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Selective Bibliography On Municipal Government, Miriam E. Bass, Edwin D. Martin
Selective Bibliography On Municipal Government, Miriam E. Bass, Edwin D. Martin
MTAS Publications: Full Publications
No abstract provided.
Ideas For A Better City, University Of Tennessee. Municipal Technical Advisory Service
Ideas For A Better City, University Of Tennessee. Municipal Technical Advisory Service
MTAS History
MTAS receives virtually all periodicals in the field of municipal government and also obtains many other publications in this field. In the aggregate these contain a "mass of information" (when trying to sift, classify and assimilate, we sometimes wish it were much less in quantity!). These materials are routed to staff members for their examination; in this process they mark any items that appear to be noteworthy, and Mrs. Bush writes the summaries for this publication.
The drawings in this edition are reprinted from the Maricopa County (Arizona) Annual Budget 1962 -1963. We hope that this "catalog of municipal ideas" …
An Investigation Of The Effectiveness Of Educational Placement Of Mentally Retarded Children In A Special Class, Kenneth Warren
An Investigation Of The Effectiveness Of Educational Placement Of Mentally Retarded Children In A Special Class, Kenneth Warren
Doctoral Dissertations
The number of Special Education classes for the educable mentally retarded has increased tremendously during the past several years. Implicit within this expansion is the assumption that for the educable mentally retarded such placement offers an environment superior to any other type of placement. In this environment the child is expected to gain greater benefits academically, socially, and perhaps even emotionally. There is some evidence to support this belief, but there have been few studies investigating the differences that result from placing a child in a special class rather than retaining him in a regular class.
The present attempt of …
School Attendance, Absenteeism And Withdrawal: A Sociological Analysis, John Martin Bogert
School Attendance, Absenteeism And Withdrawal: A Sociological Analysis, John Martin Bogert
Masters Theses
In recent years, considerable interest in the phenomenon of absenteeism has been expressed by sociologists. Most of the work in this area has been confined to the industrial situation. In our present model-testing experiment, we wish to compare high school attendance with an industrial model.
The high school chosen to represent our model was the Mountain Grove Senior High School, Mountain Grove, Missouri. This particular school was chosen because of the availability of excellent records. The school records were of extreme significance as they represent the primary source of data used to construct our high school model. The only other …
Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1962-63, Mtas
Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1962-63, Mtas
Municipal Directories
A directory of Tennessee cities that includes personnel and municipal data, such as number of employees, population, charter form, size in square miles, and election date, for 1962-63.
Ideas For A Better City, University Of Tennessee. Municipal Technical Advisory Service
Ideas For A Better City, University Of Tennessee. Municipal Technical Advisory Service
MTAS History
MTAS receives virtually all periodicals in the field of municipal government and also obtains many other publications in this field. In the aggregate these contain a "mass of information'' (when trying to sift, classify and assimilate, we sometimes wish it were much less in quantity!). These materials are routed to staff members for their examination; in this process they mark any items that appear to be noteworthy, and Mrs. Bush writes the summaries for this publication.
We hope that this "catalog of municipal ideas" will be useful to the officials of cities and towns in Tennessee and elsewhere.
Mayor-Council Charter Draft For Tennessee Cities And Towns, University Of Tennessee. Municipal Technical Advisory Service
Mayor-Council Charter Draft For Tennessee Cities And Towns, University Of Tennessee. Municipal Technical Advisory Service
MTAS History
This charter draft was prepared as a guide for city officials who desire a partial or comprehensive revision of city charters enacted as private acts.
Resistance To Weakening Influences As A Function Of The Similarity Between Aquisition And Weakening Phases, Harry F. Desroches
Resistance To Weakening Influences As A Function Of The Similarity Between Aquisition And Weakening Phases, Harry F. Desroches
Doctoral Dissertations
In general there are three reasons for the study: (1) to test a specific hypothesis as deduced from a particular theoretical position, the generalization hypothesis, that resistance to weakening influences is a function of the similarity between acquisition and weakening phases, (2) to compare and to contrast the influences of various experimental operations in weakening a learned response, (3) to compare two groups of people who are believed to respond different to traditional methods of strengthening and weakening behaviors.
There is general agreement that much, if not most, of human behavior is learned. As the infant matures he meets new …
An Appraisal Of Psychologic Deficit In Children With Cerebral Palsy, Garret H. Yanagi
An Appraisal Of Psychologic Deficit In Children With Cerebral Palsy, Garret H. Yanagi
Doctoral Dissertations
It is the purpose of this study to investigate the relationship between Psychologic Deficit and the effects of brain damage and environmental experiences. It is an exploratory study, therefore concerned with descriptive, testable data which may yield hypotheses concerning cerebral palsied children.
