retrospective theses: recent submissions
now showing items 1541-1560 of 1605
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reproductive tourism : the case of india, a feminist critical discourse analysis of indian gestational surrogacy tourism
(2009)within an increasingly globalized medical community, people have begun to travel outside of their own geographic locations in order to obtain various medical procedures. reproductive tourism is one of the latest developments ... -
the relationship of behavioral responses to selected swimming performance classifications
(1977)this study investigated relationships between behavioral responses on the psychological inventories for competitive swimmers to selected performance classifications at the 1977 canadian winter national swimming championships. ... -
the prediction and intervention of criminal behavior: a comparison of actuarial and case study methods
(1974)conceptual differences between actuarial and case study prediction, and past empirical comparisons of predictive powers are reviewed. the major concern is with providing empirical comparisons of accuracy in predicting ... -
recall deficit in acute schizophrenia
(1970)the present research is designed to investigate a recall deficit in schizophrenia which has been reported by some workers. twenty-four acute schizophrenics and 24 normal subjects of average verbal intelligence were selected. ... -
an investigation of the relationship between the occurrence of learning disabilities in children and the child rearing behaviors of their mothers: an exploratory study
(1972)the present study investigated the relationship between the occurrence of children's learning disabilities and the nature of the child rearing behaviors exhibited by their mothers. seventy mothers and their children served ... -
the effect of mode of presentation, stimulus concreteness, and verbalization on a paired-associates learning task
(1972)a 2x2x3x8 experimental design was used to investigate the effects of two levels of the concreteness dimension (i.e. concrete and abstract) of nouns; two levels of verbalization (i.e. verbalization and nonverbalization) and ... -
eeg desynchronization and serial learning
(1974)eeg correlates of serial learning were studies by examining two characteristics of eeg activation (mean or general level and peak level) in two groups of subjects, one of which was presented with a serial list for learning ... -
the effect of size, value, and arrangement on perceived numerosity
(1972)numerosity (perceived quantity) is shown in four experiments to vary with several factors: item-size, item-value, pattern size, and possibly the arrangement of items within patterns. -
verbal content and affective response in an interview : as a function of experimenter gaze direction
(1974)this study was designed to investigate the effects of one's looking or not looking at another's eyes upon the content of the other's speech and his affective response to the encounter. the relationships between experimenter ... -
the effects of intelligence on responses of young children after viewing aggressive and non-aggressive cartoon models
(1975)based on the research in social learning theory and aggression, the objectives of the following study are threefold: (1) to assess the effect of intelligence on the modelling process, (2) to extend current findings on ... -
conditioned taste aversion in selectively bred rat strains
(1976)development of conditioned taste aversion was investigated in five strains of rats. the roman low-avoidance conditioning (rla/lu) and the maudsely reactive cmr/har/lu) strains learned taste aversion faster than the roman ... -
electroconvulsive shock-induced amnesia: an investigation of the reinstatement effect
(1973)three experiments were conducted to investigate the reinstatement effect, in which amnesia has been reported following the pairing of a noncontingent footshock and ecs. in experiment i the possibility that a fs-ecs combination ... -
personality factors and treatment response in hospitalized male alcoholics
(1971)the purpose of this thesis was to investigate the relationship between the personality of male alcoholics and their response to an in-patient treatment program. twenty male alcoholic in-patients were tested on admission ... -
a comparison between traditional and open-area classrooms as to creativity
(1972)children in grades three, four, and five, from an open-area school, and children from similar grades in a traditional setting were compared as to creativity. twelve males, and twelve females were measured in each classroom. ... -
the effect of breastfeeding on the neonatal abstinence scores of infants born to mothers on a methadone maintenance program : an epidemiological study
(2010)the objective of this research study is to determine the effects that breastfeeding has on methadone exposed infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome (nas), born at thunder bay regional health sciences centre. methadone ... -
reinforced practice and reduction of fear of water in children
(1976)reinforced practice was used to treat children for fear of water. the primary measure of fear reduction was a behavioural task involving approach and entry to water. a comparison of pre-and post-test scores on the ... -
the role of repetition in free recall
(1972)three experiments investigated the hypothetical processes of organization and frequency, which have been advanced to explain the repetition effect in multi-trial free recall learning. each experiment examined recall over ... -
the development of hypothesis testing behaviour in children
(1973)this experiment investigated whether six, eight, and ten year-old children are capable of simultaneously using more than one hypothesis at a time, or whether children can test only one at a time in a discrimination learning ... -
effects of d-amphetamine sulfate and ucs-levels on one-way avoidance behaviour of two selectively bred strains of rat
(1973)two experiments were carried out involving 40 animals of rha/lu and rla/lu strains in a one-way active avoidance situation. subjects were tested for avoidance conditioning and activity with seven behavioural measurements ... -
the influence of set on the discriminability of letters
(1973)four experiments were carried out to examine the effect of set on the discriminability of letters and words. arrays were used containing two words and two nonwords, in which each word was identical in lettering to a nonword ...
