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Operant Learning Rates As A Function Of Internal Control And Task Structure., Robert William Mathis

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The Educational Attitudes Of Elementary Teacher-Trainees In Selected Teacher Education Programs., Gale O. Teske

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A Statistical Unit System For The Medical Center Rehabilitation Hospital, Kenneth W. Aitchison

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Personality Types And Their Hypothesized Attributes: An Application Of Holland's Vocational Choice Theory, Ronald W. Kristjanson

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The purpose of this study was to assess the usefulness of Holland's vocational choice theory for counseling with university students. More specifically, it attempted to determine whether or not Holland's theory provides a suitable framework for integrating the results of two commonly used counseling instruments: the SVIB and the EPPS .

A sample was drawn from those students tested by the University Counseling Center on both the SVIB and EPPS. This sample was, within reasonable limits, representative of the male student population dealt with by the Counseling Center. The sample contained 255 Ss.

For analysis of the data the student …

Dogmatism And Its Effect On Amount And Persistence Of Opinion Change Induced By Active Versus Passive Participation, Jerry B. Wolfe

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Problem: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relation of Dogmatism to amount and persistence of opinion change induced by active versus passive participation.

Procedure: Initial measures of Dogmatism and opinions concerning two selected issues were obtained from University of North Dakota undergraduates. Females who scored within one standard deviation of the mean opinion score of at least one of the issues and who rated that issue as salient were retained for experimental treatment.

Treatment occurred eleven weeks later and consisted of either reading (Passive Induction) a persuasive communication concerning the relevant issue or improvising and writing (Active …

The Nonpartisan League : A Quest Of Community, Leonard Wentz

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The purpose of this thesis is the examination and appraisal of the rise and decline of the Nonpartisan League as a mass movement in North Dakota. Previous interpretations have been mostly economic in nature. This study interprets the League members I situation from the socio-psychological view. This thesis will attempt to show the editorial directions of leading newspapers with regard to the agrarian situation from 1916 to 1920.

The procedure involved a study of the sociological conditions of the North Dakota farmers before they accepted the Nonpartisan League ideology. The Nonpartisan Leader's editorial policy was viewed to show its interpretation …

Verbal Discrimination Learning As A Function Of Manipulated Frequency And Length Of Study Interval, David R. Skeen

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The purpose of this pair of studies was to investigate three hypotheses generated by the frequency theory of verbal discrimination learning. The frequency principle suggests that a number of sequential events occur in verbal discrimination learning and that each event in the sequence leads eventually to a greater number of frequency units being associated with the correct alternative in each verbal discrimination unit.

It was hypothesized that an increase in study time would be positively related to acquisition of a verbal discrimination list. Second, it was predicted that discrimination pairs constructed of high frequency stimuli would be more difficult to …

The Relationship Between Training In Verbal Interaction Analysis And Selected Counseling Process Variables, Arthur J. Redding

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Problem: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between training in verbal interaction analysis and selected counseling process variables. The counseling process variables were counselor personality traits and the therapeutic conditions of empathic understanding, respect, and genuineness.

Procedure: The subjects in the study consisted of thirty beginning counseling practicum students enrolled in the Department of Counseling and Guidance at the University of North Dakota. The group was divided into three experimental groups and three control groups. The experimental groups received fourteen hours of training in Flanders' verbal interaction analysis as modified by Amidon. The control groups met …

The Affect Of An Individual's Membership Segment On Attitude Orientation, Values, And Political Participation, James H. Larson

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The purpose of this study is to discover the effect of a voluntary association on the individual's political behavior, attitudes, and values. If the process of internalizing norms, attitudes and values of the association does occur, it should occur in relation to the various types of psychological membership segments of the relationship-space model. In addition, the purpose of the study is to relate the membership segments of the r-space model to reference group theory.

