The Effects of Verbal Praise and Reproof on the Level of Aspiration of Institutionalized Mental Defectives (open access)

The Effects of Verbal Praise and Reproof on the Level of Aspiration of Institutionalized Mental Defectives

The study to be reported was designed to investigate the effects of verbal praise and reproof, from persons in authority, on the LOA and subsequent performance of institutionalized defectives.
Date: January 1964
Creator: Kelley, George L.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
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
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
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
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Southwest Retort, Volume 16, Number 5, January 1964 (open access)

Southwest Retort, Volume 16, Number 5, January 1964

This publication of the Dallas-Fort Worth Section of the American Chemical Society includes information about research, prominent scientist, organizational business, and various other stories of interest to the community. Published monthly during long academic semesters.
Date: January 1964
Creator: American Chemical Society. Dallas/Fort Worth Section.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Southwest Retort, Volume 16, Number 6, February 1964 (open access)

Southwest Retort, Volume 16, Number 6, February 1964

This publication of the Dallas-Fort Worth Section of the American Chemical Society includes information about research, prominent scientist, organizational business, and various other stories of interest to the community. Published monthly during long academic semesters.
Date: February 1964
Creator: American Chemical Society. Dallas/Fort Worth Section.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Southwest Retort, Volume 16, Number 7, March 1964 (open access)

Southwest Retort, Volume 16, Number 7, March 1964

This publication of the Dallas-Fort Worth Section of the American Chemical Society includes information about research, prominent scientist, organizational business, and various other stories of interest to the community. Published monthly during long academic semesters.
Date: March 1964
Creator: American Chemical Society. Dallas/Fort Worth Section.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Southwest Retort, Volume 16, Number 8, April 1964 (open access)

Southwest Retort, Volume 16, Number 8, April 1964

This publication of the Dallas-Fort Worth Section of the American Chemical Society includes information about research, prominent scientist, organizational business, and various other stories of interest to the community. Published monthly during long academic semesters.
Date: April 1964
Creator: American Chemical Society. Dallas/Fort Worth Section.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Southwest Retort, Volume 16, Number 9, May 1964 (open access)

Southwest Retort, Volume 16, Number 9, May 1964

This publication of the Dallas-Fort Worth Section of the American Chemical Society includes information about research, prominent scientist, organizational business, and various other stories of interest to the community. Published monthly during long academic semesters. This issue includes news for the upcoming meeting in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Date: May 1964
Creator: American Chemical Society. Dallas/Fort Worth Section.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Southwest Retort, Volume 17, Number 1, September 1964 (open access)

Southwest Retort, Volume 17, Number 1, September 1964

This publication of the Dallas-Fort Worth Section of the American Chemical Society includes information about research, prominent scientist, organizational business, and various other stories of interest to the community. Published monthly during long academic semesters. This issue includes information for the upcoming meeting in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Date: September 1964
Creator: American Chemical Society. Dallas/Fort Worth Section.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Southwest Retort, Volume 17, Number 2, October 1964 (open access)

Southwest Retort, Volume 17, Number 2, October 1964

This publication of the Dallas-Fort Worth Section of the American Chemical Society includes information about research, prominent scientist, organizational business, and various other stories of interest to the community. Published monthly during long academic semesters.
Date: October 1964
Creator: American Chemical Society. Dallas/Fort Worth Section.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Southwest Retort, Volume 17, Number 4, December 1964 (open access)

Southwest Retort, Volume 17, Number 4, December 1964

This publication of the Dallas-Fort Worth Section of the American Chemical Society includes information about research, prominent scientist, organizational business, and various other stories of interest to the community. Published monthly during long academic semesters.
Date: December 1964
Creator: American Chemical Society. Dallas/Fort Worth Section.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Trends in Art Education, Spring 1964 (open access)

Texas Trends in Art Education, Spring 1964

Journal of the Texas Art Education Association includes articles related to theoretical, social, educational, and cultural issues affecting art education in Texas as well as articles about practical methods and programs for art education at various levels of instruction.
Date: Spring 1964
Creator: Texas Art Education Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Status of Coaches of Boys' Interscholastic Basketball in Class A Senior High Schools in Texas (open access)

The Status of Coaches of Boys' Interscholastic Basketball in Class A Senior High Schools in Texas

This was a study of the status of coaches of boys' interscholastic basketball in class A senior high schools in Texas.
Date: August 1964
Creator: Bettes, Lawrence Edgare
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analysis of the Financing of Church Building Programs (open access)

