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Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences
An Attitudinal Study Of Selected Groups In The City Of The Dalles Toward The Community Attention Home, David Clitheroe, Garrett Long
An Attitudinal Study Of Selected Groups In The City Of The Dalles Toward The Community Attention Home, David Clitheroe, Garrett Long
Dissertations and Theses
When a family starts to dissolve it frequently comes to the attention of the court or the welfare department and what happens once its members enter the system can be of critical importance. While the number of adults incarcerated is expected to increase slightly, the alarming fact is that if we continue to confine juveniles at the same rate an increase of 70% between 1965 and 1975 can be expected. These data suggest that we should investigate alternatives to detention, not only because of the increasing pressures of space available but, more importantly, because juvenile detention has shown itself to …
The Monopoly Study Of Authority, Micheale Hall Williams
The Monopoly Study Of Authority, Micheale Hall Williams
Dissertations and Theses
The Monopoly Study of Authority was an institutional grant project designed to test the variables of authority and protection in a laboratory experiment conducted in the Small Groups Laboratory. Subjects (Ss) were recruited and paid a minimum wage to play Monopoly, while the Experimenter (E) manipulated the relevant variables, observed and video-taped the games.
The hypothesis states that the greater the investment, the more likely will the individual make efforts to protect it. The dimensions of investment were ego involvement (desire to win, competitiveness), and resource commitment (Ss were offered rewards of double-time pay for winning the Monopoly game). Efforts …
The Women's Liberation Movement And Identity Change : An Urban Pilot Study, Molly M. Doeneka
The Women's Liberation Movement And Identity Change : An Urban Pilot Study, Molly M. Doeneka
Dissertations and Theses
The purpose of this study was to determine if participation in Women's Liberation results in identity change in the individual participants. As a pilot study, it examines the characteristic experiences of a study group of twenty-six local participants and compares the effects of their participation with a theoretical model of identity change process proposed by Ward H. Goodenough in Cooperation in Change. According to this model the process of identity change is a consequence of specific kinds of realizations fostered by a series of definable stages which are: 1) achieving a desire for identity change, 2) making a commitment to …
Proposals For The Establishment Of Social Service Departments At St. John's Hospital And Cowlitz General Hospital, Longview, Washington, Beryl P. Robison
Proposals For The Establishment Of Social Service Departments At St. John's Hospital And Cowlitz General Hospital, Longview, Washington, Beryl P. Robison
Dissertations and Theses
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Social Work from Portland State University, it was my desire to do a Practicum which would be of benefit to the community where I live, Longview, Washington. One area in which the shortcomings were apparent was pointed out to me time and again by my husband, who is a practicing physician in Longview and through my own contacts in the community, i.e., neither Cowlitz General Hospital nor St. John!s Hospital had a Social Service Department. Therefore, I have written proposals for a Social Service Department for each hospital. …
An Attitudinal Survey Of Forty-Four Juvenile Court Counselors Regarding Due Process Standards In Juvenile Cases, Jerry Robert Franklin
An Attitudinal Survey Of Forty-Four Juvenile Court Counselors Regarding Due Process Standards In Juvenile Cases, Jerry Robert Franklin
Dissertations and Theses
In late 19th century America, new schools of criminological thinking asserted that crime had its origins in a complex blend of environmental and social factors rather than in the moral deficiencies of the offender. Partly as a result of this new attitude the handling of offenses by juveniles became differentiated from adult cases, first through the construction of separate penal institutions and, beginning in 1899, through the establishment of courts specializing in juvenile cases.
This study was undertaken to examine the attitudes of juvenile probation officers toward the Supreme Court’s Kent, Gault and Winship decisions which made a number …
Nigerian Nationalism: A Case Study In Southern Nigeria, 1885-1939, Bassey Edet Ekong
Nigerian Nationalism: A Case Study In Southern Nigeria, 1885-1939, Bassey Edet Ekong
Dissertations and Theses
Modern Nigeria is a creation of the British who because of economic interest, ignored the existing political, racial, historical, religious and language differences. The task of developing a concept of nationalism from among such diverse elements who inhabit Nigeria and speak about 280 tribal languages was immense if not impossible. The traditionalists did their best in opposing the British who took away their privileges and traditional rights, but their policy did not countenance nationalism. The rise and growth of nationalism was only possible through educated Africans. Colonialism brought Nigeria in contact with the West and western culture, but the impact …
Guidelines For Agency Based Day Care Programs For Children Ages 0-3 Years, Elizabeth H. Minifie
Guidelines For Agency Based Day Care Programs For Children Ages 0-3 Years, Elizabeth H. Minifie
Dissertations and Theses
The purpose of this practicum is to demonstrate the need and appropriateness of agency based group day care programs for children ages 0-3 years, to indicate some guidelines based on a collation of recent, but partial and not fully developed studies consistent with the aim of maximizing the socialized development of each child, with certain desired characteristics in mind as end products. Daycare needs have been studied from several approaches: on a city, state and national level describing the need in terms of "slots" to fill, and from a neighborhood based approach where needs are being met by neighbors in …
An Alienation Measurement And Observed Behavior: A Study Of Forty-Two Male Seniors In A Technical High School, Jack Leo Terzenbach
An Alienation Measurement And Observed Behavior: A Study Of Forty-Two Male Seniors In A Technical High School, Jack Leo Terzenbach
Dissertations and Theses
The study examined the relationships between subjects' degree of alienation and descriptions of their behaviors. The subjects were 42 male, senior students at Benson Polytechnic High School who attended one of two required social science classes. Benson High School is an all male, technical high school which admits students from all parts of the City of Portland, Oregon. Alienation was defined as a syndrome of feelings consisting of apathy, distrust, pessimism, cynicism, and emotional distance. The degree of subjects' alienation, as defined, was measured by the Multiple Alienation Measure devised by Dr. Laurence J. Gould. Subjects' were thereby divided into …
A Case Study Of The Northwest District Association And Portland City Planning Staff, Jill Sally Haldeman, Kathryn Cynara Heisler
A Case Study Of The Northwest District Association And Portland City Planning Staff, Jill Sally Haldeman, Kathryn Cynara Heisler
Dissertations and Theses
This is a study of how a city planning staff worked together with a neighborhood group to develop a comprehensive plan for a neighborhood. It explores their relationship and the major conflicts that arise when they work together to develop a district plan.
