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Effect Of Self-Concept Upon Performance Following Failure Stress, Daniel Stern Aug 1969

Effect Of Self-Concept Upon Performance Following Failure Stress, Daniel Stern

Master's Theses

Jahoda (1958) has summarized the thinking, which has been done about a group of behaviors jointly labeled "positive mental health." After reviewing the conceptualizations of both phenomenologically and analytically oriented writers, Jahoda distilled six classes of responses, which have been listed as representative of mental health. These general classes of responses includes (1) positive self-attitudes, (2) self-actualizing behavior, (J) integrative behavior, (4) autonomous behavior, (5) accurate perceptual behavior, (6) behavior by which the subject obtains mastery over his environment. Of the six response classes listed, two were chosen for the present study. Specifically, the relationship between the general categories of …


Significant Personality Variables Involved In Noetic Problems, Richard A. Depue Jul 1969

Significant Personality Variables Involved In Noetic Problems, Richard A. Depue

Master's Theses

The purpose of the study reported here is to examine further the nature of noogenic neurosis, and to attempt to determine what personality variables might be related to it and its development. This will be done by administering the PIL and a number of personality scales to samples of male college students and inpatient neurotics. From the resulting data it will be possible to teat the following hypotheses: (1) that the male college students will have a significantly higher mean PIL score than the inpatient neurotics; and (2) that significant correlat­ions will appear among the relationships between PIL scores and …


The Relationship Of Liberalism-Conservatism To Anxiety And Ego Strength, Orpha Sherman Harris Jul 1969

The Relationship Of Liberalism-Conservatism To Anxiety And Ego Strength, Orpha Sherman Harris

Master's Theses

Through the medium or television our senses are everyday bombarded by the sights and sounds of student unrest on our college campuses. Radical students take over campus buildings, go on strike and refuse to attend classes until their "demands" are met. They want a "piece of the action" even to the hiring and firing of professors, and will risk expulsion to attain their goals. Even conservative students demand that curricula and instruction be upgraded though their methods for achieving their goals are less disruptive or dramatic. Liberal youth today are demanding the right to smoke marijuana,to "trip" on LSD, to …


Birth Order And Social Personality Characteristics In College Upperclassmen, James Stevens Robertson Jun 1969

Birth Order And Social Personality Characteristics In College Upperclassmen, James Stevens Robertson

Master's Theses

Over the past few decades, many research articles have accumulated linking birth order with different psychological variables. Much of the research was inspired by an interest developed in Alfred Adler's theory of birth order position. Historically, Adler (1931) considered birth order in the family an important psychological variable. He was strongly interested in the social determinants of personality and observed that the personalities of the oldest, middle, and youngest child in a family were likely to be quite different. These differences were attributed to the distinctive experience that each child has as a member of a social group. Therefore, going …


Effect Of Ribonucleic Acid On Pole Climbing Performance In Rats, Thomas J. Hinkel Jan 1969

Effect Of Ribonucleic Acid On Pole Climbing Performance In Rats, Thomas J. Hinkel

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


A Study Of The Relationship Between Children's Verbal Ability And Social Class, Ronald P. Mcdermott Jan 1969

A Study Of The Relationship Between Children's Verbal Ability And Social Class, Ronald P. Mcdermott

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


An Investigation Of The Relation Of Sentence Completion Scales To Academic Aptitude And Achievement, Margaret J. La Plante Jan 1969

An Investigation Of The Relation Of Sentence Completion Scales To Academic Aptitude And Achievement, Margaret J. La Plante

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


The Use Of The Slingerland Screening Tests To Delineate Reading Problems Among Retarded Children, James Over Rust Jan 1969

The Use Of The Slingerland Screening Tests To Delineate Reading Problems Among Retarded Children, James Over Rust

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Changes In The Mmpi Scores Of A Group Of Diocesan Seminarians, Tested At Fourth Year Minor Seminary Level, Retested In The Second Year Of Graduate Theology: A Longitudinal Study, Richard J. Feller Jan 1969

Changes In The Mmpi Scores Of A Group Of Diocesan Seminarians, Tested At Fourth Year Minor Seminary Level, Retested In The Second Year Of Graduate Theology: A Longitudinal Study, Richard J. Feller

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


A Study Of The Relationship Between Personality Adjustment And Openness, John J. Hurley Jan 1969

A Study Of The Relationship Between Personality Adjustment And Openness, John J. Hurley

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


A Study Of The Relationship Between Liberalism-Conservatism And Maturity, Mary Jo. Kupst Jan 1969

A Study Of The Relationship Between Liberalism-Conservatism And Maturity, Mary Jo. Kupst

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of An Intake Interview In An Out-Patient Clinic On The Client's Anxiety And "Maladjustment", Chacko K. Poovathumkal Jan 1969

The Effects Of An Intake Interview In An Out-Patient Clinic On The Client's Anxiety And "Maladjustment", Chacko K. Poovathumkal

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Intentional And Incidental Concept Formation As A Function Of Conceptual Structure, Information, Intelligence, And Authoritarianism, David J. Marx Jan 1969

Intentional And Incidental Concept Formation As A Function Of Conceptual Structure, Information, Intelligence, And Authoritarianism, David J. Marx

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


The Loyola Seminarian Sentence Completion Test: A Cross Validation Study, Edward J. Mclaughlin Jan 1969

The Loyola Seminarian Sentence Completion Test: A Cross Validation Study, Edward J. Mclaughlin

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Ecs, Ether, And Pentobarbital On Single Trial Passive Avoidance Learning, Stephen Charles Milliser Jan 1969

The Effects Of Ecs, Ether, And Pentobarbital On Single Trial Passive Avoidance Learning, Stephen Charles Milliser

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Three Models Predicting Group Productivity From Initial Individual Knowledge Certainty And Familiarity, John A. Scileppi Jan 1969

Three Models Predicting Group Productivity From Initial Individual Knowledge Certainty And Familiarity, John A. Scileppi

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Motivational Factors Of The Alcoholic Priest In Seeking Treatment, Aloysius Sinsky Jan 1969

Motivational Factors Of The Alcoholic Priest In Seeking Treatment, Aloysius Sinsky

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


An Investigation Of The Relationship Between Difficulty Of Drawing And Rated Disturbance Based On Human Figure Drawings, William Joseph White Jan 1969

An Investigation Of The Relationship Between Difficulty Of Drawing And Rated Disturbance Based On Human Figure Drawings, William Joseph White

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.