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A Comparative Study Of Ecological And Attitudinal Factors In The Parents Of Achieving And Non-Achieving Gifted Children, Jacqueline Larcombe Doyle

Psychology ETDs

The increased emphasis on technology throughout the world triggered by the realization of both its importance for survival in this decade and its utility for gaining economic affluence has led to a resurgence of interest in educational methods in general. The search for scientists, engineers and technicians had focused attention on the education of the gifted child in particular.

Tuberculosis Control In New Mexico: Power Group Roles In Four Legislative Proposals, 1957, 1959, Dorothy B. Lacour

Political Science ETDs

The foregoing statements attest to the fact that this, a thesis in the political science field, shall be dealing with the concept of power...The tenets of this thesis shall be predicated upon a highly selective portion of such activity in New Mexico, the legislative process...In addition to the idea of power, its genesis in politics shall also be a subject for examination...Therefore, the concept of balance between opposing forces shall be carefully analyzed. It is recognized that this shall be the study of a highly complex web which can be only partially comprehended within the proposed limits and methodology.

The Relationship Of Skin Conductance To Behavior In A Vigilance Task, David Stea

Psychology ETDs

The present study is an attempt to measure the correlation between "vigilance", as indicated by signal detection, and the galvanic skin response (GSR). The following four dependent variables were measured:

(a) Galvanic skin response (continuously recorded, although discrete values were later selected for measurement);

(b) ommission errors (where S fails to detect a signal which has occurred);

(c) commission errors (or "false detections", where S detects a signal which has not in fact occurred); and

(d) reaction times to signals.

The major purpose of the present study was, in part, to replicate the Ross, Dardano, and Hackman study utilizing more …

A Comparative Study Of Age, Sex, Intelligence And Achievement Factors In Achieving And Non-Achieving Gifted Children, Betty Perry Clark

Psychology ETDs

For the purpose of this study the author scanned the results of the California Short-Form Test of Mental Maturity (CTMM) which had been administered to all pupils in the sixth grade of the Albuquerque Public Schools. From this population of approximately 5000 subjects, all children with a total I.Q. of 130 or above were selected and arbitrarily designated as gifted.

The Cortical Destruction Necessary To Produce A Transfer Of A Forced Practice Function, Patricia E. Barnett

Psychology ETDs

The present study is aimed at mapping the cortical region which controls forced practice of the handedness function, in the hope that such delineation may provide a specific region for the study of the neural equivalent of practice.

The Role Of Natural Law In American Political Thought, Priscilla Deane Biggs

Political Science ETDs

It has been a rather consistent pattern for natural law thinking to flourish in times of crisis and times of "faith," varied as the "faiths" have been. Accordingly, it does not seem overly surprising to find in our present period of high tension many troubled souls being drawn toward the old natural concept and advocating its revival, advocating it as a kind of "natural cement" to paste together a badly disunited world.

A History Of Basketry Technology In The Pueblo Area, John R. Mitchell

Anthropology ETDs

The specific problem is to determine the cultural processes responsible for the development of basketry technology in the Pueblo area

The Efficiency Of Bilingual Children In Understanding Analogies In The English Language, Veta Walker Mercer

Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies ETDs

It is felt that the bilingual population in the southwest is of significantly large enough proportions to warrant specialized emphasis on its education problems. These children need to become better comprehensive readers, not merely word-callers. Teachers frequently assume that if their pupils recognize the words of selection, comprehension is assured. Unfortunately, this is not true in many instances. There are many aspects of English language which might cause bilingual children some difficulty. A few of these might be the analogy, synonym, homonym, multiple meaning, antonym, and the idiomatic expression. This study is designed to reveal the extent which bilingual children …

Grammatical Structure Of Santa Ana Keresan, Irvine Davis

Anthropology ETDs

It is hoped that the present study will contribute to the knowledge of the grammatical structure of Keresan, which to the present has received little systematic treatment. Published grammatical material is confined to Boas' annotated Laguna texts and Toomey's brief outline. Unpublished manuscripts include Spencer's Master's Thesis which contains considerable data but suffers from faulty transcription, a failure to keep the several dialects separate and a lack of an over-all structural analysis. At the present time a thorough analysis of Acoma Keresan is being undertaken by Wick R. Miller of the University of California.

A Historical Analysis Of The Loaning Activity Of The Albuquerque National Bank, Robert W. Elder

Economics ETDs

This paper is an inquiry into the loaning activity of one bank, The Albuquerque National. This institution has prospered and grown in the face of every possible change in the business cycle. It has been confronted with the most problems that might come to a bank, and yet it had been able to fulfill its responsibilities to self and community. This bank has helped spur the growth of the local economy and, also, it has been able to effectively minimize its loan risk. It has approved the ideal balance mentioned before. The manner in which this has been accomplished is …

The Value Of Presuppositions Of Economic Theory, Tom R. De Gregori

Economics ETDs

Every area of inquiry is replete with presuppositions unconsciously assented to by the vast majority of those practicing the discipline. Economic value theory is not an exception to this general rule. The problem facing economists is to ferret out these preconceptions and subject them to scientific analysis. To do this we must first understand what is meant by a preconception and the way these preconceptions affect our analysis. The Newtonian presuppositions are of special importance to us since they form the foundation of classical economics. We must therefore demonstrate the social origins of Newtonianism and trace their development through classical …

New Mexico Consumer Law In Action, Patricia B. Cain

Economics ETDs

The purpose of this thesis is to discover how effective the laws designed to provide consumer protection are administered and enforced in the state of New Mexico. Professor Hamilton's bulletin, Consumer Protection in New Mexico provides the ground work.

"Uneconomic" Projects For Economic Development In Selected Asian Countries, Nguyen Van Thuan

Economics ETDs

Let us assume that, at this time and age, and in this paper, the economic efficiency of the West and its scientific and material achievements are set up as goals for development in what is called today underdeveloped or developing countries. In other words, we assume that people in the East desire the same things the West desires and that they will go about to obtain these things the same way people in the West did. (This will throw overboard the age-old scorn of material things, and the contempt of money-making business of the East.) We further assume that Western …