Purpose of the Study: This thesis examines the patriarchal wounding of my Slavic mother line and follows the healing journey I took to transform wounds to enrich my self-identity in my pursuit toward wholeness Procedure: My study follows the motherli . . .

Purpose of the Study: This study is an attempt to validate the importance of integrating women's issues into traditional psychology classes at a college level. Psychology, for the most part, had ignored, trivialized, and/or negated women's life experi . . .

Throughout my life, growing up as an African American, I desired to gain answers to where my ancestors came from. The purpose of this self-study is to explore the role ancestry and the collective unconscious may have played in answering my question of . . .

Purpose of the Study: This thesis explores human evolution from a holistic, transpersonal, and psychospiritual perspective in attempt to answer a central question: What is necessary to restoring humanity’s relationship to nature amid our current ecolo . . .

Gibson and Levin (1976) have reported that the study of reading can be divided into three distinct time periods on the basis of general approach. For the first period, starting around the turn of the century until around 1925, the list of those . . .

This study investigated the effects of attitudes toward and knowledge of overpopulation and sexism on childbearing and adoption attitudes. The subjects were 131 students drawn from three high school sophomore and three college sophomore classes. Subje . . .

The understanding of the effect of densely populated settings on human experience and behavior is just beginning. In the early psychological literature, the term "crowding" was used to denote a setting that lacked "enough" space due in part to "too ma . . .

The purpose of this study was the initiation of the validation procedures for the Auditory Perception Test (APT), developed in the late 1960s by Walter Ambinder, a clinical psychologist at Wayne State University. Two studies concerning the APT precede . . .

The Japanese American elders who lived through World War II, and who were incarcerated in the American concentration camps, specifically, are nearing the end of their lives. Their experiences and thoughts are invaluable, and the window of time availab . . .

Philanthropic concern for the particular problems of institutionalized elderly adults dates back to the late nineteenth century, but until recently a dearth in specialized psychological assessment devices for the aged existed. During the last decade a . . .

Sputnik provided a powerful stimulus to the study of creativity, but until then it was an area in which psychologists "feared tread" (Guilford, 1950). Close to twenty-five years ago Morgan (1953) published twenty-five definitions selected from the . . .

It was hypothesized that children of premature birth would not differ significantly in mental ability from children born fullterm, but the prematures would have a higher number of behavior problems and achieve developmental milestones at a later age. . . .

The notion that there must be a relationship between hypnotic susceptibility and other personality factors is one that has titillated investigators in hypnosis for some time. Because people differ greatly in their susceptibility to hypnosis it see . . .

The morality, ethics, and conscience of a society are the sum total of the moralities, ethics, and consciences of the individuals comprising that society. Establishment of a more advanced social morality is contingent upon understanding the v . . .

It is estimated that ten million Americans are alcoholics and that for each alcoholic, four other people (e.g., family) are affected (Fresno Bee, 11/17/74). Thus we are dealing with a problem that directly or indirectly affects approximately forty . . .

Social psychology is currently in a state of crisis. During the past few years the creative and critical aspects of the social psychology paradigm have come under increasing attack. It has been argued that hypotheses should be formulated for their rel . . .

The Spraings Visual Discrimination Battery was administered to 432 elementary school students in grades kindergarten through four. These students included 323 normal students, 58 L.D.G. students, and 51 E.H. students. Data from the normal population w . . .

Johnny, age seven, is entering the first grade for the second time. His teacher describes him as extremely disruptive and academically Impoverished. He plays by himself on the playground and often is aggressive toward his peers. In the classroom h . . .

Billy's teachers are frustrated. Billy seems to defy all attempts to teach him to read and write. He has been described by his teachers as inattentive and disruptive in class, quarrelsome on the playground, and generally ambivalent towards authori . . .

According to Medinnus (1967), the interest of delinquency researchers in parent-child relations was stimulated by Freud's emphasis on the importance of early childhood experiences on personality development and by the mental hygiene movement's que . . .

Research in the areas of child development and school readiness over the years has consistently emphasized the great variation in cognitive and perceptual maturity of children of similar chronological age (Rowher, 1970). Conse- quently elementar . . .

A major role of psychologists in school programs has to do with evaluation of children for purposes of categorization, special place- ment, and differential program planning. As we have approached the mid-1970s special education opportunities f . . .

Scientific and technological advances, along with a fast, competitive pace of life, have confronted humans with unique, often paradoxical, situations. Although we have obtained considerable mastery over the physical world, we know very little of o . . .

This study examined the responses of 165 Ss on two independent measures, LOC and SE, in relation to outcomes on eight selected, bipolar, personality adjustment factors from Cattell's "16pf." Criterion points were established for designating a scor . . .

