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Senior Independent Study Theses from 2005

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Effect of Live Versus Videotaped Testimony on Juror Perceptions of Recall, Confidence, and Nonverbal Cues of An Adult Female Eyewitness, Meghan Grant Slipka
Department: Psychology

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Use of Nicotine For Treatment of Schizophrenic Behavior: An Examination of Calcineurim Knockout Mice, Lakshman Swamy
Department: Psychology

Senior Independent Study Theses from 2004

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Effects of Homelessness on the Development of Peer Relationships in Children, Michael M. Nienaber
Department: Psychology

Senior Independent Study Theses from 2001

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Reflectiveness, Creativity, and Spirituality: Can Reflectiveness and Imagination Revitalize Spirituality and Religious Belief?, Stephen B. Baughman
Department: Religious Studies; Psychology

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1994

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The Spirituality and Death Anxiety of Hospice Volunteers and Trainees: a Qualitative Research Study, Laura B. Abernethy
Department: Psychology; Religious Studies

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1990

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The Characteristics of Human Learned Helplesness, Heidi A. Huneke
Department: Psychology

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1988

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Reading Comprehension and Preferences of Seventh Grade Students: An Analysis of the Fry Readability Formula and Children's Literature, Rebecca L. DeNelsky
Department: English; Psychology

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1981

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The Effect of Traditional vs. Non-Traditional Family Styles on Sex-Role Preference and Parental Imitation in Preschool Children, Barbara Schutte
Department: Psychology

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A Study of the Influence of Women's Age on the Employment Decision, Elizabeth Ann Van Cleef
Department: Psychology

Theses/Dissertations from 1972

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Galvanic Skin Response: A Measure of Experimentally Manipulated Arousal in PPT Paired Associates Learning, Michael Beynon

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The Effects of Pretraining on the Interaction of Small Groups, Joanne Brodkin

Theses/Dissertations from 1971

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Social Reinforcement of Maze Learning in Children: A Partial Replication, Carol McCracken

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Reinforcing Effects of Weak-Light Onset and Offset as a Function of Pre-Exposure to the Weak-Light Stimulus, Greg Pepper

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The Effects of Contingent Music on Stereotyped Rocking Behavior of Two Severely Retarded Adolescents, Sylvia E. Pownall

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Displacement of Aggression Considered Within a General Study of Aggressive Behavior in Animals, Linda J. Robertson

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Self-Esteem and the Responses to Success and Failure, Margaret Rohrer

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The Effects of Random Reinforcement on Upper and Lower Socioeconomic Status Children, Julia Scranton

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Introversion-Extraversion and Academic Course-Selection of Male Undergraduate Students, Paul A. Shambarger

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Imagining and Naming in Perpretual Learning and Retention, Marcia Smith

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Male-Female Perceptions of the Qualitative Aspects of Sex Role Stereotypes, Lorrie Sprague

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Differential Use of Auditory and Visual Incidental Stimuli in Probem Solving as a Function of Creativity, Douglas Weldon

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Enhancement of Learned Fear with Epinephrine in Two Age Groups of Subjects, Richard Yoshikawa

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The Relationship Between Art Development and Intelligence in Young Children, Carol Zodrow

Theses/Dissertations from 1963

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Method of Analysis of the Serial-Position Curve, Sherrill Green

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A Psychological Study of a Mentally Retarded Deaf Child, Rina Less

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Solitary and Social Learning in Young Children; Development and Preliminary Testing of a Laboratory Task, Miller L. Marcia

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Effects of Environmental Complexity and Training on Brain Chemistry and Anatomy: A Replication, Charles John Milan Meliska

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Mediation of R1-R2 in the Acquisition of S-R1, S-R2 Associations, Nancy L. Morning

Theses/Dissertations from 1962

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Self-Concept, Perceived Parental Attitude and Actual Parental Attitude as Related to Security, Beverly Bowie

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The Recall and Resumption of Interrupted Tasks, Letitia B. Crawford

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Driveand Complex Learning in Acute and Chronic Schizophrenic Subjects, Helen Eipper

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The Relation of Persistence on Specified Tasks to School Grades and Teacher Ratings, Carol Haas

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Operant Conditioning as a Function of Chronological Age and Mental Age, William Bell John

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The Effect of Degree of Initial Learning on Mediation in the Learning of Probabilistic Paired Associates, Johnine G. McCracken

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Performance of Schizophrenics and Normals on the Kuder Preference Record, Margaret Reed

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The Teaching of Psychology at the High School Level, Anne Duncan Stocker

Theses/Dissertations from 1961

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Transfer of Training: A Summary of Its History and an Experimental Study, Carol Leunk

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The Therapeutic Relationship in Counseling, Kenalee Ogden

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The Effect of Varied Degrees of Motivation Upon the Relative Strength of Place Versus Response Dispositions, William Smith

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The Historical Development of Extrasensory Perception in the United States, Judith Swanson

Theses/Dissertations from 1959

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Factors Relating to the Underachievement of Junior High School Students, Judith Ann Agle

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A Study of the Juvenile Deliquent with Particular Emphasis Upon the Relationship of the Home to the Juvenile Delinquent, Pat Alcorn

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Problems of Advertising as Related to Determiners of Attention., Joan Becker

Theses/Dissertations from 1958

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Current Theory and Physiology of Hypnosis In Relation to Thought and Conciousness, David Bouquet

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The Impact of Client-Oriented Therapy on Education, David R. Buxton

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The Effects of Alcohol on Maze Learning of Albino Rats, Lewis B. Durr

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Color: Its Affective Value and Control, Mary Homrighausen

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"Formulating an I.Q. Test Based on the Vocabulary of the Five Year Old.", Karl Robert Liesinger

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A Consideration of the Drawing-Completion Test as a Projective Technique, Robert R. Line Jr.

