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Comfort Climates At Grand Rapids, Michigan: A Dynamic Approach, Robert L. Janiskee Jun 1969

Comfort Climates At Grand Rapids, Michigan: A Dynamic Approach, Robert L. Janiskee

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No abstract provided.


A Comparison Of Differential Response Rates With Children Under Two Schedules Of Reinforcement And Extinction Using Programmed Mathematics Instruction, David L. Sorenson Jun 1969

A Comparison Of Differential Response Rates With Children Under Two Schedules Of Reinforcement And Extinction Using Programmed Mathematics Instruction, David L. Sorenson

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No abstract provided.


The Availability And Adequacy Of Some Spanish Translated Tests, Nelson Diaz-Mora May 1969

The Availability And Adequacy Of Some Spanish Translated Tests, Nelson Diaz-Mora

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No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Continuous Shock Punishment On Fr Reinforced Behavior, John Carter Moore May 1969

The Effects Of Continuous Shock Punishment On Fr Reinforced Behavior, John Carter Moore

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No abstract provided.


School Library Supervision In Michigan, Mary Ann Hanna Apr 1969

School Library Supervision In Michigan, Mary Ann Hanna

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No abstract provided.


Reference Group Theory And Predisposition Toward Teacher Dropout, Anton John Tomas Apr 1969

Reference Group Theory And Predisposition Toward Teacher Dropout, Anton John Tomas

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No abstract provided.


Skin Color, Race, And Self Image: An Exploratory Study Of A Group Of High School Youths, Zelte Crawford Apr 1969

Skin Color, Race, And Self Image: An Exploratory Study Of A Group Of High School Youths, Zelte Crawford

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No abstract provided.


Reinforcement Of Sitting Behavior In Retardates In An Institutional Setting, Robert James Bonner Apr 1969

Reinforcement Of Sitting Behavior In Retardates In An Institutional Setting, Robert James Bonner

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No abstract provided.


A Study Of Completed Suicide And Attempted Suicide In The Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area Of Flint: Michigan, I960, Friedrich Volker Wenz Apr 1969

A Study Of Completed Suicide And Attempted Suicide In The Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area Of Flint: Michigan, I960, Friedrich Volker Wenz

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No abstract provided.


The Prediction Of High School Dropouts, Clifford E. Bryan Apr 1969

The Prediction Of High School Dropouts, Clifford E. Bryan

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No abstract provided.


The Influence Of Extrinsic And Intrinsic Decision Factors On Company Selection Among College Seniors, Lawrence J. Hahn Apr 1969

The Influence Of Extrinsic And Intrinsic Decision Factors On Company Selection Among College Seniors, Lawrence J. Hahn

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No abstract provided.


Response Contingent Shock And Its Effect Upon Self-Injurious Behavior, William N. Schlee Mar 1969

Response Contingent Shock And Its Effect Upon Self-Injurious Behavior, William N. Schlee

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No abstract provided.


The Self Concept Of Black And White Disturbed Adolescent Girls In Residential Treatment, Cheryl A. Smith Jan 1969

The Self Concept Of Black And White Disturbed Adolescent Girls In Residential Treatment, Cheryl A. Smith

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The purpose of the present study was to examine the extent to which race and self concept were associated in a group of disturbed adolescent girls in residential treatment. I The study drew on an earlier investigation of self concept, which conceived of the self concept as a part of the personality of an individual that acted as a motivating force. The study assumed that self concept was implicated in the dynamics of the disturbances that brought adolescents into treatment, and its purpose was directed towards securing a better understanding of the girls.

The study was conducted with a non-probability …


Illinois Agrarianism And Shelby Moore Cullom, Richard F. Wells Jan 1969

Illinois Agrarianism And Shelby Moore Cullom, Richard F. Wells

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No abstract provided.


Social Darwinism And War: A Study Of British Attitudes, 1890-1900, Gilbert Neal Early Jan 1969

Social Darwinism And War: A Study Of British Attitudes, 1890-1900, Gilbert Neal Early

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No abstract provided.


An Analysis Of Personal Characteristics As Motivating Factors That Influenced Selecting A Particular Site For Canoeing, Ben Crail Butler Jan 1969

An Analysis Of Personal Characteristics As Motivating Factors That Influenced Selecting A Particular Site For Canoeing, Ben Crail Butler

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NEED: The canoe is being used for many types of work and pleasure. Little evidence is available regarding factors that may influence canoeing instruction.

PURPOSE: This study is an attempt to determine the factors which influence people who cross the Four-Mile Portage at Basswood Lake, Ely, Minnesota to go on a canoe trip.

