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Theses from 1976
The process of sex-role socialization in traditional and non-traditional families., Ester R. Shapiro, Psychology
Differences between anxiety patients and normals in phasic skin conductance reactions to heteromodal stimulation/, David Babcock Smith, Psychology
Farmer's daughter, innkeeper's daughter, minister's daughter ;: young women of the early republic., Thomas Paul Smith, History
Septal lesion-induced hyper-reactivity anatomical and neurochemical aspects., Leanna J. Standish, Psychology
Recruitment behavior, orientation, and the organization of foraging in the carpenter ant Camponotus pennsylvanicus DeGeer (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., James Francis Anthony Traniello, Entomology
Adolescent moral development ;: effects of sex role variables in projective stories., Diane Josephine Wagner, Psychology
Computer simulation of an ethylene plant, Charles David Weinstein, Chemical Engineering
The involvement of cyclic nucleotides in the regulation of endo-polygalacturonate trans-eliminase synthesis in Erwinia carotovora., John Williams, Plant Pathology
Locus of control and response to predictable and unpredictable noise., Edward L. Yeats, Psychology
Theses from 1975
An investigation into the mode of action of alachlor., James Russell Bates, Plant & Soil Sciences
A humanistic philosophy of education as applied to the teaching of an introductory psychology course., Michael H. Berkowitz, Psychology
Vicarious eyelid conditioning in a discrimination learning paradigm., Guillermo. Bernal, Psychology
Helping in children;: the effects of recipient-centered verbalizations, the role of empathy., Michael Roy Bernstein, Psychology
Ovarian influences on the meal patterns of the female rat., Jeffrey D. Blaustein, Psychology
Experimental separation of facilitation and priming., Eric Niron Brewer, Psychology
A quantitative analysis of the distribution of the retinal elements in frogs and toads with special emphasis on the Areae retinalis, Russell G. Carey, Psychology
An information-processing analysis of the effects of communication modality on opinion change., Rochelle Lynne Chaiken, Psychology
Getting 'Up' for the Meet: A Sociological Analysis of Drug Usage in the Sport of Olympic Weightlifting, Douglas C. Cooney, Sociology
Limits on the use of category in visual search/, Lorenz H. Digman, Psychology
The nature of the memory impairment in Korsakoff patients., Fred El-wakil, Psychology
Influence of the lesion nematode, Pratylenchus pentrans (Cobb) on the physiology of leaves of three tomato cultivars and the effect of exogenous phenol applications on penetration., Paul Alan Friedman, Plant Pathology
Shifts in perception of size after adaption to gratings., Francine Frome, Psychology
Quantitative comparison of histone proteins in healthy and crown gal-infected vicia faba stem tissue., Donald Louis Gantz, Plant Pathology
Urban renewal and the Springfield Health Department : effect of a federal program on a local unit of government., Max Garber, Political Science
The effects of agreement, similarity, kind of information and amount of information on interpersonal attribution/, Grover C. Gentry, Psychology
Sex difference in estrogen and progestin effects on food intake, body weight and running wheel activity in rats., R. Thomas Gentry, Psychology
An investigation of the effect of social desirability on the I-e scale's predictability using the bogus pipeline paradigm., William Gerald Harris, Psychology
The 1966 Maryland gubernatorial election : the political saliency of open occupancy., Michael S. Hatfield, Political Science
Several inheritance and related studies in the tomato., Paul Brent Howes, Plant & Soil Sciences
Critical movements in American politics: the vote for George Wallace in 1968., Walter S. Jonas, Political Science
The influence of lesion nematode infection on plant water relations and root integrity., David Todd Kaplan, Plant Pathology
Coping ;: the application of a conceptual framework to a case study., Sarah Bishop Kinder, Psychology
Awareness and the classical conditioning of attitudes., David King, Psychology