The voluntary associations of Grand Forks, listed with the Chamber of Commerce, were grouped according to the classification scheme of Gordon and Babchuk: degree of accessibility; …

The Effect Of Ankle Weights On The Jumping Performance Of A Selected Group Of High School Basketball Players, Dennis W. Gienger

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The purpose of this study was to ascertain what effects the use of ankle weights would have on standing broad jumping performance of selected high school basketball players.

Three groups of twelve subjects each were used in this study. Each group was tested at the start of the experimental period, after six v/eeks of training and at the end of the twelfth training week. The test involved standing broad jumping performance measured to the nearest one-fourth inch.

Comparisons were made between the means within each group on the pre-, mid-, and final tests. Comparisons were also made between the three …

A Comparison Of Effectiveness Of Three Methods Of Throwing A Basketball For Accuracy, Richard L. Dehn

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The purpose of this study was to determine whether the overhand, sldearra or underarm throw was the most accurate. Twenty boys from the Grand Forks, North Dakota, Park Board Babe Huth and Rookie League baseball programs participated in the study. The test activity Included fielding ground balls from different angles and throwing for accuracy using the three methods mentioned. A retest involving seven of the subjects was administered later to determine whether any consistency existed In the methods of throwing being used.

Two statistical comparisons were: (1) a within group comparison Involving the results of the means of the three …

A Study Of A Physical Education Program On The Manual Dexterity Of Educable Mentally Retarded Boys At The Opportunity Training Center At Grand Forks, North Dakota, William E. Graveline

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The purpose urns to determine the offsets of physical education on ths manual and finger dexterity of sentally retarded boys. The physical education program consisted aainly of t ti- vities that inproved finger, hand, and an movements.

The fourteen boys selected for this study were divid a into two groups of seven each. The control group participated in the pro gran at the Opportunity Training Center but did not take part in the physical education program. The experimental group took pert in the training program at the Center and ware enrolled in a physical education program three hours per week. …

A Study Of Communication Patterns Of Teachers Using Teacher Aides As Compared To Those Not Using Teacher Aides, Richard W. Kunkel

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Problem. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the use of teacher aides would show any change in teachers' patterns of communication.

Procedure. Teachers of three schools, paired with three other schools by factors such as plant facilities, student enrollment and student/ teacher ratio, served as the control group. The teachers of the three other schools served as the experimental group with teacher aides employed as the criterion measure. Ten trained observers in interaction analysis recorded the verbal classroom behavior of these teachers in the fall and again in the spring of the school term to indicate whether …

A Study Of Selected Dimensions Of The Counselor-Client Relationship, Derwyn L. Anderson

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The Problem This study sought to answer some questions about the inter-personal relationship between the counselor and client in a university counseling center. The research questions were: Do male clients require different levels of counselor empathy, respect and genuineness from female clients? Are different levels of the counselor-offered therapeutic conditions required for different types of problems? Do the counselor-offered conditions help promote conditions conducive to constructive change in clien il

Procedure The clients in this study were twenty-seven male and twenty-seven female students at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The counselors were nine male doctoral …

Regression In A Verbal Conditioning Situation As A Function Of Psychiatric Illness, Perry O. Orwick

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The primary purpose of this study was to investigate regression among psychiatric groups in a verbal conditioning situation. Secondary purposes were to study the conditioning performance of the psychiatric groups and their awareness of the reinforcement contingency.

The actual Ss were 30 male and 30 female patients selected from the resident population of the North Dakota State Hospital. Ss were selected on the basis of the official diagnosis of schizophrenia, psychoneurosis, or personality trait disturbance, age, and months of hospitalization. Sixteen individuals in each of the diagnosis x sex categories were randomly selected to serve in either an experimental or …

Weight And Isometric Training In Relation To Certain Aspects Of Golf Performance, Richard L. Wenzel

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The purpose of this study was to determine whether a weight lifting and isometric exercise program could be developed, which would enable a golfer to increase his distance off the tee without adversely affecting the accuracy of various golf shots.

