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Buffalo-Alyce. (Original Novel), L. Ray Wheeler

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Behavior Of Rats Modified By Temperature And Helium-Oxygen Hyperbaria In A Simulated Dive, Deborah M. Allen

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Anarchism : An Initial Inquiry Into Its Ideological Tenets, James L. Baum

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Attitude Change As A Function Of Introversion-Extraversion And Complexity Of Communication, David R. Anderson

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Sex Differences In Attraction Responses To Same-Sexed Friends, Opposite-Sexed Friends And Romantic Partners, Rose Marie Brown

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An Examination Of The Anti-War Statement In Selected World War I Novels, Rodney R. Bitz

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Some Critical Considerations In Style In High School Oratory, Michael L. Tillmann

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The Influence Of The Distar Language Program On The Verbal Functioning Of Delayed Language Preschoolers, Linda Turner

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Reversal And Nonreversal Shift Difficulty As A Function Of Problem Complexity In Concept Identification Tasks, Glen Steelman

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The Use Of The Supporting Characters In John Osborne's Dramatic Works, Gorden O. Hedahl

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A Comparison Study Of The Effects Of Verbal Reinforcement Of Correct Articulation And Verbal Punishment Of Incorrect Articulation On Articulation Error Rates During Reading, Claudia N. Deresh

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A Study Of Self-Concept, Anxiety, And Dependency, William P. Hampes

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A Philosophical Curricular Study For Recreation Practicum For Majors, James V. Flaagan

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Legislative Behavior : Influences On The Role Of The Partisan, Janet M. Kelly

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The Effects Of Intense Noise On Shock-Elicited Aggression, Cynthia S. Lynch

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The Influence Of Curiosity On Intentional And Incidental Learning, Richard L. Metzger

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Previous research has indicated that the level of curiosity of an individual is related to the amount of information which that individual can acquire incidentally. The present study was conducted to test two hypotheses: (a) High curiosity children will learn more material incidentally than low curiosity children, and (b) the level of curiosity will effect intentional learning.

Twenty-eight fifth grade students (14 high curious, 14 low) were selected as subjects from a pool of 77 on the basis of scores attained on the Penney and McCann (1964) Children’s Reactive Curiosity Scale. The intentional learning task was a paired-associate presentation of …

The Relationship Of The Self-Concept And The Reflected Ideal Self To Various Components Of Friendship, Dennis L. Johnson

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This investigation was designed to examine some of the rela tionships between self-concepts, evaluations by others, and friendship. It was hypothesized that a person who is seen by a second person similarly to the way the first person would like to see himself will be more likely to form friendships with the second person, and more likely to see him as ego supportive than when such similarity does not exist. It was also predicted that people who see themselves as being quite different from the way they would like to be (unfavorable self-concepts) will be more likely to be involved …

Review And Analysis Of The Nine Model Programs In Elementary Teacher Education With Synthesis For Application In Field Experiences, Wayne C. Erickson

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The Problem

This study had as its purpose the review and analysis of nine Models for elementary teacher education. These Models were Phase I of a USOE Elementary Teacher Education Project. Considerations for preliminary analysis for this study were to determine:

1. 1. What were the Models' conceptions of a teacher?
2. 2. What program content and curriculum strategies were proposed for preparing a teacher of this description?
3. 3. In what ways did the Models provide for matching of training procedures with student character?
4. 4. How did the Models accept the challenge of relating teacher education with the field?
5. 5. To what …

A Multidimensional Scaling Approach To Interperson Similarity And Attraction, Brenda Gryting Heltne

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The intent of this investigation was to determine what judgment strategies are actually employed when judging the similarity of individuals, and the relationship of similarity estimates to a rated attraction index. The Stone-Coles (1970) multidimensional scaling technique was utilized. The input was based on the estimates of interperson similarity made by 16 pledges of a sorority. Each pledge also ranked the attractiveness of the other 15 pledges.

The four factor-dimensions which emerged from the judgmental data, similarity estimates, were interpreted as "dating conservatism-liberalism," "sociability," "non-dependability-dependability," and "dominance-submission". Only the "sociability" and "dominance-submission" dimensions were found to be linearly related to …

Mass Production As A Basis For Content In Industrial Arts, Ernesto Breznay

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The purpose of this thesis was to critically analyze the factors involved in mass production and to develop an instructional system for mass production based on behavioral objectives.

The critical analysis of major factors in mass production involved a review of industrial literature and professional journals in industrial education. An instructional system for mass production was developed from information revealed in the review of literature and an experimental study of the system was conducted at the junior high level.

The Effects Of Instant Visual Feedback Of Congruence In Group Counseling, Jack E. Brown

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Problem

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of immediate feedback of congruence by subjects in group counseling. Measures of outcome included the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale (TSCS), Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientations-Behavior (FIRO-B), the Tentative Scale for the Measurement of Genuineness and a time measure of the relative amount of time that the focus of attention within the groups was perceived to be congruent, incongruent or neutral.

