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Dissertations from 1968
The effects of intelligence, stimulus complexity, and negative instances on concept attainment., Ethan Allan Pollack, Psychology
The effect of role-playing on student attitudes toward high school counselors and guidance., Lawrence Albert Rodgers, Education
Repression-sensitization and verbal conditioning., Leon David Silber, Education
The effects of organizational structure on the leadership behavior of single-district and multi-district school superintendents in certain school districts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts., William Allen Small, Education
The effects of bussing versus non-bussing on the intellectual functioning of inner city, disadvantaged elementary school children., Bruce Hartley Wood, Education
Dissertations from 1967
The differential effects of confrontations by high- and low-functioning therapists on client depth of self-exploration., Susan Campbell Anderson, Psychology
The organization and administration of elementary off-campus student teaching programs in Massachusetts : current practices and proposed patterns., Robert Joseph Armstrong, Education
A control systems analysis of electrically induced body sway., Carolyn Kirkbride Bensel, Psychology
Physiological reactivity of schizophrenic and control subjects to dimensions of primary intensity of pure tones and of socioemotional significance of words., James Arthur Bergeron, Psychology
The influence of certain environmental factors on the respiration of some plant-parasitic nematodes., Banshi Dhar Bhatt, Plant Pathology
The effect of distribution of rewards, grade level and achievement level on small group applicational problem solving., Grace J. Craig, Psychology
The significance of plant-parasitic nematodes associated with maple decline in Massachusetts., Carmine Pasqualino Di Sanzo, Plant Pathology
A comparison of the effects of five schedules of reinforcement on a selected verbal response class., Leslie Edward Dolhenty, Education
Effects of chlordiazepoxide on the amygdala and hippocampus of conflicted squirrel monkeys., Kenneth Fisher Green, Psychology
Response of Echinochloa crusgalli (L.) Beauv. at various stages of development to 2-chloro-4-ethylamino-6-isopropylamino-s-triazine., Eugene Raymond Hill, Plant and Soil Sciences
The black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) of western Massachusetts., Frederick Randall Holbrook, Entomology
A comparison of the reinforcing value of five stimuli conditions on the production of self-reference statements in a quasi-counseling situation., John J. Kennedy, Education
A concept of mind for the behavioral sciences., William G. Quill, Education
Physiological effects of tape recording on supervised counselors., Kenneth Robert Roulx, Education
Four attitudinal dimensions of counseling relationships as perceived by students in relating to a real and an ideal teacher., Tom Schlesinger, Education
Dyadic attraction and coalition formation., David James Senn, Psychology
An analysis of the effects of a summer remediation and counseling sequence on nonadmissible applicants' goal attainment at a regional community college in western Massachusetts., John Joseph Shea, Education
Dissertations from 1966
Personality correlates of art preferences along the reality-unreality and the stillmoving dimensions., Malcolm Keating Coffey, Psychology
The basic theoretical contribution of Chester I. Barnard to contemporary administrative thought., Daniel Gerard Donnelly, Education
An analysis of the interaction of incentive and relative event frequency effects., Stanley George Lipkin, Psychology
Differential eyelid conditioning as a function of the probability of reinforcement., Frederick L. Newman, Psychology
The development of cooperation among schizophrenic dyads and non-schizophrenic dyads in the minimal social situation., Jerome Smith Nichols, Psychology
The biology and ecology of Dendroctonus valens Lec., and the biology, ecology, and control of Dendroctonus frontalis (= mexicanus) Zimm. in central Mexico (Coleptera: Scolytidae)., William Edwin Rose, Entomology
Dissertations from 1965
The socialist movement in Massachusetts, 1890-1913., Henry F. Bedford, History
Ecological changes in the insect community of a pitch pine-oak forest subjected to chronic gamma irradiation., John Harold Brower, Entomology
Choice Behavior and Reward Structure: A Test of Three Mathematical Models, Otto Heuckeroth, Psychology
