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The Nature Of Errors Made By Children In Serial Learning, John P. Ly

Master's Theses

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The Effects Of The Transfer Of Training In Teaching Algebra To A Ninth Grade Group, Mary Roserita Mcguire

Master's Theses

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A Survey Of The Problems Of Girls In Catholic High Schools, Rosemary Moody

Master's Theses

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Sex Differences In Selective Forgetting, John Daniel O'Malley

Master's Theses

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A Comparison Between Unemotional And Emotional Stimuli In Regard To Haggard's Ratios And Variances, Lee Francis Osborn

Master's Theses

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A Study Of Male Alcoholics By Means Of The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, Leonard J. Rothfeld

Master's Theses

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A Rorschach Study Of The Effect Of Electric Shock Treatment On The Schizophrenic Personality, Anthony B. Tabor

Master's Theses

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An Investigation Into The Relationship Between Attitude And Emotion, Marshall J. Webb

Master's Theses

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The Relative Stimulus Value Of Voices And Faces As Measured By The Method Of Recognition, William Hill Doub

Master's Theses

When Ebbinghaus published the results of his experimental investigations of memory in 1885 his introductory chapter pointed out the "bare knowledge of the existence of memory and its effects." Historically in studies of memory our information came in large measure from the observation of the extreme and especially striking cases.The difficulties of scientific studies and the indefinite unspecialised knowledge of the nature of memory vas almost prohibitive in undertaking new investigations.

Parents' Reasons For Premature Termination Of Contacts In A Child Guidance Center, Fred Donnel Whelan

Master's Theses

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An Analysis Of The Relationships Existing Between The Number And Kinds Of Problems Of Children And Their Degree Of Intelligence, Herbert L. Sachs

Master's Theses

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The Effects Of Radio Programs On Recognitive Memory In High School Students, William Edwin Tatter

Master's Theses

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A Comparison Of Standard And Varied Forms Of Administering And Scoring The Revised Stanford-Binet, Form L, Jeanne Mcrae Mccarthy

Master's Theses

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An Analysis Of Academic Achievement In Psychology, Charles Spital

Master's Theses

Some kinds of educational tests have been in use for centuries, dating back to oral tests of Socrates. It was not until 1845, however, that the brilliant Horace Mann first pointed to the advantage of written essay examinations over oral. And even then he could not precipitate any great rush toward the use of written tests.

Some Personality Factors In Tuberculosis, Margery C. Peple

Master's Theses

In my capacity as Occupational Therapist and Rehabilitation Director at Pine Camp Hospital. I have become aware of the urgent need by the patients for constant understanding and encouragement. I became interested in learning more of the personalities of the tuberculous and how they might be helped through any knowledge gained from the administration of personality inventories.
In this study, I have given a brief resume of some of the literature written on the subject of emotions and tuberculosis and how the progress of the disease may be affected because of emotional disturbances. There follows some discussion of the data …

The Role Of The Minister In Psychotherapy, Samuel Schwartz

Master's Theses

why should the minister intrude on the field of psychotherapy? Physicians will say that many a pastor who has come into the sick-room has done the patient more harm than good. The solemn appearance of the "man of God" and his mournful players have set back many a recovery, they will tell you.

An Analysis Of Vocabulary Variables At The College Level, Betty Ann Allen

Master's Theses

The strength and growth of vocabulary is one or the decisive factors in successful college work. Educators find it helpful to evaluate not only the general vocabulary ability of the college student, but also the more specialized directions which the development of the student 's vocabulary may take.

The author's interest in this problem grew out of the results obtained with fresh­men in the Westhampton College orientation program in September 1948. In working up the data from 119 freshmen 's scores on the Michigan Vocabulary Profile Test, results were such as to arouse interest in analysis of freshmen performance on …

The Factors Which Influence The Teacher's Mark In Arithmetic, Mary Francis Thinnes

Master's Theses

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The Nature Of Errors In Serial Learning, Kiyoshi Matsukuma

Master's Theses

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An Evaluation Study Of The Rehabilitation Service In Virginia, Mabel Leigh Rooke

Master's Theses

Since 1920 the Commonwealth 0£ Virginia bas had an organized Civilian Vocational Rehabilitation Program, having enacted the legislation creating the Service. a few weeks prior to the passage of the Federal Act in June of that year. A national consciousness of tho crippled and disabled had been awakened following World War I which culminated in the Veteran Rehabilitation Act. This was, actually, the forerunner of all later legislation meeting the popular demand tor a program available to all citizens, and which now reaches into all of the forty-eight states and the District of Columbia as well.as Alaska, Puerto Rico, and …

A Study Of The Effects Of A Coloured Episcotister On Brightness Matches With Grays, Lillian-Frances Bowden

Master's Theses

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An Investigation Into The Relationship Between Racial Prejudice And Personality, Donald Edward Williams

Master's Theses

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The Speed Of Learning In Relation To The Amount Retained After Different Time Intervals Following Original Learning, George H. Zimny

Master's Theses

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A Study Of The Factors Associated With The Adjustment Of One Hundred Delinquent Girls, Mabelle Hathaway Brooks

Master's Theses

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The Relationship Between Scores On A Battery Of Nursing Tests And Scholastic Achievement At The End Of The Pre-Clinical Period, Patrick Fitzmaurice

Master's Theses

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Relationship Of School Background To Reading Ability Of One Hundred Disabled Readers, Mary Loretta Nolan

Master's Theses

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The Effect Of Practice With Digits Upon The Span Of Retention In Children, Kathleen E. O'Brien

Master's Theses

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An Experimental Study Of Related Processes In Span Of Attention And In Perception, Jesse Ralph Pearson

Master's Theses

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The Psychology Of Conversion, James Roy Smith

Master's Theses

The present study of conversion is approached through the medium of psychology, which, like the Christian religion, is extremely interested in human beings. Christianity owes to psychology a great debt of gratitude for the light which it has thrown upon the vast recesses of the human mind and upon the possibilities in the personality which Christianity would convert.

There has been no hesitation to employ whatever information psychology may offer concerning the processes at work in conversion,together with any technique which might serve to increase its likelihood. It is not the purpose of this thesis to champion the cause of …

The Validation Of A Short Form Test Of Adult Intelligence, Carolyn Marsh O'Neal

Master's Theses

This thesis deals with the validation of a short form of the Wechsler-Bellevue Intelligence Scale. The data used for this validation were obtained from the Psychology Clinic of the Medical College of Virginia, The State Mental Hygiene Clinic, and the files of the Psychology Department of the University of Richmond.