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- The Effects of Degree of Structure of Paradigm and Reinforcement on Awareness and Verbal Operant Conditioning of Hospitalized Children
- The present experiment is designed to test certain hypotheses made concerning the nature of conditioning in a verbal operant paradigm, and the relationship of such conditioning with awareness of contingencies.
- Interrelationships between Measures of Personal-social Adjustment and Measures of Improvement in a Hospital Setting
- The purposes of this study were (1) to explore the possibility that sociometry can be a valuable prognostic method in milieu therapy, and (2) to investigate the validity of the "Draw-a-Group" (DAG) projective technique for measuring interpersonal responsiveness.
- An Investigation of the Self-concept of Children with Low Levels of Intelligence
- The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between intelligence and self-concept of children with low levels of mental maturity. In order to get a clearer picture of this relationship, the self-concept of children at various levels of mental deficiency was investigated.
- Pupil Classroom Sociability and Teacher Mode of Interpersonal Interaction
- The present study was designed to provide data bearing directly on the question of the influence of the preschool experience, and specifically, teacher behavior, on pupil social behavior.
- The Relation between the Self-concept and Values of Parents with Their Children
- In accordance with theories of Carmichael (19), Lecky (41), and Rogers (55), which suggest that adolescence is a time of redefining conceptions about one's self in relation to values, groups, and institutions in one's environment, the following hypotheses were proposed to be investigated in this study: 1. The difference between mothers' and fathers' self-concept scores is nonsignificant. 2. Parents have higher self-concepts than their children. 3. Parents of children with high self-concepts will differ significantly from parents of children with low self-concepts with respect to their values.
- The Relationship between Empathy and Supervisors' Ratings of Student Nurses
- The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between a measurement of empathy and performance of psychiatric student nurses.
- Test Anxiety, Low Self-esteem, and Conformity
- The present study has a threefold purpose. First, it will attempt to investigate whether the presentation of the bogus group norm is effective to exert influence on an individual subject to modify his original response in the direction of the norm. Secondly, it will investigate relationships between the subject's level of test anxiety and his conformity behavior in the simple judgmental situation. Thirdly, it will further explore whether test anxiety, as measured by a questionnaire, and low self-esteem, as measured by feelings of personal inadequacy, are comparable constructs.
- 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.
- A Comparison of Responses Between Unwed and Married Pregnant Women on the MMPI
- The purpose of this study will be to compare unwed mothers with married pregnant mothers on the Depression, Psychopathic Deviate and Hypomania scales of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. The major hypothesis is that the scores of the unwed mother will reflect more psychopathology which will be taken to indicate that the unwed mother's problems antedate their pregnancy. (The term, "psychopathology," as used herein is defined as any maladaptive behavior which is a result of inadequate personality development.)
- The Relationship between Incongruency, Dogmatism, and Social Desirability in College Students
- The purpose of this study was to determine if there was a relationship between the concepts of incongruency, dogmatism, and social desirability. It was assumed that high scores of social desirability would be related to low incongruity scores while high dogmatism scores would be related to high incongruity scores. The relationship between social desirability scores and dogmatism scores was also investigated.
- A Study of the Relationship between Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children Scores and Koppitz's Human Figure Drawing Test Scores for Mentally Retarded Children
- The purpose of the present study was to determine whether Koppitz's developmental scoring techniques of mental maturity are applicable to mentally retarded children ages 5 to 12.
- Validity Studies on the "Draw-a-Group" Projective Technique for Measuring Interpersonal Responsiveness
- As with all psychodiagnostic tests, before the "Draw-a-Group" can be considered a valuable instrument to the clinician, some basis for validity must be set. Although some research has been done on the "Draw-a-Group," sufficient validity has yet to be established. It is the purpose of this research to attempt to further establish the validity of the "Draw-a-Group." A related purpose is to attempt to further clarify which factors are related to interpersonal responsiveness.
- A Behavioral Approach Toward Strengthening Self-concept in Mental Retardates
- The objective of this study was to systematize a method of strengthening self-concept in mental retardates through the use of operant conditioning techniques. This objective was pursued by investigating the effect of rewarding positive responses about self.
- Comparison of the Verification Sales of a Self-rating Sentence Completion Method for Evaluating Marital Difficulties and the MMPI Validity Scales
- This study is a comparison of the verification sales of a self-rating sentence completion method for evaluating marital difficulties and the MMPI validity scales.
