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The Relationship Of Social And Maturational Variables To Development Of Field-Dependence In Preschoolers: A Longitudinal Study, Elizabeth S. Baraga

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This study was an initial attempt to relate theoretically and empirically three heretofore independent developmental concepts— differentiation, attachment and competence. Borrowing from Mahler's thesis of separation-individuation, differentiation is thought to be a process which begins when the child separates himself from mother. It is hypothesized that differentiation begins at about six months within the context of a mother-child symbiotic relationship.

Once the infant has formed initial body boundaries he is then capable of forming a specific bond to his primary caretaker. This mother-child bonding has been labelled attachment by other theorists and is hypothesized to occur at about 9 months. …

Millon's Active-Passive And Independent-Dependent Personality Dimensions As Predictors Of Behavior In A Competitive Task, Kenneth M. Carlson

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Millon (1969) has attempted to create a single theory of personality from which the major varieties of psychopathology can be derived logically. This personality classification scheme has two dimensions. The first dimension has to do with sources of reinforcement. In Millon's personality system, sources of interpersonal feedback sought by the individual form an INDEPENDENT-DEPENDENT dimension. The second dimension concerns styles of instrumental behavior, or the manner in which an individual seeks to obtain reinforcements (an ACTIVE- PASSIVE dimension). These two dimensions (four sources of reinforcement and two styles of instrumental behavior) combine to describe eight personality patterns forming the basis …

An Assessment Of The Social Science Program At A Selected North Dakota Public School, Lynn M. Davidson

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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify methods and develop instruments which were used to evaluate the social studies program at a selected public school in North Dakota. Research was conducted to:

1. Determine levels of achievement of selected social studies objectives by students at different grade levels.

2. Report these results in both a norm-referenced and a criterion-referenced setting.

3. Compare the results to other measures of pupil success.

4. Examine relationships between the results and selected personal and educational factors.

Procedures: Three instruments were prepared by selecting and altering exercises utilized by the National Assessment of …

Discrimination Learning Sets In Children, Sandra Harrell Fenner

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This study investigated the relationship between the formation of discrimination learning set and children's ability to use logical thinking as indicated by verbalization of the rule of the problem. Twenty-seven seven-year-olds and 27 nine-year-olds, all females, within the average IQ range, were presented four-trial object discrimination problems as a game. Each child was presented 20 problems per day for one to three days until she reached the criterion of two successive problems in which no error was made on trials 2, 3, and 4 of both problems. After every ten problems the experimenter asked the subject questions to determine whether …

Executive Compensation In The United States, James Clements

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Reciprocity Of Self-Disclosure At High Levels Of Intimacy, William P. Hampes

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Modeling theorists, norm of reciprocity theorists, and social exchange theorists predict that person A will reciprocate person B's level of intimacy from low levels of intimacy all the way up to high levels of intimacy. Trust theorists predict that reciprocation will occur at low and moderate, but not at high levels of intimacy. Siirdliarly, trust theorists would predict that subjects high in social desirability, due to their suspicious nature, would not reciprocate at high levels of intimacy. The other theorists would predict reciprocation at high! levels of intimacy due to the conforming nature of the subjects high in social desirability. …

Three Methods Of Evaluation, Catherine J. Pery

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Auditor Independence: Some Important Issues, Scott T. Beiswenger

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The Transvestitie Female Shakespearean Phenomenon: Charlotte Cushman's Romeo And Sar Bernhardt's Hamlet, Ellen Boyer

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The purpose of this study is to investigate the transvestite female Shakespearean phenomenon of the theatre, determining why actresses chose to portray male Shakespearean heroes and how they were able to achieve notable levels of success in transvestite Shakespearean endeavors.

The initial stage of my study presents an historical overview of transvestite acting in the theatre and the relevant events leading up to the emergence of the first transvestite female Shakespearean actresses. This preliminary stage of my research relies primarily on George C.D. Dell's Annals of The New York Stage, Charles H. Shattuck's Shakespeare on the American Stage, theatre reviews …

A Study Of The Attitudes Of Selected Sixth Grade Students Concerning Social Studies, Norman C. Machart

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Problem: The problem of this study was to determine the current attitudes held by sixth grade students toward social studies.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine if there were any significant differences between the attitudes of sixth grade students toward social studies and science, spelling, mathematics, reading, and language. An attempt was also made to determine what effect the following factors might have upon sixth grade students' attitudes toward social studies: sex, size of school district, the degree of usage of several instructional strategies and types of materials, the degree of implementation of the "New Social Studies" …

Antonio Callado's Reflections Of The Ball And Some Reflections On Its Translation, Harriet S. Mcclelland

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This thesis consists of a translation of Antonio Callado's Reflections of the Ball (Rio de Janeiro: Paz e Terra, 1976) from Portuguese to English, an analysis of some of the problems involved in the translation process with proposed solutions to the specific problems of this work, and a critical analysis of some of the literary aspects of the book.

