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

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

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

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

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

No abstract provided.

A Study Of The Psychology Of Perfume Advertising As Used In Five Popular Magazines, Raymond Albert Herwitz

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Throughout the history of physiology and psychology. much effort has been devoted to the study of the functions of the emotions and their subsequent effects on behavior. A systematic investigation of the powers have proved to be extremely fruitful for further understanding of how the emotional appeal can be used, within advertising limits, on individuals.

The Adjustment Of Eighty Correspondence Club Members As Indicated By Two Adjustment Inventories, Maurice R. Seaquist

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

It is the purpose of the present thesis to determine the adjustment of a sampling of correspondence club members. The hypothesis is that the social adjustment of these individuals is inferior to that of the individuals used in two personality inventories. In addition, answers to these questions are sought:

1. Is there a common need or problem that motivates these men and women to seek companionship through correspondence agencies?
2. What is their age, sex, cultural and geographical background?
3. What are the physical qualities and economic status of the members and what qualities and status are they seeking in the members they …

Correlations Between The Bernreuter Personality Inventory And The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory At The College Level, William Walter Farquhar

Student Work

The basic problem of the study was to determine the extent of relationship between the Bernreuter Personality Inventory and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory at the college level. Primarily this is a problem of method.

Children's Reactions To One Hundred Thirty-Seven Visual Items, Robert James Tufts

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to present the responses of children to one hundred thirty-seven visual items developed under the direction of the present writer specifically for this purpose. The items are pen and ink sketches of situations, actions and objects which any child might find in his daily living or about which he might fantasy.

The subject matter of the items can be best be determined by direct reference to them as they are presented in Chapter III of this thesis. They represent many types of situations and objects with no intention of including or evaluating any specific …

Transfer In Handedness In The Rat Induced By Acetylcholine And Forced Practice, Charles A. Baker

Psychology ETDs

This study was designed to discover the effects of local applications of acetylcholine to the cerebral cortex of the rat in conjunction with forced reaching on handedness.

Psychometric Problems Related To Cerebral Palsy, Dorothy Sievers

Psychology ETDs

Statistics have shown that there are about seven children who are born with or acquire cerebral palsy per year for every 100,000 population (7). This means that there are nearly 400,000 cerebral palsied persons under the age of 40 in the United States today (15). Cerebral palsy may be described as a disfunctioning of the nerves and muscles caused by damage to certain certain centers of the brain.

The Communication Of Supervisory Functions And Its Relationship To Employee Attitude, Betty Jane Neitzel

Wayne State University Theses

The history of industrial and personnel psychology contains a large amount of literature of the investigations made of personal traits and characteristics, individual differences, and of the psychological tests which measure these factors. More recently personnel and industrial psychologists have become interested in other phases of research. The employee in industry has increasingly become the focal point in investigations and discussions and at present personnel interrelationships and the dynamics of the working situations are attracting the attention of a number of psychologists. This shift in interest has brought with it new emphasis in the literature.

The study to be presented …

Rhythmic Methods Of Teaching Motor Skills, Jeannette Pruyn Reed

Psychology ETDs

It was the purpose of this study reported herein to evaluate three different methods of teaching motor skills in children: (1) the Laissez-Faire or minimum instruction method; (2) the addition of a rhythmic nursery song to minimum instruction; and (3) directive speech added in the form of song to concentrate attention and synchronize the action with words describing that action.

Personality Differences Of Acculturating Navaho Adolescent Girls As Revealed By The Rorschach Test, Marianne A. Fink

Psychology ETDs

The purposes of this study were; (1) to investigate and describe the group personality structure, by means of the Rorschach Test, of two groups of Navaho adolescent girls, differing primarily in amount of white school education; (2) to indicate differences between the two groups, and between each of the two groups and the data collected by others on adolescent girls in white society; (3) to offer interpretations for these differences.

The Development Of The Blackfoot Clinical Rating Scale For Evaluating And Recording Personality Changes In Mentally Ill Patients, John R. Cochran

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The problem discussed in this thesis is the conception, development, and application of the Blackfoot Clinical Rating Scale, together with methods employed in establishing reliability and validity.

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.

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

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

The Relationship Between The Intelligence & Emotional Stability Of Seventh & Eighth Grade Pupils, Thomas Boone

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

A question nearly as old as the intelligence test itself led the author to make the investigation upon which this thesis is based. For years people in education and related fields have speculated as to whether the most intelligent children were the most stable emotionally or whether these brighter children tended more readily than the dull or average child to exhibit undesirable personality variations.

Practically everyone has, at some time in his life, used one or two isolated circumstances to prove the point that the more intelligent children were emotionally unstable or that the duller children were more unstable , …

The Retention Curve Obtained From A Greco-Latin Square Experimental Design, Milton George Holmen

Psychology ETDs

It is the purpose of this study to determine the nature of the retention curve for human subjects when the differences in materials, practice effects, and individuals are controlled.

