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The Effects Of Non-Contingent Stimuli On Rate Of Lever Pressing Using Human Subjects, Dan V. Lebenta Dec 1969

The Effects Of Non-Contingent Stimuli On Rate Of Lever Pressing Using Human Subjects, Dan V. Lebenta

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


An Experimental Analysis Of Human Social Behavior In A Competitive Situation With The Opportunity For Aggression, William A. Michael Dec 1969

An Experimental Analysis Of Human Social Behavior In A Competitive Situation With The Opportunity For Aggression, William A. Michael

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Teacher-Aides On Teachers Perceptions: An Exploratory Study Of Definitions Of Status-Role Activities, Major Classroom Problems, And Status-Role Satisfaction, John H. Natzke Dec 1969

The Effects Of Teacher-Aides On Teachers Perceptions: An Exploratory Study Of Definitions Of Status-Role Activities, Major Classroom Problems, And Status-Role Satisfaction, John H. Natzke

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Evolution And Character Of The Bedding Plants Industry In Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Robert F. Wiseman Nov 1969

The Evolution And Character Of The Bedding Plants Industry In Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Robert F. Wiseman

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Stimulus Balance And Preference In The Japanese Quail, Richard Leon Mead Oct 1969

Stimulus Balance And Preference In The Japanese Quail, Richard Leon Mead

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


A Study Of Change In Secondary Teachers' Attitudes Towards School Library Concepts After Instruction In Librarianship, Rulon Kent Wood Sep 1969

A Study Of Change In Secondary Teachers' Attitudes Towards School Library Concepts After Instruction In Librarianship, Rulon Kent Wood

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Classical Discrimination Conditioning Of Pain-Elicited Aggression, Delmar A. Ozolins Aug 1969

Classical Discrimination Conditioning Of Pain-Elicited Aggression, Delmar A. Ozolins

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


An Attempt To Manipulate The Results Of A Psychomotor Learning Task, Robert D. Cable Aug 1969

An Attempt To Manipulate The Results Of A Psychomotor Learning Task, Robert D. Cable

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Morphine On Shock-Induced Aggression In The Squirrel Monkey, Grace S. Emley Aug 1969

The Effects Of Morphine On Shock-Induced Aggression In The Squirrel Monkey, Grace S. Emley

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Changes In Rates Of Food-Reinforced Bar-Pressing And Collateral Licking During A Signal Preceding Response-Independent Shock, Sander Stern Aug 1969

Changes In Rates Of Food-Reinforced Bar-Pressing And Collateral Licking During A Signal Preceding Response-Independent Shock, Sander Stern

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


An Early Intracounty Railroad Network And The Development Of Fruit Culture: Van Buren County, Michigan, Dale L. Kubicki Aug 1969

An Early Intracounty Railroad Network And The Development Of Fruit Culture: Van Buren County, Michigan, Dale L. Kubicki

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Effects Of X-Radiation On Saccharine Consumption As A Function Of Dosage And Interstimulus Interval, Michael Drillings Aug 1969

Effects Of X-Radiation On Saccharine Consumption As A Function Of Dosage And Interstimulus Interval, Michael Drillings

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Differential Impact Of Protestant, Catholic, And Public Schooling Upon Attitudes Toward The Police Of Kalamazoo Junior High Students, Daniel James Dingman Aug 1969

The Differential Impact Of Protestant, Catholic, And Public Schooling Upon Attitudes Toward The Police Of Kalamazoo Junior High Students, Daniel James Dingman

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Skeletal Pathology In The Kenya Baboon, Ronald R. Copping Aug 1969

Skeletal Pathology In The Kenya Baboon, Ronald R. Copping

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Patterns Of Intergenerational Occupational Mobility Of American Females, Peter Dejong Aug 1969

Patterns Of Intergenerational Occupational Mobility Of American Females, Peter Dejong

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Max Weber's Methodology: A Probabilistic Perspective, Rudolf J. Faller Aug 1969

Max Weber's Methodology: A Probabilistic Perspective, Rudolf J. Faller

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Yugoslav Communist Party: Decentralization And Reorganization, Barbara P. Mccrea Aug 1969

The Yugoslav Communist Party: Decentralization And Reorganization, Barbara P. Mccrea

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Generalization Effects Of Verbal Conditioning In Chronic Schizophrenics, James Larry Tichenor Aug 1969

Generalization Effects Of Verbal Conditioning In Chronic Schizophrenics, James Larry Tichenor

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Avoidance Of Time-Out From, And Withdrawal Of, Positive Reinforcement In Humans: Reduction In Actual And Potential Reinforcement As A Stimulus For Aggression, Brigitte Symannek Aug 1969

