Browsing Retrospective Theses and Dissertations (1940-2009) by Issue Date
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A study of leisure time and recreational interests of 982 fifteen and sixteen year old Reagan (Houston, Texas) Senior High School students
(1948)There were two main purposes for this study: (1) to discover as accurately as possible how fifteen and sixteen year old boys and girls of the Reagan (Houston, Texas) Senior High School make use of their leisure time; and ... -
An evaluation of the California Test of Personality
(1950)The need for diagnosis of personality maladjustment appears obvious when i tis realized that personality problems are probably the most common causes of discharge from employment, and are probably the most common causes ... -
Some aspects of the personality of Lafcadio Hearn
(1951)With the objective of interpreting some of the outstanding aspects of the personality of the author Lafcadio Hearn, the present research has weighed that author's correspondence and thematic writing, as well as the reports ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
The season of our discontent. A survey research of political knowledge and attitudes of three campus organizations : Students for a Democratic Society, Young Democrats, and Young Americans for Freedom
(1969)This thesis proposes that Americans, on the whole, have become alienated from their creedal values as a result of technological change outstripping social change. Activist students are attempting to break out of the dilemma ... -
Person perception in multiple-cue probability learning task as a function of cognitive complexity and inferential set
(1969)This study was conducted in order to investigate the relationship between cognitive complexity, one measure of cognitive differentiation, and the accuracy and process of interpersonal learning and perception. Additionally, ... -
Measurement of conceptual deficit in brain-damaged and schizophrenic subjects
(1970)This study was undertaken, in order to pursue greater understanding of conceptual behavior of brain-damaged individuals and good and poor prognosis schizophrenics, A secondary purpose was to gain some measure of the ... -
Physical attractiveness, perceived attitude similarity, and interpersonal attraction among fifth and eleventh grade boys and girls
(1970)Three studies were reported which explored and replicated relationships involving physical attractiveness, perceived attitude similarity, and interpersonal attraction (popularity). The first two studies used only fifth ... -
An analysis of the effect of the Federal Income Tax Law upon the United States balance of payments
(1970)This study summarizes the results of an examination made of the portion of the Internal Revenue Code dealing with income taxes in order to find those provisions which have an effect upon the United States balance of payments. ... -
A study of the political socialization process among Southern Negro high school students
(1970)This project was a broad investigation into the political socialization process among a selected population of segregated Negro High School students in Houston, Texas, Its purpose was to gather empirical data on this ... -
The problem of conditionals
(1970)This paper is devoted to the logical problem of conditionals. This is interpreted as the problem of formulating, in terms of simple non-modal logical notions, the general conditions for the truth of statements of the ... -
An empirical test of some of the hypotheses generated by Wolf's Need Gratification Theory
(1971)This study was an attempt to test some of the hypotheses generated by Wolf's Need Gratification Theory of Job Satisfaction/Dissatisfaction. The four hypotheses tested were: 1. Persons whose lower level needs are as yet ... -
Personality factors associated with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
(1971)Many of the personality features linked by body-image theory with rheumatoid arthritis in adults and, to a lesser extent, with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) were investigated systematically using the sibling-comparison ... -
Body image boundary and interpersonal distance in two-person encounters
(1972)This study was conducted in order to investigate the relationship between body image definiteness, as indexed by the Barrier score, and interpersonal distance during a brief two-person interaction. In addition, the ... -
The expression of values in group psychotherapy
(1973)This dissertation was designed to study human interactions which naive judgment suggested would be rich in expressions of value. The project had three phases: First, a process measure was constructed for systematic ... -
A sentence completion technique as a measure of level IV behavior with the interpersonal checklist
(1973)The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of a forced-choice sentence completion form as a measure of avoided behavior, designated as Level IV, in the Leary diagnostic system. Based on the result of a pilot ... -
An analysis of variables affecting acquisition and decay of adaptation to lateral prismatic displacement
(1973)The study was designed to test current theories of prism adaptation to lateral prismatic displacement by investigating importance of sight of the body, active movement, and magnitude of displacement. An attempt was made ...