Degree Discipline

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
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
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
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