An Evaluation of the Firo-B Scale with Hospitalized Psychiatric Patients (open access)

An Evaluation of the Firo-B Scale with Hospitalized Psychiatric Patients

Concerning the present study, if in the test result of psychotic patients there is some distortion of reality concepts, as is generally expected, then their scores on any personality scale should vary considerably from norms established on the same test by "normal" subjects.
Date: January 1961
Creator: Ladd, Lawrence J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Relationship of Social Concepts and Personality in the Third Grade of Travis Elementary School, Mineral Wells, Texas (open access)

Relationship of Social Concepts and Personality in the Third Grade of Travis Elementary School, Mineral Wells, Texas

The value of proper concepts and an adjustable or adaptable personality are teaching factors to be considered in present-day education. The education for richer living must be through the main institutions of learning, the schools.
Date: August 1942
Creator: Christiansen, Anna Elizabeth
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effects of Verbal Reinforcement on the Behavior of Mild and Moderate Institutionalized Mentally Retarded Children (open access)

The Effects of Verbal Reinforcement on the Behavior of Mild and Moderate Institutionalized Mentally Retarded Children

The present study is an effort to investigate some of the pertinent implications, principles, and postulates revealed by learning theorists, specifically McCandless, using mentally retarded children as subjects.
Date: August 1969
Creator: Wheat, Darryl G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Some Interrelationships between Self-acceptance, Acceptance of Others, Predicted Acceptability to Others, and Actual Acceptance by Others (open access)

Some Interrelationships between Self-acceptance, Acceptance of Others, Predicted Acceptability to Others, and Actual Acceptance by Others

The purpose of the present study is fourfold: (1) to investigate the predicted relationships between self-acceptance and acceptance of others, (2) to investigate self-acceptance, acceptance of others, and their interrelationship with acceptance by others, (3) to investigate the patterns of interrelationship between self-acceptance, acceptance of others, actual acceptability to others, and predicted acceptability to others, and (4) to investigate an hypothesized curvilinear relationship between self-acceptance and acceptance of others.
Date: August 1963
Creator: Pleune, John Russell
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Predictive Value of an English Achievement Test for Grades in Modern Foreign Languages (open access)

The Predictive Value of an English Achievement Test for Grades in Modern Foreign Languages

This study has as its objectives: (1) the determination of the degree of relationship between achievement in the study of English as measured by a standardized English achievement test and achievement in the study of foreign languages as measured by teacher's grades; (2) the determination of the amount of contribution to such a relationship of the achievement in various functional areas in the study of English as measured by the subtests of the English achievement test.
Date: January 1964
Creator: Barnard, William Kenneth
System: The UNT Digital Library
Relationships between Level of Aspiration and Psychological Needs at the College Level (open access)

Relationships between Level of Aspiration and Psychological Needs at the College Level

The concept of level of aspiration bears directly on goal setting behavior; it is a convenient and important variable in understanding human motivation in a variety of situations. Thus it was the purpose of this study to investigate the relationships between levels of aspiration and the psychological needs of achievement, dominance, autonomy, change, and aggression.
Date: January 1966
Creator: Skelton, Sanford Kent
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of a Selected Number of Stories Suitable for Dramatization in the Third Grade (open access)

A Study of a Selected Number of Stories Suitable for Dramatization in the Third Grade

The writer purposes to discover the types of stories that appeal to the interest and imagination of children of the third grade, and to determine whether the literary qualities and the dramatic possibilities of the stories are within the understanding and ability of the group.
Date: 1948
Creator: Putnam, Gustave
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of the Readiness and Achievement of First Grade Students in a Culturally Disadvantaged Area (open access)

A Comparative Study of the Readiness and Achievement of First Grade Students in a Culturally Disadvantaged Area

It is the purpose of this study to compare the readiness and achievement of older and younger first grade students. Other purposes of the study involved a comparison of girls and boys in the first grade as to their readiness and achievement.
Date: August 1963
Creator: Lang, Harold Wendell
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Pressure and Sex Differences in a Level of Aspiration Experiment with Retardates (open access)

Social Pressure and Sex Differences in a Level of Aspiration Experiment with Retardates

The present study was designed to investigate whether or not retardates' level of aspiration and subsequent performance are significantly affected by the presence and observation of a peer group.
Date: August 1963
Creator: Landrum, Jerry Lynn
System: The UNT Digital Library
Relationship of Children's Attitudes toward Some Social Problems and Personality Adjustment (open access)

Relationship of Children's Attitudes toward Some Social Problems and Personality Adjustment

The problem chosen for investigation was to attempt to determine the relationship of children's attitude toward some social problems and their personality adjustment.
Date: 1949
Creator: Darnall, Julia Josephine
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the History and Educational Development of the Schools in Ellis County, Texas, to 1945 (open access)

A Study of the History and Educational Development of the Schools in Ellis County, Texas, to 1945

The purpose of this study is to determine to what extent Ellis County, Texas, has kept its educational program abreast of the development of the community and thereby has met the educational needs of the children in this section of the state.
Date: 1946
Creator: Wilkerson, Mattie Vail
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study on the Stability of Self-concept (open access)

A Study on the Stability of Self-concept

There are two major purposes of this study. First, it will attempt to ascertain whether self-concept, as measured by a self-concept scale, will fluctuate significantly due to a recent ego inflating or deflating experience, and if so, how lasting and in what areas are the effects. Secondly, it will note whether or not the low self-concept individual is more susceptible to changes in self-concept due to these environmental changes than the high self-concept individual.
Date: January 1964
Creator: Collman, Robert Bernard
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Relationship Between Social Class Status and Social Acceptance in the Classroom (open access)