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 …

Possible Factors Influencing Music Preference, Isabella M. Pinto

Psychology ETDs

The purpose of this study is to determine factors influencing musical preference. The most important factor related to preference for classical music is thought by some to be the cultural background of the listener. According to Lazersfeld, "there is probably no question so sensitive to socialize differences as listening to serious music." This is consistent with the opinion of musicians and music critics who state that discriminating musical taste is a result of frequent listening to good music.

Influences On Handedness Of Local Application Of Acetylcholine With Glutamic Acid To Cerebral Cortex Of The Rat, Edward R. Suess

Psychology ETDs

This study was undertaken to determine the effects on handedness in the rat upon application of glutamic acid and acetylcholine to the cortex.

The Formation And Retention Of Concepts As A Function Of Their Abstractness, Ruth Baker Hines

Master's Theses

The general problem of the experiment was to investigate the influence of abstractness on the formation and retention of concepts. The specific problems were the following: (1) How does abstractness influence the number of promptings required to learn and relearn concepts? (2) What is the relation of abstractness to the percentage of consistent concepts learned and retained? (3) What is the relation of the number of promptings required to learn and relearn consistent or correct as compared with inconsistent or incorrect concepts? (4) What are the individual differences in the method of learning and relearning highly abstract concepts?

The Cowan Adolescent Adjustment Analyzer Used As An Instrument For The Evaluation Of Academic Functional Efficiency, Wilbert J. Mueller

Master's Theses

The development of The Cowan Adolescent Adjustment Analyzer, an Instrument of Clinical Psychology, was the product of more than twenty-five years of study by its original author, the late Dr. Edwina Abbott Cowan. This study is a further contribution to needed research to enhance an already accepted instrument of clinical psychology. The area of major emphasis in the present study is academic functional efficiency. To this has been added, however, some significant data relating to the comparison of the Analyzer scores to I. Q. scores and a comparison of the scores of students in early adolescence with those in middle …

Racial Differences In Intelligence Between Whites And Negroes Of Similar Social And Economic Status In Saline And Graham Counties, William F. Kluge

Master's Theses

It is the purpose of this paper to discover whether or not the intelligence of the Negro is equal to that of the whites when the two groups are placed on an equal social and economic status.

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.

The Prediction Of Academic Success In Engineering And Chemistry At The University Of New Mexico, Glenn Tuett Easley

Psychology ETDs

The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between the marks earned in the beginning chemistry by freshmen students in the College of Engineering at the University of New Mexico and their scores on (a) The Iowa Placement Examination Chemistry Aptitude, (b) The University of New Mexico Mathematics Test, (c) The American Council on Education Psychological Examination, (d) the linguistic sub-test on The American Council on Education Psychological Examination, (e) the quantitative sub-test on The American Council on Education Psychological Examination, (f) the Cooperative English Test, and (g) the reading sub-test on the Cooperative English Test. This investigation …

The Relationship Of Month Of Birth To Intelligence, Joseph George Bosco

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of month of birth to intelligence through scores made on C. L. Thurstoneis American Council on Education Psychological Examination by the entering freshmen of Kansas State Teachers College, Pittsburg, Kansas. Through statistical analysis, the observed differences in means for months were found to be statistically significant, and the differences present probably due to factors other than chance. In the sample used, June was the most favorable month of birth and the seasons of moderate temperature seemed more favorable for birth than seasons of extreme temperature. An analysis of related studies …

A Study Of The 1947 American Council On Education Psychological Examination And Its Usefulness In Predicting The Grades Of Utah State Agricultural College Freshmen, Russell B. Bateson

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Prediction of future performance is attempted in almost every field of endeavor. The accuracy varies in different lines of study, and perhaps none is as subject to variability as those attempted with human beings as subjects.

When an attempt is made to ascertain in advance the performance of college students in their schoolwork, a multiplicity of complicating problems are introduced. Whereas intelligence can be fairly well isolated, it is difficult to control or even enumerated all the other factors that come into the problem of predicting grades from scores received on an intelligence examination. Among the factors that are difficult …

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 …

Influence On Handedness Of Local Application Of Acetylcholine With Dfp And Glycine To Cerebral Cortex Of The Rat, Joseph W. Rigney

Psychology ETDs

The behavior of an organism is the result of functioning of organic structures. Practice modifies behavior. It is not unreasonable to expect, then, that practice also modifies the structures responsible for the behavior.

In recent years, the metabolism of the nerve impulse has received much attention from neurophysiologists. This is particularly true of those workers who adhere to the theory of chemical meditation, which arose out of the discovery that an ester, acetylcholine, is liberated at the synapses and myoneural junctions within the parasympathetic system. As a result of this interest, today there is much evidence that acetylcholine is closely …

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

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.