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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. …

The Educational Cooperative Service Unit As Perceived By School Board Presidents, Administrators, And Teachers In Planning Regions One And Two Of Northwestern Minnesota, William R. Nachatilo

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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the attitudes of school board presidents, superintendents, elementary principals, secondary principals, elementary teachers, and secondary teachers of the Governor's Planning Regions One and Two of Northwestern Minnesota regarding the establishment of the Educational Cooperative Service Unit (ECSU). A survey questionnaire was used to compare the attitu- dinal differences between respondents: (1) from the different roles; (2) from school districts of various size enrollment—i.e., 0-300, 301-700, 701-1200, and above 1200; and (3) from each of the twelve counties within this area.

The study has also identified the potential programs and/or services that …

An Analysis Of Job Task And Organizational Environment In Relationship To Human Needs, Allen K. Nichols

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Problem: Work for many individuals is a necessity. Most organizations must employ individuals to perform services and tasks so that the organization's purpose is fulfilled. When an individual and an organization are brought together to do a job, a relationship is initiated. How this relationship affects the individual in terms of productivity, attitude, life style and so on, is the subject of a good deal of motivational research. The Contingency Theory of Motivation stresses the importance of a possible congruent relationship betxveen three worksite factors: the individual, his task and the organizational environment. It is hypothesized that if one were …

Auditor Independence: Some Important Issues, Scott T. Beiswenger

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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" …

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

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Prediction Of Performance On The Royal Society Of Arts Business Examinations In Nigeria., Oluremi Raphael Aina

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Western North Dakota Lignite Strip Mining Processes And Resulting Subsurface Characteristics, Laramie M. Winczewski

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Data on subsurface conditions obtained prior to strip mining is useful in planning effective mining and reclamation procedures as well as predicting the subsurface characteristics after reclamation. The redistribution of the overburden sediments is less predictable, however.

Through field observations, the major mining factors controlling subsurface structure and overburden sediment redistribution were determined. These include the geometry of the coal body, pit sequence, pit curvature, overburden thickness and managerial input. At a given location, however, the detailed structures and distribution of sediment types within a waste bank were observed to depend upon the dragline cutting pattern, distance between dragline positions, …

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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The Relationship Of Speech Training In The Development Of Assertive Responses, David E. Clinton

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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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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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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 …

Critical Expression And Subsequent Physiological Response As A Function Of Selected Situational Variables, Thomas M. Beall

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This research investigated the influence of two social situational factors, anonymity and expected audience, on the expression of criticism and subsequent physiological and psychological response. The expression of criticism towards a disagreeable stranger was studied under the provision of either anonymity or no anonymity to the critic factorially combined with an expected audience for the criticism of either the person criticized (criticism-relevant expected audience), or someone who knew neither the critic or the person criticized (criticism-irrelevant expected audience).

A series of hypotheses were derived from Zillman's (1972) two factor theory of aggressive responding concerning the expression of criticism and subsequent …

Effects Of The Employee Retirement Income Security Act Of 1974 On Pensions, Donald F. Berger

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Effects Of The Instructions, Modeling, And Practice Components Of Behavioral Rehearsal On Assertion Training With College Students, James K. Ochiltree

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Procedure: The purposes of the present study were to: (1) determine the simple and interaction effects of the instructions, modeling, and practice components of behavioral rehearsal on the development of assertive refusal responses, and (2) assess the effectiveness of the modeling component as a function of the model characteristics. Data on the criterion variable of assertive refusal responses were gathered through a paper-and-pencil self-report measure, a behavioral r

Procedures: Volunteers participating in this study were sophomore, junior, and senior students enrolled in the College of Nursing at the University of North Dakota during the spring semester of 1976. Data from …

Quality Control Through Coordination With Existing Auditing Standards, Donald E. Berg

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Distinctive Personality And Discipline Characteristics Of Child-Neglecting Mothers, Robert J. Loveland

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The present study was designed to investigate distinctive personality and discipline characteristics of mothers who physically neglect but do not physically abuse their children. An attempt was made to acceptably define the concept, to meet the need for information regarding a representative sample of child-neglecting mothers, and to test hypotheses of a psychological nature suggested by the literature.

