Latest content added for UNT Digital Library Collection: UNT Theses and Dissertationshttps://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/collections/UNTETD/browse/?start=640&fq=str_degree_discipline:Education2012-12-27T22:03:54-06:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for browsing UNT Digital Library Collection: UNT Theses and DissertationsThe Effectiveness of Teacher Observed Behavioral and Academic Traits as Predictors of Reading Difficulty in a Third Grade Population2012-12-27T22:03:54-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130911/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130911/"><img alt="The Effectiveness of Teacher Observed Behavioral and Academic Traits as Predictors of Reading Difficulty in a Third Grade Population" title="The Effectiveness of Teacher Observed Behavioral and Academic Traits as Predictors of Reading Difficulty in a Third Grade Population" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130911/small/"/></a></p><p>The objective of this study was to determine the predictive efficacy of teacher assessments of behavioral and academic traits thought highly associated with reading difficulty, and to single out from teacher assessments those most effective for prediction.</p>The Relationship of Expectancy of Success to Objective Probability and Consequences of Performance2012-12-27T22:03:54-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130923/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130923/"><img alt="The Relationship of Expectancy of Success to Objective Probability and Consequences of Performance" title="The Relationship of Expectancy of Success to Objective Probability and Consequences of Performance" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130923/small/"/></a></p><p>The work reviews a article published by N. T. Feather about five approaches which relate to the analysis of behavior in a choice situation where a decision is made between alternatives having different subjective probabilities of attainment. The relationship between choice potential and success probability is affect by the type of situation in which the choice is made.</p>Relationship of the Content of Dreams to Personal Conflicts2012-12-27T22:03:54-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130928/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130928/"><img alt="Relationship of the Content of Dreams to Personal Conflicts" title="Relationship of the Content of Dreams to Personal Conflicts" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130928/small/"/></a></p><p>This study will endeavor to substantiate the theory that dreaming serves the function of trying to handle conflicts met by the individual during waking life, but not resolved at the time. In order to do this, several hypotheses will be advanced concerning the different observable content of dreams of two different populations. A relationship will be drawn between this difference in content and the known difference in the types of conflicts common to each of the populations.</p>Personality Adjustment and Achievement of Slow Learning Children2012-12-27T22:03:54-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131084/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131084/"><img alt="Personality Adjustment and Achievement of Slow Learning Children" title="Personality Adjustment and Achievement of Slow Learning Children" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131084/small/"/></a></p><p>The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between certain personality characteristics and achievement of slow learning children.</p>Some Differences in Reactions to Soothing and Exciting Music2012-12-27T22:03:54-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131096/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131096/"><img alt="Some Differences in Reactions to Soothing and Exciting Music" title="Some Differences in Reactions to Soothing and Exciting Music" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131096/small/"/></a></p><p>This study is concerned with the measurable physiological changes in human beings in the presence of musical stimuli.</p>The Effectiveness of Writing Therapy with a General Psychiatric Population2012-12-27T22:03:54-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131103/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131103/"><img alt="The Effectiveness of Writing Therapy with a General Psychiatric Population" title="The Effectiveness of Writing Therapy with a General Psychiatric Population" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131103/small/"/></a></p><p>The purpose of this study was to assess empirically the effectiveness of writing therapy with patients in a psychiatric hospital.</p>An Examination of Internal vs. External Control in Relation to Sociometric Status2012-12-27T22:03:54-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131104/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131104/"><img alt="An Examination of Internal vs. External Control in Relation to Sociometric Status" title="An Examination of Internal vs. External Control in Relation to Sociometric Status" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131104/small/"/></a></p><p>The purpose of this study was to investigate the relation between generalized expectancies of internal versus external control and sociometric status.</p>Relationships of Length of Punishment with Type of Punishment and Development of Guilt Responsivity2012-12-27T22:03:54-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131105/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131105/"><img alt="Relationships of Length of Punishment with Type of Punishment and Development of Guilt Responsivity" title="Relationships of Length of Punishment with Type of Punishment and Development of Guilt Responsivity" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131105/small/"/></a></p><p>The purpose of this study is to examine the relationships between length of punishment and the two common groupings of types of punishment. Further, the influence of length of punishment on guilt responsivity will be examined.