The following procedure was followed: (1) a first draft translation was made, and a native speaker of Brazilian Portuguese was consulted to see if the meaning was retained in the target language at all points; (2) then, the translation was gone …

Sex-Linked Mental Retardation Without Physical Stigmata (Martin-Bell Or Renpenning Type) : A Genetic And Psychometric Approach, Craig L. Hanis

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Screening the Utah State Training School (a resident institution for the mentally retarded) for kindreds having at least two institutionalized sibs generated 54 sib groups. Of these, 20-male only sibships had histories compatible with sex-linked mental retardation without physical stigmata (Martin-Bell or Renpenning type). Affected males had no characteristic physical stigmata (an appreciable number did have speech problems and/or seizure disorders) and exhibited IQs ranging from 5 to 74 with a mean of 34.2. Obligate carrier females had a mean IQ score of 91.9 (range, 79 to 106), which is as would be predicted due to random X-inactivation. Carrier females …

Perceptions And Images Of The Living Environment: Potential Applications To Planning, Richard W. Gray

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Gender Role Of Male Pseudohermaphrodites In The Dominican Republic, Sara V. Mallea

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This study introduces factors in the post-pubertal change of gender role in a group of male pseudohermaphrodites in the Dominican Republic. The individuals grow up as girls because of ambiguous genitalia at birth. Upon the onset of puberty, with development of scrotum and phallus, they generally select adult male models to emulate as their future role behavior. The essay describes the socio-cultural setting in which the children are raised and proposes a theory that differential socialization of boys and girls and adult access to resources are contributing elements in the decisions to switch gender roles. At the time of the …

A Descriptive Study To Ascertain The Need And Interest Of Industrial Arts Clubs In North Dakota Secondary Schools, Michael P. Vogel

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The Relationship Of The Satisfactoriness Of North Dakota Vocationally-Trained Employees To Selected Factors Of The Employee, The Supervisor, And The Organization., Jack W. R. Peters

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Development Of A Pictorial Leisure Interest Assessment Instrument For Use In Leisure Counseling, Nancy Ellen Mclennan

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A Communication Study Of How Professional Women Perceive Themselves Trusting Their Male Co-Workers And How They Perceive Their Male Co-Workers Trusting Others, Rebecca C. Monley

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Applied Analysis Of Computer Simulated Decompression Profiles, Stephen Jack Settle

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A Study Of Lowell Lundstrom's Conversion Strategies In The Radio Program Message For America 1974-1976, Anthony L. Rustad

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Description Of The Graduates Of The University Of North Dakota With Master's Degrees In Speech Pathology And/Or Audiology From 1967 Through 1976 And An Evaluation Of The Program They Completed, Shaun E. Stormon

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The American College Interest Inventory: Its Usefulness And Validity With The Native American College Student., Max Ernesto Anadon

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A Study Of The Multi-Dimensional Screening Device (Mdsd) For The Identification Of Gifted And Talented Children., Bella Kranz

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An Evaluation Of The Northern Plains Indian Teacher Corps Teacher Preparation Model., Bennett Francis Berhow

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An Integration Of American Guidance Principles With The Education And Culture Of Malawi, Africa., Thomas Franklin Lowry

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An Analysis Of The Relationship Between Somatotype And Personality Of Undergraduate College Men, Iain C. Adams

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A Comparison Of Assertiveness Between Individual And Team Sport Athletes, John G. Jolley

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The Relation Of Mormon Parental Religiosity And Family Size On Children's Educational, Occupational And Income Success, Marvyn William Hogenson

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There have been several significant studies during recent years concerning the relationship between parental socioeconomic background and achievement. This research examines religious influence, parental control, family size, support, and educational encouragement which in turn influence educational and occupational attainment.

Data were obtained from questionnaires completed by 843 married Mormon men from Canada.

Only respondent's religious activity, parental support, and educational encouragement were significant in determining the occupational and educational attainment of the respondent. Family size and parental control were not significant.

Perceived Attributes Related To Adoption Of Food Storage, Connie Jean Roberts

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The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between an individual's perceptions of the attributes of food storage and his adoption of food storage practices. Food storage is defined as the practice of preserving and storing basic food commodities as a reserve supply. This practice is encouraged as a preparatory measure to provide security for families in the midst of emergencies, whether physical, economic, or social in nature. It becomes especially appropriate in developing areas where physical disasters (such as earthquakes and floods) coupled with social and economic instability, individually and on a national scale, pose constant threats …

Factors Influencing The Use Of Health Services: By Four Wards In The Taipei Taiwan Stake Relief Society Of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints, Candace Sheila Gutzman Hsiao

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The purpose of this study was to determine what sociocultural, sociodemographic, and sociopsychological factors the Sisters in four Wards in the Taipei Taiwan Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints perceived as keeping them from using the health services during the period from June 1975 to May 1976.

Forty-five Sisters, age twenty-one and older, were surveyed by a written questionnaire during Relief Society meetings during the last week in June and the first week in July 1966.

A majority of the Sisters were found to have experienced times when they did not avail themselves of the existing …