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The Use Of Written Assignments With Deadlines To Increase The Completion Of Non-Recurring Tasks, James S. Torrey Dec 1979

The Use Of Written Assignments With Deadlines To Increase The Completion Of Non-Recurring Tasks, James S. Torrey

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


An Analysis Of The Faunal Assemblage From The Elam Site: An Upper Mississippian Seasonal Encampment On The Kalamazoo River In Allegan County, Michigan, Kenneth A. Barr Dec 1979

An Analysis Of The Faunal Assemblage From The Elam Site: An Upper Mississippian Seasonal Encampment On The Kalamazoo River In Allegan County, Michigan, Kenneth A. Barr

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Factors Influencing Prosecutorial Discretion In Criminal Sexual Conduct Cases, Susan Caringella-Macdonald Dec 1979

Factors Influencing Prosecutorial Discretion In Criminal Sexual Conduct Cases, Susan Caringella-Macdonald

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Rule-Governed Versus Contingency-Shaped Self-Control In Preschool Children, Carol Sue Jones Dec 1979

Rule-Governed Versus Contingency-Shaped Self-Control In Preschool Children, Carol Sue Jones

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Teaching Telephone Skills To Developmentally Disabled Persons Using Positive Reinforcement And Corrective Feedback, Lou Ann Mayhew Dec 1979

Teaching Telephone Skills To Developmentally Disabled Persons Using Positive Reinforcement And Corrective Feedback, Lou Ann Mayhew

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Written Instruction On The Giving Of Feedback, Robert L. Kowalski Dec 1979

The Effects Of Written Instruction On The Giving Of Feedback, Robert L. Kowalski

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Relationship Between Contracting And The Level Of Academic Achievement Of High School Students, John Philip Kirkpatrick Dec 1979

The Relationship Between Contracting And The Level Of Academic Achievement Of High School Students, John Philip Kirkpatrick

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The United States And China: From Noncommunication To Diplomatic Relations, Mary Jeanne Patrick Dec 1979

The United States And China: From Noncommunication To Diplomatic Relations, Mary Jeanne Patrick

Masters Theses

After more than two decades of fundamental differences due to lack of direct diplomatic relations, the People's Republic of China and the United States are developing a harmonious working relationship. Friendly relations between these two major nations began to improve in 1972 during President Richard Nixon's visit to China that had been arranged by Henry Kissinger, Assistant for National Security Affairs.

The purpose of this thesis is to show that nations can overcome their negative stereotyped images with one another when their leaders will enter into effective communication.

Chapter I considers the historical aspects of the Sino-American relationship.

Chapter II …


Generalization Effects Of A Spray Mist To Reduce Self-Injurious Behaviors In Two Profoundly Retarded Female Adults, Pamela A. Ong Dec 1979

Generalization Effects Of A Spray Mist To Reduce Self-Injurious Behaviors In Two Profoundly Retarded Female Adults, Pamela A. Ong

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Allegan Dam Site: An Upper Mississippi Occupation In The Lower Kalamazoo River Basin, George B. Spero Dec 1979

The Allegan Dam Site: An Upper Mississippi Occupation In The Lower Kalamazoo River Basin, George B. Spero

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


An Essay Regarding The Systems Approach In Social Science From The View Of Political Science, Gregg William Smith Dec 1979

An Essay Regarding The Systems Approach In Social Science From The View Of Political Science, Gregg William Smith

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Teaching Basic Laundry Skills To Multiply-Handicapped Persons: An Experimental Validation, Thomas J. Thompson Dec 1979

Teaching Basic Laundry Skills To Multiply-Handicapped Persons: An Experimental Validation, Thomas J. Thompson

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


A Comparison Of Supervisor Graphing And Self-Graphing Of Performance In A Procedure For Controlling Time On Scheduled Tasks, Sheldon L. Stone Dec 1979

A Comparison Of Supervisor Graphing And Self-Graphing Of Performance In A Procedure For Controlling Time On Scheduled Tasks, Sheldon L. Stone

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Generalization Of Behavior Modification Skills Acquired Through Observation Training Procedures, Thomas E. Mccarthy Aug 1979

Generalization Of Behavior Modification Skills Acquired Through Observation Training Procedures, Thomas E. Mccarthy

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Therapeutic Dance: An Annotated Bibliography Of Books, Articles, Records And Films Applicable For Use With Adults And Published From January, 1975 Through March, 1979, Susan Allene Meyer Aug 1979

Therapeutic Dance: An Annotated Bibliography Of Books, Articles, Records And Films Applicable For Use With Adults And Published From January, 1975 Through March, 1979, Susan Allene Meyer

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Response Strength In Multiple Pacing Schedules, Stephen J. Fath Aug 1979

