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The use of the semantic differential in a study of the effects of aspirational and dissociative reference group influence on consumer behavior

Description: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of aspirational and dissociative reference group influence on consumer behavior. There are two ways in which behavior is influenced by reference groups. First, reference groups influence aspiration levels and therefore play a major role in producing satisfaction or frustration. Second, reference groups influence kinds of behavior, i.e., they establish approved patterns of behavior.
Date: May 1977
Creator: Evans, Alton W.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Herr und Heer: the German Social Democrats and officer corps, a reappraisal

Description: Utilizing the debates of the German Reichstag, the proceedings of the SPD, the memoirs of the leading military and Marxist figures and the principal newspapers of the Second Reich and Weimar Republic, this dissertation attempts to show how the army chiefs and the socialist leaders of Germany altered their policies not only to promote their interests but also to protect the state.
Date: August 1977
Creator: Pierce, Walter Rankin
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The effects of rational behavior training of emotionally disturbed adolescents in an alternative school setting

Description: The rational emotive psychology movement has contributed significantly to the development of training approaches to explore the behavioral characteristics and emotional dynamics of full and healthy living. In response, this study was initiated to assess the effects of rational behavior training (RBT) upon emotionally disturbed adolescents in an alternative special education program.
Date: August 1977
Creator: Patton, Patricia L.
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The relationships between children's ability to conserve substance and number and their ability to solve addition and subtraction problems for missing place-holders

Description: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationships between performance of first-grade students on Piagetan conservation of number and substance tasks and performance on an arithmetic test of missing place-holders, a reading readiness test, and an intelligence test.
Date: August 1977
Creator: Woodward, Linda R.
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The accumulated earnings tax: an empirical analysis of the Tax Court's implementation of Congressional intent

Description: Taxpayers have traditionally assessed personal vulnerability to particular taxes through a study of past litigated cases. One of the premises of the study was that useful information concerning the enforcement of the accumulated earnings tax could be obtained through a statistical analysis of such cases.
Date: August 1977
Creator: Madeo, Silvia Arnold
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The efficacy of self-administered systematic desensitization

Description: The purpose of this study was to test the therapeutic usefulness of a completely self-administered, behavior-therapy technique: systematic desensitization. The method involved the comparison of behavior change following the treatment of two groups of subjects. One group received the actual systematic-desensitization procedure, while the other underwent a similar but theoretically ineffective treatment termed attention-placebo.
Date: May 1977
Creator: Horowitz, Neil D.
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Teaching haptics in the basic speech course: a study of means and effects

Description: The problem of this study was the investigation of the desirability of teaching haptics in the basic speech classroom, the rhetorical means and strategies to be used, and the design used to describe these means.
Date: August 1977
Creator: Roach, Carol Ashburn
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Fear response of rape victims

Description: The present investigation sough to explore the psychological responses of rape victims. A review of pertinent literature suggested a primary reaction of women to rape was fear, but the absence of controlled research and standardized observations limited the generalizability of these findings. A triparate interpretation of fear -- with autonomic, self-report, and avoidance behavior components -- was proposed. In addition, the research attempted to document negative changes in self-concept and fe… more
Date: August 1977
Creator: Veronen, Lois J.
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Alternate coupling routes in carbon-13--carbon-13 coupling

Description: With a large number of carbon-carbon spin-spin coupling constants now determined and the dihedral angle dependence of vicinal coupling constants reported, application of this coupling constants data was attempted to a conformational study.
Date: May 1977
Creator: Faehl, Larry G.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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A comparison of the academic achievements of seventh grade students in the semester unit plan with those in the quarter unit plan

Description: The problem with which this dissertation is concerned is to determine whether the semester unit plan offers seventh grade students greater academic gain in the basic subject areas than does the quarter unit plan. Texas offers school districts a choice of the two plans. This study is unique in that the district of this study has both plans in operation at the secondary level.
Date: May 1977
Creator: Harrison, Guy T.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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The scope and nature of music programs in rural public community colleges

Description: The purposes of this study are to determine the scope and nature of music programs in rural public community colleges in the United States; to determine the unique characteristics of the rural public community college music program when compared to music programs of the total population of two-year colleges; to propose criteria to serve as a basis for a music program at rural public community colleges and to recommend a music program for rural public community colleges based upon the proposed … more
Date: August 1977
Creator: Pollard, J. Marvin
Partner: UNT Libraries
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United States-Iranian relations, 1945-1947

Description: During 1946 and 1947, Russia pressured Iran to grant an oil concession in the northern provinces. During this time, the United States supported Iran's right to make its decision free from Soviet pressure.
Date: August 1977
Creator: Partin, Michael Wayne
Partner: UNT Libraries
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A study of the perceptions of presidents and academic deans regarding role expectations and decision-making styles of academic deans in Texas community colleges

Description: The purpose of this study was to determine whether similarities exist in the perceptions of the roles of academic deans in community colleges. This study attempted to determine whether role expectations and perceptions reflected separate and distinct relationships, or if administrative patterns reflected an overlapping of responsibilities.
Date: August 1977
Creator: Hunt, Larry W.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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The attitude of the sixty-fourth Texas legislators towards serving the severely and profoundly handicapped and handicapped infants below the age of three

Description: The problem of this study was to determine the degree of Texas Legislative support for public school services to handicapped children not presently being served (birth through two and zero reject). This study has four purposes: To identify trends in respect to educating the handicapped birth through two and zero-reject; To determine State Legislative's attitude with respect to serving; To inform the legislature and educational leaders and familiarize them with the data collected; and to present… more
Date: August 1977
Creator: Phillips, Arthur A.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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A dynamic computer model of the growth process in university nursing programs

Description: The aim of this research is to identify the critical variables influencing the growth process in baccalaureate nursing programs, to establish the system structure of relationships between those variables, to incorporate the variables and their relationships into a dynamic decision-oriented simulation model of the growth process, and to investigate the validity and usefulness of the simulation model.
Date: August 1977
Creator: Jones, Jack William
Partner: UNT Libraries
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