</p>A Comparison of Certain Rorschach Indices Between Married and Divorced Groups2012-12-27T22:03:54-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131106/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131106/"><img alt="A Comparison of Certain Rorschach Indices Between Married and Divorced Groups" title="A Comparison of Certain Rorschach Indices Between Married and Divorced Groups" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131106/small/"/></a></p><p>The purpose of the present study was to determine the relationship between a subject's percepteptanalysis as revealed by certain indices of the Rorschach and marital success or failure.</p>The Effects of Anxiety on the Short-term Memory Proficiency of College Students2012-12-27T22:03:54-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131109/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131109/"><img alt="The Effects of Anxiety on the Short-term Memory Proficiency of College Students" title="The Effects of Anxiety on the Short-term Memory Proficiency of College Students" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131109/small/"/></a></p><p>Based on the review of literature, it has been demonstrated that anxiety has some detrimental effects on the short-term memory functions of the college student. In order to improve the experimental methodology, the present study combined Type I and Type II studies of short-term memory as a function of anxiety. The two were combined so that the major criticisms in each study were controlled.</p>Human Personal Space: A Descriptive Study2012-12-27T22:03:54-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131112/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131112/"><img alt="Human Personal Space: A Descriptive Study" title="Human Personal Space: A Descriptive Study" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131112/small/"/></a></p><p>This is an inquiry into human personal space at a basic descriptive level. Its purpose is to observe some of the characteristics of personal space configurations as measured by a projective technique and to see how certain conditions may effect them.</p>Analysis of Anxiety and Hostility Scores from the Content Scoring of the Rorschach as They are Affected by Age, Sex and Education Variables2012-12-27T22:03:54-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131116/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131116/"><img alt="Analysis of Anxiety and Hostility Scores from the Content Scoring of the Rorschach as They are Affected by Age, Sex and Education Variables" title="Analysis of Anxiety and Hostility Scores from the Content Scoring of the Rorschach as They are Affected by Age, Sex and Education Variables" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131116/small/"/></a></p><p>This study is concerned with the relationships between the RCT scores of anxiety and hostility and the variables of age, sex and education.</p>The Effect of Puromycin and Electroconvulsive Shock on Retention of Shock Avoidance Training in the Goldfish2012-12-27T22:03:54-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131178/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131178/"><img alt="The Effect of Puromycin and Electroconvulsive Shock on Retention of Shock Avoidance Training in the Goldfish" title="The Effect of Puromycin and Electroconvulsive Shock on Retention of Shock Avoidance Training in the Goldfish" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131178/small/"/></a></p><p>In general, the objective of the present study was to incorporate some of the new psycho-biological approaches, with the theories propagating their use, in studying the phenomena of long-term memory in the goldfish.</p>An Exploratory Study of a Self-Rating, Sentence Completion Method for Evaluating Marital Difficulties2012-12-27T22:03:54-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131181/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131181/"><img alt="An Exploratory Study of a Self-Rating, Sentence Completion Method for Evaluating Marital Difficulties" title="An Exploratory Study of a Self-Rating, Sentence Completion Method for Evaluating Marital Difficulties" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131181/small/"/></a></p><p>The purpose of this study is to explore a possible method of diagnosing marital difficulties. This is an exploratory investigation into the possibility of developing a particular method for marital diagnosis rather than a specific test for such a diagnosis. This method consists of a series of related sentence stems which the subject completes and then rates as to their degree of difficulty.</p>The Effects of Verbal Reinforcement on the Behavior of Mild and Moderate Institutionalized Mentally Retarded Children2012-12-27T22:03:54-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131183/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131183/"><img alt="The Effects of Verbal Reinforcement on the Behavior of Mild and Moderate Institutionalized Mentally Retarded Children" title="The Effects of Verbal Reinforcement on the Behavior of Mild and Moderate Institutionalized Mentally Retarded Children" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131183/small/"/></a></p><p>The present study is an effort to investigate some of the pertinent implications, principles, and postulates revealed by learning theorists, specifically McCandless, using mentally retarded children as subjects.</p>Differential Quantitative Verbal Scores and Creativity2012-12-27T22:03:54-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131184/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131184/"><img alt="Differential Quantitative Verbal Scores and Creativity" title="Differential Quantitative Verbal Scores and Creativity" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131184/small/"/></a></p><p>The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between differential quantitative and linguistic abilities and creative potential in a college population.