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Self-Esteem And Goal Difficulty As Influences On Task Performance And Task Satisfaction, John W. Johnson Dec 1978

Self-Esteem And Goal Difficulty As Influences On Task Performance And Task Satisfaction, John W. Johnson

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No abstract provided.


A Conceptual Analysis Of Radical Behaviorist Epistemology, Marcia L. Bennett Dec 1978

A Conceptual Analysis Of Radical Behaviorist Epistemology, Marcia L. Bennett

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No abstract provided.


Archeological Site Survey Of The Lower Kalamazoo River Basin: Results Of The 1976 Field Season, Phillip D. Neusius Dec 1978

Archeological Site Survey Of The Lower Kalamazoo River Basin: Results Of The 1976 Field Season, Phillip D. Neusius

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No abstract provided.


Acquisition Of Problem-Solving Behavior Via Precurrent Training, Diane E. Nelles Dec 1978

Acquisition Of Problem-Solving Behavior Via Precurrent Training, Diane E. Nelles

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No abstract provided.


A Multivariate Analysis Of Palatal Measurements In Four Populations, David M. Glassman Dec 1978

A Multivariate Analysis Of Palatal Measurements In Four Populations, David M. Glassman

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This study presents a multivariate analysis based on sets of twenty-six palatal measurements from males and females of three racial groups. The analysis examines the occurrence and degree of inter- and intrapopulational relationships. Morphological interpretations are provided whenever possible for the multivariate functions and factors identified. Additionally, discriminant functions from which individuals may be classified into their proper racial and sexual group are calculated and their degree of accuracy discussed.

The data for this investigation were obtained from two skeletal collections. Representatives of Negro and White populations were provided from the Terry Collection housed at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural …


The Ducks Nest Site: A Small Mississippian Site In Warren County, Tennessee, Gerald Wesley Kline Dec 1978

The Ducks Nest Site: A Small Mississippian Site In Warren County, Tennessee, Gerald Wesley Kline

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Archaeological investigations conducted at the Ducks Nest site (40WR4), situated on a ridge in the Barren Fork drainage in the Eastern Highland Rim of Middle Tennessee, resulted in the excavation of a small Mississippian component consisting of two superimposed wall trench structures and six features. These cultural remains and the artifacts and ecofacts recovered in association are described and discussed. It is concluded that the Ducks Nest site was occupied on a year round basis over a limited number of years during the first half of the twelfth century A.D. by a small social group that was trophically self-sufficient.


The Mississippian Component At The Eoff I Site, Normandy Reservoir, Coffee County, Tennessee, Lloyd Norris Chapman Dec 1978

The Mississippian Component At The Eoff I Site, Normandy Reservoir, Coffee County, Tennessee, Lloyd Norris Chapman

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Analysis of the Mississippian component features from the Eoff I site in the Normandy Reservoir, upper Duck River, Coffee County, Tennessee, has indicated that the component represents an Early ,Mississippian Banks phase occupation dating from between A.D. 1068 and A.D. 1170. The spatial distribution of features at the site along with the artifactual content of these features suggests that a major cluster of features was placed in consistent arrangement with each of two semisubterranean structures. A storage zone is possibly indicated by a cluster of features with morphological characteristics usually associated with storage facilities and also by the significantly larger …


The Rhodesian Crisis: The Struggle For Majority Rule 1965-1978, Richard W. Stekette Aug 1978

The Rhodesian Crisis: The Struggle For Majority Rule 1965-1978, Richard W. Stekette

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Preface

On November 11, 1965, Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia, proclaimed his country's unilateral declaration of independence (UDI) from Great Britain. His proclamation set off a storm of protest around the world from the United States to the Soviet Union. The criticisms were generally the same: the white minority government of Rhodesia was accused of illegally seizing power. Although most countries felt that the Rhodesian UDI was a British colonial problem, leaders from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Zambia convened in Nairobi , Kenya, to discuss the potential need of taking matters out of British hands. The issue to them …


Comparison Of Work Samples And A Psychological Test In A Vocational Evaluation Program, Charles Dircken Aug 1978

Comparison Of Work Samples And A Psychological Test In A Vocational Evaluation Program, Charles Dircken

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No abstract provided.


A Replication Study: The Police And Cynicism, Trenia B. Brown Aug 1978

A Replication Study: The Police And Cynicism, Trenia B. Brown

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No abstract provided.


Conditioned Reinforcement: An Attempt To Replicate The Thomas Procedure With Children, Michael B. Oberlin Aug 1978

Conditioned Reinforcement: An Attempt To Replicate The Thomas Procedure With Children, Michael B. Oberlin

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No abstract provided.