METHOD OF RESEARCH: By the use of a questionnaire, given to people who go canoeing, valuable information could be obtained on the frequency a person goes canoeing, the type of instruction they received and where they received it, their opinion on offering canoeing in the physical education …


An Exploration Of The "Fear Of Hawk" Hypothesis Using Stationary Silhouetted Stimuli With Naive Japanese Quail, John Stuart Clement Jan 1969

An Exploration Of The "Fear Of Hawk" Hypothesis Using Stationary Silhouetted Stimuli With Naive Japanese Quail, John Stuart Clement

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No abstract provided.


An Indeterministic Approach To The Investigation Of Cbd Commuter Flows In Tulsa, Oklahoma, Bruce Richard Bullis Jan 1969

An Indeterministic Approach To The Investigation Of Cbd Commuter Flows In Tulsa, Oklahoma, Bruce Richard Bullis

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No abstract provided.


A Reliability And Validity Assessment Of Scales Measuring The Perception Of The Evaluations Of Others, John A. Vonk Jan 1969

A Reliability And Validity Assessment Of Scales Measuring The Perception Of The Evaluations Of Others, John A. Vonk

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No abstract provided.


American Governmental Response To The 1956 Hungarian Revolution, Martin Ivan Elzy Jan 1969

American Governmental Response To The 1956 Hungarian Revolution, Martin Ivan Elzy

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No abstract provided.


A Study Of Personality Factors And Academic Achievement In The Elementary School, Judith P. Kuehn Jan 1969

A Study Of Personality Factors And Academic Achievement In The Elementary School, Judith P. Kuehn

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No abstract provided.


A Study Of The Equity Of Competition Within The Eastern Illinois Conference, Charles Edgar Bell Jan 1969

A Study Of The Equity Of Competition Within The Eastern Illinois Conference, Charles Edgar Bell

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No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Ego-Involvement And Fear Appeals Upon Task Performance, Stephen Steinmetz Jan 1969

The Effects Of Ego-Involvement And Fear Appeals Upon Task Performance, Stephen Steinmetz

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Researchers and scholars in the fear appeal area have been unable to determine what factor or factors make fear appeals effective. Two studies, Hewgill and Miller (1965) and Powell (1965), suggest that the personal involvement of the audience with who or what is threatened is the factor which causes fear appeals to be effective. If ego-involvement is the personal involvement factor indicated by these studies, then it would appear to be the key to fear appeal effectiveness. Therefore, the present investigation was designed to experimentally compare the effects of ego-involvement and fear appeals upon task performance.

Sixty nine undergraduates enrolled …


A General Semantics Model For Speech Evaluation, Harold Lee Drake Jan 1969

A General Semantics Model For Speech Evaluation, Harold Lee Drake

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No abstract provided by author.


A Greek Translation Of The "Code Of Points" Of The International Gymnastics Federation, Men's Technical Committee, Dennis Merkatis Jan 1969

A Greek Translation Of The "Code Of Points" Of The International Gymnastics Federation, Men's Technical Committee, Dennis Merkatis

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No abstract provided.


A Rhetorical Analysis Of Robert F. Kennedy's Speaking On The Issue Of Peace In Vietnam, As Revealed In His Kansas Address, "Conflict In Vietnam", Jeanine I. Rishel Jan 1969

A Rhetorical Analysis Of Robert F. Kennedy's Speaking On The Issue Of Peace In Vietnam, As Revealed In His Kansas Address, "Conflict In Vietnam", Jeanine I. Rishel

Masters Theses

Many Americans have marshaled their rhetoric to support or to denounce the Vietnam war. One of the most insistent voices heard was that of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.

Hypothesis. It was the hypothesis of this study that Robert Francis Kennedy’s speaking on the issue of peace in Vietnam was intelligent and responsible.

Statement of Purpose. The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis by analyzing and evaluating “Conflict in Vietnam,” a speech delivered by Robert Kennedy in Manhattan, Kansas on March 18, 1968. This particular speech was selected for the following reasons: (1) The speech stated …


Social Status And Four Dimensions Of Religiosity: Church-Like And Sect-Like Religious Involvement, Gerald A. Van Spronsen Dec 1968

Social Status And Four Dimensions Of Religiosity: Church-Like And Sect-Like Religious Involvement, Gerald A. Van Spronsen

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No abstract provided.


School Racial Composition: A Social-Psychological Study Of Self Images And Achievement, Ellyn Ruth Robert Dec 1968

School Racial Composition: A Social-Psychological Study Of Self Images And Achievement, Ellyn Ruth Robert

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No abstract provided.


Effects Of Early Experience Upon Open-Field Behavior And The Conditioning And Extinction Of Conditioned Suppression, Larry D. Irey Dec 1968

Effects Of Early Experience Upon Open-Field Behavior And The Conditioning And Extinction Of Conditioned Suppression, Larry D. Irey

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No abstract provided.


Classical Conditioning Of Aggression: A Developmental Study, Bruce E. Gideon Dec 1968

Classical Conditioning Of Aggression: A Developmental Study, Bruce E. Gideon

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No abstract provided.