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Psychological And Biochemical Mechanisms Of Schizoprenia, Bruce Macpherson

Senior Scholar Papers

Schizophrenia is a disease whose physical cause is unknown despite the attempts of several research teams to discover a physical basis for it. Some success has been gained in genetic studies which indicate that schizophrenia is an inherited disability. However, since research tools are at present so sadly inadequate, the value of pursuing a genetic line of reasoning is questionable. To compensate for the lack of biochemical certainties in treating mental illness, psychological theories have been constructed to explain the schizophrenia syndrome. Normal personality is seen as the resultant of environmental and inherited influences. Involved in the formation of personality …

A Comparison Of Aspiration Levels Of Students In Ability-Grouped And Randomly-Grouped Schools, George Aaron Jeffs

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Grouping students with in the school setting has long been a concern to all those associated with the educative process. Much investigation has been devoted to the position of level of aspiration as influential motive forces for educational, occupational, and social achievement. Many avenues of grouping have been investigated and some very thoroughly. However, research concerning grouping in relation to level of aspiration in the school setting appears to be extremely limited. This study is designed to further investigate this issue. It might be said that this study consists of essentially two phases: (1) the development of instruments for measuring …

A Comparison Of Underachievers And Normal Achievers At The Upper-Elementary And Seventh-Grade Level, M. Nephi Manning

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

That each is born with differing capacities and potentials is self-evident. Both students and teachers should accept as their right and duty the task of bringing to full fruition these latent potentialities.

It is a cause of concern in the nation, among parents and teachers, and in later years among students themselves, that many of our youth fail to achieve that of which they are capable. This is a loss to society and a disappointment to the individual.

The purpose of this study is to add to the growing fund of knowledge concerning factors related to this important area of …

Educational Grouping And Students' Self Concept, John N. Giboney

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The question of ability grouping in education has achieved prominence, especially in recent years. Much of the emphasis placed on grouping students according to ability rather than chronological age is a product of modern times and progressive education. Although not accepted by all educators, there is a definite movement toward such a procedure in public schools today. It is held by the advocates of ability grouping that students will benefit more in a situation where they proceed at a rate prescribed by their ability rather than a hypothetical average or norm. Several well-controlled studies (3, 33, 44) have shown that …

An Evaluation Of Social Stars, Regulars, Neglectees, And Isolates In Ability-Grouped And Random-Grouped Classrooms, Benjamin W. Standing

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Education in the United States attempts to present maximum opportunities for learning in a democratic atmosphere. Many great educators have sought means to accomplish this end. Today, because of the stimulating force of other nations, even greater pressure is being brought to bear to achieve these goals. The plan of grouping pupils according to their abilities has been presented as one way to facilitate learning.

Ability grouping is the assigning of pupils who are essentially alike to special grade levels and to parallel sections of the same grade. Although it may be thought that ability grouping is a new procedure, …

An Analysis Of The Achievement Gains Made By Students In Ability-Grouped Vs. Random-Grouped Classroom Units, Luan H. Ferrin

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Because of the rapid advancements being made in the field of knowledge, educators, as well as those in other fields, must periodically take inventory. Current practices, policies, and methods must be carefully scrutinized to determine if they are the most effective. The group or class method of instruction is one such area.

A Comparative Analysis Of The Effects Of Heterogeneous And Homogeneous Elementary School Grouping Practices On Selected Personality Variables, Clarence D. Swaner

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The relative advantages or disadvantages associated with the practice of grouping school children according to ability level has long been the subject of considerable discussion among educators. The general tendency has been for educators to divide into two camps: Those who expound the various merits of homogeneous grouping, and those who favor and support heterogeneous grouping practices. Less common, but acknowledged, are those educators who favor a combination of the two methods. Research dealing with the relative value of either method has usually been concerned with only one aspect of the problem--that of academic achievement. However, the efforts of several …

The Secondary Reinforcing Effects Of Two Goal Box Cues, Clinton L. Trafton

Psychology ETDs

Mowrer (1960) views secondary reinforcement as not only real phenomenon, but as an important learning mechanism. He states that "habit strength is stimuli with secondary reinforcement capacity and that a 'habit' is strong or weak, not as a function of the S_d-R₁ (drive stimulus-intstrumental response) 'bond', but as a function of how many of the stimuli produced by a response possess how much of this so-called reinforcing potential." (italics his, p. 228). This discussion by Mowrer, together with a consideration of the research reported above, led the present writer to wonder whether several different stimuli (in the …

Effects Of Lesions In The Hippocampal Rudiment On Conditioned Olfactory Discrimination In The Albino Rat, Hacker Joseph Fagot

Dissertations

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An Experimental Investigation Of The Relationship Between The Psychogalvanic Response And The Conscious Intensity Of Emotional Response, John Joseph Flanagan

Dissertations

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Analysis Of Thought Processes Involved In Solving Clinical Problems, Harry E. Gunn

Dissertations

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Differences In Motivational Patterns Of College Student Brothers As Revealed In The Tat, The Ratings Of Their Peers, And The Ratings Of Their Superiors: A Validation Study, Thomas Leo Quinn

Dissertations

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Individual Competition And Group Competition As Motivation Factors At The High School Level, Earl Berke

Master's Theses

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Accuracy In Personal Judgment Of Others As Related To The Study Of Values, Robert Ralph Blair

Master's Theses

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The Diplomacy Test Of Empathy: A Validation Study, Jack H. Grossman

Master's Theses

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Replication Of A Study Of Perception Of Unstructured Stimuli And Individual Executive Performance, Mildred Pauline Radocha

Master's Theses

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Personality Correlates Of Peer Selected Hospital Corps Students, Esther Florence Ramsay

Master's Theses

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Changes In Iq Of Institutionalized Delinquent Boys, Robert Allen Roe

Master's Theses

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Survey Of The Problem Area Of Junior High Negro Students, Mary Syra Galvin

Master's Theses

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A Study Of Inductive Reasoning Ability Among College Women, Ann Codd Forst

Master's Theses

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A Multidimensional Study Of The Perceived Structure Of Nations, Isabel O. Reyes

Master's Theses

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What Do Readers Really Want?, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

THE Farm and Home section of the Journal of Agriculture has, for some years, provided articles aimed at helping or informing the farm housewife, concentrating on recipes, dressmaking and handicrafts.

In fact, what we want to know is: what do readers want?

The Discriminative Value Of The Items Of The Loyola Nimh Attitude Scale, Verus Thomas Kalarickal

Master's Theses

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The Effect Of Emotional Meaning On Word Perception, Frances Herb

Master's Theses

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Social Perception And The Loyola Language Study, Bruce Clare Becker

Dissertations

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Validity Of The Beall-Panton Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory Index Of "Escapism" In A State Training School Population, C. John Figura

Master's Theses

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Pr Ratio And The Mmpi Ire: An Experimental Approach As To How A Person Handles His Emotions, Robert E. Hoene

Master's Theses

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Rorschach Personality Pattern Differences Between Over-Achievers, Normals, And Under-Achievers At The Fifth Grade Level, Joan Carroll Baldwin

Dissertations

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Personality Differences Between Socially Maladjusted And Socially Adjusted Negro Boys, As Indicated By The Rorschach And Tat Techniques, Norman George Kerr

Dissertations

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The Wechsler Intelligence Scale For Children And The Revised Stanford-Binet, L-M In Relation To The Stanford Achievement Test, Form K With A Fifth Grade Negro Population, Donald J. Tyrell

Dissertations

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