Analysis of the Financing of Church Building Programs

This study was an analysis of current financing of building programs of selected Protestant churches in the State of Texas.
Date: August 1964
Creator: Daniels, Paul R.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of Ministerial Speech Training in Meeting the Speech Needs of Ministers in the Fort Worth-Dallas Area (open access)

An Evaluation of Ministerial Speech Training in Meeting the Speech Needs of Ministers in the Fort Worth-Dallas Area

This study attempts to determine whether available ministerial speech training meets the current speech needs of active Protestant ministers by asking: 1. In the opinions of ministers, how comprehensive was their speech training? 2. In active ministers' opinions, what are the current speech needs of ministers? 3. According to the information obtained from school catalogs and the speech departments of the schools from which the ministers graduated, what speech training is available at these institutions? 4. According to a comparison of the speech needs (given by ministers) with the available speech training (indicated by the schools): A. Does the available speech training meet the current speech needs? B. If not, what recommendations are needed?
Date: August 1964
Creator: Evridge, Dorothy J.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Physical Education Programs of Negro Elementary Schools of Texas (open access)

A Study of Physical Education Programs of Negro Elementary Schools of Texas

The study is an evaluation of the physical education programs of ninety-one elementary Negro schools of Texas. The following purposes were established for the study: 1) to obtain information concerning the administration, conduct, and scope of physical education programs in Negro elementary schools of Texas; 2) to evaluate the physical education programs of selected Negro elementary schools of Texas on the basis of criteria such as Texas Education Association and documentary sources; and 3) to make recommendations for future development of the physical education programs in the Negro elementary schools of Texas.
Date: January 1964
Creator: Holmes, Charles Murphy
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Relationship of Personality Traits of Students in the Same Major Field of Study and of Students in Different Major Fields of Study (open access)

Relationship of Personality Traits of Students in the Same Major Field of Study and of Students in Different Major Fields of Study

The purpose of this study is to investigate the similarity in personality traits among students in the same major field of study and the difference in personality traits between students in different fields of major study. Investigation will also be made of the relationship between vocational interests of the subjects and their major fields of study.
Date: January 1964
Creator: Robbins, Wm. Callaway
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Levels of Psychological Health Related to the Cattell Sixteen Personality Factor Test (open access)

Levels of Psychological Health Related to the Cattell Sixteen Personality Factor Test

The purpose of the present study is to develop an operationally defined standard of psychological health which will be proposed as: 1) one of the goals of psychotherapy; 2) a device for aiding in the evaluation of psychotherapy, and 3) a tool for screening those individuals in the general population who are in need of counseling in order to maintain their mental health.
Date: June 1964
Creator: Bonney, Lewis A.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
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
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study to Determine the Aptitude and Interest Profiles of Industrial Arts Majors (open access)

A Study to Determine the Aptitude and Interest Profiles of Industrial Arts Majors

This study was undertaken to determine the aptitude and interest profiles of industrial arts majors as derived from certain standardized tests administered to freshmen entering North Texas State University, Denton, Texas, from 1955 through 1959.
Date: May 1964
Creator: Reid, Vernon D.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Intra-test Scatter on the Shipley-Hartford Abstraction Scale and Its Relationship to Schizophrenia (open access)

Intra-test Scatter on the Shipley-Hartford Abstraction Scale and Its Relationship to Schizophrenia

The present study will be concerned with the reliability of the Shipley-Hartford Abstraction Scale as an instrument for diagnosis of schizophrenia and personality disorders.
Date: May 1964
Creator: Rogers, Thomas Darwyn
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of Personality Variables of Students in Two Contrasted Colleges (open access)

A Comparative Study of Personality Variables of Students in Two Contrasted Colleges

The nature of the problem to be dealt with in this present study involves the religious personality. Specifically, it involves the question as to the personality similarities and differences of students from a religious college and students from a state college.
Date: May 1964
Creator: Ruble, Richard Lee
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Restricted Analysis of the Relationship between Property Tax Assessments and Electric Utility Earnings in Denton (open access)

A Restricted Analysis of the Relationship between Property Tax Assessments and Electric Utility Earnings in Denton

The primary purpose of this study will be to compare the equitableness of utility earnings as a source of municipal revenue when compared to that of property taxes.
Date: May 1964
Creator: Rudd, Edwin Derle
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Expectations and Attitudes of a Group of Older Persons towards Institutional Living (open access)

Expectations and Attitudes of a Group of Older Persons towards Institutional Living

The study reported in this thesis attempted to determine some of the effects of institutional living on a group of elderly people. The study endeavored to discover whether any changes took place between the expectations of the persons planning to enter a home for the aged and the opinions of the same persons after they had lived in the home.
Date: August 1964
Creator: Murdock, John A.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library