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A Study of Personality Patterns of Aspirants to the Ministry of the Episcopal Church (open access)

A Study of Personality Patterns of Aspirants to the Ministry of the Episcopal Church

It is the purpose of this study to investigate the personality patterns of a group of applicants who have been under the auspices of the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas and have received a psychiatric and psychological evaluation. The various aspects of their examinations will be investigated to determine what personality types have been more acceptable in this diocese and subsequent success in their vocation.
Date: May 1960
Creator: Clark, David D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effects of Group Discussion on Some Dimensions of Personality (open access)

The Effects of Group Discussion on Some Dimensions of Personality

It is the basic hypothesis of this study that there exists a relationship between personal attitude and value changes and participation in group discussion. The purpose of this study will be an attempt to assess how some personality variables change as a result of group discussion.
Date: May 1961
Creator: Remeny, John Allen
System: The UNT Digital Library
Increasing the Social Interaction in a Fifth-Grade Class: a Sociometric Study (open access)

Increasing the Social Interaction in a Fifth-Grade Class: a Sociometric Study

The purpose of this study is to change the structure of a fifth-grade class in order to increase the social interaction of the group.
Date: May 1961
Creator: Baugh, James Robert
System: The UNT Digital Library
Self-concept and Sociometric Choosing and Status (open access)

Self-concept and Sociometric Choosing and Status

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relation between two of the most important indices of adjustment: self-concept and sociometric status.
Date: May 1963
Creator: Nicholas, D. Jack
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
System: The UNT Digital Library
Running Speed in the Long Path of a Single Choice Maze as a Function of Frustration in the Short Path (open access)

Running Speed in the Long Path of a Single Choice Maze as a Function of Frustration in the Short Path

The purpose of the present study was to further investigate the effects of frustration on the reward value of a goal object. Under the assumption that animals will learn to take the shortest path to a goal and that the reward value of an object will increase as effort increases, the following hypothesis was proposed: If rats are frustrated in the short path of a single choice maze (experimental group) then the experimental group's running time for the long path will be less than that of a control group not frustrated in the short path.
Date: May 1968
Creator: Harris, Dickie A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Self-Concept and Dogmatism as Variables in the Prediction of Internal-External Reward Expectancies (open access)

Self-Concept and Dogmatism as Variables in the Prediction of Internal-External Reward Expectancies

The problem of this study was to determine the relationship between the nature of an individual's self-concept and belief system to his orientation toward internal versus external control of reinforcement. This study was designed to investigate the relationship of two variables, self-concept and open versus closed belief system, to a third variable, locus of control.
Date: May 1968
Creator: Lamb, Kathy Whitaker
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effects of Musical Stimuli on the Gross Motor Activity of Profound Mental Retardates (open access)

The Effects of Musical Stimuli on the Gross Motor Activity of Profound Mental Retardates

It was the purpose of this present study to investigate the effects of two types of music, tonic and sedative, on the gross motor activity of profound mental retardates. The primary objective was to determine if therapeutic benefits resulting from the application of music could be extended to profound retardates as has already been demonstrated with other levels of retardation.
Date: May 1969
Creator: Angelloz, Robert E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Interrelationships among Anxiety, Intelligence, and Academic Achievement in College Students (open access)

The Interrelationships among Anxiety, Intelligence, and Academic Achievement in College Students

It was the purpose of this study to investigate the nature of the relationships among anxiety, achievement, and intelligence. It was deduced that anxiety and intelligence work together mainly at the level of average intelligence. At this level, the addition of drive in the form of anxiety increases performance level, while a lack of drive or anxiety decreases that level. The influence of anxiety on academic achievement is insignificant at other levels due to the overriding effects of intelligence.
Date: May 1969
Creator: Combs, Don Carlos
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Use of a Sentence Completion Survey as a Prognistic Indicator of Response to Marriage Counseling (open access)

The Use of a Sentence Completion Survey as a Prognistic Indicator of Response to Marriage Counseling

The purpose of the present study was to explore the usefulness of an objectively scored self-rating sentence completion test in the development of objective prognostic statements regarding marital counseling.
Date: May 1970
Creator: Huwieler, Robert W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Concept of Rebelliosness of Negroes and Whites (open access)

The Concept of Rebelliosness of Negroes and Whites

The problem investigated in this paper is the concept of rebelliousness, especially as it applies to two racial groups, Negroes and Whites.
Date: May 1971
Creator: Sarantopoulos, George A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of Perceptual Training on School Readiness Skills (open access)

