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Theses from 1967
Conceptual ability of schizophrenics as a function of complexity and social content of stimuli., Paul Norman Acres, Psychology
Cation absorption by excised Barley roots in relation to root cation exchange capacity., Tadao Ando, Plant & Soil Sciences
Programmed readers and basal readers : two approaches to the teaching of reading in a remedial situation., Ann P. Burkott, Education
An investigation of the effects of light, gibberellic acid and growth retardants on growth and lignification of Pisum sativum, L., Christina K. Cheng, Plant & Soil Sciences
The relationship between intelligence, physical fitness, and social status in a sixth grade class., Horace S. Coco, Education
A test of response independence in processing information from two independent sources., Donna Fay Cruse, Psychology
A tyramine hydroxylase system from bananas (Musa sapientum L.)., William Harold Deacon, Plant & Soil Sciences
Chemosterilization of the face fly, Musca autumnalis De Geer, with apholate., Donald Alan Delinks, Entomology
Bacteria isolated from maples., Roger W. Farrington, Entomology
The comparative toxicity of selected organic phosphate and carbamate insecticides to the honey bee., Robert Edward Grahame, Entomology
The Henderer-Harrison Interpersonal Relations Scale: a picture arrangement measure of interpersonal functioning, James Myron Henderer, Psychology
The effects of starter fertilizers and depth of planting on silage corn emergence, growth and yield., Malcolm E. Hill, Plant & Soil Sciences
Fixated behavior and its alteration by psychotropic agents., Vincent Paul Houser, Psychology
Environmental studies of Fusarium blight in Merion Kentucky bluegrass., Joseph A. Keohane, Plant & Soil Sciences
The external anatomy of Pteronarcys (Allonarcys) proteus Newman and Pteronarcys (Allonarcys) biloba Newman (Plecoptera: Pteronarcidae)., Charles Henry Nelson, Entomology
Laboratory study of the relative effectiveness of certain insecticides used against Blattella germanica, Blatta orientalis and Periplaneta fuliginosa., Fred Robert Slater Nelson, Entomology
Reliability of the Minnesota vocational interest inventory with hospitalized mental patients., Dennis William Olson, Psychology
A study of relations between intracranial self-stimulation and operant behavior maintained by food reward, Jaak Panksepp, Psychology
Associative processes in syllogistic reasoning: a neo-behavioristic analysis., Jean Ann Pezzoli, Psychology
Microbial interactions with Diazinon., Walter Jay Ralston, Plant & Soil Sciences
Dasein and the still point; a consideration of three emphases in the philosophy of Martin Heidegger, with peripheral references to relevant aspects of Eastern thought., Elizabeth G. Russell, Philosophy
Use of the weighted application blank in hiring unskilled labor., Richard Dorr Scott, Psychology
Adsorption of atrazine on representative Massachusetts soils., Young Oh Shin, Plant & Soil Sciences
Study of a proposed metabolic relationship between watercore and internal breakdown in delicious apples., John Michael Smagula, Plant & Soil Sciences
The effect of frontal lesions on frustration-fixation behavior in the rat., Dennison Alvord Smith, Psychology
The effects of value ratio shifts on item processing in short term memory., John Bernard Soward, Psychology
Selective effect of diazinon on the soil microflora with reference to the control of soil-borne pathogens., John Michael Trela, Plant & Soil Sciences
Free word association and recall in subjects with obsessive and hysterical personality styles., Stephan David Weiss, Psychology
Factors which influence the levels of soluble carbohydrate reserves of cool season turfgrasses., Leo J. V. Zanoni, Plant & Soil Sciences
Theses from 1966
The effects of the manipulation of client depth of self-exploration upon high and low functioning counselors, Mae Joanne Alexik, Psychology
Creating an environmental awareness in 4-H conservation projects : a 4-H ecology project., Charles F. Blanchard, Education
American attitudes towards the revolt against the Obregón government., Edward Daniel Brennan, History
The discriminative stimulus value of chlordiazepoxide, Amanda Brown, Psychology