Thus, an attempt has been made to point out various viewpoints and corresponding contradictory experimental evidence with regard to the cerebral palsied. One criticism which is inherent in many of these studies lies in the difficulty encountered in replicating them. This difficulty was seen in the lack of definition of terms, as well as of well defined groups, …
The Bible, The Constitution And Public Education: A Case Study Of Religious Instruction In The Public Schools Of Knoxville And Knox County, Tennessee, Joseph W. Harrison
The Bible, The Constitution And Public Education: A Case Study Of Religious Instruction In The Public Schools Of Knoxville And Knox County, Tennessee, Joseph W. Harrison
Masters Theses
The specific question to be asked is this: what do the state and society owe to the churches in their spiritual missions? The answer must include a creation of conditions in society to favor the ends of the human individual.
A Study Of Important Stimuli In The Lives Of Men With Lung Cancer, Landon Crocker Peoples
A Study Of Important Stimuli In The Lives Of Men With Lung Cancer, Landon Crocker Peoples
Doctoral Dissertations
(From the Introduction)
Except in specified instances where the etiology is known, the growth of cancerous tissue in humans is an unsolved problem (Cutler 1954). Most of the investigations in this area have been medical, physiological, or biochemical. There are, however, enough studies of a psychological nature (to be cited in a later section), with sufficiently intriguing results, to warrant further research into the possibility of a relationship between psychological variables and the incidence of human cancer. The present study is concerned with this relationship.
Extinction Following Qualitative Change In The Reinforcing Stimulus, Robert E. Taylor
Extinction Following Qualitative Change In The Reinforcing Stimulus, Robert E. Taylor
Doctoral Dissertations
Introduction: The ensuing pages report an attempt to evaluate the effects of certain systematic variations in a stimulus situation designed to condition verbal habits in human subjects. More specifically, the studies focus upon the effects of changes in the quality of the reinforcing stimulus in relation to differing reinforcement schedules.
University Of Tennessee Library Lectures, 1958-1960 (No. 10-12)
University Of Tennessee Library Lectures, 1958-1960 (No. 10-12)
University of Tennessee Library Lecture Series
On April 17, 1958, Dr. Benjamin Edward Powell, Librarian of Duke University, in the tenth lecture of the series discussed Sources of Support for Libraries in American Universities. To his audience that evening and to the readers of this volume, Dr. Powell has given ample evidence of his knowledge and research of the subject.
Dr. Louis Shores, Dean of the Library School at Florida State University, was invited to deliver the eleventh lecture on April 15, 1959. The choice of his subject, The Undergraduate and His Library, and the timeliness of presentation were particularly fitting since The University of Tennessee …
Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1961-62, Mtas
Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1961-62, Mtas
Municipal Directories
A directory of Tennessee cities that includes personnel and municipal data, such as number of employees, population, charter form, size in square miles, and election date, for 1961-62.
A Geographical Analysis Of The Production And Marketing Of Fresh Fruits And Vegetables In Florida, Georgia, And South Carolina, Sidney Roberts Jumper
A Geographical Analysis Of The Production And Marketing Of Fresh Fruits And Vegetables In Florida, Georgia, And South Carolina, Sidney Roberts Jumper
Doctoral Dissertations
One of the more recent developments in the field of geography has been an interest in the marketing of agricultural and industrial products. A few geographers have made studies of a general nature in the realm of marketing and many business and economic experts have made careful inquiries into the costs of marketing various products. There have been few studies, however, of detailed investigations of the geographic aspects of the marketing of specific commodities.
Ideas For A Better City, University Of Tennessee. Municipal Technical Advisory Service
Ideas For A Better City, University Of Tennessee. Municipal Technical Advisory Service
MTAS History
This publication, edited by Mary Bush, secretary, MTAS, is a roundup of items which have appeared in the Technical Section of Tennessee Town & City. These items have been extracted from periodicals and other publications in the field of municipal government.
It is our hope that this "catalog of municipal ideas" will be useful to Tennessee municipal officials and to other interested persons.
