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Electronic Funds Transfer Systems And The Float, Daniel Fannin

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A Study Of Human Resource Accounting, Susan I. Griffin

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Changes In Clients' Perception Of "Curative Factors" During A Short-Term Therapy Group, Jack B. Schaffer

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Tlic present study was designed to examine participants' perceptions of specific therapeutic mechanisms which may promote learning or behavior change in therapy groups. Yalom (1970) suggests the possibility that such "curative factors" may be therapeutic at different stages of group development, a general hypothesis which provides the basic framework for this study. Drawing from the theoretical literature on group development (e. g . , Martin and Hill, 1957, Tuckman, 1965), hypotheses were also formulated concerning changes in the perceived importance of specific therapeutic mechanisms as the group develops.

A short form of Yalom's Curative Factors Q-sort was administered on four …

A Reliability Study Of The Goldman-Fristoe-Woodcock Test Of Auditory Discrimination Used With Learning Disabled Children, Bruce W. Stenhjem

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The purpose of the study was to compare scores obtained on the two subtests comprising the Goldman-Fristoe-Woodcock Test of Auditory Discrimination (GFW) to determine test-retest reliability and internal reliability of the GFW.

Twenty-three subjects between the ages of six years, six months to ten years, three months previously identified as exhibiting a learping disability (LD) were matched by age levels with twenty-three subjects identified as exhibiting normal learning abilities (NL) . These two groups were administered the Quiet and Noise Subtest of the GFW followed by a retest within seven days.

Statistical analysis of the test-retest scores of the Quiet …

Effects Of Background Music On Interpersonal Immediacy, Roberta Schwab Stephens

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The prosent study was designed to demonstrate the e f fects of background music on immediacy behaviors observed during dyadic interaction. I t was predicted that background music introduced during an ongoing male-female interaction would increase interpersonal immediacy re lat ive to a preceding no-sound baseline. I t was further predicted that immediacy would be enhanced more by background music than by "cont ro l " exposures to white noise.

Six male-female dyads were observed during 36 minutes of continuous interaction. Following an A.-B-A.-C design, the interaction period was divided into four 9-minute segments two baseline segments and two treatment …

A Study To Determine The Effects Of A Perceptual-Motor Program Upon The Improvement Of Motor Skills And The Enhancement Of Self-Concepts Of Primary School Children, Grades One Through Three, Thomas G. Hall

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The purpose of this study wa3 to determine whether a perceptual-motor program, conducted by primary classroom teachers, could improve not only children*3 motor skills, but also enhance their self-concept.

Two hundred and thirty-four children in grades one, two, and three, from the Great Palls Public School District, were divided into two groups, experimental (N=121) and control (N=113). The experimental group received eight weeks of treatment (a perceptual-motor program) on a daily basis from their classroom teacher who themselves had received twelve to sixteen hours of in-service instruction in perceptual-motor training. The control group continued to receive physical education instruction from …

Personality Needs And Patterns Of Friendship, Robert J. Bateen

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Several approaches to the study of friendship based on Murray’s (1938) need model have been suggested. Winch (1955) proposed that a person who is high on one need would be attracted to another who is high on a complementary need. Izard (1960a) failed to support Winch's hypothesis but found instead that friends tended to have similar needs. Izard suggested that people who were striving for the same goals could engage in mutual need satisfaction and would therefore be attracted.

Since need satisfaction is a theme common to both Winch's and Izard's approaches, the current author suggested an approach which would …

Maternal Personality Variables And Their Effect On Interaction With Their One-Year Old Children, David Baraga

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Attachment behavior is defined as the diversity of behaviors which promote proximity, contact and communication with the figure or figures to whom the child is attached. The purpose of this study was to demonstrate that personality traits of the mother influence the manner in which she characteristically relates to her child. These traits, therefore, influence the quality of attachment of the child.

To accomplish this task, thirty-six mothers and their one- year-old children participated in a controlled laboratory situation consisting of eight episodes in which the child alternately played with the mother, with, a stranger, and alone. Observations were made …

The Effects Of Suggestibility And Expectancy On Systematic Desensitization, Dennis L. Johnson

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The present study investigated the effects of subject suggestibility and instruction induced expectancies in systematic desensitization. It was hypothesized that subject suggestibility, instruction induced expectancies, and the interaction of suggestibility and expectancies would affect the outcome of systematic desensitization. Students in introductory psychology classes were asked to fill out the Suinn Test Anxiety Behavior Scale (STABS). The Barber Suggestibility Scale (BSS) was later administered to 105 high STABS scorers. High and low BSS scorers were then selected for further participation in the study. High and low suggestibility subjects were randomly assigned to each of the three treatment groups: the high …

A Survey Of Parental Knowledge Of Asthma, Nancy Aldred O'Donnell

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the level of parents' knowledge regarding asthma.

Twenty-five parents of children who have asthma were interviewed during their child's hospitalization for status asthmaticus. Adequate knowledge about environmental control and medication was noted in the majority of the subjects but over half were unable to explain the pathological changes which caused wheezeing. While most parents appear to have adequate knowledge of medications and environmental control on which to base their decisions about their child’s care there appears to be a need for more information regarding the pathophysiology.

