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Recent Developments Of Phenomenological Psychology In The United States And Their Implications For Empirical Inquiry, D. Scott Leigh Aug 1974

Recent Developments Of Phenomenological Psychology In The United States And Their Implications For Empirical Inquiry, D. Scott Leigh

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Different Litter Control Procedures On Movie Audiences, Thomas Lee Zane Aug 1974

The Effects Of Different Litter Control Procedures On Movie Audiences, Thomas Lee Zane

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


A Behavioral-Analysis, Systems Approach In A University-Based, Food Co-Operative, Harry M. Kent Aug 1974

A Behavioral-Analysis, Systems Approach In A University-Based, Food Co-Operative, Harry M. Kent

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Occupational Choices And Expectations Of Adolescent Female Students, Ruby Quaak Aug 1974

Occupational Choices And Expectations Of Adolescent Female Students, Ruby Quaak

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Different Levels Of L-Dopa On The Aggressive Biting Behavior Of Rats, Kathryn A. Scholas Aug 1974

The Effects Of Different Levels Of L-Dopa On The Aggressive Biting Behavior Of Rats, Kathryn A. Scholas

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Interaction Between Response-Independent Fixed-Time Tail Shock And Chronic Voluntary Alcohol Consumption In Squirrel Monkeys, J. Leonard Peebles Aug 1974

The Interaction Between Response-Independent Fixed-Time Tail Shock And Chronic Voluntary Alcohol Consumption In Squirrel Monkeys, J. Leonard Peebles

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Projective Expression Of Need For Achievement In Women, Robert S. Gibson Aug 1974

The Projective Expression Of Need For Achievement In Women, Robert S. Gibson

Masters Theses

Introduction

Psychologists generally assume that the motive to achieve is one of the major determinants to striving to succeed. A theoretically consistent body of data exists which enables one to predict achievement behavior as a function of the strength of the achievement motive, when it applies to men (Atkinson, 1958; Bardwick, 1971; McClelland, Atkinson, Clark, & Lowell, 1953). However, when one attempts to find psychological data to predict achievement behavior in women, there is difficulty.

The few comparable studies of achievement motivation in females that have been made are neither consistent with the findings for males, not even consistent with …


The Effect Of Imposed Roles On The Direction And Magnitude Of Group Polarization Of Initially Dominant Responses (Risky Shift) In Small Discussion Groups, Neil W. Blahut Aug 1974

The Effect Of Imposed Roles On The Direction And Magnitude Of Group Polarization Of Initially Dominant Responses (Risky Shift) In Small Discussion Groups, Neil W. Blahut

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


A "Systems Analysis" Of An Applied Behavior Analysis Laboratory Course And An Experimental Analysis Of Attendance And Prompt Assignment Completion, Ansley Bacon Aug 1974

A "Systems Analysis" Of An Applied Behavior Analysis Laboratory Course And An Experimental Analysis Of Attendance And Prompt Assignment Completion, Ansley Bacon

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Discussion Procedures In College Teaching, Victor A. Arredondo Aug 1974

Discussion Procedures In College Teaching, Victor A. Arredondo

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of An Absence Policy On Attendance And Grades, Judith A. Adelman Aug 1974

The Effects Of An Absence Policy On Attendance And Grades, Judith A. Adelman

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The German Social Democratic Party, 1949-1953: An Analysis Of Schumacher's Bid For Mass Support, Robert L. Gaddis Aug 1974

The German Social Democratic Party, 1949-1953: An Analysis Of Schumacher's Bid For Mass Support, Robert L. Gaddis

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Simultaneous But Unequal Response-Independent Pay To Pairs Of Human Subjects On Masseter Emg And Bodily Movements, David M. Keenan Aug 1974

The Effects Of Simultaneous But Unequal Response-Independent Pay To Pairs Of Human Subjects On Masseter Emg And Bodily Movements, David M. Keenan

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Alliance Party And The Process Of Political Integration In Malaysia, Etty Zainab Ibrahim Aug 1974