</p>Hyperphenylalaninemia and Mental Retardation : The Effects of a High Maternal Phenylalanine Blood Concentration on Mouse Offspring2012-12-27T22:03:54-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131216/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131216/"><img alt="Hyperphenylalaninemia and Mental Retardation : The Effects of a High Maternal Phenylalanine Blood Concentration on Mouse Offspring" title="Hyperphenylalaninemia and Mental Retardation : The Effects of a High Maternal Phenylalanine Blood Concentration on Mouse Offspring" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131216/small/"/></a></p><p>This study was concerned with setting up a similar situation wherein pregnant mice had an abnormally high phenylalanine metabolism. Through physical and intellectual assessment of their offspring, it would then be possible to determine what effects the abnormal metabolism had during pregnancy and whether or not a restricted diet need be resumed at that time.</p>The Development of a Projective Drawing Technique to Assess Id, Ego and Superego Interaction2012-12-27T22:03:54-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131226/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131226/"><img alt="The Development of a Projective Drawing Technique to Assess Id, Ego and Superego Interaction" title="The Development of a Projective Drawing Technique to Assess Id, Ego and Superego Interaction" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131226/small/"/></a></p><p>The problem of the present study was threefold: 1) to devise a projective drawing analysis technique which would assess the operationally defined psychoanalytic concepts of id, ego, and superego, 2) to devise a preliminary scoring technique, and 3) to investigate the relationship between the drawings and the original clinical scales of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory.</p>Verbal Reinforcement of Self-Referent Affective Responses of Transitional Care Patients on a Modified Taffel Task2012-12-27T22:03:54-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131147/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131147/"><img alt="Verbal Reinforcement of Self-Referent Affective Responses of Transitional Care Patients on a Modified Taffel Task" title="Verbal Reinforcement of Self-Referent Affective Responses of Transitional Care Patients on a Modified Taffel Task" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131147/small/"/></a></p><p>The hypothesis of this study is: Transitional care patients reinforced for displaying a particular affective verbal habit (either positive or negative) opposite their original affective verbal habit (either negative or positive) will increase their tendency to display the reinforced affective verbal habit.</p>The Relationship Between Conformity, Independence, Anticonformity, and Certain Personality Characteristics2012-12-27T22:03:54-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131152/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131152/"><img alt="The Relationship Between Conformity, Independence, Anticonformity, and Certain Personality Characteristics" title="The Relationship Between Conformity, Independence, Anticonformity, and Certain Personality Characteristics" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131152/small/"/></a></p><p>The purpose of this research was to conduct an exploratory study into the similarity of motivations of conformers and anti-conformers, particularly in relation to the personality traits, need for affiliation, dependency needs, and anxiety.</p>A Comparison of the California Test of Mental Maturity and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children in Four Clinical Groups of School Children2012-12-27T22:03:54-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131157/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131157/"><img alt="A Comparison of the California Test of Mental Maturity and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children in Four Clinical Groups of School Children" title="A Comparison of the California Test of Mental Maturity and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children in Four Clinical Groups of School Children" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131157/small/"/></a></p><p>The primary problem of this study was to compare the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children and the California Test of Mental Maturity S-F, 1962 Revision, in order to determine whether the two instruments were interchangeable with respect to intelligence quotients for a school-clinical population.</p>Investigation of Certain Accident Data to Determine if It Follows a Poisson Distribution and the Extent to Which It Does2012-12-27T22:03:54-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131124/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131124/"><img alt="Investigation of Certain Accident Data to Determine if It Follows a Poisson Distribution and the Extent to Which It Does" title="Investigation of Certain Accident Data to Determine if It Follows a Poisson Distribution and the Extent to Which It Does" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131124/small/"/></a></p><p>The purpose of this study was to investigate the medical records of 900 maintenance personnel employed in an aircraft manufacturing plant, and determine if the accident rate followed a Poisson distribution as well as the extent to which it did. It was assumed that the closer the data conformed to the Poisson curve, the more likely it would be that the variance in accident rates was due to "pure chance factors." The investigation of data in this study was expected to reveal information concerning the relative importance of the various injury sources, the conditions, processes or activities that produce injuries, extent of recurrence of each kind of injury or accident in each type of activity or operation, repeaters, which could be utilized in preventing recurrence.</p>Employee Deception in a Discount Store2012-12-27T22:03:54-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131144/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131144/"><img alt="Employee Deception in a Discount Store" title="Employee Deception in a Discount Store" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131144/small/"/></a></p><p>The problem to be examined in this study is whether or not deception concerning general morale and attitude toward management is prevalent among hourly female employees at a large discount store in a city of approximately 30,000 population.