Biology and control of the face fly, Musca autumnalis DeGeer, with studies on transmission of the bacterium, Moraxella bovis Hauduroy., Peter Christy Steve, Entomology
The relationship of expressed and inhibited hostility to physiological activation., Stuart Preston Taylor, Psychology
The pathogenicity of the nematodes, Pratylenchus penetrans and Tylenchorhynchus claytoni, on turfgrasses., Joseph Troll, Plant Pathology
The effects of thermal environments and sleep deprivation upon concurrent central and peripheral tasks., Edward William Youngling, Psychology
Dissertations from 1964
Differential eyelid conditioning to stimulus compounds as a function of temporal relations between stimuli., William E. Vandament, Psychology
Influence of soil aeration on the growth of three grass species., D. V. Waddington, Agronomy
Dissertations from 1963
Effects of meaningfulness of structurally similar CVCs on stimulus generalization of eyelid closure., David W. Abbott, Psychology
The effects of environmental temperature and alerting stimuli on prolonged search., Edward Albert Arees, Psychology
Hippocampal activity during avoidance behavior in the rat., Frederick John Bremner, Psychology
The effect of conflict-producing stress on sensory, perceptual and cognitive functioning., Walter D. Fenz, Psychology
Semi-automatic propagation of Drosophila melanogaster Meigen for use in the biological assay of pesticide residues in poultry products., William John Fischang, Entomology
Conceptual performance of schizophrenic and non-psychiatric subjects on object sorting with increasingly symbolic sample items., Harold H. Goldstein, Psychology
The effects of differential gain and loss on sequential two-choice behavior., Leonard. Katz, Psychology
Gradients of activation and performance deficit as a function of cue relevance and control over hostility., John Thor Nelson, Psychology
Size-distance perception of human images as a function of self-ideal discrepancy and defensive mode., William K. Shrader, Psychology
Effects of cost and gain ratios, and probability of outcomes on ratings of alternative choices., Mary Mace Suydam, Psychology
The relationship of perception of press nurturance to academic achievement and level of intelligence in junior high school boys., William David Trussell, Psychology
The relationship of a verbal and autonomic process of perception outside of awareness : a systematic investigation of subception., Terrence M. Walsh, Psychology
Biology, ecology and control of the alfalfa weevil Hypera postica (Gyllenhal)., William Hunton Ziener, Entomology
Effects of degree of confinement, stimulus similarity, and number of approach and shock trials on approach-avoidance in free space., Glen Dorin Zohner, Psychology
Dissertations from 1962
The oviposition behavior of Encarsia formosa Gahan and some in vivo effects of chloramphenicol on this parasitoid., Edward Raymond Balboni, Entomology
An experimental evaluation of the perception of simulated love and anger by schizophrenic and normal subjects., Lucien A. Buck, Psychology
Discrimination learning by preschool-aged children based on secondary reinforcement established by differential and nondifferential training under two percentages of primary reinforcement., Jane Geraldine Fort, Psychology
Conceptual performance in schizophrenics under approval and neutral conditions., Barry Martin Hellman, Psychology
Thematic apperception as a function of sleep deprivation, set, and goal availability., Charles LaRue Nelson, Psychology
Two-unit verbal paired-associates learning by preschool-aged children., Barbara F. Nodine, Psychology
Stimulus durations and stimulus characteristics in paired-associates learning., Calvin F. Nodine, Psychology
Effects of amount of display structure and target duration on visual target detection., Raymond E. Reilly, Psychology
The relationship between overcontrolled and undercontrolled hostility and responses to a TAT-like test with a built-in stimulus dimension of hostility., George Elliot Saltz, Psychology
The effects of pre-frustration discrimination trials on the albino rat's problem-solving ability., Mattathias Mullins Tanner, Psychology
Concept attainment and adolescent sex differences and sex role identification., Ronald Kenneth Tiffany, Psychology
Dissertations from 1961
An experimental analysis of some variables of minimax theory., Albert Richard Brayer, Psychology