The Morphologic Changes In The Muscles Of Mastication Due To Direct Intramuscular Injection Of Lidocaine, Carbocaine, Procaine And Citanest, Kurt Elliot Friedman

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One of the most commonly experienced symptoms in dentistry and one that is of major concern to the dentist is pain. Since pain is manifested when an environmental change occurs causing injury to responsive tissues, it is often spoken of as a protective mechanism.

Pain has been described by a variety of terms: sharp, burning, aching, cramping, dull and throbbing! (Monheim, 1969). Therefore, it is a difficult term to define. Monheim (1969) describes pain as an unpleasant sensation created by a noxious stimulus that is mediated along specific nerve pathways into the central nervous system, where it is interpreted as …

Skill Test Results In Predicting Over-All Playing Ability Of An Individual Ice Hockey Player, Robert K. Tuff

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The Sensory Motor Effects Of Movement Education In A Sample Of First And Second Grade Boys And Girls In Starkweather Public School, Starkweather, North Dakota, Patricia Ordahl

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A Comparison Of Strength Gain From Dynamic And Isokinetic Training In The Biceps Brachii Of College Football Players, Vincent J. Repesh

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Role Perception Of The Elementary Principal, David Horken

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An Independent Study To Propose An Alternate Staffing Pattern For The Regional Offices Of The North Dakota Department Of Vocational Rehabilitation, Kenneth Van Beek

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The Image Of Business Education As Perceived By Selected Senior Students At The Secondary Education Level., Roscoe Mark Needles

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An Evaluation Of The Adventure: Economics Series Through Statistical Measurement Of Learning Achievement In The Intermediate School., Lyle R. Fogel

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A Study Of Attitudes Toward Reading, A James Flinton

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The Creation, Development, And Design Of A Course For Providing Missionaries At The Language Training Mission In Provo, Utah, With The Necessary Communication Skills To Teach The Gospel To The Hearing Impaired Who Use The American Sign Language, Byron F. Crookston

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The purpose of this study was to develop a course outline to begin the teaching of the American Sign Language at the Language Training Mission in Provo, Utah. Presently there is no program offered to train missionaries to teach the eight discussions to the hearing impaired who use sign language and fingerspelling to communicate. This study attempts to provide such a course outline that can later be developed into a complete training program.

To establish a criterion for this course, existing theories and curriculum guides for teaching sign language were reviewed and summarized. A survey for training interpreters, particularly in …

For God And Country: Mormon Chaplains During World War Ii, Richard Maher

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) is a lay church inasmuch as it has no professionally trained ministers. Because of this, the Chaplains Corps during World War II questioned whether members of the Mormon faith could serve effectively as chaplains. The answer to the effectiveness of Mormon chaplains is found in their performance as many received high praise from their superiors.
During the Second World War, the Mormon Church provided the military services with a total of 45 chaplains, and although only 45 served, they saw duty in all theaters of war and served at such major …

A Sociological Profile Of Lds Inmates At Utah State Prison, Robert D. Payne

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The present thesis is a study of 103 LDS inmates at Utah State Prison. It tests the hypothesis that the inmates are more likely to come from non-cohesive homes. In 1959, Dr. Evan T. Peterson completed a study of three thousand 12-18 year old LDS male youths. Out of Dr. Peterson's respondents, 112 sixteen-eighteen year old subjects were selectively drawn to match the inmate sample in terms of fathers' occupation and education. This stratified sample was used as the control group.

The study confirmed the above family environment hypothesis. It found that when compared to the control group, the LDS …

Metastatic Patterns And Functional Disability In Disseminated Breast Carcinoma, Stephen Adam Gudas

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Thirty female outpatients with metastatic breast carcinoma were evaluated using two operational models constructed for the purpose of assessing and assigning a quantitative score for (A) extent of metastatic disease and (B) level of functional disability. These patients were drawn from the population of patients with disseminated breast carcinoma attending the medical oncology clinics at the Medical College of Virginia Tumor Clinics for a 49 day period in 1975. The data from this patient sample were used to test several hypotheses.

Each patient underwent an initial screening procedure designed to clearly identify those patients with disseminated disease. This was followed …

Characteristics Related To Successful Vocational Youth Organizations., Barry W. Siebert

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The Keller Plan In College Introductory Physical Geology : A Comparison With The Conventional Teaching Method, Robert G. Walsh Sr.

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The purpose of this study is to compare the learning and attitudinal changes that took place in a college introductory physical geology class between a self-paced method of instruction called the Keller Plan and the conventional lecture-laboratory method.

The sample population was 56 students enrolled in Earth Science 120, an introductory physical geology course at Minot State College ·~ during the fall quarter, 1973. An experimental section of 20 students experienced the Keller Plan treatment and two control groups consisting of 18 students each received the conventional method of instruction.

Four specific areas of investigation were tested: (1) knowledge of …

The Differential Effects Of Group Emotional Climate In Four Types Of Counseling Groups., Bruce K. Thordal

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A Multidimensional Evaluation Structure Analysis Of Holland's Occupational Typology., James Allan Henry

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The Relationship Of Placement Credential Variables To The Employment Of Nonemployment Of College Graduates., Stephen Blaine Hurd

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The Effect Of Beginning Shorthand On Learning In Selected Language Arts Skills., Jack E. Johnson

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Reaction-Time Probe Analysis Of Processing Demands In Whole- And Partial-Report., Jon Scott Matthew

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