The Development And Feasibility Of Supplementary Materials Utilizing The Computer In The Introductory College-Level Accounting Course, Richard Walker Aug 1978

The Development And Feasibility Of Supplementary Materials Utilizing The Computer In The Introductory College-Level Accounting Course, Richard Walker

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Chapter I

The Problem and Its Background

Introduction and Description

Among the many problems confronting the college accounting teacher today is how to best utilize the computer in a meaningful way in course instruction. Encouraged by an increasing reliance on computers in business and motivated by the desire to make course offerings more relevant and attractive, the computer has emerged as an extremely useful tool in accounting analysis. With the availability of computer facilities on most college campuses today, accounting faculties are devoting more attention to expanding and enriching the computer applications in a variety of accounting courses. The introduction …


Narcotics And Violence: An Examination Of The Addict And Non-Addict Offender's Involvement In Certain Types Of Crime, Terrence H. Murphy Aug 1978

Narcotics And Violence: An Examination Of The Addict And Non-Addict Offender's Involvement In Certain Types Of Crime, Terrence H. Murphy

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No abstract provided.


Color Preference As A Function Of Personality, Robert J. Russell Aug 1978

Color Preference As A Function Of Personality, Robert J. Russell

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No abstract provided.


A Comparison Of Total Communication And Traditional Speech Training Methods With Hearing Noncommunicating, Severely Mentally Retarded Individuals, Michael E. Wells Aug 1978

A Comparison Of Total Communication And Traditional Speech Training Methods With Hearing Noncommunicating, Severely Mentally Retarded Individuals, Michael E. Wells

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No abstract provided.


Negative Behavioral Contrast As A Function Of Response Effort, Nile Elliott Warner Aug 1978

Negative Behavioral Contrast As A Function Of Response Effort, Nile Elliott Warner

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No abstract provided.


Ethnography For Archaeology: A Functional Interpretation Of An Upper Great Lakes Prehistoric Fishing Artifact, Donald E. Weston Aug 1978

Ethnography For Archaeology: A Functional Interpretation Of An Upper Great Lakes Prehistoric Fishing Artifact, Donald E. Weston

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Introduction and Problem

One of the basic and challenging tasks in archaeology is the interpretation of artifacts and the reconstruction of prehistoric cultures. Difficulties arise primarily because (1) not all past human behavior is manifest in the archaeological record, and (2) that which remains is only adequately represented. Our success at understanding prehistory is further limited by differential preservation, lack of representative samples, and loss of contextual data. Even with the use of sophisticated recovery techniques, vigorous analysis, and statistical manipulation it is seldom possible to arrive at neat reconstructions. Prehistory is, after all, the indirect study of human behavior …


Goal Achievement In Two English New Towns: An Analysis Of Occupational Class Mixing In Crawley And Hemel Hempstead New Towns, Phillip J. Zimmerman Aug 1978

Goal Achievement In Two English New Towns: An Analysis Of Occupational Class Mixing In Crawley And Hemel Hempstead New Towns, Phillip J. Zimmerman

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Introduction

The decision of the British Government to publicly finance New Town building was a landmark event. The decision was, however, a result of many years of prior experimentation. These experiments ranged from trial-and-error to plans well thought out, that contained within them many philosophical goals.

The first widely accepted formulation of a New Town was that of Ebenezer Howard. The theoretical plan contained several goals that were to be developed, used, and modified by later British planners. Although Howard borrowed many goals from other "planners," he was one of the first to incorporate many identifiable goals into a single …


A Comparison Of Choice Procedures: Positive Reinforcement, Michael Joseph Boivin Aug 1978

A Comparison Of Choice Procedures: Positive Reinforcement, Michael Joseph Boivin

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No abstract provided.


A Behavior And Cost Analysis Of Two Remediation Procedures, Theodore D. Apking Aug 1978

A Behavior And Cost Analysis Of Two Remediation Procedures, Theodore D. Apking

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No abstract provided.


A Study Of The Influence Of The Naturalistic Philosophies In The Development Of Political Science In America, James Michael Graham Aug 1978

A Study Of The Influence Of The Naturalistic Philosophies In The Development Of Political Science In America, James Michael Graham

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No abstract provided.


The Exploration And Exposition Of Factors Related To Lunar Influence On Suicides, Suicide Calls And Crisis Calls, Scott Gene Cook Aug 1978

The Exploration And Exposition Of Factors Related To Lunar Influence On Suicides, Suicide Calls And Crisis Calls, Scott Gene Cook

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No abstract provided.


