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A Simplified Revision Of The Keston Music Preference Test, Barbara Jean Snodgrass

Psychology ETDs

The purpose of this study was to revise and simplify a new and involved test of musical preference. The Keston Music Preference Test in its original form consisted of sixteen phonograph record discs, or thirty-two sides in all. It took approximately three hours to administer, and the grading procedure was extremely complex and time consuming. However, in spite of these difficulties, the test has demonstrated its usefulness in measuring musical discrimination, or musical sophistication among high school students and college students. It seemed highly desirable, therefore, to reduce the length of the test and to simplify the grading system of …

Introversion-Extroversion And Musical Taste, John H. Schopler

Psychology ETDs

In an article in press by M. J. Keston and Isabelle Pinto, certain factors possibly influencing musical preference were investigated. Of all the factors tested, thinking introversion-extroversion, as measured by the Heston Personal Adjustment Inventory, Scale A, had the highest correlation with musical preference. The purpose of the present study is to determine whether or not this relationship between introversion-extroversion and musical preference will be found with another measure of introversion-extroversion used.

The Performance Of Minority Group Delinquent And Non-Delinquent Boys On The Rosenzweig Picture Frustration Test, Gerald Jean Kleinfeld

Psychology ETDs

It was the purpose of this study to compare the reactions to frustration of a group of Spanish-American male delinquents with a group of Spanish-American delinquent boys, utilizing the Rosenzweig Picture-Frustration Study, to determine whether or not there were significant differences in their response in terms of the Rosenzweig scoring dimensions. Another purpose of the study was to determine whether or not aggressive behavior correlated with any dimension on the Picture-Frustration Study. Finally, it was though that the study might reveal whether or not there were significant differences in responses to frustration between different cultural groups. If such a difference …

An Analysis Of Certain Responses To A Color Association Test, Norbett Lawrence Mintz

Psychology ETDs

The study to be presented in this thesis is a direct outgrowth of four years of work by the writer and his associates. Because none of the previous studies has been published and no statement of the over-all purpose of this study exists, it was deemed advisable to review the entire background of the present investigation. Therefore, the thesis has been divided into two parts.

Part One Shall: (1) demonstrate that the color association test resulted from a combination of color matching technique and the word association method; (2) present the purpose for which the test was developed; (3) review …

An Experimental Investigation Of The Functioning Of The Corpus Callosum., Charles Schuster

Psychology ETDs

The present investigation represents an exploratory attempt to work on the functions of the corpus callosum—about which little is known. A shotgun blast type of investigation was attempted in order to sample a variety of behavioral aspects. The purpose was to use any finding of this investigation as a lead for more comprehensive and conclusive experimentation.

Personality Differences Between Fighter And Non-Fighter Pilots, William A. Marcum

Psychology ETDs

This study attempts to distinguish personality factors which may influence Air Force pilots in their choice of a specific type of aircraft for their primary flying duty.

It is not the purpose of this study to investigate the personality of the versatile pilot, who seems equally adapted in terms of mental attitudes, personality matrix, and flying skill for any and all type of aircraft. Instead, the research is focused on those pilots whose preference and capabilities have channeled them into flying either fighter or non-fighter aircraft.

In the expectation that the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, with its scope and classification …