The Effect of Perceptual Training on School Readiness Skills

This study sought to determine if visual perceptual training could be effectively used to improve the school readiness skills of kindergarten children.
Date: May 1971
Creator: Coffman, John E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effects of Desensitization, Rogerian Therapy, and Modeling on Stage-Fright (open access)

Effects of Desensitization, Rogerian Therapy, and Modeling on Stage-Fright

Since fear of public speaking has been considered a good example of anxiety and an example that is correlated with behavioral and cognitive measures of anxiety levels, a study of Rogerian therapy, desensitization, and modeling techniques in reducing this anxiety seemed appropriate.
Date: May 1971
Creator: Alston, Herbert L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effects of the Meaning of the Concept MYSELF on Selected Personal and Social Concepts (open access)

The Effects of the Meaning of the Concept MYSELF on Selected Personal and Social Concepts

This thesis is concerned with the effects that the meaning of the concept MYSELF had on the meanings of other selected personal and social concepts. Meaning of the concepts was measured by the semantic differential.
Date: May 1971
Creator: Brunett, Norma Jean
System: The UNT Digital Library
Memory Consolidation in Avoidance-Conditioned Goldfish: Changes in Brain Protein-Synthetic Patterns (open access)

Memory Consolidation in Avoidance-Conditioned Goldfish: Changes in Brain Protein-Synthetic Patterns

Three groups of goldfish were prepared; naive, avoidance-conditioned and pseudo-conditioned animals. Five pseudo-conditioned fish were avoidance trained later and found to have no measurable acquisition of the avoidance conditioning paradigm. Several protein fractions were found to have significantly different rates of synthesis when compared across groups. The possible involvement of these proteins in the memory storage process was discussed.
Date: May 1971
Creator: Montgomery, David W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Response Decrement in the Rat Following Various Sequences of Partial Punishment Training (open access)

Response Decrement in the Rat Following Various Sequences of Partial Punishment Training

The present study was designed to test for sequential effects of partial punishment training.
Date: May 1971
Creator: Wroten, James D.
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
Group Play Therapy With Adjunctive Parental Counseling (open access)

Group Play Therapy With Adjunctive Parental Counseling

The problem as presented in this study constituted a proposed "preventive program" using a group play therapy approach which could be implemented by an educational system.
Date: May 1972
Creator: Smith, Donnie A., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relationship Between Room Size and the Limits for Comfortable Conversation (open access)

The Relationship Between Room Size and the Limits for Comfortable Conversation

The problem with which this investigation is concerned is that of determining the relationship between room size and the limits for comfortable conversation in dyadic interactions.
Date: May 1972
Creator: West, Geoffrey B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Relationship Between Certain Variables and Drug Usage (open access)

A Study of the Relationship Between Certain Variables and Drug Usage

The purpose of this study was to identify some environmental and overt behavioral factors which are characteristic of drug users. This was attempted to enable individuals who work with adolescents to identify potential users.
Date: May 1972
Creator: Stroube, Hugh Aldritch
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Relationship Between the Eysenck Personality Inventory, and the Needs of College Students (open access)

A Study of the Relationship Between the Eysenck Personality Inventory, and the Needs of College Students

The problem with which this investigation was concerned was that of determining the extent various subgroups of individuals within certain clinical groups would agree in terms of how to rank order Maslow's basic needs.
Date: May 1972
Creator: Spies, Emma Jean
System: The UNT Digital Library
Anxiety Relief Conditioning: a Critical Review and Supportive Experiment (open access)

Anxiety Relief Conditioning: a Critical Review and Supportive Experiment

An experiment was conducted to separate the effects of anxiety relief conditioning from other variables which may be operative within that paradigm. A review of the literature revealed that no definitive investigations had been conducted, and critiques of these investigations were offered. Also, the distinction between aversion relief and anxiety relief conditioning procedures was detailed.
Date: May 1973
Creator: Turnage, John R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Behavior Rehearsal Combined with Anxiety Relief Conditioning : A New Assertion Training Paradigm and Its Relative Efficacy (open access)

Behavior Rehearsal Combined with Anxiety Relief Conditioning : A New Assertion Training Paradigm and Its Relative Efficacy

An experiment was conducted to investigate the relative effectiveness of a combined behavior rehearsal anxiety relief conditioning paradigm with a more conventional behavioral rehearsal program in the treatment of deficient assertive behavior.
Date: May 1973
Creator: Arnold, Bill R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Behavioral Approach to Modifying Self-Concept in the Classroom (open access)

A Behavioral Approach to Modifying Self-Concept in the Classroom

The problem with which this investigation was concerned was that of assessing the effects of token reinforcement on children's self-concept.
Date: May 1973
Creator: Turnage, Shirley A.
System: The UNT Digital Library