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The Effects Of Varied Pre-Experimental Environments On Open Field Behavior And Elevated Maze Learning In The Rat, Herbert C. Hayward

Doctoral Dissertations

Introduction: This study was an effort to evaluate the effect or effects of pre-experimental treatment upon the subsequent behavior of white rats of two strains in the presence of stimulus change during the experiment. Two articles in the Psychological Bulletin (2, 9) have pointed up the importance of such studies for the science of psychology.

Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1956-57, 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 1956-57.

A Study Of School Desegregation: Self-Prediction Of Behavior And Correlates Of Self-Prediction, Wyman Loren Williams

Doctoral Dissertations

(From the Introduction)

On January 11, 1955, the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission directed the school system at Oak Ridge, Tennessee to desegregate beginning with the school year of 1955-1956. Although in general the school system officials felt that the community as a whole would be receptive to this procedure, research oriented toward the anticipation of problems that might arise as a result of the desegregation process was inaugurated by the Philosophy and Psychology Department at the University of Tennessee. The research that developed from this request is reported herein.

Activity And T-Maze Performance Of The White Rat As A Function Of Drive And Apparatus, Paschal Neilson Strong Jr.

Doctoral Dissertations

[From the Introduction]

In the usual psychological experiment certain operations are performed upon the organisms being studied and a certain portion of the total responses are measured. The operations performed upon the organism may be roughly divided into two classes, those which are systematically varied and define the various experi mental groups, and those which are held constant across groups. Certain lawful relationships are then determined between those operations which are varied and the responses measured. Those operations which are held constant are considered to be factors which may also affect the responses being measured. It is usually …

Ideas For A Better City, University Of Tennessee. Municipal Technical Advisory Service

MTAS History

This publication, like its 1954 predecessor, is a roundup of items which have appeared in the Technical Section of Tennessee Town & City under the heading of "Notes from the Editor," edited by Cecil Morgan, Consultant on Property Tax Assessment. In it we have turned the spotlight upon new products, new ideas, and new solutions for some of the many problems which confront municipal officials. The "Notes from the Editor" column is a collection of short briefs of municipal interest, extracted from some 125 publications received by MTAS. We have prepared this compilation as a sort of "catalog of municipal …

The Contiguity Principle And The Skaggs-Robinson Hypothesis, Junius M. Rowe

Doctoral Dissertations

Introduction: Abbreviated

The laws governing acquisition and maintenance of behavior have occupied learning theorists in psychology for many years with the result that a great deal of data are available which demonstrate various factors influencing the acquisition of both simple and complex habits. Among the hundreds of factors now known to influence learning, similarity between original and interpolated material has received much attention in retroactive and proactive inhibition settings. The interference effects of these processes with varying degrees of similarity were first stated in 1920 by Woodworth and Poffenberger (23) and separately by Foucault (23) in 1928.

From the many …

A Brief Description Of Tennessee Municipal Government, Victor C. Hobday

MTAS History

When people refer to the place where they live they usually speak of it as.a "city" or "town." Generally, we regard a small community as a "town" and the larger community as a "city." In some other states people are accustomed to calling the smaller places "villages" and "boroughs," but this is not the custom in Tennessee. The purpose of this paper is to describe briefly the government of cities and towns in Tennessee. Each one has a government, just as the State has a government. An effort will be made to outline the principal differences among city and town …

Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1955-56, 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 1955-56.

University Of Tennessee Library Lectures, 1952-1954 (No. 4-6)

University of Tennessee Library Lecture Series

Dr. Robert B. Downs, Director of the Library and of the Library SchOOl at the University of Illinois and at that time president-elect of the American Library Association, spoke on April 21, 1952. A recognized authority on library resources, he was the logical choice to speak on the development of research collections in university libraries.

Dr. Lester Asheim, Dean of the Graduate Library School at the University of Chicago, spoke on the study of reading effects for the fifth lecture, Monday, March 23, 1953. Still most timely in its relation to the problems of intellectual freedom and censorship, it presents …

Ideas For A Better City, University Of Tennessee. Municipal Technical Advisory Service

MTAS History

This publication is a roundup of items which have appeared in the Technical Section of Tennessee Town & City under the heading of "Notes from the Editor," edited by Cecil Morgan, Consultant on Property Tax Assessment. In it we have turned the spotlight upon new products, new ideas, and new solutions for some of the many problems which confront municipal officials. The "Notes from the Editor" column is a collection of short briefs of municipal interest, extracted from some 125 publications received by MTAS. We have prepared this compilation as a sort of "catalog of municipal ideas," in the hope …

Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1954, 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 1954.

[Home Rule Campaign For Tml], Municipal Technical Advisory Service

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

No abstract provided.

Municipal Services To Fringe Area Residents: A Survey Of Tennessee Practices, Harlan Mathews

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

The first section of this report discusses the practices of Tennessee cities in extending four of the basic services - water, sewer, fire protection, and garbage collection - to the fringe dwellers. Data are provided in the appendix describing the practice of each reporting municipality regarding extraterrestrial services and charges made therefor.

Financing Electric-Municipal Buildings In Tennessee, Victor C. Hobday

MTAS History

The purpose of this publication is to advise municipal officials with respect to the sharing of a joint building by the general municipal government and an electric distribution system. It is an expansion of an article on the same subject that appeared in the Technical Section of the November 1952 issue of Tennessee Town & City magazine.

The information contained herein is oriented particularly toward officials responsible for the general government of Tennessee's municipalities, but it may also be of some value to officials of electric distribution systems.

