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A Geographic Study Examining The Major Elements Involved In The Rise Of Cotton Production In Southeast Missouri 1922-1925, Charles E. Hudson Aug 1967

A Geographic Study Examining The Major Elements Involved In The Rise Of Cotton Production In Southeast Missouri 1922-1925, Charles E. Hudson

Masters Theses

The delta area of Missouri comprises the seven counties in the southeastern part of the state. These counties form the only area in Missouri where cotton is widely produced. Although cotton was grown in the region as early as 1850, the delta area did not become a major cotton producer until 1922. For a number of years prior to 1922 certain elements, including soil and topography, climate, forest clearance, land drainage, and the influx of farmers prior to 1920, formed a potential favorable to large-scale cotton production, yet none occurred. For an increase in production to occur some element had …


The Effects Of Differential Delay Of Knowledge Of Results In A Motor Learning Task, Philip Teitelbaum Aug 1967

The Effects Of Differential Delay Of Knowledge Of Results In A Motor Learning Task, Philip Teitelbaum

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Magnesium Pemoline On Delayed Interval Responding, Richard Dykes Millar Aug 1967

The Effects Of Magnesium Pemoline On Delayed Interval Responding, Richard Dykes Millar

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


A Study Of The Accuracy Of Prediction Motion In Depth, Neal I. Gelfand Jul 1967

A Study Of The Accuracy Of Prediction Motion In Depth, Neal I. Gelfand

Masters Theses

The study examined the effects of five variables: knowledge of results, distance, stimulus gradient, target speed, and temporal delay (a measure of temporal relationship between the target and standard) on the accuracy with which 3s could predict the arrival of a moving target at the position of a stationary standard.

The results of an analysis of variance on the data obtained from 52 Ss indicated that the variables of knowledge of results, distance.- speed, and temporal delay had statistically significant effects; but no statistical significance was indicated for effects of the gradient variable. Three statistically significant interactions were also indicated: …


Pain Elicited Aggression As A Function Of Withdrawal From Etonitazene Dependency, John Florea Jul 1967

Pain Elicited Aggression As A Function Of Withdrawal From Etonitazene Dependency, John Florea

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Sensation Seeking Scale As A Predictor Of Need For Sensory Stimulation, John C. Hocking Jul 1967

The Sensation Seeking Scale As A Predictor Of Need For Sensory Stimulation, John C. Hocking

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Social Reinforcement And Generalization Of Changes In Verbal Behavior Development, William J. Mayville Jul 1967

Social Reinforcement And Generalization Of Changes In Verbal Behavior Development, William J. Mayville

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Differential Instructions And The Level Of Task Complexity On Decision Time, Dean Robert Mogelgaard Jul 1967

The Effects Of Differential Instructions And The Level Of Task Complexity On Decision Time, Dean Robert Mogelgaard

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Variables Influencing Cooperative Escape And Aggressive Behavior, Robert Walter Taylor Jul 1967

Variables Influencing Cooperative Escape And Aggressive Behavior, Robert Walter Taylor

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Relation Of Aggression To Escape Opportunity, Marshall Wolfe Jul 1967

The Relation Of Aggression To Escape Opportunity, Marshall Wolfe

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effect Of Morphine On Conditioned Suppression And Response Topography Of The Hooded Rat, Douglas Charles Reberg Jun 1967

The Effect Of Morphine On Conditioned Suppression And Response Topography Of The Hooded Rat, Douglas Charles Reberg

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Alliance For Progress: Policy Continuation Or Actual Reform?, Mario Mion Apr 1967

The Alliance For Progress: Policy Continuation Or Actual Reform?, Mario Mion

Honors Theses

The Alliance for Progress appears to falter within its own objectives. As such this is not unique to this aid program; other programs have encountered difficulties in their operation. However, the extent of the Alliance's failure to meet its stated goals raises the question of the efficacy of the program itself and, what is more significant, of the intent of the Alliance as a program of aid and as a tool for reform. In fact, the operational or mechanical difficulties per se are not surprising considering the obstacles Involved. Traditionally divergent economic and political patterns and social attitudes, here in …


A Geographic Interpretation Of The Growth And Development Of Constantine, Michigan, Mary Jeanne Dowty Apr 1967

A Geographic Interpretation Of The Growth And Development Of Constantine, Michigan, Mary Jeanne Dowty

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effect Of Indicator Velocity On Observer Response Time, Brian F. Briggs Apr 1967

The Effect Of Indicator Velocity On Observer Response Time, Brian F. Briggs

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Yugoslav Ideology And Its Importance To The Soviet Bloc: An Analysis, Christine Deichsel Apr 1967

Yugoslav Ideology And Its Importance To The Soviet Bloc: An Analysis, Christine Deichsel

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Junior High School Librarian And Requirements Beyond The Daily Library Schedule, Brenda May Branyan Apr 1967

The Junior High School Librarian And Requirements Beyond The Daily Library Schedule, Brenda May Branyan

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Charcoal: Its Multifarious Effect In A Rural Guatemalan Community, John G. Hehr Apr 1967

Charcoal: Its Multifarious Effect In A Rural Guatemalan Community, John G. Hehr

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


An Analysis Of Internal Reporting Systems In Commercial Banks, Gordon Eugene Vanbeek Apr 1967

An Analysis Of Internal Reporting Systems In Commercial Banks, Gordon Eugene Vanbeek

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effect Of Ribonucleic Acid On Learning In The White Rat, L. Duane Dove Mar 1967

The Effect Of Ribonucleic Acid On Learning In The White Rat, L. Duane Dove

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Evolution Of Patterns Of Seasonal Migration From San Juan Ostuncalco, William Parsons Jan 1967

The Evolution Of Patterns Of Seasonal Migration From San Juan Ostuncalco, William Parsons

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.