The Alliance Party And The Process Of Political Integration In Malaysia, Etty Zainab Ibrahim

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Schedule Induced Polydipsia: Effects Of Inter-Food Interval On Access To Water As A Reinforcer, Richard H. Weiss Aug 1974

Schedule Induced Polydipsia: Effects Of Inter-Food Interval On Access To Water As A Reinforcer, Richard H. Weiss

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Alternating Punishment And Non-Punishment Of Aggression, Joseph Mcintosh Savage Aug 1974

Alternating Punishment And Non-Punishment Of Aggression, Joseph Mcintosh Savage

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


A Neuro-Clinical Study Of The Spread Of Experimentally Induced Epileptiform Discharge From The Amygdala, Daniel Rosen Aug 1974

A Neuro-Clinical Study Of The Spread Of Experimentally Induced Epileptiform Discharge From The Amygdala, Daniel Rosen

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Development Of Generalized Imitation In An Autistic Boy, Andrew L. Reitz Aug 1974

The Development Of Generalized Imitation In An Autistic Boy, Andrew L. Reitz

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Systemic Adaptation: Can The Soviet System Accommodate The “Democratic Movement”?, Phillip A. Petersen Aug 1974

Systemic Adaptation: Can The Soviet System Accommodate The “Democratic Movement”?, Phillip A. Petersen

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effect Of The Ostpolitik On The Opposing Bloc Systems In Europe, Thomas C. Mericle Aug 1974

The Effect Of The Ostpolitik On The Opposing Bloc Systems In Europe, Thomas C. Mericle

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Job Satisfaction And Work Effort: A Study Involving Use Of The Herzberg Two Factor Theory, Thomas J. Mccann Aug 1974

Job Satisfaction And Work Effort: A Study Involving Use Of The Herzberg Two Factor Theory, Thomas J. Mccann

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Interorganizational Conflict: The Case Of Police Youth Bureaus And The Juvenile Court, C. David Hollister, Joe Hudson Jul 1974

Interorganizational Conflict: The Case Of Police Youth Bureaus And The Juvenile Court, C. David Hollister, Joe Hudson

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Police departments, juvenile courts, training schools, and a variety of welfare organizations together constitute the network of agencies formally instituted to deal with juvenile deviance.I Because each of the organizations has an interest in reducing deviance, it is sometimes assumed that they share the same goals and work closely and cooperatively with each other. The purpose of this paper is to report on an exploratory study of inter-organizational relations at one link in this network: relations between police youth bureaus and the juvenile court.


A Serendipitous Relationship Between Theory Modification And A Study Of Staff Development, Patricia A. Brown Jul 1974

A Serendipitous Relationship Between Theory Modification And A Study Of Staff Development, Patricia A. Brown

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

There are instances in which the guiding impetus to a study is a very practical problem, the answers to which are expected to have immediate applicability. Although the practical purpose is accomplished, at the study's end comes the recognition that perhaps the most important contribution of the investigation had been the uncovering of theoretical implications.

The above serendipitous process is applicable to the following report of a limited study of staff development in a new youth serving agency. The study is presented in detail so that the main elements associated with the validation and elaboration of a conceptualization of organizational …


Recipients' Attitudes Toward Welfare, Kirk W. Elifson, William S. Little, William Chamberlain Jul 1974

Recipients' Attitudes Toward Welfare, Kirk W. Elifson, William S. Little, William Chamberlain

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

While the general plight of welfare recipients has long been recognized, little or nothing to date has been ascertained concerning their views toward the system that largely determines their lives. Many recipients find themselves manipulated by a less than personalized bureaucracy but few researchers have sought to examine the experiences and attitudes of these recipients toward that system. Given the recent figures which indicate a "welfare explosion" (Piven and Cloward, 1971), and the vast expenditures for public assistance programs (Skolnick and Dales, 1969:5), the lack of systematic empirical research in this area is disconcerting. Such information should be of considerable …


Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 1, No. 4 (Summer 1974) Jul 1974

Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 1, No. 4 (Summer 1974)

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Table of Contents

  • Editorial Page - 177
  • A Serendipitous Relationship Between Theory Modification and a Study of Staff Development. - Patricia A. Brown - Page 179
  • Recipients Attitudes Toward Welfare - Kirk W. Elifson, William S. Little, William Chamberlain - Page 186
  • Social Work Practice and the Social Context - Jeffry Galper - Page 199
  • Interorganizational Conflicts: The Case of Police Youth Bureaus and the Juvenile Court - David C. Hollister, Joe Hudson - Page 206
  • Evaluating a Pilot Social Service Project for Widows: A Chronicle of Research Problems - S. Roxanne Hiltz - Page 217
  • Electives and Undergraduate Social …


Social Work Practice And The Social Context, Jeffry Galper Jul 1974

Social Work Practice And The Social Context, Jeffry Galper

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Any effort to define appropriate tasks and directions for social work practice must necessarily come to grips with some analysis of the particular social-political-historical situation within which that practice is being formulated. Too often it seems as though we attempt to define practice abstracted from the particular period in which that practice takes place. It is true, on the one hand, that it is important to develop generic principles of practice. Similarly, it is true that the definition of the social work task is not a matter left solely to the discretion of the profession. In fact, the profession may …


Evaluating A Pilot Social Service Project For Widows: A Chronicle Of Research Problems, S. Roxanne Hiltz Jul 1974

Evaluating A Pilot Social Service Project For Widows: A Chronicle Of Research Problems, S. Roxanne Hiltz

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The decade of the 70's has seen the appearance of a number of publications in the area of "evaluation research", the effort to systematically apply social science research methods to the evaluation of action programs set up for the purpose of helping to solve social problems. Evaluation research is thus one area in which social scientists can be of direct aid in setting public policy about social welfare services.

An excellent primer on the problems that are likely to arise in the course of an evaluation effort and the "conventional wisdom" that has been developed thus far is Carol Weiss' …


Electives And Undergraduate Social Work Education In A State University, H. Wayne Johnson Jul 1974

Electives And Undergraduate Social Work Education In A State University, H. Wayne Johnson

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

From the beginning of its interest in undergraduate instruction, the Council on Social Work Education has stressed the importance of a broad liberal education for baccalaureate social workers . Such emphasis was restated twice in subsequent CSWE documents, and more recently in other materials which enunciate the standards for the new undergraduate accreditation process commencing in 1974. It is much easier to state the notion of a general education than it is to describe its content and character and there is a tendency to become ambiguous. We are prone to resort to a high level of generalization in characterizing a …


Innovation, Involvement, And Contemporary Service Organizations, Frank A. Kastelic Jul 1974

Innovation, Involvement, And Contemporary Service Organizations, Frank A. Kastelic

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Purpose of This Paper

Innovation and involvement have come to be ascribed an almost mystical potency for the task of bringing more relevant services and more human relationships to clients of service organizations. Many descriptive

and hortatory articles have appeared in the social welfare and health literature concerning the virtues of contemporary organizations exhibiting these characteristics, but little in the way of hard thinking about their real implications to service organizations has been done. The majority of the articles are reprises of proposals, or accounts of the first year or two of a program, with an emphasis upon positive prospects …


The Significance Of Ethnicity In Staffing Corrections, Alfred J. Kutzik Jul 1974

The Significance Of Ethnicity In Staffing Corrections, Alfred J. Kutzik

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Excerpt from the full-text article:

Until recently the total thrust of efforts to improve the staffing of corrections has been towards the recruitment and development of trained personnel. In the past decade it has begun to be recognized that factors other than training have to be taken into account. Largely as a result of California's groundbreaking Community Treatment Project the personality of staff is now considered by some to be as important as their training and in a few programs those with certain types of personality and training have been assigned to work, i.e., "matched", with juvenile offenders who have …