Browsing Retrospective Theses and Dissertations (1940-2009) by Issue Date
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An evaluation of educational television in the Houston area
(1952)Because of the newness of television, educators who desire to work with it have found that they are dealing with a great many intangibles. So far, there has been no direct application of television to education. The ... -
Palmar perspiration as an index of tension and its relationship to personality factors
(1953)The aim of this study was to investigate palmar perpiration as an indicator of emotional tension, and to discover whether it is sensitive to changes in emotional level. Also, it was hypothesized that individual differences ... -
An investigation concerning the predictive value of standardized tests in the entrance battery of the University of Houston Central College of Nursing
(1954)It was the purpose of this study to determine from scores on a batter of standardized tests (1) how accurately academic success can be predicted for nursing students enrolled at the Universty of Houston Central College of ... -
Behavior responses to frustration of 'prompt' and 'delay' cancer patients
(1954)Purpose of this study. The purpose of this study is the comparison of responses to frustration and stress-producing situations of "prompt" patients who seek immediate medical care upon the onset of cancer symptoms and ... -
A study of the duties and functions of foreign consuls in Houston, Texas
(1954)Foreign consolates representing twenty-nine nations can be found within the City of Houston. Establishment of these consulates has been tied in very closely with the growth of Houston as a world trade center. The beginning ... -
A study of the effectiveness of several sequences of science courses in secondary schools
(1955)The problem. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of training in a given area of science on achievement in other areas of science. Specifically, the purpose was fourfold, namely, in high school sciences, ... -
A survey : The employment of women in certain phases of television production
(1955)In the field communcation, television has become the most prominent source of entertainment, education and information. The growth of the television industry has been extremely rapid. As a result of this remarkable growth ... -
An evaluation of a battery of standardized tests as a means of predicting success in a college of business administration
(1956)In the Fall of 1955 one hundred fifty-tw new freshman students who entered the College of Business Administration at the University of Houston met the following requirements and were included in this study: (1) they took ... -
Production knowledge essential for radio-television time salesmen for network affiliates in the Texas area
(1956)Since very little research had been done relative to the business side of the broadcasting industry, the author decided to concentrate upon sales departments and analyze the radio-television time salesmen with the major ... -
The impact of international economic relations on Mexico
(1957)The purpose of this study is to investigate the trends in the foreign economic transactions of Mexico from 1939 to 1954 and to assess the impact of international economic relations upon the direction and volume of domestic ... -
Concept formation in pre-school children
(1957)The primary purpose of this study was to provide a sharper focus for evaluating a current issue in genetic psychology concerning the process of development of conceptual behavior. This issue exists because of conflicting ... -
The economic history of Panama, an introductory analysis
(1957)No one can deny that it is imperative to turn to the study of history - especially economic history - in order to learn the "whys" of present national conditions. That is the reason for this introduction to the economic ... -
Perception of the simulant-amputee physique
(1958)It was the purpose of this study to determine whether or not nercentlon of the simulant-amputee physique of the male, hereafter called amnutee, Is threatening to the nondisabled male. The following hypotheses were suggested ... -
Specificity of evoked cortical response as a function of arousal state
(1958)This study was undertaken to demonstrate that specific cortical response to a rhythmic stimulus would vary as a function of arousal level. Three levels of arousal were employed. The first consisted of a relaxed, resting ... -
The effect of verbal labelling on the reproduction of designs of schizophrenic and nonschizophrenic groups
(1963)The purpose of this expertoent was to study some of the differences in the perception of schizophrenics and normal subjects, especially when past experience (in the form of verbal labels) was introduced into the experimental ... -
Construction and validation of a scale for predicting graduation from a college of optometry
(1963)The purpose of this study was to construct and validate a scale for the prediction of successful completion of the educational requirements for the practice of Optometry. The subjects for this study were males who had been ... -
Historical study of early English classical monetary theory
(1964)David Ricardo's contributions to monetary theory have overshadowed the ideas of his contemporaries, including Henry Thornton, although Henry Thornton's writings antedated Ricardo's and seem to be the more original and ... -
The influence of body exercise on the perception of kinesthetic and visual stimulus objects
(1966)The present study investigated the influence of body exercise on kinesthetic figural aftereffect (KFAE), the perception of the vertical, and the reversal rate of a Necker cube. Each of 4# subjects was tested twice on a ... -
The effect of amphetamine on simple and complex paired-associates
(1966)Hull (1943) integrated the concept of drive into his theory of learning. Although his theory is quite extensive, the principle elements of his theory are contained in the formula sEr = sHr X D - Ir. In this formula sEr is ...