Interorganizational Coalitional Decision-Making: An Exploratory Investigation, Dennis Brian Keenan
Interorganizational Coalitional Decision-Making: An Exploratory Investigation, Dennis Brian Keenan
Dissertations and Theses
This study is one of four exploratory studies concerned with coalitions of organizations that are formed to plan and develop social welfare programs within the local community. Although each study was conducted independently, taken together, their major purpose was to develop some insights and knowledge into the behavior of organizations and the ways in which they interact as they work together to develop community programs. They are then, exploratory studies of interorganizational behavior.
A Regional Approach: City-County Consolidation As A Method Of Local Governmental Reorganization, Anthony Gene White
A Regional Approach: City-County Consolidation As A Method Of Local Governmental Reorganization, Anthony Gene White
Dissertations and Theses
City-county consolidated governments are examined to isolate factors important to the success of the consolidation process, and are measured against objective and subjective criteria for the operation of such governments. Data are obtained through survey techniques and statistical analysis of demographic information. Results indicate that such success-oriented consolidation factors inherent in city-county governments do exist and can be interrelated in a mathematical model. Consolidated governments appear to improve their ability to handle urban problems, and officials of consolidated governments are more confident of their ability to handle these problems than are officials of other metropolitan governments reorganized in different manners.
An Exploration Into The Applicability Of A Psychological Technique For Anthropological Research, Gwendolyn Marie Harris Pierce
An Exploration Into The Applicability Of A Psychological Technique For Anthropological Research, Gwendolyn Marie Harris Pierce
Dissertations and Theses
This thesis purports to explore and describe the types of information that would be obtainable to the anthropological researcher if he used the minimally structured small group (MDMS-SG) technique with members of a selected ethnic group. The approach was tried on Japanese Portland State University students and also on Saudi Arab Portland State University students for six sessions each. They were told that a graduate anthropology student wanted to get to know them and learn what they thought she should know about their countries.
The sessions were taped and notes written after each session. This corpus of material was analyzed …
City Club Of Portland Bulletin Vol. 52, No. 29 (1971-12-10), City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)
City Club Of Portland Bulletin Vol. 52, No. 29 (1971-12-10), City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)
City Club of Portland
No abstract provided.
Areawide Housing Policy: A View From The Trenches, Norman Krumholz
Areawide Housing Policy: A View From The Trenches, Norman Krumholz
Ernie Bonner Collection
No abstract provided.
Project "Foresight": First Phase, Unknown
Project "Foresight": First Phase, Unknown
Portland Regional Planning History
Project "Foresight" at this time is concentrating on two major objectives: (1) the development of the first phase of a Willamette Valley Environmental Protection Plan, and (2) refine and sustain a process for resolving intergovernmental, interregional, and interagency conflicts.
The primary responsibility of accomplishing this task has been given to the Executive Department's Local Government Relations Division. Three intergovernmental task forces have been formed, for Economic Policy, Transportation, and Natural Resources; and state, local government, and Federal personnel are members. Task force leadership is being provided by the State Department of Transportation, Assistant to the Governor for Economic Development Office, …
A Profile Of The People Who Live In Downtown Portland, Holly A. Cornell, Jim Howland, Fred Merryfield, Burke Hayes
A Profile Of The People Who Live In Downtown Portland, Holly A. Cornell, Jim Howland, Fred Merryfield, Burke Hayes
Portland City Archives
No abstract provided.
Social And Economic Profile Of Downtown Residents: Background Data And Analysis, Portland (Or.). City Planning Commission
Social And Economic Profile Of Downtown Residents: Background Data And Analysis, Portland (Or.). City Planning Commission
Portland City Archives
No abstract provided.
Famous Fiscal Crisis Memo, Norman Krumholz
Famous Fiscal Crisis Memo, Norman Krumholz
Ernie Bonner Collection
No abstract provided.