An Experimental Investigation Of The Differential Effects Of Hypnotic, Post-Hypnotic And Waking Suggestion On Learning, With Tasks Varied In Complexity, Herman Carl Salzberg
An Experimental Investigation Of The Differential Effects Of Hypnotic, Post-Hypnotic And Waking Suggestion On Learning, With Tasks Varied In Complexity, Herman Carl Salzberg
Doctoral Dissertations
Introduction: This study was designed to test, first of all, whether there were any differential learning effects following hypnotic, post-hypnotic, and waking suggestion. Secondly, the investigation was designed to test whether learning following suggestion increased or decreased differentially when learning tasks varied in complexity. Finally, the study was set up to find out whether there was a difference between the quality and quantity of learning following suggestion. A large number of the features of previous experiments in the area of hypnosis and learning were combined. As past experimenters found contradictory results, no hypotheses were forwarded regarding the outcome of this …
Geographic Factors Influencing The Manufactural Industries Of Upper East Tennessee, Terry Elmer Epperson
Geographic Factors Influencing The Manufactural Industries Of Upper East Tennessee, Terry Elmer Epperson
Doctoral Dissertations
This study presents an inventory and analysis of the geographic and socio-economic factors influencing the location and development of manufactural industries in Upper East Tennessee. A combination of many determinants has gradually changed the basic economic structure of the area from that of a modified form of subsistence agriculture to one of manufactural importance within the state and in the United States. Integration of the physical and cultural complexities of the area shows causation for the present and continued position of manufactural prominence. Some of the elementary facts concerning the location of manufacturing which make this area prominent are: (1) …
Preliminary Investigations In The Effect Of Continually Changing Reinforcement On Learning And Extinction, Michael Dinoff
Preliminary Investigations In The Effect Of Continually Changing Reinforcement On Learning And Extinction, Michael Dinoff
Masters Theses
A great deal of research has been done in the general area of manipulating reinforcement parameters. However, reinforcement per se has rarely been varied systematically from trial to trial. The research exceptions have been indicated. In these experiments , the nutritive value, the delay, or the units of reinforcement have been systematically varied and the results are not always conclusive as regards the experimental variable itself. The present study attempts to control for these factors and yet vary systematically properties of the reinforcing agent alone. Pigeons were the experimental subjects and they worked for food while they were at a …
Municipal Water Works Operating Data For Tennessee, W. T. Chaffin, M. U. Snoderly
Municipal Water Works Operating Data For Tennessee, W. T. Chaffin, M. U. Snoderly
MTAS History
This is a tabulation and interpretation of the results of a survey made by MTAS in the fall of 1959 designed to obtain statistical information on the operation of municipally-owned water utilities in the State.
The Uptake Of Sodium Ions By The Tongue, Magill Echols
The Uptake Of Sodium Ions By The Tongue, Magill Echols
Masters Theses
We have seen a wealth of data demonstrating that salt prefer ence thresholds decrease as salt deprivation continues. Careful studies indicate that these fluctuations cannot be accounted for in terms of changes in neural excitatory thresholds. It is reasonable to assume that something on or about the tongue may change with sodium deprivation. The problem approached in this study was the search for evidence of such a change.
The experimental hypothesis was, "that sodium ions actually penetrate the surface of the tongue according to the sodium depriva tion experienced by the animal."
This was basically a search for processes associated …
Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1960-61, Mtas
Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1960-61, Mtas
Municipal Directories
A directory of Tennessee cities that includes personnel and municipal data, such as number of employees, population, charter form, size in square miles, and election date, for 1960-61.
A Comparative Study Of The Experimental Characteristics Of A Group Of Peptic Ulcer And Non-Ulcer Subjects, Frank George Mullen Jr.
A Comparative Study Of The Experimental Characteristics Of A Group Of Peptic Ulcer And Non-Ulcer Subjects, Frank George Mullen Jr.
Doctoral Dissertations
Introduction: The research about to be reported is one part of a larger research project being conducted at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. The objective of this research program is to attempt to systematically study psychological factors related to peptic ulcer by means of a behaviorally-oriented approach.