Response Strength In Multiple Pacing Schedules, Stephen J. Fath

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Use Of Contingency Contracting To Maintain And Improve Jogging (An Exercise Behavior) In A Group Of Community Women, Nancy Lai-Shi Chan Aug 1979

The Use Of Contingency Contracting To Maintain And Improve Jogging (An Exercise Behavior) In A Group Of Community Women, Nancy Lai-Shi Chan

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Forces In The Criminality Of Women, Doris J. Cubbernuss Aug 1979

Forces In The Criminality Of Women, Doris J. Cubbernuss

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Teaching-Care: Developing Therapeutic Staff-Client Interactions During Daily Care Activities, Martin T. Ivancic Aug 1979

Teaching-Care: Developing Therapeutic Staff-Client Interactions During Daily Care Activities, Martin T. Ivancic

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


A Suggested Sight Vocabulary Training Program, Martin Halvorsen Aug 1979

A Suggested Sight Vocabulary Training Program, Martin Halvorsen

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Habilitation In Michigan’S Developmental Centers Since The Enactment Of The Michigan Mental Health Code, Janet Maccormack Aug 1979

Habilitation In Michigan’S Developmental Centers Since The Enactment Of The Michigan Mental Health Code, Janet Maccormack

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Hypoglycemia And Related Emotional And Behavioral Disorders, Sharon Ruth Porteous Aug 1979

Hypoglycemia And Related Emotional And Behavioral Disorders, Sharon Ruth Porteous

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


A Study Of The Changes In The Intellectual Environment From The Middle Ages To The Late Nineteenth Century Culminating In The Professionalization Of Anthropology, Linda Marie Place Aug 1979

A Study Of The Changes In The Intellectual Environment From The Middle Ages To The Late Nineteenth Century Culminating In The Professionalization Of Anthropology, Linda Marie Place

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Characteristics Of Home Rule Supporters In Seven Pennsylvania Municipalities, Shafie Bin Haji Mohd. Salleh Aug 1979

The Characteristics Of Home Rule Supporters In Seven Pennsylvania Municipalities, Shafie Bin Haji Mohd. Salleh

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Interpretation Of Generic Language As Male Or Male/Female By Nine And Ten Year Old Children, Jane H. Vander Weyden Aug 1979

The Interpretation Of Generic Language As Male Or Male/Female By Nine And Ten Year Old Children, Jane H. Vander Weyden

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


A Study Of Behavioral Contrast Using Multiple Discriminative Stimuli, Gary M. Stoynoff Aug 1979

A Study Of Behavioral Contrast Using Multiple Discriminative Stimuli, Gary M. Stoynoff

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Improving Customer Service In A Large Department Store Through The Use Of Training And Feedback, Mark G. Brown Apr 1979

Improving Customer Service In A Large Department Store Through The Use Of Training And Feedback, Mark G. Brown

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to increase the frequency of four specific customer-service behaviors in three full-time department store salespeople. Each related to the steps involved in a sales transaction, the behaviors recorded were: approaching and greeting customers, being courteous, and appropriately closing the sale. These four responses were defined as exceptional customer service behaviors. A training program had only a slight impact on improving service, but feedback produced a substantial improvement in the frequency of all four targeted customer-service behaviors Removal of feedback produced a small decline in performance; but the percentage of exceptional customer-service behaviors increased to …


Reinforcement Psychology And The Market Environment, Richard P. Eastman Apr 1979

Reinforcement Psychology And The Market Environment, Richard P. Eastman

Masters Theses

A functional analysis of behavior requires a monopoly of controlling variables. Where contingency-control is mutual, i.e., where there is mutual shaping of shaping, functional analysis of contingency control is impossible. Weingarten and Mechner's notion of 'dependent-contingency* analysis restores some sense here, but not enough to salvage grandiose schemes for monopolistically controlled experimental cultures.

Utopian behaviorists do not realize the scope of functions performed by markets in the human environment. Prediction and control of a dependent-variable culture requires prior elimination of entrepreneurship, (black) markets, and the far-reaching division of labor that is provided only by market coordination. Under such a system, …


A Taxonomy Of Organizations For Assessing Research In Organizational Communication, Margaret E. Dennany Apr 1979

A Taxonomy Of Organizations For Assessing Research In Organizational Communication, Margaret E. Dennany

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Inmate Deaths In Kalamazoo County, Berrien County And 42 States: A Comparative Analysis For The Years 1970-1977, Janice Bernice Howard Apr 1979

Inmate Deaths In Kalamazoo County, Berrien County And 42 States: A Comparative Analysis For The Years 1970-1977, Janice Bernice Howard

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.