Beliefs of Internal Versus External Control and Their Relationship to Stage of Moral Judgment (open access)

Beliefs of Internal Versus External Control and Their Relationship to Stage of Moral Judgment

This investigation sought to explore the relationship of Julian Rotter's concept of internal versus external control (I-E) to stages of moral judgment. The I-E dimension is defined as the attribution by the individual of responsibility for behavioral outcomes to either oneself or to outside entities. The internal oriented person believes that the events in which he is involved lie within his control. Conversely, the external oriented person believes that the events that happen to him are controlled by other factors.
Date: August 1971
Creator: Coulter, Wylie A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparison of Group and Individual Methods of Presenting Baldwin's Social Expectations Scale (open access)

Comparison of Group and Individual Methods of Presenting Baldwin's Social Expectations Scale

Forty Ss from introductory psychology classes participated in a study to determine whether or not the investigator's group Social Expectations Scale (SES) was a useful research instrument and to determine whether or not intelligence was a factor determining the fit of a particular cognitive model, the BSE, to the social expectations of Ss as measured by the SES.
Date: May 1971
Creator: Pitts, Emily C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Early Recognition of Minimal Brain Injury through Use of the Metropolitan Readiness Tests (open access)

Early Recognition of Minimal Brain Injury through Use of the Metropolitan Readiness Tests

This study explored the usefulness of the Metropolitan Readiness Tests (MRT) as a screening device for minimal brain injury. It was hypothesized that brain injured (BI) children would score significantly lower on Test Six of the MRT than non-brain injured (NBI) children. Test Six is a visual-motor perceptual task.
Date: December 1971
Creator: Spurgin, Raymon David
System: The UNT Digital Library
Influence of Specific Training on Graduate School Aptitude Test Performance (open access)

Influence of Specific Training on Graduate School Aptitude Test Performance

The study was undertaken to investigate if a course of instruction, utilizing specific procedures, could be employed to enhance performance on an aptitude test. A punishment procedure involving the removal of a positive reinforcer was instituted within a classroom setting.
Date: December 1971
Creator: Gay, Mary C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Insight versus Desensitization: a Comparative Study (open access)

Insight versus Desensitization: a Comparative Study

The present study was an attempt to show that the behavioral technique of desensitization is superior to insight-oriented psychotherapy in terms of not only behavior change for individuals undergoing desensitization but in terms of case of acquisition to novice therapists who have virtually no clinical experience.
Date: August 1971
Creator: Juda, Robert A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Modified Human Need Survey of Human Needs (open access)

The Modified Human Need Survey of Human Needs

This study was designed to test the hypothesis that desire is inversely proportional to satisfaction in the motivational category of a given person. The present study represents an attempt to devise an objectively scored test which will objectively and empirically determine the level of motivation of a given subject.
Date: August 1971
Creator: Madigan, Michael
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relationship of Anxiety to Critical Thinking (open access)

The Relationship of Anxiety to Critical Thinking

Anxiety increase drive level and will at first lead to an increased level of performance and then, as drive level continues to rise, to a decrease in performance. There seems to be an optimal level condition for best performance. On either side of this point, performance is relatively impaired. However, nothing has been done to explore directly its relationship to critical thinking ability. The purpose of this study was to investigate that relationship.
Date: August 1971
Creator: Perkins, Fredda M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retrospective Perceptions of Early Parent-Child Relations and Occupational Orientation (open access)

Retrospective Perceptions of Early Parent-Child Relations and Occupational Orientation

The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between early perceptions of parent-child relations, as measured by the Roe and Siegelman Parent-Child Relations Questionnaire (PCR), and the occupational orientation of the child, as measured by the Strong Vocational Interest Blank (SVIB).
Date: December 1971
Creator: Smith, Richard E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Semantic Differential as a Measure of Sexual Differences (open access)

The Semantic Differential as a Measure of Sexual Differences

The purpose of this research study was to determine whether the semantic differential could measure in the college population the variation in meaning of selected masculine and feminine concepts as a function of sex difference.
Date: May 1971
Creator: Lynd, Robert S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Temperament Traits and Self-Concept in Individuals of Varying Creativity from a Normal University Population (open access)

Temperament Traits and Self-Concept in Individuals of Varying Creativity from a Normal University Population

"This study investigates the differences in temperament and self-concept between a group of university students scoring in the upper one-third of a distribution of creativity test scores and a group of university students scoring in the lower one-third of that distribution."--[1].
Date: December 1971
Creator: Beaty, John W.
System: The UNT Digital Library