An Experimental Analysis Of The Reinforcement Process, Raymond Robert Shrader

Masters Theses

The reinforcement process as it applies to learning theory has been the subject of an increasing amount of attention in recent years. This attention is reflected in the controversial question of whether or not reinforcement is a necessary condition for learning and it is reflected even more so, for those who adopt an affirmative position on the question, in their attempt to demonstrate the relationship between reinforcement and learning. Whatever the bias of the theorist there has been an overall concern with making more explicit the reinforcement process. With regard to this latter problem we find several points of view …

Accounting Procedures For State Street Aid Funds, William T. Chaffin

MTAS History

Public Chapter No. 1 of the 1953 General Assembly, effective July 1, 1953, grants to municipalities the proceeds of one cent of the state gasoline tax. The enabling act, however, restricts expenditures to street aid purposes and puts forth various requirements that municipalities must meet related to financial and accounting procedures.

Paving Streets Under The Abutting Property Act, Cliff Greenwood

MTAS History

To assist municipalities in constructing streets under the abutting property act, MTAS prepared the materials in this bulletin. In addition to a copy of the act itself, from Williams Tennessee Code, Annotated (Michie Publishing Company, Charlottesville, Virginia), there is included a sample ordinance and two sample notices. These are intended to be general guides, and each municipality should consult its attorney regarding the peculiar form of such documents adapted to its charter and needs.

How You Can Use It [The 1c Street Aid Revenue], Municipal Technical Advisory Service

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

No abstract provided.

Documents Relating To Joint Electric System Municipal Buildings, Victor C. Hobday

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

We have assembled in this publication copies of resolutions, ordinances, minute entries, floor plans, and other documents from several Tennessee cities that have constructed buildings for joint use by an electric system and the general city government. We have done this with the thought in mind that these documents would be helpful guides and reference materials to the officials of a city about to undertake such a project.

Technical Bulletins: Parking Meters In Tennessee: Their Number, Use, Yield, Successful Practices And Model Meter Ordinance, E. W. Meisenhelder

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This technical bulletin, for the information of Tennessee municipal officials, reports the number, use, yield and successful practices employed in the operation of parking meters in Tennessee, and offers a model parking meter ordinance.

Technical Bulletin Number 16

Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1953, 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 1953.

Annexation Handbook For Tennessee Municipal Officials [Archived Material], Wallace Mendelson

MTAS History

This is a handbook for municipal officials in Tennessee who are considering annexation as a solution for fringe area problems. The unincorporated urban fringe that surrounds most cities creates a host of problems, both from the the viewpoint of the city and the suburban dwellers. The purpose of this handbook is to present and to discuss briefly the factors that enter into a decision as to whether annexation should be undertaken.

Municipal Tort Liability In Tennessee, Cliff Greenwood

MTAS History

In preparing this bulletin an examination has been made of all the published opinions of Tennessee. No attempt has been made to cite all opinions because there is considerable duplication, especially in the decisions dealing with street and sidewalk accidents. An attempt, however, has been made to cover all tort liability problems that have been presented to the appellate courts of Tennessee,

Paths To Constitutional Home Rule For Municipalities, Wallace Mendelson

MTAS History

Part I deals with the relatively simple matter of authorizing municipalities to adopt and amend their own charters. Part II deals with the far more difficult problem of the allocation of functions as between the state and municipality. The first concerns forms of government; the second the powers of government. Part III deals with the related problem of the extension of city boundaries by the annexation of fringe areas.

A Study Of The Educational Leave Program Of The Tennessee Department Of Public Welfare, Joseph Isaac Nicholson

Masters Theses

(From the Conclusions)

The administration of Public Assistance and child welfare services requires considerable skill, knowledge, and understanding. Public welfare agencies recognized from the beginning the need for trained personnel. Now and in the future it will be difficult to hire sufficient trained social workers without the stimulation of a program such as educational leave. Social work as a profession is young and the schools of social work are not producing enough trained persons to take care of replacements due to death, marriage, etc., and at the same time increase the number of trained persons available.

Equalizing Assessments Of City Properties: What, Why And How, Cecil Morgan

MTAS History

This publication can serve as a guide to city officials in carrying out an assessments equalization program. In addition to discussing the records required, the procedures to follow and some of the problems involved in such a program, this bulletin reviews the tax equalization experience of six Tennessee taxing jurisdictions. The final section draws attention to the importance of having a good public relations program accompanying a tax equalization program.

Style Manual For Municipal Technical Advisory Service, The University Of Tennessee, Joyce H. Williams, Katherine W. Thompson

MTAS History

This Manual of Technique and Style for the Municipal Technical Advisory Service is, primarily, an attempt to establish consistent and uniform usage of style within the office. Its purpose is not to elevate any one form as the best, others may be equally desirable, but to designate one form only for MTAS use.

University Of Tennessee Library Lectures, 1949-1951 (No. 1-3)

University of Tennessee Library Lecture Series

At the time of the first lecture, April 11, 1949, there was considerable interest at the University in different methods of organizing materials for use. Accordingly, Dr. Maurice F. Tauber, Professor, School of Library Service, Columbia University, was asked to speak on some phase of classification in university libraries today. Dr. Tauber is well known as a specialist in this field, having done research in it at the University of Chicago, where he received the Ph.D. degree. He has held the following library positions: Head, Catalog Department, Temple University; Chief, Preparations Division, University of Chicago; and Assistant Director in charge …

Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1952, 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 1952.

Manual Of Accounts For Tennessee Municipalities, W. Harold Read, William R. Snodgrass

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

Proper municipal accounting is basic to efficient city administration. Hence, if good municipal government is to prevail, the accounting system must be so designed and operated as to produce the required fiscal information. For this reason the Municipal Technical Advisory Service is grateful for the opportunity to make available to municipal finance officers and other officials in Tennessee this publication, a "Manual of Accounts." The manual is the first of a series of important technical publications in this field; two others now in preparation are scheduled for publication within the coming year.