The problem in this study is a comparison of duodenal ulcer patients and a matched control group of non-ulcer subjects on various measures of reported behaviors of important persons in the early lives of the subjects. The major purpose of these comparisons is to generate hypotheses concerning the etiology of peptic …
The Cue Value Of Certain Attributes Of Faces, Joseph William Openshaw
The Cue Value Of Certain Attributes Of Faces, Joseph William Openshaw
Doctoral Dissertations
Of all the objects considered to be members of the broad class of things called "stimuli," undoubtedly the most important subset for the understanding of human behavior is other humans. The present research investigates some aspects of the complex stimulus provided by the appearance of another person and the function of selected dimensions of variation of such stimuli in a learning situation. It is an attempt to produce information regarding the relative effectiveness of certain kinds of cues provided by a person's face, when one is required to learn to respond differently to faces. The importance of research in …
Ideas For A Better City, University Of Tennessee. Municipal Technical Advisory Service
Ideas For A Better City, University Of Tennessee. Municipal Technical Advisory Service
MTAS History
This publication, edited by Mary Bush, secretary, MTAS, is a roundup of items which have appeared in the Technical Section of Tennessee Town & City. These items have been extracted from periodicals and other publications in the field of municipal government.
It is our hope that this "catalog of municipal ideas" will be useful to Tennessee municipal officials and to other interested persons.
The Role Of Learning In Olfactory Sensitivity, Monroe P. Friedman
The Role Of Learning In Olfactory Sensitivity, Monroe P. Friedman
Doctoral Dissertations
INTRODUCTION: In recent years the psychological literature has reflected an increasing interest in the role of learning in perception. On the theoretical level, this interest is expressed principally by the considerable attention given to two current attempts to account for perceptual learning (Gibson & Gibson, 1955a: Postman, 1955). On the empirical level, the problems of industry and the military have generated a multitude of investigations in this area. These problems range in diversity from the training of military personnel in the identification of aircraft to the training of tasters in the food industry.
The remainder of this chapter will be …
Partial Reinforcement And Generalization, Henry C. Rickard
Partial Reinforcement And Generalization, Henry C. Rickard
Doctoral Dissertations
Introduction: The present investigation was designed to study the interaction of two experimentally established parameters of a habit; partial reinforcement and stimulus generalization. Studies concerning the effects of partial reinforcement have occupied a prominent place in the psychological literature since Skinner's (1938) first major treatment of schedules of reinforcement. Numerous stimulus generalization experiments have been reported since Pavlov's (1927) recognition of the generalization phenomenon. The present study explored the effects of applying the partial reinforcement parameter in conditioning and the stimulus generalization variable in extinction. More specifically, groups of human subjects were conditioned to a verbal response under different schedules …
Experiments In Conditioning Operant Verbal Behavior, Edwin O. Timmons
Experiments In Conditioning Operant Verbal Behavior, Edwin O. Timmons
Doctoral Dissertations
In general, the writer's interests lie in the application of the principles of learning theory to the prediction and modification of gross human behavior. It is difficult to overemphasize the role of speech in the formation, shaping, and modification of an individual's behavior, and in the past few years a steadily growing body of investigators have been experimenting directly on speech, treating it as in uncontrollable, supra-human phenomenon. Those who experiment in the area called verbal behavior generally follow Skinner's (45) operant conditioning procedures which entail using the free speech of the S as the dependent variable and the verbal …
The Effect Of Stabilized And Nonstabilized Hunger Drive, Age, And Situation Complexity Upon Exploratory Behavior, Stanley Wechkin
The Effect Of Stabilized And Nonstabilized Hunger Drive, Age, And Situation Complexity Upon Exploratory Behavior, Stanley Wechkin
Doctoral Dissertations
Summary: An experiment was conducted to ascertain the effects of nonstabilized food deprivation, stabilized food deprivation, runway complexity, and age on exploratory behavior of male albino rats both during and across five five-minute trials. Three levels of deprivation: zero, twenty-three, and forty-seven hours were used. The stabilization dimension included groups stabilized on the twenty-three hour schedule for zero and fourteen days prior to the beginning of the experiment. The two age groups were respectively about thirty-five and ninety days old at the beginning of the experiment. All groups were equally divided into simple and complex runway groups. The simple runway …
A Developmental Study Of Performance On The Hunter-Pascal Concept Formation Test, Ernest R. Larsen
A Developmental Study Of Performance On The Hunter-Pascal Concept Formation Test, Ernest R. Larsen
Doctoral Dissertations
When psychology was closely allied to philosophy, it was defined as the study of "consciousness" or "mind." Its' methodology was investigating introspection, and by necessity, this limited any experimentation to the human species. In Europe, the initial research emphasis was on sensation and perception.
Although this philosophical orientation was questioned by a few investigators, this prevailing theoretical climate was irreversibly changes in America with the arrival and wide acceptance of Watson and his Behaviorism. Behavior then became the proper object of interest, and since all organisms behave, the object of study of psychology increased a thousand-fold.
In America, psychology's interest …