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French National Character: Dominant Personality Traits and their Influence on Behavior, Sylvia Gibbs Spearman

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Concept Formation: A Review of Experimental Literature, Robert McMillan Thompson

Theses/Dissertations from 1957

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An Empirical Study of Non-verbal Communications of Emotions Through Abstrct Drawings of Hospitalized Schizophrenic Women and Normal College Women, Pruglenda M. Bacon

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A Study of Advertising Appeals, Robert V.R. Barnard

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The (Presbyterian) Director of Christian Education, Virginia Blair

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A Study of Psychosomatic Illness, Selma H. Hokanson

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Pastoral Counseling a Study of the Relationship of Psychology to the Counseling Work of the Parish Minister, Elizabeth J. Howard

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A Study of Consumer Behavior - Attitudes and Buying Habits - In Relation to a Selected Group of Appliances, Richard C. Hyde

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An Observational Study of the Nature and Behavior of the Nursery School Child, Carol Ann Krish

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A Study of the Function, Problems, and Treatment of a Child Guidance Clinic, Evelyn Mary Schulz

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A Questionnaire Study of Urban Attitudes Toward Women in Career Positions with Special Reference to Funeral Directing, Sherry Fern Slater

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A General Study of the Development and Applications of Hypnosis, Alicia Taylor

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An Experimental Report on a Study of Self Concept for a College Group, John Whitney

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A Study of the Relationship Between a Psychotic's Concept of Her Actual Self, Her Ideal Self and the Ordinary Person Before and After Hospital Treatment, Marjorie Jean Yoder

Theses/Dissertations from 1956

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Self-Perception at The College of Wooster: A Study of Successful and Unsuccessful Juniors and Seniors, Janet Carlisle

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A Paper Submitted to the Department of Psychology in Partial Fulfillment of Senior Independent Study, Donald Howland

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A Survey of Contemporary Opinion of the Outstanding American Psychologists, Hope Hunter

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A Study of Reactions to Words Classified as Pleasant, Neutral, and Unpleasant, Presented to Male and Female Groups Visually and Auditorily, the Second Method Using Both Male and Female Voices, as Measured by the Electrodermal Skin Response, Tom Johnson

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A Brief Study of the Effect of Language on the Recall of Perceived Colors, John Lamb

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The Union Westminister Character Research Project, Bob Niemiller

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A Personality Study of the Children of Missionaries and their Adjustment to Life in a Small Liberal Arts College, Dorothy Peck

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A Critical Study of the Role and Importance of Personality Counseling in Present-Day Presbyterian Student Pastorate Work, Gene G. Phlegar

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A Psychological Study of the Personality Patterns of Epileptic and Migraine Patients, Eleanor Reeder

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Adolescent Disturbances, and Changes in Personality Brought About by Institutional Group Life, as Measured by the Q-Technique: A Follow-Up Study, Beverly Tresise

Theses/Dissertations from 1955

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Change in Adolescent Personality Brought About by Institutional Group Life as Measured by the Q-Technique, Helen Davis

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The Changing Emphasis in Tobacco Advertising, Martin Kleindienst

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A Study of the Religious Vocational Choice by the Q Technique, Geraldine Eileen Messina

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An Investigation of the Results of Displacement and Stimulus-Response Generalization, Janice Thorne

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Psychological Principles as Applied to Selling Aluminum Storm Windows, James Welch

Theses/Dissertations from 1954

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Parental Authority and Control and its Effects Upon Children's Behavior, Joyce Robison Geier

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A Consideration of Morality as the Central Factor in the Development of Neurosis, Jean McFadden

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A Study of Dream Theory and an Experiment in Personality Prediction Through Dream Series Analysis, Mary M. Mehl

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A Brief History of Motivational Theory with Special Reference to Motivational Practice in Modern Industry, John Wakely

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A Survey of the Significance of the Role of Applied Psychology in the Relationship of the Electric Utility Industry With Its Various Publics, Raymond White

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An Experiment in Perceptual Learning Using a Tachistoscope, Bruce Withers

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What is the Moral Role of the Counselor and How Does This Apply to the Pastoral Counselor?, Harry Wright

Theses/Dissertations from 1953

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Religion's Contribution to Immaturity, George E. Bender

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The Alcoholic Personality, Harold W. Bowman

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An Investigation of the Educational Value and Readability of Four High School Psychology Textbooks, Franklyn T. Cook

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What are the Needs of the Adolescent and How Are They Met By Him and His Family?, Nancy Ewing

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Religion as a Positive Factor in the Personality, Robert W. Kurth

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What is the Value of the Freudian Theory of Dream Interpretation in Treating Neurotic Individuals?, Carolyn W. MacArdle

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What are the Aims of Vocational Guidance and What Parts Do The Counselor, Trainer, and Employer Play in Carrying Out These Aims?, Janice N. Smith

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The Analysis of Dreams and Their Interpretations, Ethel L. Toth

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A Survey of Factors Dealing with the Problem of Motivating the Worker, Harry R. Walter Jr.

Theses/Dissertations from 1952

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A Description and Correlation of the California Short-Form Test of Mental Maturity and the Ohio State Psychological Examination, Lois Antram

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The Improvement of Vision Through Relaxation, James Douglas Black

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A Survey of Four Psychotherapeutic Procedures, Ruth M. Di Salvio

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Influence of Vocabulary Level and Intelligence on Improvement of Reading Speed and on Comprehension, and the History of Eye Movement Study in Silent Reading, Anne Genung

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A Study of Non-Directive Psychotherapy and its Practical Applications, Edna Ruth Haub

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An Experimental Attempt to Determine Those Factors Which Could be Considered Inherent in Basketball Players, and the Use of Those Factors for the Success in the Sport, William Frank Hubbarth