Comparative analytical methods for the detection of ronnel or related toxic residues in chicken eggs., Richard Anthony Callahan, Entomology
Magnitude of Gsr and basal conductance as a function of instructional set group, stimulus intensity, stimulus repetition, spontaneous recovery, and disinhibition, Anne W. Coffey, Psychology
The effect of superordinate conceptual training on the associations of schizophrenics., George D. Fuller, Psychology
The effect of method of payoff on the detection of targets in a visual search task., Joseph F. Hearns, Psychology
Magnesium nutrition of spinach (Spinacia oleracea L. var. inermis)., Herman Edward Hohlt, Plant & Soil Sciences
The differential effects of the manipulation of therapeutic conditions on high and low functioning clients, Barry Todd Holder, Psychology
Self reported N. aggression as related to thresholds for aggressive, heterosexual and succorant cues., Stephen Mark Klein, Psychology
The differential effects of high versus low functioning and of growing versus deteriorating counselors of client change., Daniel W. Kratochvil, Psychology
Conceptual behavior and intelligence in children., Betty Groen Kuester, Psychology
The chaetotaxy of the second and third instar larvae of Aeoes abserratus (F. & Y.) with particular reference to instar differentiation (Diptera: Culicidae)., Duncan West MacKenzie, Entomology
The effect of training in counseling psychology on interpersonal perception., Joyce Ann Magoon, Psychology
Host preferences of mosquitoes., Robert George Means, Entomology
A study of certain factors influencing oviposition by the alfalfa weevil, Hypera postica (Gyllenhal)., Mitchel Charles Miller, Entomology
Ethnocentrism, rigidity and intolerance of ambiguity in a probability matching situation, Anthony Bryan Moore, Psychology
A research in university management development programs., George Roger Northrup, Business Administration
The relationship between vocational orientation and interpersonal functioning., Gerald W. Piaget, Psychology
Phenolic compounds associated with host reaction in tomato in injury caused by root-knot and lesion nematodes., Chia-ling Pi, Entomology
The empty and desolate consciousness., Lawrence Pih, Philosophy
Sex and sex role identification differences on a concept attainment task., Ethan Allan Pollack, Psychology
The effects of ammonium nutrition on the structure and function of tomato leaf chloroplasts., George S. Puritch, Plant & Soil Sciences
Genetic interrelations of six yellow-green mutants and mapping of Neglecta1 and YG6 genes on chromosome XI of tomato /, Andrew Ian de la Roche, Plant & Soil Sciences
A study of correlations relating branch and trunk circumference to yield of apple trees., Richard Beacham Taylor, Plant & Soil Sciences
Comparative larval development of Culex pipiens L. and Aedes aegypti L. : the influence of food, space and light., Victor A. Vazquez, Entomology
The relation of leaf environment and soil temperature to winter desiccation in Ilex opaca ait., Albert C. Winslow, Plant & Soil Sciences
Theses from 1965
An investigation of lettering size and readability on overhead projection transparencies for elementary school children under classroom conditions., Sarah Ruth Adams, Education
Effects of noise level and intermittency on physiological responses and performance of humans., Carolyn K. Bensel, Psychology
A study of the mechanism of rubidium accumulation in Euglena gracillis., Mark Lee Brenner, Plant & Soil Sciences
Some thoughts on guidance activities., Thomas P. Budrewicz, Education
A study of the effects of a positive approach to the teaching of reading to reluctant readers., Marguerite Bumpus, Education
Biochemical changes in alfalfa injured by lesion nematode : Pratylenchus penetrans (Cobb, 1917) Filipjev & Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1941., Jessica Maguila Castillo, Entomology
The United States Congress conference committee system and reciprocal trade legislation, 1951-1962., Ernest A. Chaples, Political Science
Recall on incompleted and completed sentences by weak and strong ego strength subjects under ambiguous and relaxed conditions., Malcolm Keating Coffey, Psychology
Reaction time, the galvanic skin response and response faults of repetition as a function of the variables of emotonality, entropy and trials., Shawn Cooper, Psychology