Identification is a term used in personality and developmental theories which is usually credited to Sigmund Freud (Stoke, 1950) • As Freud first used the concept, " . . . identification endeavors to mold a person's own ego after the fashion of th . . .

Considerable attention has been directed toward the study of rodent aggression wherein there lies a generally consistent view that male rodents are more aggressive than their female counterparts. The literature on female rodent aggression, however, . . .

From the recent effluence of publications stimulated by the Women's Liberation Movement has come an introspective and empirical consideration of sex roles and how and why they are filled as they are. Some possible expla- nations or contributing' . . .

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of Project Follow Through, a federally funded compensatory education program for reducing the progressive intellectual retardation of culturally disadvan- taged children as they advance through . . .

Since the beginning of the continuity-noncontinuity controversy involving Lashley (1929) and Spence {1936, 1937) , a variety of studies have been conducted which de not uniformly support either of the positions. Although contemporary theories of d . . .

The present study attempted to explore the effective- ness of family operant therapy when used in conjunction with a sample of adolescents on probation from Fresno County. The theoretical underpinnings of this project represent an assimilation o . . .

Measures of religious orientation, open-mindedness, manifest anxiety and trait anxiety were obtained using 124 Ss_ attending Pacific College and California State University, Fresno. The independent variables were sex, school attended and academic . . .

Wechsler's (1949, 1974) conception of intelligence concerns the individual's ability to comprehend and function within his environment. In focusing in on this multi- determined and multifaceted entity, he selected subtests contributing to the . . .

Behavioral contrast was investigated in rats in four separate experiments. In three experiments, one component of a multiple schedule was associated with a sucrose pellet of either 8%, 16%, or 32%, while the reinforcer in the other component was a . . .

This study results from the growing interest in behavioral weight reduction. It is concerned with refining behavioral techniques, e.g., stimulus control and cognitive restructuring, and establishing parameters of their effectiveness. Forty-seven su . . .

There is little doubt that music produces in people a variety of effects. The study of which aspects of music- (e.g., tempo, dynamics, loudness) produce its effects has been the subject of many philosophical and empirical reports (e.g., Farnsworth . . .

The importance for the study of projection lies in its wide scope of influence in human relationships. Patients often project fantasies related to past family experiences onto therapists. Therapists often project their needs, problems, values, onto . . .

Aggressive behavior in mice has been the focus of intense study for a number of decades. Over thirty years ago, Uhrich (1938) after observing 450 mice concluded that aggressive behaviors are influenced by a variety of factors. He found that the ani . . .

This study examined the behavior of 80 subjects including 39 mentally retarded, 21 emotionally disturbed, and 20 normal children (mean mental age [MA] = 8.2 years), on a problem-solving task involving partial reinforcement to three stimuli. The ma . . .

It is often said that the elements of man which set him apart from the rest of the organisms occupying space on the earth are his reasoning faculties and his ability to communicate verbally. Therefore, it is no surprise that man has expended endle . . .

Obesity is considered by the medical profession to be one of the most prevalent health hazards in the American culture. Estimates of its incidence in the United States range from 20% to 40%. Overweight individuals, as compared to individuals of . . .

Ehrenfreund (1948), in an early review of the continuity-noneontinuity controversy, concluded that learning will occur only when stimuli are placed so that they impinge on S's sensory receptors. This conclusion was based on his finding that presolu . . .

This study sought to investigate developmental changes in the limiting effects of prior experience and labelling upon problem solving in children. Initially, all _Ss were given three tests of language development. In a second testing session, a Con . . .

The first instance of encounter took place when a person moved his finger and watched his muscles tighten and he was amazed; he knew he was. He realized there were others and together they moved the evolutionary arrow forward: Socialization, and a . . .

Suicide is the one form of dying in which a person can choose his own time, place, and way of death. Death by suicide has numerous ramifications: it may exaggerate grief by creating guilt in the survivors; it removes workers prematurely from the . . .

As societies grow larger and more complex, the individuals who compose them are constantly interacting and conversing. The average citizen must communicate verbally with a multitude of persons in order to conduct one's daily affairs, e.g., spouse, . . .

A number of previous investigations have shown that early exposure to an enriched environment results in superior learning ability in later life (Forgays & Forgays, 1962; Denenberg, Woodcock, & Rosenberg, 1968; Henderson, 1972; and Lundeen, 1973). . . .

Ultra-marathons are endurance races that are 50 miles or more in length. Previous research has suggested that elite distance runners cognitively monitor the pain and discomfort for athletic events in an associative manner. In contrast, amateur runne . . .

There has been some debate between researchers on how to measure the procrastination construct. Some researchers suggest that a scale should capture the negative aspects of procrastination in all of its items (Klingsieck, 2013). To address this need . . .