Visual Recognition Following Periods Of Sensory Deprivation And Sensory Bombardment, Thomas W. Vodde Jan 1967

Visual Recognition Following Periods Of Sensory Deprivation And Sensory Bombardment, Thomas W. Vodde

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Strain Differences In Alcohol Preference On Guinea Pigs And Experimental Manipulation Of Preference By Forced Alcohol Consumption, Gerald L. Appleman Dec 1966

Strain Differences In Alcohol Preference On Guinea Pigs And Experimental Manipulation Of Preference By Forced Alcohol Consumption, Gerald L. Appleman

Masters Theses

Introduction

The study of the determinants of alcoholism, one of the most perplexing diseases of mankind, entered its most fruitful era of discovery in the laboratory of the animal researcher. A pioneering study of the determinants of alcohol consumption by Richter (1940) indicated that laboratory rats show a preference for alcohol over water beginning at 1.8 per cent ethanol (v/v) solution, and continue to prefer alcohol over water up to a 6 per cent ethanol (v/v) solution. Richter made two important contributions to alcohol research which had broader implications than the presentation of an index of alcohol consumption in rats. …


Pain Elicited Aggression As A Function Of Withdrawal From Morphine Addiction, Brian G. Teel Dec 1966

Pain Elicited Aggression As A Function Of Withdrawal From Morphine Addiction, Brian G. Teel

Masters Theses

One branch of aggression research has concentrated on the elicitation of aggressive behavior by means of exteroceptive stimulation. Electric shock or similar painful stimuli (Ulrich & Azrin, 1962) are well known to produce fighting in the laboratory rat. This basic method has allowed experimental analysis of a wide scope of associated variables.

Ulrich and Azrin (1962) investigated several different parameters. They found that laboratory rats increased their fighting behavior as the frequency of shocks increased from 0.1 to 38 shocks per minute. With frequency fixed, the fighting response rate resembled an inverted U-shaped curve when shock intensity was increased from …


The Effects Of Pentobarbital Upon The Gross Activity Of The White Rat And Modification Of These Effects By Means Of Water Immersion, Dominic Amante Dec 1966

The Effects Of Pentobarbital Upon The Gross Activity Of The White Rat And Modification Of These Effects By Means Of Water Immersion, Dominic Amante

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effect Of Deprivation Level On Resistance To Extinction: A Test Of A Single Organism Design, Enzo Richard Valenzi Dec 1966

The Effect Of Deprivation Level On Resistance To Extinction: A Test Of A Single Organism Design, Enzo Richard Valenzi

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Budget Effects On Defense Planning, Charles Ventura Nov 1966

Budget Effects On Defense Planning, Charles Ventura

Masters Theses

Preface

The Department of Defense (DOD) program budget was developed to link defense planning to defense spending. The budget is designed to reflect total program costs. Military managers require such costs in order to make optimum allocation of resources. The program budget has been a useful tool in bringing uniformity to military plans but its effectiveness, the author contends, has been limited because it contains inaccurate cost data.

The author intends to prove that incorrect financial information is included in the budget because some resource expenditures cannot be accurately traced. The same resource is "common" to several different weapon systems. …


The Effect Of Morphine On Pain-Elicited Aggression In Rats, Danija Kaskurs Nov 1966

The Effect Of Morphine On Pain-Elicited Aggression In Rats, Danija Kaskurs

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Dogmatic And Decision-Making In A Variable Risk Situation, Robert E. Jones Sep 1966

Dogmatic And Decision-Making In A Variable Risk Situation, Robert E. Jones

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Effect Of The Norm Of Reciprocity In A Two-Person Non-Zero-Sum Game, Thomas G. Jacks Sep 1966

The Effect Of The Norm Of Reciprocity In A Two-Person Non-Zero-Sum Game, Thomas G. Jacks

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Game Theory And Power Politics, Michael Decker Sep 1966

Game Theory And Power Politics, Michael Decker

Masters Theses

Preface

The contemporary argument over method reaches into all the traditional diversions of social science, of which political science is no exception. Such names as structure-functionalism, decision theory, systems analysis, behavioralism, and game theory have become commonplace identifications of political methodologies in the twentieth century. And if one consideration has generated this plethora of seemingly novel approaches to the study of politics, it is an epistemological one. Indeed, the argument seems to center around determining that kind of intellectual behavior which will best enable the student to understand political events.

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