</p>Attitude Change as a Function of Parent Group Participation2012-12-27T22:03:54-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131265/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131265/"><img alt="Attitude Change as a Function of Parent Group Participation" title="Attitude Change as a Function of Parent Group Participation" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131265/small/"/></a></p><p>The purpose of this study is to provide a measurement of selected parental attitudes and an evaluation of the effectiveness of Parent Groups as instruments for promoting attitude changes in a positive direction.</p>Adapting a Reading Program to Individual Differences2012-12-27T22:03:54-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130389/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130389/"><img alt="Adapting a Reading Program to Individual Differences" title="Adapting a Reading Program to Individual Differences" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130389/small/"/></a></p><p>The problem of this study was to test the effectiveness of adapting the reading instruction to the level and ability of individuals or small groups of a particular group of second grade children.</p>Interrelation of Personality Measurements2012-12-27T22:03:54-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130392/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130392/"><img alt="Interrelation of Personality Measurements" title="Interrelation of Personality Measurements" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130392/small/"/></a></p><p>The purpose of this paper is to investigate one method of understanding why man behaves as he does--personality tests.</p>Relationship of some Background Factors to Success of Student Nurses in the Parkland Hospital School of Nursing2012-12-27T22:03:54-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130400/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130400/"><img alt="Relationship of some Background Factors to Success of Student Nurses in the Parkland Hospital School of Nursing" title="Relationship of some Background Factors to Success of Student Nurses in the Parkland Hospital School of Nursing" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130400/small/"/></a></p><p>Factors other than academic ones are important in the selection of the members of any profession, and in nursing it could quite well be that those non-academic elements are rather weighted in determining the success or failure of student nurses because of the very nature of their work. This thesis will look at academic as well as other factors that may influence the success of student nurses.</p>A Study of Self-Ideal Discrepancy Scores in Sensitizers and Repressors2012-12-27T22:03:54-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130655/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130655/"><img alt="A Study of Self-Ideal Discrepancy Scores in Sensitizers and Repressors" title="A Study of Self-Ideal Discrepancy Scores in Sensitizers and Repressors" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130655/small/"/></a></p><p>This study was concerned with the relationship of self-ideal discrepancy scores and defensiveness in a college population. To measure self-ideal discrepancy the Bill's Index of Adjustments and Values was used. Defensiveness was measured by a scale derived from the MMPI.</p>The Effect of Epinephrine on Avoidance Behavior2012-12-27T22:03:54-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130660/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130660/"><img alt="The Effect of Epinephrine on Avoidance Behavior" title="The Effect of Epinephrine on Avoidance Behavior" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130660/small/"/></a></p><p>This present study compares the effect on intraperitoneal injections of the following drugs on a conditioned approach-avoidance response in mice. These drugs were epinephrine and Normotensin, an epinephrine neutralizing hormone.</p>Rorschach Patterns as Related to Sociometric Status2012-12-27T22:03:54-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130434/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130434/"><img alt="Rorschach Patterns as Related to Sociometric Status" title="Rorschach Patterns as Related to Sociometric Status" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130434/small/"/></a></p><p>The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between an individual's performance on the Rorschach Ink Blot Test and his degree of social acceptance as revealed by a test of sociometry.</p>The Purpose and Techniques of Supervisory Evaluation of Instruction with Particular Reference to Secondary Mathematics2012-12-27T22:03:54-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130449/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130449/"><img alt="The Purpose and Techniques of Supervisory Evaluation of Instruction with Particular Reference to Secondary Mathematics" title="The Purpose and Techniques of Supervisory Evaluation of Instruction with Particular Reference to Secondary Mathematics" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130449/small/"/></a></p><p>The purpose of this study is to investigate the purposes and techniques of supervisory evaluation of instruction with particular reference to secondary mathematics.</p>The Effect of Feelings of Insecurity on Personality Characteristics of Institutionalized Adolescent Boys2012-12-27T22:03:54-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130624/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130624/"><img alt="The Effect of Feelings of Insecurity on Personality Characteristics of Institutionalized Adolescent Boys" title="The Effect of Feelings of Insecurity on Personality Characteristics of Institutionalized Adolescent Boys" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130624/small/"/></a></p><p>This study was an investigation of the relationship between feelings of insecurity of institutionalized delinquent boys and the following personality variables: Ascendancy, Responsibility, Emotional Stability, Sociability, Cautiousness, Original Thinking, Personal Relations, and Vigor.