotion, Carole H. Hayne

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This research investigated the ability to comprehend and express affect by non-verbal means. Darwin (1872) suggested that the non-verbal communication of emotion had a biological basis. Hughlings-Jackson (1879) emphasized the relationship between cerebral functioning and the ability to communicate affect. Neuropsychological research suggests that a major neuronal network located in the right hemisphere supports non-verbal communication. The evidence indicates the localization of expressive skills in the anterior cortex and comprehensive skills in the posterior cortex.

In the present study 31 behavioral tasks comprised a scale to assess the ability to communicate affect by non-verbal means. The tasks assessed the comprehension …

Personality, Sex, And The Neuropsychology Of Attention, Peter A. Williamson

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The influences of sex and personality on attentional style were examined in two neuropsychological studies in which perfor mance and event-related potentials (ERP's) were employed. Pribram and McGuinness1 (1975) conceptions of Activation and Arousal were recast in a lateralized framework in which the former was seen as characteristic of left hemisphere function while the latter was identified more closely with the right hemisphere. Four equal groups of nine subjects were selected on the basis of sex and ex treme extraversion scores (I-E), while controlling for neuroticism, to participate in two lateralized attentional tasks. The first, a vigilance task designed to …

The Evaluation Of Plays For Children: An Analysis Of Kenneth L. Graham's Basic Purpose Of Children's Plays, Karla J. Unkenholz

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The Construct Of Personality And Hemispheric Usage, Steven L. Dawson

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Studies on the differential contributions of the cerebral hemispheres to human experience and behavior have demonstrated that the hemispheres are lateralized for cognitive strategies and, possibly, for emotional valance. Recently researchers have demonstrated that the hemispheres may also be lateralized for certain personality disorders and personality traits. Using lateral eye movements as a measure of hemispheric activation, Dawson, Tucker, and Swenson (in preparation) have shown that certain self-description questionnaires may serve to discriminate subjects who characteristically utilize one hemisphere over the other, regardless of the relative adaptiveness of the cognitive strengths of that hemisphere for the task at hand.

This …