A Comparison Of Choice Procedures: Negative Reinforcement, Raul Rene De La Garza Cano Aug 1978

A Comparison Of Choice Procedures: Negative Reinforcement, Raul Rene De La Garza Cano

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No abstract provided.


Anthropological Approaches To The Study Of Nepali Shamanism, Christopher J. Busick Aug 1978

Anthropological Approaches To The Study Of Nepali Shamanism, Christopher J. Busick

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No abstract provided.


An Analysis Of The Generalization Of Multiple-Word Response Forms Across Stimulus Conditions, James E. Nofziger Aug 1978

An Analysis Of The Generalization Of Multiple-Word Response Forms Across Stimulus Conditions, James E. Nofziger

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No abstract provided.


The Effect Of Counseling On The Leisure Behavior Of Patients Discharged From Lakeshore Mental Health Institute, Patsy Mitchiner Harris Aug 1978

The Effect Of Counseling On The Leisure Behavior Of Patients Discharged From Lakeshore Mental Health Institute, Patsy Mitchiner Harris

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was threefold: 1) it implement a three-month pilot study to determine the feasibility of setting up a leisure counseling program at Lakeshore Mental Health Institute, 2) to discover if leisure counseling influenced the utilization of the community resources following discharge of patients from Lakeshore Mental Health Institute, and 3) to begin an investigation into the influence of recreation and leisure counseling on the recidivism rate of patients at Lakeshore Mental Health Institute.

By random selection, the populations, consisting of sixty-two Knox County patients housed in the Admission Unit at Lakeshore Mental Health Institute, was divided …


An Archaeological Survey Of The Middle Nolichucky River Basin, Calvert W. Mcilhany Iii Jun 1978

An Archaeological Survey Of The Middle Nolichucky River Basin, Calvert W. Mcilhany Iii

Masters Theses

A cultural history of the middle Nolichucky River Basin has been defined based on data obtained during a 1977 survey of 41 prehistoric archaeological sites. The area was sparsely occupied during the Paleo-Indian period, at least 10,000 years ago. More intensive occupations followed during the Early Archaic through Mississippian periods. Representative areas within four generalized biogeographic zones were examined with particular emphasis on locating prehistoric archaeological sites and lithic raw material sources. The small size of the cultural material sample and limited number of sites examined do not provide sufficient data to make specific conclusions about patterns of settlement and …


Anatomical Alterations Of The Pelvis: The Significance When Determining Childbirth And Sex, Connie Lynn Hall Jun 1978

Anatomical Alterations Of The Pelvis: The Significance When Determining Childbirth And Sex, Connie Lynn Hall

Masters Theses

Research concerned with the osteological alterations in the pelvic girdle thought to be associated with pregnancy and parturition is fairly recent. Much of the research in this area has dealt with the osteological alterations seen on the anterior and posterior pubic facies. The research on the sacroiliac joint has leaned toward the preauricular sulcus of the ilium. Consequently, data pertaining to the osteological alterations thought to be associated with pregnancy and parturition seen on the lateral margins of the anterior face of the first through third sacral vertebrae are not complete. It is my intention in this thesis to demonstrate …


A Functional Analysis Of The Temporomandibular Joint In Homosapiens Sapiens And Homo Sapiens Neanderthalensis, Janice Lynn Foxworthy Jun 1978

A Functional Analysis Of The Temporomandibular Joint In Homosapiens Sapiens And Homo Sapiens Neanderthalensis, Janice Lynn Foxworthy

Masters Theses

Analysis of the temporomandibular region in Homo sapiens neanderthalensis reveals diagnostic morphological differences in comparison to the morphological pattern typically expressed in the temporomandibular joint region of Homo sapiens sapiens. The temporomandibular joint region in Neandertals is characterized by a (1) thickened tympanic ring, petrosal area, mandibular fossa roof, and temporal squama; (2) pronounced postglenoid process; (3) more oval external auditory meatus, directed anteriorly and superiorly, positioned relatively higher on the temporal bone; (4) wide shallow glenoid fossa; (5) formation of the glenoid fossa wall; and (6) prominently developed articular eminence. This thesis concentrates on the morphological variations expressed …


Training Retarded Adults To Reinforce Work Behaviors Of Retarded Clients, A. Celso Goyos Apr 1978

Training Retarded Adults To Reinforce Work Behaviors Of Retarded Clients, A. Celso Goyos

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.