Cytokinin-virus interactions in tobacco ringspot virus infected cowpea plants., William E. Kuriger, Plant Pathology
Effect of suggested compatibility upon verbal conditioning., Stuart Burton Lerner, Psychology
Female competitive task persistence as a function of sex-role orientation and prior success and failure., Judith G. Levy, Psychology
Emergence of stimulus bound drinking with a reinforcement contingency,, Herman Henderson Lewis, Psychology
A weight loss program aimed at the facilitation of weight loss maintenance, Deborah Lee Mack, Psychology
One trial simultaneous conditioning., William J. Mahoney, Psychology
Sex differences in fantasy patterns ;: a replication and refinement., Roslyn Karen Malmaud, Psychology
Prediction of later development from preschool psychological tests of autistic and schizophrenic children, Patricia Matzelle Marx, Psychology
Childhood overprotection and fear of death., Anne L. Mccomb, Psychology
Utilizing comparative information from memory ;: the symbolic distance effect., Judy Elin Mckinley, Psychology
The hydrogeology of Agawam, Longmeadow, East Longemeadow, and Hampden, Massachusetts, John Archer Moser, Geology
The effects of high rates of dairy manure on soil fertility, crop growth, and water quality., Seth Harris Mosler, Plant & Soil Sciences
Situational and trait determinants of self concept change and change in self presentation following success and failure., Edward Joseph O'brien, Psychology
The cognitive representation of everyday situations ;: a multidimensional study., Lawrence H. O'brien, Psychology
Facilitative transfer in prose learning of elementary school children., Marcy Ruth Perkins, Psychology
The effects of several chemical soil conditioners and an algal polymer on compacted soil and growth of cool season turfgrasses., Anthony Martin Petrovic, Plant & Soil Sciences
Acquisition of differential responding to the presence or absence of moths in photographs by the Northern Bluejay (Cyanocitta cristata)., Alexandra T. Pietrewicz, Psychology
The role of estrogens in androgen induced spontaneous activity in male rats., Edward J. Roy, Psychology
Biological control of lesion nematode Pratylenchus penetrans (Cobb)., Vincent W. Saka, Plant Pathology
The day-to-day emotional interactions of couples who differ in adjustment level., Sandra Joy Schnall, Psychology
Aufbau-Reconstruction and the Americanization of German-Jewish immigrants 1934-1944., Dorothee Schneider, History
The Office for Children.: administrative advocacy., Paul Joseph Sherry, Political Science
The locus of the effects of activation upon processing in a categorization task., Patricia. Sorce, Psychology
Effects of companionate crops and their aqueous extracts on the population dynamics of insects injurious to potato plants., Alfred Jean Sorensen, Entomology
Behavioral correlates of visual acuity (minimum separable) in the Northern bluejay (Cyanocitta cristata), Robert James Stone, Psychology
The role of implicit and explicit communication during first encounters of mixed-sex dyads in a naturalistic setting., Don Philipp Sugai, Psychology
Choline acetyltransferase activity during classical conditioning of the rabbit nictitating membrane response., Ron Tintner, Psychology
Heavy metal reactions with soils with special regard to heavy metals in wastewaters applied to the soil., Franklin S. Tirsch, Plant & Soil Sciences
The effects of lime, phosphorus and aluminum on the growth and chemical composition of three legumes., John Charles Vickers, Plant & Soil Sciences
Frequent self-scheduled short quizzes in lieu of tri-semester mid-term exams., Richard K. Wallin, Psychology
Light scattering studies of the crystallization of polyethylene terephthalate., Takeo Yuasa, Polymer Science & Engineering
Effects of 2-chloro-6-(trichloromethyl) pyridine and a product of its metabolism, 6-choloropicolinic acid, on ion accumulation in plants., Teresa Zawistowska, Plant & Soil Sciences
Theses from 1974
Heterogeneous nucleation in the crystallization of isotactic polypropylene from the melt., Beata J. Abbs, Polymer Science & Engineering
An evaluation of the effectiveness of insecticides in controlling aphids, reducing virus disease spread, and increasing yields in gladiolus plantings., Roger Gilbert Adams, Entomology