Avoidance Of Time-Out From, And Withdrawal Of, Positive Reinforcement In Humans: Reduction In Actual And Potential Reinforcement As A Stimulus For Aggression, Brigitte Symannek

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Use Of An Avoidance Paradigm In The Treatment Of Torticollis, Sharon L. Surratt Aug 1969

Use Of An Avoidance Paradigm In The Treatment Of Torticollis, Sharon L. Surratt

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Behavioral Contrast: A Comparison Of Responses Maintained By Qualitatively Different Reinforcers, Paul Whelan Aug 1969

Behavioral Contrast: A Comparison Of Responses Maintained By Qualitatively Different Reinforcers, Paul Whelan

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Some Relationships Associated With Academic Success In Graduate Work At A Midwestern University, Stelios Georgiou Chimonides Aug 1969

Some Relationships Associated With Academic Success In Graduate Work At A Midwestern University, Stelios Georgiou Chimonides

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


A Late Pleistocene Geography Of Southwestern Michigan: A Cultural And Historical Study, David R. Williams Aug 1969

A Late Pleistocene Geography Of Southwestern Michigan: A Cultural And Historical Study, David R. Williams

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


An Analysis Of Worker Satisfaction, Thomas W. Westrate Aug 1969

An Analysis Of Worker Satisfaction, Thomas W. Westrate

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Personnel Organization In The Republic Of China--The Reorganization Of 1967, Shun Yao Aug 1969

Personnel Organization In The Republic Of China--The Reorganization Of 1967, Shun Yao

Masters Theses

At the end of 1967, the Chinese government promulgated an administrative decree on delegation of authority, and established the Personnel Bureau directly under the Executive Yuan. These two occurrences, from the administration point of view, are milestones in the renovation of the Chinese Republic in modern history..

The aim of these actions is to improve the conduct of government and inspire efficiency in government personnel--problems encountered in government. Progress involves the analysis of theories of public administration as well as the practical problems presently existing in the government. The scope of this thesis does not permit consideration of the problems …


An Examination Of The Relationship Between Kindred Connected­Ness And The Riesman Inner-Other Directedness, Judith Eva Wadford Aug 1969

An Examination Of The Relationship Between Kindred Connected­Ness And The Riesman Inner-Other Directedness, Judith Eva Wadford

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study is to investigate the family as a socializing agency from the standpoint of a possible relationship between kindred connectedness and inner-other direction.

The concept of kindred connectedness, developed by Whiteside and used in this study, is defined as the degree to which kin are bound to­gether by mutual assistance, affective support, and commonly held values and norms. Whiteside argues that persons from a close kindred have been socialized to be more sensitive to the expectations of others than persons from a non-close kindred.

There have been numerous attempts to develop empirical measures of the dimensions …


A Geographic Study Of The Tennessee Central Railway: An East-West Transport Route Across The Cumberland Plateau Of Tennessee, Dennis E. Quillen Aug 1969

A Geographic Study Of The Tennessee Central Railway: An East-West Transport Route Across The Cumberland Plateau Of Tennessee, Dennis E. Quillen

Masters Theses

The Harriman, Tennessee-Hopkinsville, Kentucky, routeway of the former Tennessee Central Railway is the only east-west rail crossing of the rugged Cumberland Plateau barrier in Tennessee and is one of a very few such rail crossings in the Southern Appalachian plateaus. The railroad's apparent good situation, however, has not resulted in either a large, dependable volume of traffic or a sound financial operation. After years of marginal operations, the Tennessee Central finally ceased operations on August 31, 1968. The line was subsequently divided into three segments and operations are now being conducted by three respective new owners: the Southern Railway, the …


A Study Of Library Services For Tennessee's Senior Citizens, Linda Weston Aug 1969

A Study Of Library Services For Tennessee's Senior Citizens, Linda Weston

Masters Theses

This study was undertaken to evaluate library services available for Tennessee's senior citizens. The specific objectives were to discover the extent of available library services for Tennessee's senior citizens and to make recommendations for improving the services. Data was obtained from the four Tennessee metropolitan public library directors and the 12 Tennessee regional directors by means of a questionnaire.

The results from this questionnaire were tallied, tabulated, and analyzed. Results were: (1) all services for senior citizens are a part of the adult departments, (2) personnel in charge of services vary from professional staff members to clerical staff members, (3) …


Generalization Of A Matching Discrimination, Klaus E. Liebold Jul 1969

Generalization Of A Matching Discrimination, Klaus E. Liebold

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Randomness As An Element Of Stimulus Complexity, Norman M. Kiracofe Jul 1969

Randomness As An Element Of Stimulus Complexity, Norman M. Kiracofe

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.