There were ten mothers in the neglect group and ten in the reference group. Each of the neglectful mothers had been accused of failing to provide basic physical care for their children, and the group consisted of the ten most recent referrals …

Effects Of Human Relations Training On The Social, Emotional, And Moral Development Of Students, With Emphasis On Human Relations Training Based Upon Religious Principles, Stephen R. Covey

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The effects of human relations training on 222 students in organizational behavior labs were measured in this study. Eighty students were randomly assigned to one of four sections taught by the same instructor--two traditional sections and two stewardship sections-in a Solomon Four-Group Experimental Design. The two stewardship sections used individualized goal selection and accountability procedures with discussions and readings incorporating religious principles. Four data-gathering instruments were used to measure the social, emotional, and moral development of the students . A one-way analysis of variance on pre- and posttest questionnaires from all 222 students showed no significant differences among any of …

Relationship Between Student Participation In A Secondary School Reading Program And Selected School Performance Variables, Marylin Jean (Walter) Guy

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Problem: The purpose of this study is to investigate four questions: 1. Are Students' reading achievement gains that are attained through participation in a remedial reading program during the sophomore year retained thoughout high school? 2. Does participation in a secondary remedial reading program affect students' general school-related behavior? 3. What benefits do students perceive from participating in a remedial reading program? 4. What recommendations can be made to improve the existing remedial reading program at Red River High School in Grand Forks, North Dakota?

Identified from reading achievement and nonverbal IQ scores and selected from the 1973-74 sophomore class, …

Financial Reporting Of Environmental Information, Richard Peters

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Decision-Making In The Public Service And The Necessity For Ethical Guidelines, Linda S. Mason

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Unions In The Military: A Growing Problem, James A. Rohrer

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Ecological Investigations In Cercocarpus Ledifolius Nutt. Communities Of Utah, James Newton Davis

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Cercocarpus ledifolius communities of Utah were sampled to determine which measured environmental characters were influential in determining community structure and dynamics. Nineteen, one-tenth acre stands were sampled by 25 equally spaced .25m2 quadrats. Plant frequency, cover, density, height, diameter, age, elevation, slope and exposure were determined for curl-leaf mahogany within the study area. Soil depth and soil samples were analyzed for texture, pH and soluble salts. Curl-leaf mahogany is found almost entirely on arid rocky slopes, canyon ledges, and plateaus at relatively high elevations on all exposures. The soils were invariably shallow and slightly acidic with sandy loam soils being …

A History Of The Growth And Development Of The Primary Association Of The Lds Church From 1878 To 1928, Conrad A. Harward

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The Primary Association of the LDS Church is an organization assigned to direct week-day religious training of children four to twelve years of age. The object of this study was to determine what factors led to the birth of the movement, how the early program developed, what its main features were, what some of the major problems were and how they were solved, who some of the prominent people were in the movement, and what were some of its major accomplishments.

Results of the study have shown that the Primary became a great influence in the lives of many young …

The Influence Of Population Knowledge And Concern On Acceptable Family Sizes And Expected Family Size, Nancy Ross Hugo

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This study focused on the influence of population knowledge and population concern on acceptable family sizes and expected family size. Analysis of the responses of 212 students in Introductory Sociology classes to a questionnaire survey revealed that the greater the student's population knowledge, the greater the degree of concern over population growth. Furthermore, the study revealed a stronger relationship between general knowledge of population processes and population concern than between specific knowledge of population sizes and growth rates and population concern.

Analysis of the relationship between population concern and acceptable family sizes revealed that the greater the degree of concern …

Public Responsiveness : A Comparative Study Of Elected And Appointed Officials, Steven W. Jasperson

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Representation : A Study Of How It Is Approached By City Managers, Neil D. Reed

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