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Psychological Factors In Marital Sex Problems, Leonard Manning Ware

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Clinical Investigation Of The Schizophrenia Scale Of The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, Leroy A. Wauck

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Primary Mental Abilities Of The Feebleminded, Dorice Elva Ames

Psychology ETDs

It was the purpose of this study (1) to determine whether or not some of various types of feebleminded fall down differentially on any of the components of the tests more than on others, i.e., whether or not the hydrocephalics, for example, would run relatively high on verbal-meaning, whereas the mongoliana would run relatively high on space; and (2) to determine whether or not, considering the feebleminded group as a whole, there would be any significant differences in primary mental abilities .

A Theoretical And Experimental Study Of Jost's Law, David T. Benedetti

Psychology ETDs

It is the purpose of this paper to subject Jost's Law to a critical examination, as regards the method by which it was derived, the factors involved in the phenomenon to which it applies, and its validity as a scientific principle. This examination shall consist of a theoretical analysis based in part on an experiment designed in order to observe what may be termed the Jost phenomenon.

Predictive Validity Of The United States Armed Forces Institute Tests Of General Educational Development, Samuel Howell King

Psychology ETDs

It is the purpose of this study to determine the validity for predicting college success (as measured by grade point average) of the United States Armed Forces Institute Tests of General Educational Development. (High School Level), Form A, and to establish an adequate critical score as an entrance requirement for the University of New Mexico.

An Evaluation Of Non-Directive Counseling In The Treatment Of Delinquents, George D. Watt

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

It was the purpose of this study to make application of Carl H. Rogers' non-directive method of psychotherapy in the treatment of juvenile delinquents. The study was set up in an effort to determine the value of such a treatment procedure as one method of treating this type of individual.

The hypothesis to be tested was that non-directive psychotherapy would improve the personal and social adjustment of institutionalized delinquents. Supporting this general assumption the following three corollaries were assumed: (1) that improved personal adjustment would be reflected in adjustment inventories, (2) that improved social behavior would be reflected in social …

Some Dimensions Of Criminal Behavior, Austin Earnest Grigg

Master's Theses

The purpose of the present study is to ascertain the relative roles of certain measureable factors in influen­ cing or predisposing criminal behavior. The study also represents an initial attempt to conduct scientific research on the white male adult criminal confined in Virginia.

The Effects Of Volitional Factors On The Processes Of Perception And Abstraction, Marian Dolores Robinson

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Study Of Frustration Tolerance In Handicapped Children, Barbara Ellen Bower

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

What is adjustment? There are almost as many ways of defining it as there are ways of achieving it. To anwer the question one must first try to find the common factor of the varied definitions of adjustment. Sheviakov and Friedberg in their report of the Eight Year Study say, Desirable adjustment was thought of, generally as a process of maturation and adaptation, during which the individual is able to integrate successfully (i.e., without neurotic compromises or delinquent episodes) his primitive impulses and drives with those expectations or demands which are imposed upon him (with reference to his age, sex, …

A Study Of Personnel Practices And Teacher Morale, Margaret Jeter Jeter

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

Some Principles, Practices And Techniques In Musical Therapy, Wilhelmina Keniston Harbert

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

One of the purposes in writing this thesis has been to present to the reader some of the guiding principles and practices which have grown outof the writer's experiences in Musical Guidance and Therapy.

During the years immediately preceding the first World War, assignments as a volunteer music worker in hospitals and settlement houses in and around Boston gave the writer practical experience in such institutions as the North End Settlement House, the Home for Crippled Children, and McLean Hospital for the mentally ill.

Some of the experiences provides a type of education which could not have been obtained in …

A Synthesis Of General Principles In The Field Of Human Development, Nelle Blanche Wright

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

Standardization Of The Bradley Tests And The Effects Of Hypoglycemia On One Subject's Scores, Jim Mae Coy

Psychology ETDs

In April, 1942, Captain Jack Bradley was captured by the Japanese on Bataan. Before entering the army, he had been a student at the University of New Mexico and had taken several courses in psychology. He was in his third year of undergraduate work when called into the service in 1940, along with other members of the well-known 200th Coast Artillery of the New Mexico National Guard.

The results of his work are his story, and he should have the opportunity to tell it when and as he wishes. Meanwhile, Mrs. Coy, whose study follows, has used his problems on …

Differential Prediction Of College Grades For Spanish-American And Anglo-American Students, George Kenner Cantrell

Psychology ETDs

It is the purpose of this study to determine the effectiveness of the college entrance examinations at the University of New Mexico in the differential prediction of grades for the Spanish-American and Anglo-American students.