Tradition has it that the beginning of a paper such as this should serve to convince the reader of the importance of studying violence and the need for further research in the area. In these times, however, it seems trite to quote statistics on th . . .

The present study explored the contention that deaf children are deficient in the use of implicit verbal skills presumed necessary for the solution of a complex reasoning problem. Deaf children between the ages of eight and thirteen were matched b . . .

Posthypnotic amnesia has long been considered an essential characteristic of hypnosis. It was first reported by the Mar- quis de Puysegur in 1784 while experimenting with his famous subject, Victor. Since it was well known that sleepwalkers experi . . .

The effect of delay of reward upon acquisition of an instrumental response was examined using water deprived rats in a straight runway. Following stable performance in the . acquisition (preshift) phase, subjects receiving 0, £ or 16 sec access to . . .

Verbal communication, the sharing through words of knowledge, ideas, and experiences, is considered the essence of humanity. Non-verbal language systems, such as those being taught to chimpanzees (Fleming, 1974) , seem to be judged non-human becau . . .

The subject of the present research is public criticism of police conduct and professionalism, as well as public perception of an officer’s guilt in shooting situations. The hypothesis driving this research is that people will be more critical of a . . .

There is nothing in the national interest which has, recently, been given higher priority than giving every child an equal opportunity to develop his physical and intellectual self. Yet, there is one group of children, those with a minimal brain d . . .

Discussion of purpose, intent. Segments of American society are differentiated from each other by such things as amount of income, quantity and quality of material possessions, areas of occupation, place-type of residential dwelling, and social s . . .

A large body of research demonstrates significant enhancement of retention when encoding episodes are temporally spaced versus massed together. Researchers use either a ‘restudy’ or a ‘retrieval’ method of encoding during relearning trials, but the . . .

In Social Psychology, attention has been given to interpersonal response traits which affect the social behavior of persons. Krech, Crutchfield, and Ballachev have called attention to such traits which characterize the social conduct of people. They . . .

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According to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA, 2019), approximately 3.3 million dogs enter shelters every year. Researchers have identified behavioral factors influencing adoption and found that poor interaction wit . . .

The major purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of the Career Opportunity trainees' attitudes and their performance on the job. For the purposes of this study, the major areas of concern were the subjects' open- mindedness and job . . .

A wide variety of assessment procedures have been utilized to ascertain the typical personality traits of student activists of both the right and left. Also, much research concerning nocturnal dreams has been conducted, but few investigations have dea . . .

This study developed from an interest in following the academic progress of students, who had been intensively studied as kindergarten children. Much interest has been shown in recent years in finding students at an early age who will experien . . .

In recent decades, zebrafish have become a popular organism in neuroscience research. This is primarily because of the homogenous nature of what are known as reticulospinal neurons. These neurons, located in the hindbrain, control locomotive (e.g., sw . . .

The collection of work products demonstrates my skills acquired through formal training and professional experience over the course of my school psychology internship across the 10 domains of school psychology practice put forth by the National Associ . . .

The Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) organization has indicated that one of its largest problems is CASA retention. Participants were CASAs who self-assigned to two groups: Continue (n = 188) and Quit (n = 208). It was hypothesized that greater . . .

The organic food industry is in a period of rapid growth and product diversification (Organic Trade Association, 2006). Because of this expansion, the market for organic food should be studied in detail. Differences in labeling strategies for organic . . .

This body of work demonstrates competency in skills and services in the ten domains of best practice put forth by the National Association of School Psychologists and is made up of representative professional products from the applied practice of scho . . .

For the past decade the counseling field in the United States has been changing in order to satisfy the needs of a growing culturally diverse population. Professionals in this field are finding it necessary to understand the different processes cultur . . .

The body of work presented in my portfolio is reflective of my competence in the roles and responsibilities of a school psychologist as defined by the ten domains of school psychology set forth by the Humboldt State University (HSU) School Psychology . . .

Obesity’s impact on psychological health and well-being has been the subject of a growing body of literature. Body image dissatisfaction is a psychological variable that is influenced by overweight status and has been linked with negative psychosocial . . .

The purpose of this study was to establish a reliable and valid short form of the Parent Reaction to Autism Diagnosis Scale (PRADS), as well as provide a generalized short form of parent resolution called the Parent Reaction to Diagnosis Scale (PRDS). . . .

Effective regulation of conflict requires a couple to talk openly about issues (Gottman, 1999). One of the ways these skills can be enhanced is through mindful awareness of what is happening in the present moment with the qualities of acceptance, open . . .

The need for a measure that encompasses the various components of moral decision-making has become increasingly apparent as different areas of psychology, particularly cognitive neuroscience, focus more time and resources on how people make moral choi . . .