One group of ten subjects was used in this study. This group was tested in the fall of 1966 to determine the distance and accuracy with which they could hit the ball off the tee. The golfers were also tested for the degree of accuracy which they possessed in hitting the chip shot both for distance and angle deviation. They …

A Comparison Of Multiple Unit Activity During Classical, Instrumental, And Discrimination Learning Using A Noxious Unconditioned Stimulus, James V. Beardsley

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Multiple unit recording is a relatively new electrophysiological recording technique which records spike potentials from many neurons. In the Halas laboratory and others, systematic changes have been observed during classical conditioning but none under other conditioning procedures . Recently, some have interpreted changes in evoked potentials and multiple unit potentials as due to emotional arousal (fear) and thus related more to a conditioned emotional response (CER) than to conditioning per se. If a CER occurs, and not a learning modification, then during classical aversive conditioning a high sustained neuronal response ought to occur. This would reflect the high degree of …

The Role Of Management Consulting: Its Present And Future Use In Business Decision-Making, Joseph Mitchell

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Development Of The Marital Dissatisfaction Of Mormon College Couples Over The Early Stages Of The Family Life Cycle, Roy H. Marlowe

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This study investigated the relationship between stages of the family life cycle during the early years of marriage and marital dissatisfaction. From this basic goal the following three hypotheses were derived and tested:
I. Marital dissatisfaction for both husband and wife is less in the first stage than in the third stage of the family life cycle.
II. For both husband and wife the ideal spouse concept is the same in stage one as in stage three of the family life cycle.
III. For both husband and wife socially undesirable perceived spouse concepts are greater while socially desirable perceived spouse …

A Comparative Study Of The Teaching Methods Of The Lds And Non-Lds Sunday School Movements In The United States Prior To 1900, Ronald Lewis Knighton

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Sunday schools were an important part of the development of religious education in the United States and in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (L.D.S. Church). It was the purpose of this study (1) to analyze the teaching methods of both the L.D.S. and non-L.D.S. Sunday school movements in the United States prior to 1900; and (2) to compare the teaching methods used by these Sunday school developments and determine similarities and differences.

The Godbeite Movement: A Dissent Against Temporal Control, Grant H. Palmer

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The approach of the transcontinental railroad in 1869 posed several real and imagined threats to the Mormon Kingdom in the Great Basin. The Pacific Railroad ended Mormon geographic isolation and brought economic competition from the States. The railroad also made it possible for miners to get to the gold fields faster and with the heave equipment necessary to make Utah mining profitable. Sensing the political problems and the social and moral evils that would accompany the railroad, the Mormon leaders, in hopes of meeting these problems, counseled to extend their economic goal of self-sufficiency. Through stepped-up cooperation and unity they …

Zadok Knapp Judd: Soldier, Colonizer, Missionary To The Lamanites, Derrel Wesley Judd

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Zadok's membership in the church directed the course of his life, and he contributed to the success of those movements of the church in which he participated.

Factors Related To Choice Of Transfer And Terminal Status In Junior College., Jacob A. Neufeld

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A Comparison Of The Writing Practices Of Two Diverse Achievement Groups Of Shorthand Students When Writing From Dictation., William James Karaim

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The Performance Of Certain Younger Age Groups On The Minnesota Test For The Differential Diagnosis Of Aphasia, K Dale Gronhovd

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A Survey Of Illinois Guidance Counselors' Understanding Of The Stenographic Occupation, Joan Therese, Sister Venker

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A Comparative Study Of The Readability Level Of Accounting Instructional Materials With The Reading-Ability Level Of The Accounting Students In A Selected Minnesota High School, Marilyn J. Mesna

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A Comparative Study Of The Fitness Levels Of Male Freshman Students And Physical Education Majors And Minors Enrolled During 1966-67 At The University Of North Dakota, Paul L. Roach

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Oscar Wilde's A House Of Pomegranates : An Interpretation, Muriel Stephenson

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A Comparison Of Physical Strength And Endurance Levels Achieved By Three Second Grade Groups With Three Different Programs, Joan L. Smith

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