- The Effect of Item Distance on Organization in the Free Recall of Words
- The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of item distance, which is defined as the absolute number of words separating a single item from the other items of the category, upon clustering of the removed items. By studying clustering, psychologists hope to gain knowledge of the effect of organization on memory.
- The Effect of Motivation and Anxiety on Weight Discrimination
- This study was an attempt to determine if subjects differing in anxiety, motivation and stress evidence differential weight discrimination performance. The judged difference in weight discrimination will be affected by a preceding series of discriminations.
- Effects of a Preschool Program on Psycholinguistic Abilities of Culturally Deprived Children
- The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the psycholinguistic abilities which the disadvantaged child brings with him to the preschool setting, and the growth in language development made during his participation in the program.
- The Effects of Anxiety, Hostility, and Depression on Responses to the Rotter Incomplete Sentences Blank
- The present study is an attempt to determine the effect of anxiety, hostility, and depression on responses to the Rotter Incomplete Sentences Blank when it is scored according to the manual instructions. Whether the score fluctuates or not will have implications on how psychologists should use this test as a diagnostic tool.
- Facilitation of Social Behavior in Group Psychotherapy with Geriatric Patients
- The purpose of the present study was to attempt to use the principles of behavior therapy and group psychotherapy to enhance social adjustment of the geriatric patients in an institutional environment. There are several factors positively related to satisfactory adjustment to old age such as educational level, marital status, employment history, religion, health, and membership in groups.
- FIRO-B Interchange Compatibility, Academic Achievement, and Group Cohesion
- This study is an effort to add to the body of evidence for or against the validity of the concept of Interchange Compatibility as a factor in the goal achievement and cohesion of a group.
- Identifying the Effects of Religious Participation on the Therapeutic Treatment of the Mentally Ill
- This study is concerned with identifying the effects of religious participation in the therapeutic treatment of the mentally ill.
- An Interaction Between Verbal and Nonverbal Behavior in Kindergarten Children
- The present study was designed to provide data bearing on the question of the relationship between verbal and nonverbal behavior. And, in particular, to see if it is possible to control human nonverbal behavior through the manipulation of verbal behavior.
- The Interrelationships Between Personal Space and Sex, Socio-Economic Status, and Personality in a College Population
- "The following study is an attempt to compare the relative amount of personal space to demographic variables of sex and socio-economic status."--9.
- The Measurement of Differences in Hostility Between Individuals Convicted of Crimes Against Persons and Those Convicted of Crimes Against Property
- This study is concerned with distinguishing between persons convicted of crimes against persons and those convicted of crimes against property using the hostility factor as a criterion for comparison. There is some indication that the crimes against persons group is more likely to express overt hostility than the crimes against property group. This would be a useful distinction since the ability to recognize and separate violent or potentially violent persons from the nonviolent is desirable in order to help provide a healthier society.
- Nondirective Group Play Therapy with Aggressive Boys
- The study reported here attempts to demonstrate the utility of group play therapy as a method of reducing aggression in preadolescent aged boys. Previous research has attempted to demonstrate the value of play therapy as a method of dealing with a variety of emotional and behavioral problems.
- Parent-Child Relations Correlates of a Cognitive Model for Social Expectations
- The general purpose of this study was to consider the relationship between an individual's perception of his parent-child experiences and the adequacy of a naive cognitive model to describe his judgements of others.
- Peer- and Self-Evaluations on Social Roles by Sociometrically Differentiated Groups
- The problem of the present study was to determine the relationships between peer- and self-evaluations on a social roles measurement and the relationships between these evaluations and sociometric rankings.
- Prediction of Marital Status After Marriage Counseling Using the Polyfactor Test of Marital Difficulties
- The purpose of this investigation is to determine if the Polyfactor test can be used to predict the success or failure of marriage. The Polyfactor test is an indirect scale assessing the present marital adjustment of each spouse and the overall marital adjustment of the couple.
- Proactive Inhibition in Short-Term Memory
- Experimental evidence was needed to help answer the question of whether the decrease in retention from Trial 1 to Trial 2 was caused by PI from Trial 1 decreasing retention of Trial 2, or by a primacy effect increasing retention of Trial 1 over the natural retention baseline of a S. The present experiment was designed to help answer this question.