</p>A Study of the Relationship between Manifest Rigidity and Ethnocentric Attitude2012-12-27T22:03:54-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130627/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130627/"><img alt="A Study of the Relationship between Manifest Rigidity and Ethnocentric Attitude" title="A Study of the Relationship between Manifest Rigidity and Ethnocentric Attitude" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130627/small/"/></a></p><p>This investigation was designed to add to and clarify, somewhat, the results of previous studies concerning the relationship between rigidity and ethnocentrism. A manifest rigidity scale, based on theory, was utilized to clarify existing confusion over what constitutes rigidity.</p>Comparison of Aggressiveness in Two Groups of First Born Children2012-12-27T22:03:54-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130629/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130629/"><img alt="Comparison of Aggressiveness in Two Groups of First Born Children" title="Comparison of Aggressiveness in Two Groups of First Born Children" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130629/small/"/></a></p><p>The problem with which this investigation was concerned was to determine whether or not age difference was related to aggressiveness scores of first-born children.</p>Relationship of Self-Concept to Creativity2012-12-27T22:03:54-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130640/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130640/"><img alt="Relationship of Self-Concept to Creativity" title="Relationship of Self-Concept to Creativity" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130640/small/"/></a></p><p>The purpose of this study was twofold: (1) to investigate the relationship between creativity and self-concept in grade school children, and (2) to discover if creative children see themselves as having traits that past studies have indicated are characteristic of creative individuals.</p>A Comparison of Negro and White Responses to the Rorschach Ink Blots2012-12-27T22:03:54-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130585/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130585/"><img alt="A Comparison of Negro and White Responses to the Rorschach Ink Blots" title="A Comparison of Negro and White Responses to the Rorschach Ink Blots" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130585/small/"/></a></p><p>The purpose of this study is to compare Negro and white responses to the Rorschach.</p>Head Size Perception in Normal and Mentally Retarded Children2012-12-27T22:03:54-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130587/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130587/"><img alt="Head Size Perception in Normal and Mentally Retarded Children" title="Head Size Perception in Normal and Mentally Retarded Children" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130587/small/"/></a></p><p>The present study was designed to obtain evidence as to whether the distorted images drawn by mentally retarded subjects are possibly due to perceptual variables, to the lower level of motor coordination they experience, or to an interaction of both.</p>Relationship of Mental Ability Levels to Reversal of Learning Sets by the Retarded2012-12-27T22:03:54-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130591/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130591/"><img alt="Relationship of Mental Ability Levels to Reversal of Learning Sets by the Retarded" title="Relationship of Mental Ability Levels to Reversal of Learning Sets by the Retarded" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130591/small/"/></a></p><p>Using postulations formulated by Harlow, very few investigators have experimented with discriminative learning in relation to various levels of human mental abilities to the pattern of forming a set. The present study was designed to investigate the effects of different levels of mental abilities on the formation of these sets, using mental retardates, and analyzing the formation of these sets and the abilities of these retardates to shift dimension of cues by reversing the response conditions.</p>Future Time Perception as Related to Anxiety2012-12-27T22:03:54-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130595/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130595/"><img alt="Future Time Perception as Related to Anxiety" title="Future Time Perception as Related to Anxiety" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130595/small/"/></a></p><p>Of major concern in the present study will be the effects of anxiety on future time perception.</p>Performance of Delinquents and Nondelinquents on the High School Form of the Index of Adjustment and Values2012-12-27T22:03:54-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130597/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130597/"><img alt="Performance of Delinquents and Nondelinquents on the High School Form of the Index of Adjustment and Values" title="Performance of Delinquents and Nondelinquents on the High School Form of the Index of Adjustment and Values" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130597/small/"/></a></p><p>This study is an attempt to obtain information on the self-concept and juvenile delinquency.</p>The Effects of Four Short Duration Exercise Routines on Physical Fitness of Male Junior College Students2012-12-27T22:03:54-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130708/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130708/"><img alt="The Effects of Four Short Duration Exercise Routines on Physical Fitness of Male Junior College Students" title="The Effects of Four Short Duration Exercise Routines on Physical Fitness of Male Junior College Students" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130708/small/"/></a></p><p>The purposes of this study are 1) to investigate the development of physical fitness through the medium of fifteen-minute exercise routines in junior college physical education classes; 2) to determine the relationship between each of four exercise routines and the improvement of physical development in a specific body area; and 3) to compare the results of intensive, isometric, calisthenic, and continuous exercise routines to determine if any one routine was of greater value to three alternate routines in assisting the individual to attain a higher degree of physical fitness development.