War Psychological Research And Its Implications, John E. Anderson

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

Previous Intelligence History Of Children Referred To The Loyola Center For Child Guidance, M. Rosalita Hurley

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Perseveration: Its Correlation With The Intelligence Quotient, Jeanne Collins

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

An Experimental Study Of A New Approach To Manuscript Writing, Mary Madeleine Adamczyk

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

An Inquiry Into The Relation Existing Between Introversion-Extroversion And Susceptibility To Certain Geometrical Optical Illusions, Marion Frances Holstein

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

One-Dimensional Size Constancy In Two Planes, James Hominuke

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Comparison Of The Vocabulary Score Of The Revised Stanford-Binet Scale And The Word Meaning Of The Stanford Achievement Test, Mary Patrice Mcglone

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

The Relationship Existing Between Span Of Perception And Voluntary Shift Of Attention, Marian Dolores Robinson

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Remedial Reading Program At The College Freshman Level, William T. Wallace

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Re-Education Of Handedness In The Rat Following Cerebral Injuries, David Roland Mcgiboney Jr.

Psychology ETDs

Answers to the following questions were sought in this study:

1. Although the loci of lesion will usually involve a single general area of the frontal lobe, will there be any noticeable difference between the amount of recovery or re-education with the variations in the loci within the general area?

2. Is mass of destruction significant with regard to re-educability of handedness?

3. Is there a difference in re-educability between animals with lesions involving the cortex only and animals which have both cortical and subcortical destructions?

4. Are there significant differences in the recovery of young adult versus older adult …

Observations Of The Use And Efficacy Of Changing A Patient's Concept Of His Role: A Psychotherapeutic Device, Ethel Edwards

Master's Theses

The problem we faced was to try to develop some form of psychotherapy that would not consume a great deal of time. It was desirable that it should be applicable to a wide range in type of cases and that it should be simple enough so that it would require little training on the part of the therapist. Semantics suggests that a personality may be built up because of language. The use of words as a means of communication has created a civilization yet each person because of individual differences and experiences has his own interpretation of these words. As …

A Further Validation Of Role Therapy, Alexander Robinson

Master's Theses

This study has been planned as a means of throwing more light on certain psychotherapeutic techniques and methods in order that a more valuable, direct, and understandable method of treating neurotic patients may some day be worked out. The specific problem is to understand and recognize more clearly various actions in Edwards and Kelly's (5) "Role Therapy” to learn what in the therapy benefited the patient, and discover how and to what kind of disorders it might be most effectively applied. This paper is an attempt to help explain, criticize, and continue with the problem, as described and studied by …

The Relationship Of Personality Traits As Measured By The Bernreuter Personality Inventory To Some Physical Traits Of Freshmen College Women Of Kansas State Teachers College At Pittsburg, Kansas, Lois Watson Smith

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

Purpose. The purpose of this study is to determine the amount of relationship existing between certain personality traits and certain physical traits of approximately 135 freshmen women at the Kansas State Teachers College of Pittsburg, Kansas.

Procedure. A personality test and various physical tests were administered to approximately 135 freshmen women at the Kansas State Teachers College of Pittsburg. The six personality trait scores measured by the Bernreuter Personality Inventory were correlated with the physical test scores measuring General Motor Capacity, General Motor Ability, Physical Fitness Index, and body build. Pearson's formula for determining the coefficient of correlation was used …

A Study Of Japanese International Short Wave Radio Propaganda, Leonard A. Smoll

Psychology ETDs

This study of Japanese war-time propaganda, beamed toward the United States and disseminated by the medium of international short wave radio, was inspired by these considerations. War-time restrictions on the press, local broadcasting, and landline facilities close the channels to which Japan could get the desired propaganda material into a neutral country, she would have no assurance that the material would reach the ultimate objective in unadulterated form. These obvious barriers to Japan's propaganda machine raise the question: Is there any channel or communication through which Japan may direct biased information straight to the recipient, and delivered uncensored? The answer …

The Standardization Of The Kelly Spatial Insight Test, Darlieene Thompson

Master's Theses

The purpose of this study is to standardize the Kelly Spatial Insight Test, a test of performance ability. The task was to establish norms by which individual cases can be compared with each other.

The Performance Of Young Children In A Classification Task, Frances Virginia Rau

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.