Thematic content, GSR, speech disturbance, and latency of response as related to self-reported conflict associated with hostility., Jane Flora Cazavelan, Psychology
The effects of nitrogen and DDT on the development rate and fecundity of tetranychus telarius (linaeus) on chrysanthemums., David A. Dame, Entomology
Some aspects of the biology and ecology of the red pine scale, Matsucoccus resinosae B. & G. (Homoptera: Margarodidae)., Edward John Duda, Entomology
Relationship of TAT sexual responses to sexual drive, sexual guilt and sexual conflict., Alan H. Leiman, Psychology
The relationship of specificity in inkblot color and form responses to behavioral control., Sidney, Robins, Psychology
Some effects of nitrogenous materials and associated ions on the steady state uptake of phosphorus by excised roots., Rathindra Narayan Roychoudhury, Agronomy
Thematic sexual and guilt responses as related to stimulus-relevance and experimentally induced drive and inhibition., Gerald Laurence Strizver, Psychology
Color and pigment changes in spinach processed by high temperature-short time and conventional methods, Chee-Teck, Tan, Food Technology
Dissertations from 1960
The biology and control of the clover root curculio : Sitona hispidula (F.) in Massachusetts with observation on Sitona flavescens Marsh., Robert J. Lavigne, Entomology
Response speed, recall and learning with nonsense-syllable compound stimuli., Barbara Stewart Musgrave, Psychology
Animistic responses as influenced by experimentally strengthened associative chains and set-inducing instructions., Alvin J. Simmons, Psychology
Dissertations from 1959
The measurement of group cohesiveness by a projective technique., Joseph James Adelman, Psychology
Social conceptual sorting and communication in schizophrenics and normals., Herbert. Gewirtz, Psychology
Mediating verbal responses and stimulus similarity as factors in conceptual naming by school-age children., Harvey M. Lacey, Psychology
Visual-aural transfer attributable to response-mediated generalization., Harvey. Lifton, Psychology
A moisture meter of the compensated capacity resonant circuit design for the instantaneous measurement of moisture in soils and other materials., Louis Franklin Michelson, Agronomy
Size-judgement as a function of value, time-interval and ego-strength., Ira L. Mintz, Psychology
Men's perception of sexuality and kindness in a woman., Ralph. Rothstein, Psychology
Some effects of failure stress and attitude toward self on the sentiment of likeability., Fred. Schwartz, Psychology
Investigations of the effects of some modern pesticides on certain coccinellid predators of aphids and mites in Massachusetts., John August Weidhaas, Entomology
Dissertations from 1958
Biological, morphological, and taxonomic studies of the clover mite complex, bryobia praetiosa koch (Acarina: Tetranychidae)., Harvey Robert Levine, Entomology
Group problem solving proficiency as a function of response patterns., Bernard L. Ryack, Psychology
Dissertations from 1957
Taxonomic studies of the Simuliidae of Panama (Diptera)., Gordon Field, Entomology
The effect of strength and type of conflict on vocal responses., Norman, Greenfeld, Psychology
Studies on Softening in Salt Stock Pickles, Rauno Andrew Lampi, Food Technology
The role of stimulus generalization in projective test (Rorschach) behavior., Joseph J. Moylan, Psychology
Dissertations from 1956
Hostile behavior as a function of strength of need, degree of insight, and need-relevance of the stimulus., David J. Sands, Psychology
Dissertations from 1955
A taxonomic study of Beetle Elytra., Warren Irving Johansson, Entomology
The strawberry anthocyanins and their degradation, Pericles Constantine Markakis, Food Technology
Habits and biological relationships of the primary parasites Aphidius testaceipes Cresson and Praon aguti Smith and the hyperparasite Asaphes fletcheri Crawford., Pillay Soma Sekhar, Entomology
Dissertations from 1954
A study on the formation and solubility of soil phosphorus., Jean Armand Pelissier, Agronomy
An investigation of onion pests in the Connecticut Valley with special reference to the onion maggot and onion thrips., Albert Henry Tozloski, Entomology
Dissertations from 1953
An introduction to the study of the Mycomyiini of the Americas., Edward Irving Coher, Entomology
Studies on North American Empididae., Thomas Howard Farr, Entomology
Blackfly control investigations., Hugo Andrew Jamnback, Entomology