- The Relationship between Sex-role Identification and Personal Adjustment of College Males
- The purpose of the present study was to determine the relationship between masculine traits in males and the characteristic patterns of emotional responses which affect social adjustment.
- The Relationship of Children's Perception of Parental Punitiveness toward Aggression and their Church Attendance
- One of the main purposes of the present study was to use a parental punitiveness scale, that was developed on the assumption that parental punitiveness is a function of the situation in which aggression takes place. This in turn was used to determine what relationship a child's perception of parental discipline toward aggression has to varying degrees of church attendance of the child.
- Social Interest and the Communications Organ Score in Human Figure Drawings
- The relationship between social interest and personal adjustment described by Adler seems to imply that the CO score is positively correlated with personal adjustment. If the CO score in a human figure drawing indicates the degree of social interest manifested by an individual, it is reasoned that the CO score will measure that individual's adjustment level.
- The Urbanization Variable as It Affects Job Satisfaction
- The purpose of this study is to assess the relationship between job satisfaction and the level of city urbanization. Significant job satisfaction differences between employees in highly urban and in moderately urban cities are expected on the basis of past research. It is hypothesized that employees in moderately urban cities will have higher satisfaction scores than employees in highly urban cities. An affirmative finding would enhance the value of the relationships described in past research, and it would imply a basis for generalization of findings along a rural-urban continuum.
- Differences in Performance Between Minimally Brain-Injured and Normal Children as Measured by the "Birch-Belmont Auditory-Visual Integration Test"
- The problem with which this study was concerned involved the identification of minimally brain-injured children. The performance on the "Birch-Belmont Auditory-Visual Integration Test" by twenty-five minimally brain-injured students was compared to the performance of twenty-five non-brain-injured children. It was found that when ages and I.Q. scores were not significantly different, and when sexes were approximately proportionate, the M.B.I. children scored significantly lower than did the non-brain-injured children. While it was indicated that the minimally brain-injured children perform less adequately on auditory-visual integration, no comparison of intrasensory and intersensory functioning was made. It was suggested that the test not be employed for sole determination of minimal brain injury, but that it may be used as a screening device quite appropriately.
- The Effect of Neurological Impairment on the Rorschach Performance of School Children
- The problem with which this investigation is concerned is that of determining the effect of neurological impairment on the Rorschach performance of children.
- The Effects of a Social Blunder and a Task-Related Blunder on the Attractiveness of a Superior and an Average Person
- This thesis was designed to study the difference in attraction of a highly competent person and an average person as well as the effects when a social blunder or a task blunder is committed by these persons.
- The Facilitating Effect of Modeling Procedures upon Behavior Modification of Mentally Retarded
- This study was undertaken to investigate the facilitating effects of imitation procedures upon a traditional behavior modification program. A "token economy" was instituted within a workshop setting.
- Multivariate Prediction of Executive Success
- The principal purpose of this study was the assessment of the relationships of five personality traits, achievement motive, decisiveness, need for power, initiative, and selfassurance, to a criterion of executive success in business. A second purpose of the present study was the construction of a regression equation for the prediction of executive success.
- Parental Roles and Behavior in Children
- This investigation was concerned with the goals parents set for their children, the child-rearing methods parents use to instill their goals in the child, and the behavioral and personality characteristics of the child. To measure these dimensions, participation was solicited from parents who had children enrolled in the North Texas State University Laboratory School.
- Persistence of the Negative Contrast Effect and Resistance to Extinction
- This thesis examines the persistence of the negative contrast effect (NCE), a phenomenon reported in several studies, within the framework of the Spence-Amsel frustration hypothesis.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- An Experimental Technique for the Objective Quantification of Body-Image Distortion
- The purpose of this study was to develop an experimental technique to objectively measure the deviation between an individual's perception of his body image and his actual image. In addition, this technique was utilized to compare the accuracy of perception of body image between institutionalized and non-institutionalized individuals. Half of each subject category was also compared in terms of performance on an additional perceptual task unrelated to body image.
- 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.
- An Exploratory Investigation of Marital Role Conflict and Its Relationship to Perceived Marital Adjustment
- The purpose of this investigation was to explore the relationship between various indices of marital role conflict and measures of marital adjustment.