Changes in hemocytes and hemolymph proteins of Aedes aegypti following encapsulation of a nematode parasite Neoaplectana carpocapsae., Theodore G. Andreadis, Entomology
Schedule induced polydipsia: control by taste aversion learning., Thomas M. Austin, Psychology
The influence of phenylthiourea on encapsulation, melanization and survival in larvae of the mosquito, Aedes aegypti, parasitized by the nematode, Neoaplectana carpocapsae., Michael A. Beresky, Entomology
Anglo-American blood sports, 1776-1889: a study of changing morals., Jack William Berryman, History
The effects of exposure duration and distributed practice schedules upon visual information processing. :: By Hal Bettencourt., Harold O. Bettencourt, Psychology
The concept of modernization and development in Marx's, Lenin's and Marxist-Leninist thought., Barry Blufer, Political Science
Fascism in western Europe in the inter-war period : historical and comparative perspectives., Elaine Marie Brady, Political Science
The effects of temporal-spatial grouping on young children's recall., Danuta Bukatko, Psychology
Illustrations and the facilitation of learning from prose materials., Glenn W. Cable, Psychology
Altruism and moral development ;: a study of the relationship between children's sharing behavior and level of moral development., Stephen A. Callahan, Psychology
Biology of the asparagus beetle, Crioceris asparagi and Crioceris duodecim punctata, in western Massachusetts., John Lowell Capinera, Entomology
Reaction time, magnitude estimates, and the psychophysical law., Armand Vincent Cardello, Psychology
Specializations of the feeding response of the bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana, for the capture of prey submerged in water., Frederick Cardini, Psychology
Presymptomatic detection of Fusarium wilt of tomato by electrical measurement as related to pectic enzyme production., Frank Lawrence Caruso, Plant Pathology
The induction of mood states and the experience of success and failure., Ronald N. Casey, Psychology
Rooting behavior among black and white preschool males as a function of self esteem level and race of the experimenter, June F. Chisholm, Psychology
Meaningful learning and retroactive interference in prose materials., Douglas Bill Coulson, Psychology
A developmental study of the lateralization of auditory feedback monitoring., Barbara R. Cuneo, Psychology
A study of hypnosis., Gary Wayne Dewitt, Psychology
Ultrastructure of the labellar glands in the adult female black blowfly, Phormia regina (Meigen) (Calliphoridae)., Barbara H. Dober, Entomology
The role of brain amines in the conditioned avoidance response ;: chlordiazepoxide facilitation of 2-way avoidance., Conchita Espino, Psychology
Ideology and marriage, Mona Dekoven Fishbane, Psychology
Succession and stratification of aquatic insects inhabiting the pages of the insectivorous pitcher plant Sarracenia purpurea., Durland D. Fish, Entomology
Effects of group and individual reward contingencies on the social behavior of institutionalized retardates, Richard John Frankosky, Psychology
Long term retention differences as a function of subject ability/, Geraldine M. Fraser, Psychology
Repeated geographical mobility: I. Perspective. Ii. Effects and coping styles., Denise Jeanne Gelinas, Psychology
The effect of age and diapause on the long-term intake of protein and sugar by two species of blowflies, Phormia regina (Meig.) and Protophormia terraenovae (R.D.)., Sharon Lee Watts Greenberg, Entomology
Amin: his seizure and rule in Uganda., James Francis Hanlon, Political Science
The politics of education : a case study of personnel policy making., Marilee Hartley, Political Science
Attitudes toward death as a function of first-hand experience with death., Roma J. Heillig, Psychology
Effects of calcium on oxidation rates of apple mitochondria., Eleanor Snay Hisoire, Plant & Soil Sciences
Fluorescent antibody labeling of endo-polygalacturomate trans-eliminase in cucumber tissue., Jonathan Pierson Hubbard, Plant Pathology
The experimenter as an audience: the effects of varied experimenter "presence" upon performance at a simple laboratory task., Grant M. Ingle, Psychology