A Study of the Relationship Between Social Class Status and Social Acceptance in the Classroom

It is the purpose of this investigation to determine within the limitations of the study the relationship in the classroom between social class status as measured by an accepted instrument and social acceptance as measured by a sociometric test.
Date: 1951
Creator: Tiffin, Robert Edwin
System: The UNT Digital Library
Industrial Psychological Testing: A Review of the Controversy and a Comparison of Some Effective Testing Conditions with Some Stated Uses (open access)

Industrial Psychological Testing: A Review of the Controversy and a Comparison of Some Effective Testing Conditions with Some Stated Uses

The problem of this study is to interview some personnel managers that use psychological testing in personnel selection and compare their responses to the recommended use of effective testing as presented by some professional psychologists.
Date: May 1964
Creator: Jones, William Lewis
System: The UNT Digital Library
Education in Ellis County, Texas (open access)

Education in Ellis County, Texas

This primary purpose of this thesis is to explore the progression of education within Ellis County. The first two chapters focus on how the county was founded, the first settlements, the formation of towns and economic developments. The rest of the paper gives the history and development of education, specifically the early schools of the county, the beginning of public schools, and the more recent trends of education.
Date: August 1947
Creator: Parker, Wilna
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of some Aspects of Homogeneous Grouping and their Implications for Democracy (open access)

A Study of some Aspects of Homogeneous Grouping and their Implications for Democracy

The purpose of this thesis is to determine the implications of certain aspects of homogeneous grouping in the school and their relationship to the American conception of democracy.
Date: 1940
Creator: Swenson, Andrew B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relationship between Chronological Age and Achievement in the First Grade (open access)

The Relationship between Chronological Age and Achievement in the First Grade

The purpose of the study is to determine what degree of relationship exists between chronological age and performance in the first grade.
Date: 1948
Creator: Hogan, Julia E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Investigation to Determine Improvement in the Social Status of Children Through Concetrated Effort (open access)

An Investigation to Determine Improvement in the Social Status of Children Through Concetrated Effort

The problem of this study is an investigation of the development of social adjustment in thirty-three first-grade pupils in Gainesville, Texas, during 1949-1950. The purpose of the study is to determine each child's total readiness status at the beginning of the investigation, surround each with socializing experiences appropriate to his need, and then determine whether measurable benefits appear to result from his participation in the specific activities designed for social development.
Date: 1950
Creator: Atkins, Thelma
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Analysis of the Reasons for and the Lack of Attendance at the Parent-Teacher Association of the Robert E. Lee School, Denton, Texas (open access)

The Analysis of the Reasons for and the Lack of Attendance at the Parent-Teacher Association of the Robert E. Lee School, Denton, Texas

The problem of this study is to analyze the reasons for attendance and lack of attendance at Parent-Teacher Association meetings of sixty selected parents of the Parent-Teacher Association in the Robert E. Lee School, Denton, Texas.
Date: 1947
Creator: Lowe, Mary Elizabeth
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effects of a Democratic Program on the First-Grade Children, Houston School, Mineral Wells, Texas (open access)

The Effects of a Democratic Program on the First-Grade Children, Houston School, Mineral Wells, Texas

The problem in this study is two-fold: (1) to determine the effects of a democratic curriculum upon the educational growth of first-grade children; and (2) to show that, through living the democratic life, the first-grade children developed behavior patterns that fitted them to live more wholesome lives.
Date: 1950
Creator: Dyer, Laura Lilly
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Proposed Plan for Administering Special Education in the Allen Independent School (open access)

A Proposed Plan for Administering Special Education in the Allen Independent School

The purpose of this study is to set up, by reading, observing, and discussing the different phases of Special Education, a proposed plan for administering a more adequate educational program for the exceptional children of the Allen Public School.
Date: 1947
Creator: Moseley, Wendell H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
How to Help Unpopular Second-Grade Pupils Become Acceptable to the Group (open access)

How to Help Unpopular Second-Grade Pupils Become Acceptable to the Group

The purpose of the study was to determine the practicality of the theory that the teacher's highest function is to help each pupil to develop an agreeable, liberated, concordant, dynamic personality. In other words, the writer was interested in finding out whether it is possible, as far as can be determined, to develop an unpopular child to such an extent that he will be more social, more likable, and, in the end, more acceptable by his school group.
Date: 1941
Creator: Lunday, Villa Hollingsworth
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interesting the Disinterested School Child through Arts and Crafts (open access)

Interesting the Disinterested School Child through Arts and Crafts

The problem is to determine why fifteen lower grade pupils were absent from school so many times during the previous year and to ascertain whether the pupils' attendance records could be improved in the present year through arts and crafts.
Date: 1947
Creator: Lindsey, Vera Grace
System: The UNT Digital Library
How the Social Needs of the Fourth and Fifth Grade Boys in the Public Schools of Denton, Texas, Are Being Met Through Their Hobbies (open access)

How the Social Needs of the Fourth and Fifth Grade Boys in the Public Schools of Denton, Texas, Are Being Met Through Their Hobbies

"The problem of this study is to determine whether the hobbies of the fourth and fifth grade boys of the public schools in Denton, Texas, are contributing to their social needs. It is believed that the intangible attributes of living, which can be mearsured neither by rule nor square, make for the well-rounded, happy, social, individual, whether he be adult or child. The degree to which an individual is adjusted socially ranges from the completely anti-social type to the fully-integrated type. The reasons for this gradation are numerous. They include the influence of the home, the school, and the playmates, as well as other factors in the general environment of the child. The purpose of this investigation is to discover whether the hobbies of the boys under consideration are potential and actual forces for integration and socialization."--leaf 1.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Hamilton, Lucy Anise
System: The UNT Digital Library