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Effect of Emotional Stimulation on Recognition and Inference

Description: The purpose of this study was to make an assessment of the probable effects of extraneous stimulation on both cognitive achievement or learning, and emotional reactions and autonomic arousals of students. While the focus of interest was upon possible disruptive effects, the kinds of measurements projected would make it possible to observe some effects of either kind, disruptive or facilitative.
Date: August 1966
Creator: Haddan, Eugene E.
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The Relationship of Attributes Measured by the Structured-Objective Rorschach Test and Success in Student Teaching

Description: The purpose of this study was to investigate the following relationships: 1. The relationship of personality attributes measured by the Structured-Objective Rorschach Test (SORT) and success in student teaching when the grade point average earned in student teaching was used as a criterion of success. 2. The relationship of SORT attributes and success in student teaching when the college coordinator's ratings of the student teacher were used to measure success.
Date: 1966
Creator: Lewis, James Nolan
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Freud's Objective Anxiety and College Performance

Description: It was the position of this study that the Hullian theoretical concept of anxiety as a drive is inappropriate in relation to an understanding of the effects of anxiety on the complexities of college performance. The present study also viewed performance in the college setting as differing from most of the related variables presented in the literature to which anxiety was connected.
Date: August 1966
Creator: Sessions, Don Edwin, Jr.
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A Sequential Analysis of Problem Solving Using the Thought Listing Technique

Description: This paper provides an analysis of human problem solving through exploration of the thought listing technique. Pat McGregor separates the paper into seven sections that investigate the definitions of problem solving and decision making in psychology, its applications, related literature, and methodological issues related to research.
Date: 1966~/1987~
Creator: McGregor, Pat
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The Solo Piano Works of Alfredo Casella: A Comparative Analysis of His Diverse Styles

Description: The compositions to be considered in this study have been divided into three periods, corresponding with certain times in the life of Alfredo Casella. There is enough consistency of style in the compositions of each period to justify this division. The first period, characterized by lyricism and virtuosity, includes the works written in Paris after Casella left the Paris Conservatory. The second period, with its chromaticism and dissonance, comprises his output during the first years after his … more
Date: August 1966
Creator: Davidson, Donna Ruth
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A Psychological Approach to the Character of Wotan in Richard Wagner's Der Ring Des Nibelungen

Description: The ancient Germanic god that Richard Wagner resurrected in his operatic style Der Ring des Nibelungen was worshiped and feared from Greenland to Asia Minor for 1,000 years after the birth of Christ. This thesis examines the psychological aspects of Wotan as he appears in the opera.
Date: June 1966
Creator: Elam, Donald W. (Donald Willis)
Partner: UNT Libraries
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The Development of the Clarinet as a Solo Instrument During the Eighteenth Century

Description: This study examines the development and creation of the clarinet in the seventeenth and eighteenth century, and the start of their use as a solo instrument in the eighteenth century. This explores Mozart's utilization and development for the clarinet to other various composers and their contributions.
Date: June 1966
Creator: Mahoney, James Mack
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Leo Sowerby's Solo Organ Compositions Based on Hymn Tunes

Description: Sowerby's compositions based on hymn tunes cover the extent of his career - from 1913 to the time of this study. There are two purposes in selecting them for study: to describe the development of Sowerby's musical style; and to show, from a study of these compositions, the various devices, forms, and techniques which are effective in this area of composition in general.
Date: June 1966
Creator: Mitchell, Margaret P.
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Relative Extreme Points

Description: In this paper, elementary properties of relative extreme points are investigated. The properties are defined in linear and topological terms. Proofs of many of these properties require the use of topological concepts.
Date: January 1966
Creator: Matthews, William J.
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Microbiotic Cycles in Lake Hefner

Description: The purposes of this paper are 1) to determine the microbiotic cycles which occur in Lake Hefner in order to form a basis for ascertaining the effects of future additions of evaporation control chemicals on the biological life of this reservoir, and 2) to make a generalization as to the microbiotic cycles which might occur in Southwestern reservoirs.
Date: January 1966
Creator: Allison, Richard C.
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A Study of Self-Ideal Discrepancy Scores in Sensitizers and Repressors

Description: 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.
Date: January 1966
Creator: Boothe, Donald Lynn
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Anti-Catholicism in Contemporary America, 1920-1960

Description: This thesis explores several events in the 1920 that indicated that anti-Catholicism flourished in an atmosphere of resurgent nationalism and nativism.
Date: January 1966
Creator: Brown, D. Clayton (Deward Clayton), 1941-
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Mark Twain's Views on Formal Education

Description: The purpose of this study is to discuss Twain's role as a critic of the educational system of his day and to explore his views concerning the purposes, methodology, and value of formal education below the college level.
Date: January 1966
Creator: Cameron, Thomas D.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Topological Spaces, Filters and Nets

Description: Explores topological spaces, filters, and nets with definitions and examples.
Date: January 1966
Creator: Cline, Jerry Edward
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Mystical Elements in Emerson's Thought

Description: It is the main purpose of this thesis to ascertain just to what extent Emerson's writing do contain mystical elements.
Date: January 1966
Creator: Conklin, Lillian M.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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