A study to investigate the academic records of students taking four major subjects in high school and those taking five major subjects., Carlton David Crosier, Education
A follow-up study of the class of 1958 Amherst Regional High School., Marjorie B. Day, Education
Perceptual categorization of love and anger cues in high, medium, and low affiliation groups., Laurence Louis Dayton, Psychology
Studies in current adolescent slang, Nancy Jean Eaton, English
Short-long-term memory interaction with underlearned long term storage., P. Everett Fergenson, Psychology
A proposal for a program for married women teachers who left the teaching profession to marry and raise a family and who plan to return to teaching., Virginia Sullivan Finn, Education
Elementary case studies., Rosemarie E. Gill, Education
Conditional-outcome choice behavior in squirrel monkeys., Kenneth Fisher Green, Psychology
A survey of overhead projectors and transparencies in the regional high schools of Massachusetts., Kent Lyman Gustafson, Education
Effects of DDT on the productivity and survival of captive wood ducks (Aix sponsa), Samuel Rea Jewell, Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation
Effects of randomization of event sequences in two choice probability learning., Mari Riess Jones, Psychology
Operation of the Air Force educational program at Otis Air Force Base., Russell R. Kenyon, Education
Eyelid trace conditioning as a function of CS-intensity and Cs-ucs interval., Stanley George Lipkin, Psychology
Preliminary study of the life history and behavior of the linden looper, Erannis tiliaria (Harr.) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)., Chih-Chung Liu, Entomology
A study of Elatophilus inimica D. & H. (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) and its role in the natural control of the red-pine scale Matsucoccus resinosae B. & G. (Homoptera: Margarodidae)., Samuel Joseph Lussier, Entomology
Automation! : where it is taking us., John R. Lynch, Education
The process variables in counseling and friendship., James Caswell Martin, Psychology
Winchendon community occupational analysis., Nancy N. Mauri, Education
Response facilitation and suppression with electrical stimulation of the brain of the rat, Brenda Kathleen Mcgowan, Psychology
The interpersonal functioning of college students ;: an evaluation of an integrated didactic and experiential approach to training., Pamela Nelson Myrus, Psychology
The Northwest Complex : planning a residential living-learning center at the University of Massachusetts., G. Barton Ogden, Education
Five aspects of guidance., Joyce Perosino, Education
An investigation of the relationship between grade point average and selected therapeutic process variables., Richard M. Pierce, Psychology
Paired-associates learning under classical conditioning and selective learning paradigms as functions of similarity variables., Myriam Witkin Smith, Psychology
A follow-up study of selected characteristics of students graduating from the Stockbridge School of Agriculture in Floriculture, Landscape Operations, and Turf Management from 1953 to 1963., Theodore William Stamen, Plant & Soil Sciences
The effect of calcium salts on K absorption by excised barley roots., Toshiaki Tadano, Plant & Soil Sciences
Guidance practicum report : John Pettibone School, New Milford, Connecticut., Donald Thomas Tepper, Education
The refinement of a test of quantitative judgment., Cynthia L. Tuttle, Education
The influence of memory, information, and intelligence on concept attainment., Alfred Ben Weiner, Psychology
Theses from 1964
Thematic apperception and galvanic skin responses to dimensions of nurturance in reference to mother, father, and peer figures., James Arthur Bergeron, Psychology
Group counseling with underachieving tenth grade pupils., Albert E. Bessette, Education
Changes in the insect populations of the low shrub synusia in a natural forest community exposed to chronic gamma radiation stress., John Harold Brower, Entomology
The values of a comprehensive case study to a guidance counselor., Patricia A. Dallas, Education
Guide for high school yearbook production., Edgar V. Duncan, Education