The present study investigated the effects of mood on participants’ forgiveness levels. Although many factors have been explored as determinants of forgiveness, the present study is the first to investigate how mood may influence a victims’ decision t . . .

Students in public school must overcome a variety of challenges in order to achieve success and realize their full potential. Understanding and ameliorating the wide variety of challenges faced by modern students requires attention to many details and . . .

Research demonstrates that young adults typically score high on knowledge of safe sex practices. Unfortunately, knowledge about risk is often quite unrelated to practicing safer sex behaviors; and STD infection and HIV/ AIDS are increasing in young ad . . .

This study used ( N = 308 ) participants to examine the relationship between parenting styles perceived, current attachment style, and emotion dysregulation in young adults (18-25 yrs old). This study used dimensions of attachment (anxious/avoidant) a . . .

This study investigated concern people have for the future and the influence of parental status on how people think about the future. Qualitative interviews were used to further explore the findings of a previous quantitative survey study. The previou . . .

Repetitive Negative Thinking (RNT), a cognitive process associated with internalizing psychopathology, has primarily been investigated in the disorder-specific forms of rumination (associated with depression) and worry (associated with anxiety). High . . .

This portfolio provides evidence of my competency as a school psychologist upon completion of my final internship year in the Humboldt State University (HSU) School Psychology Program. Work products demonstrate skills acquired through formal training . . .

This paper represents a personal philosophy and reflection of the roles and responsibilities of a school psychologist. Comprehensive practice and the skills of the school psychologist are discussed through my personal work products during a yearlong i . . .

The goal of this study was to determine if the possession of socially undesirable masculine or feminine personality traits would relate to problematic drinking behaviors in a college population. Gender-linked personality traits were measured using the . . .

Various theories have hypothesized and research has corroborated that individuals who find meaning in life are more accepting of their own mortality. More recently, scholars have noted important distinctions between individuals who report presence of . . .

Stigma associated with mental health care is an important factor in people’s decision to seek out and engage in psychotherapy or counseling. Many previous studies have suggested that educating individuals about mental health can be an effective tool i . . .

This portfolio reflects my work as a school psychology intern at a public school district in the state of Hawaii. This project demonstrates my competency in assisting school personnel in implementing plans for successful outcomes of students and staff . . .

Living in a college residence hall setting gives many people the opportunity to experience the homosexual community, either through the acknowledgment of their own homosexuality or the acknowledgment of another's homosexuality. The discovery of new se . . .

This project is a reflection of my training and experience as a school psychologist in my internship year. Research has shown early interventions for students in primary grades promotes resiliency. This project focuses on identifying students with dis . . .

The purpose of this study was to replicate a thesis conducted at the Humboldt State University campus, in 1978, which researched how women’s attitudes towards female sex-role stereotypes in our society are associated with their choice of major. The cu . . .

Zebrafish (Danio rerio) are an important vertebrate model for neuroscience research. Much is known about zebrafish development and neuroanatomy, but less is known about how specific their behavior is affected by cell-type specific ablations which is i . . .

This study explored Extraversion personality differences among people who prefer dogs, people who prefer cats, people who prefer both, and people who prefer neither. Participants were 120 students from the Psychology Department Participation Pool at H . . .

Through a multicultural perspective the counseling field in North America is adjusting itself to meet the demands of cultural diversity and a global context. The methods and systems of North American counseling have also begun to influence the mental . . .

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is an anxiety disorder that is experienced by many individuals here in our nation and around the globe (Dimassi, Farhood, & Lehtinen, 2006; Kritz-Silverstein et al., 2009). The current U.S. PTSD prevalence rate is 7.8%, . . .

Native Americans are widely underrepresented on US university campuses and attrition rates have been measured as high as 93%. Of those that graduate many of the students spoke of in terms of social network support (clubs) on campus. The present study . . .

How individuals think about the future is a topic of interest in psychology. There has been considerable research on how predictions and expectations in the short term future—within an individual’s lifetime—influence current behavior. However, there h . . .

Empirical evidence on the benefits of nature and the effectiveness of environmental education are increasing, but little evidence examining the effectiveness of environmental education programs with preschool children exists. The current exploratory s . . .

Computers are a widely used technology today, in both work environments and in leisure time as well (Census Bureau, 2012; Labor Statistics Bureau, 2003; Pew Internet, 2012). How competent people are with computers is therefore an important area of res . . .

Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) is defined as intentional damage to the body without suicidal intent that is not part of a socially accepted behavior. The current study aimed to further research on NSSI by examining the relationship between NSSI and de . . .

This study examined the relationship between academic advising and degree completion time. Regression analysis was used to examine the relationship between academic advising behavioral style, student satisfaction with advising, number of advising sess . . .