"The Politics In 1972", Eugene J. Mccarthy
"The Politics In 1972", Eugene J. Mccarthy
Special Collections: Oregon Public Speakers
No abstract provided.
Toward A Work Program For An Advocate Planning Agency, Ernest Bonner
Toward A Work Program For An Advocate Planning Agency, Ernest Bonner
Ernie Bonner Collection
No abstract provided.
Report By The Boards Of Governors On The Admission Of Women To The City Club Of Portland, City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)
Report By The Boards Of Governors On The Admission Of Women To The City Club Of Portland, City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)
City Club of Portland
No abstract provided.
City Club Of Portland Bulletin Vol. 52, No. 17 (1971-9-17), City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)
City Club Of Portland Bulletin Vol. 52, No. 17 (1971-9-17), City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)
City Club of Portland
No abstract provided.
Ames Trapezoid Illusion: A New Model, Daniel Robert Kelly
Ames Trapezoid Illusion: A New Model, Daniel Robert Kelly
Dissertations and Theses
Current explanations for the Ames Trapezoid Illusion are based upon the the absence of cues: the illusion is said to occur at chance. A review of recent literature showed that: (a) the illusion varies in frequency as a function of target shape (b) that the dominant cue to reduce the frequency of the illusion is the variant in retinal height. Based upon the dominance of this cue a new model was presented. Following this model it was hypothesized that observers viewing partial rotation when the target produces the greatest difference in the retinal height of the ends would determine the …
Portland Downtown Plan: Inventory And Analysis, Portland (Or.). City Planning Commission, Cornell, Howland, Hayes, And Merryfield, Deleuw, Cather & Company
Portland Downtown Plan: Inventory And Analysis, Portland (Or.). City Planning Commission, Cornell, Howland, Hayes, And Merryfield, Deleuw, Cather & Company
Portland City Archives
No abstract provided.
Police Response To Calls For Assistance: A Major Community Problem, Unknown
Police Response To Calls For Assistance: A Major Community Problem, Unknown
Ernie Bonner Collection
No abstract provided.
The Effectiveness Of Environmental Control In Modifying Problem Behaviors In Mother-Child Interaction, Thomas Whalen Hamilton
The Effectiveness Of Environmental Control In Modifying Problem Behaviors In Mother-Child Interaction, Thomas Whalen Hamilton
Dissertations and Theses
An experiment was designed to test the effectiveness of using standard laboratory environments in producing a broad class of problem behaviors which defined Mother-Child (M-C) interaction difficulties. The effects of four environments, free-time (X), child's game and rules (B), mother's game and rules (C), and clean-up (Z), on the frequency of eight criteria behaviors were tested on 12 M-C pairs over three days of baseline data collection. It was predicted that the frequency of problem behaviors would decrease as a function of environment (X) and increase as a function of environments (B), (C), and (Z). A two factor …
Report On Urban Renewal In Portland, City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)
Report On Urban Renewal In Portland, City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)
City Club of Portland
No abstract provided.
Communicative Abilities: An Analysis Of The Interactions Of Reticent And Non-Reticent Task Groups, Myron W. Lustig
Communicative Abilities: An Analysis Of The Interactions Of Reticent And Non-Reticent Task Groups, Myron W. Lustig
Dissertations and Theses
This study is focused upon an investigation of observable interactive behaviors which might be characteristic of reticence. A reticent individual is defined as one for whom apprehension about participation in oral communication consistently outweighs the projection of gain from the situation.
Previous research in the area of reticence has been focused on an analysis of the reticent student's attitudes toward communication relying primarily upon subject self-reports via journals and the in-depth interview. This in turn has provided possible areas in which observable reticent behaviors might evidence themselves in face-to-face small group communications with other reticents and non-reticents.
An answer to …
Behavioral Changes Due To Overpopulation In Mice, James Robert Hammock
Behavioral Changes Due To Overpopulation In Mice, James Robert Hammock
Dissertations and Theses
Previous research has found that if a population were allowed to exceed a comfortable density level, then many catastrophic events occurred such as increased mortality among the young, cannibalism, homosexuality, and lack of maternal functions. The most influential researcher in this area is Calhoun (1962), after whose experimental design a pilot study was fashioned to replicate his results. The results of this pilot study inspired a more detailed research project of which this thesis is an account.
Forty-eight albino mice of the Swiss Webster strain were divided into three groups of sixteen each. Each group consisted of ten females and …
The Effects Of Sociological Theories Of Poverty On Job Training Programs, Michael Richard Deshane
The Effects Of Sociological Theories Of Poverty On Job Training Programs, Michael Richard Deshane
Dissertations and Theses
This thesis is an exploratory study of the effects of two job training programs for the poor in Portland, Oregon. It seeks to illustrate that training programs are designed around certain theoretical conceptions or models of poverty and that these theoretical conceptions ultimately have a strong effect on the enrollees in programs designed on the given theoretical model. Two general theoretical models have been extracted from the literature. The first is the "Culture of Poverty" model and the second may be called the "Closed Opportunity Structure" model.
The culture of poverty model posits that the poor are unable to escape …