Procedure

There were two studies with twenty-three subjects in the first study and twenty-five subjects in the second study. The subjects were volunteer university students who were randomly assigned to one …

Autoradiographic Studies Of The Distribution Of Serotonin In The Rat Brain, Brent D. Wagstaff

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Serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT), considered to be a synaptic transmitter within the central nervous system, has been shown to be localized mainly in the paleocortex of the brain. Others have shown disturbances of normal 5-HT metabolism to be associated with mental illness and disease. Attempts to inject tritium labelled 5-HT into cerebrospinal fluid of the rat brain for anatomical localization studies were·made. The following observations were noted, (1) there exists a perivascular space in which fluid flows and distribution is relatively uninhibited as compared to subarachnoid space, (2) the labelled 5-HT penetration of brain tissue parenchyma is restricted and radioactivity is …

The Effect Of Post Articulation Signaling On Carry Over, Lynn R. Groth

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A Guide For The Teaching Of Vocal Technique In The High School Chorus, David A. Quam

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In general, high school choruses do not reach their potential as far as choral tone is concerned. The tone is generally characterized by either a completely undisciplined and labored sound or a pseudo "mature" sound imposed upon the students by a director seeking to emulate his college choir.

When high school choruses sing freely and naturally, they do so because they are taught and inspired to do so by their director. Therefore, the director must understand the concepts of correct singing and must have in his possession practical techniques that will develop a program of correct singing in the high …

Instrumentality Of Aggression And Strength And Arbitrariness Of Frustration Related To Direct Physical Aggression, Robert J. Thompson Jr.

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Study of the factors influencing the occurrence of aggression received impetus from the frustration-aggression hypothesis of 1939. It was hypothesized that aggression was the primary consequence of frustration, and that the stronger the frustration, the stronger the aggression. Numerous studies have shown that frustration can lead to aggression v/ith organisms ranging along the phylogenetic scale from rats to humans. While questionnaire studies have shown that the strength of aggression varies v/ith the strength of frustration, this has not been verified in laboratory studies of direct physical aggression.

Recently, the importance of situational variables, such as the perceived arbitrariness of the …

A Relationship Of Basketball Skill Ability As Compared To Physical Education Grade Point Average And Overall Grade Point Averages Of Sixth And Seventh Grade Boys At Woodside Elementary School, Dale Tylka

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The first phase of the problem was to determine if there were a relationship between basketball skill ability and physical education grade point average. The second phase was to determine if there were a relationship between the same basketball skill ability and academic grade point average.

The AAHPER Basketball Skills Test was administered to 100 sixth and seventh grade boys at Woodside Elementary School. After their basketball skill scores were standardized, these scores were correlated.with their physical education grade point average and their academic grade point average using the Pearson Product-Moment Formula. A correlation coefficient of 0.62 was found between …

Aggressive Behavior As A Function Of Trait Anxiety, Anger And Sex, Brian A. Middleton

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The relationship between trait anxiety and physical aggression was investigated. Two additional variables, sex and anger level of the Ss were considered. It was hypothesized that males would express more aggression than females and that angered Ss would be more aggressive than nonangered Ss. No hypotheses were made concerning the relationship between trait anxiety and physical aggression.

Seventy-two undergraduates at the University of North Dakota were selected as Ss. A 3x2x2 factorial design was used with three levels of anxiety and two categories of anger and sex. Six Ss were assigned to each treatment condition. Trait anxiety was defined by …

College Experience And Change In Locus Of Control, Robert Resnick

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Ninety-one college students were administered The DeKalb Survey Test during their freshman and junior years to assess possible changes in locus of control. On the basis of their freshman scores, subjects were assigned to an internal group, an internal-external group, or an external group..

The greatest change occurred for the external group in the predicted internal direction. The internal-external group changed in the internal direction, but not as much as did externals. Although the internal group became more external, none of the three groups could be classified as externally oriented by their junior year. The higher achieving students and those …

A Correlation Of Academic Achievement As Measured By The Iowa Tests Of Educational Development With Success Of Varsity Players In Football In Iowa High Schools, Thomas C. Pinkham

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This study was designed to determine the relationship between academic achievement as measured by the composite score on the Iowa Tests of Educational Development and success of varsity players in football. Success in football was defined as winning 70 percent or more of conference games.

A random sample of one hundred Iowa high schools was used in the study. Letters were sent to administrators of the schools to collect achievement scores for all varsity football letter winners and the conference team record. An average composite score was figured for each team, as was the team percentage of wins. A correlation …

Interstimulus Intervals In Conditioned Suppression, John Oliver Kling

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Conditioned suppression describes the attenuation of an ongoing operant (e.g., lever press or key peck) when a warning stimulus precedes unavoidable electric shock. First reported by Estes and Skinner (1941), the procedure has been refined by Kamin (1961, 1965) and other investigators (Geller, 1963, 1964; Hunt and Brady, 1955; and James and Mostoway, 1968). Although many of the parameters of conditioned suppression have been evaluated, relatively little attention has been given to interstimulus intervals. In the only parametric study of interstimulus intervals, Libby (1951) investigated seven short intervals ranging from 0 to 30 seconds. He reported that suppression increased as …