</p>Suggestibility in Primary Grade Teachers as Revealed by the Rorschach2012-12-27T22:03:54-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130710/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130710/"><img alt="Suggestibility in Primary Grade Teachers as Revealed by the Rorschach" title="Suggestibility in Primary Grade Teachers as Revealed by the Rorschach" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130710/small/"/></a></p><p>Rorschach records of children tend to contain a high percentage of percepts which pertain to animals and animal details. Since teachers of primary grades deal with many animal pictures and stories in their daily work routine, it may be possible that the records of these persons may show a higher percentage of animal responses than might ordinarily be expected of intelligent adults in the normal population.</p>Relationship of the Tactile Sense to Learning by the Retarded2012-12-27T22:03:54-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130718/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130718/"><img alt="Relationship of the Tactile Sense to Learning by the Retarded" title="Relationship of the Tactile Sense to Learning by the Retarded" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130718/small/"/></a></p><p>The present study was designed to investigate the efficiency of a visual and tactile presentation of a design as compared to just a visual presentation to determine if the two-sense method helped the subjects in drawing the designs accurately in less trials.</p>Anxiety and Sociopathy in Three Diagnostic Groups : A Test of Mowrer's Hypothesis2012-12-27T22:03:54-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130730/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130730/"><img alt="Anxiety and Sociopathy in Three Diagnostic Groups : A Test of Mowrer's Hypothesis" title="Anxiety and Sociopathy in Three Diagnostic Groups : A Test of Mowrer's Hypothesis" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130730/small/"/></a></p><p>The primary problem considered was to what degree anxiety and sociopathy are found in groups that, by external criteria, differ in level of adjustment.</p>Correlation of Selected GATB and SORT Variables2012-12-27T22:03:54-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130731/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130731/"><img alt="Correlation of Selected GATB and SORT Variables" title="Correlation of Selected GATB and SORT Variables" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130731/small/"/></a></p><p>The overall purpose of this study is, therefore, to determine if there are measurable relationships between some specific aptitudes and certain basic personality traits.</p>Analysis and Computer Programming of Duncan's New Multiple Range Test2012-12-27T22:03:54-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130602/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130602/"><img alt="Analysis and Computer Programming of Duncan's New Multiple Range Test" title="Analysis and Computer Programming of Duncan's New Multiple Range Test" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130602/small/"/></a></p><p>The primary purpose of this paper is to analyze and evaluate a relatively recently proposed statistic, "Duncan's New Multiple Range Test," for use when the researcher's plans call for a test of significance between three or more group means.</p>The Relationship of Self Discrepancy to Perceived Problems of Graduate and Undergraduate Students2012-12-27T22:03:54-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130604/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130604/"><img alt="The Relationship of Self Discrepancy to Perceived Problems of Graduate and Undergraduate Students" title="The Relationship of Self Discrepancy to Perceived Problems of Graduate and Undergraduate Students" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130604/small/"/></a></p><p>The problem is to determine if there are discrepancies between self-ideal concept which come about through changes in position with respect to group standing, and to what problems specifically that change is related to.</p>The Effects of a Conservative Theological Education on Certain Personailty Variables2012-12-27T22:03:54-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130607/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130607/"><img alt="The Effects of a Conservative Theological Education on Certain Personailty Variables" title="The Effects of a Conservative Theological Education on Certain Personailty Variables" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130607/small/"/></a></p><p>There are those who are ardent advocates of the thesis that religion and its tenets are beneficial to personality formation and integrated behavioral functioning. There are also those who promulgate the view that religious notions are detrimental to personality structure and healthy integration.</p>Manifest Anxiety and Task as Determiners of Performance in Paired Associate Learning2012-12-27T22:03:54-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130609/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130609/"><img alt="Manifest Anxiety and Task as Determiners of Performance in Paired Associate Learning" title="Manifest Anxiety and Task as Determiners of Performance in Paired Associate Learning" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130609/small/"/></a></p><p>The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between drive level, defined in terms of scores on the Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale, and performance in a complex paired-associate learning task, in which an attempt was made to control the number and strength of the competing responses.</p>Effects of Praise and Reproof on Digit-symbol Learning at the Elementary School Level2012-12-27T22:03:54-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130683/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130683/"><img alt="Effects of Praise and Reproof on Digit-symbol Learning at the Elementary School Level" title="Effects of Praise and Reproof on Digit-symbol Learning at the Elementary School Level" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130683/small/"/></a></p><p>The principle problem of the present research was to determine the relative effects of two major variables, nature of verbal reinforcement and achievement history, upon the performance of elementary school children on a relatively simple learning task.</p>