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Theses from 1974
A Study of the Feasibility of the W.A.I.S. as a Self-Administered Pencil-Paper Test, Marlene Mason
Job Satisfaction and Work Effort: A Study Involving Use of the Herzberg Two Factor Theory, Thomas J. McCann
A Report of my Internship with the Van Buren Intermediate School District Migrant Program, Franklin S. McCarroll
A Study of the Attitudes of First-Year Shorthand Students, Carol Yvonne McLoughlin
Evidence of Eutrophication in Wall Lake Barry County, Michigan, John J. Meany
The Effects of Different Behavioral Definitions on Peer Recording and Observer Behavior, James T. Mecoli
The Effect of the Ostpolitik on the Opposing Bloc Systems in Europe, Thomas C. Mericle
The Effects of Sodium Chloride on Hyalella Azteca, Ameletus Sparsatus, and Tubifex Tubifex, Stephen A. Miller
Availability of an Aggressive Response During Sidman Avoidance, Michael Albert Minervini
Operation and Maintenance of an Accelerator for Neutral Bombardment Level-Crossing Spectroscopy, James Vincent Morford
A Comparison of Changes in Student Responses to Counselor Education, Rosemary McCauley Morley
Spin-Flip in 12C (p,p') 12C Near the 9.14 MeV Doublet, John Ambani Muhanji
The Interaction between Response-Independent Fixed-Time Tail Shock and Chronic Voluntary Alcohol Consumption in Squirrel Monkeys, J. Leonard Peebles
A Study to Determine the Effectiveness of a Library Instruction Course in Teaching the Use of the Library to Upward Bound Students, Emma Bradford Perry
An Application of the Species-Specific Defense Reaction Hypothesis, Michael R. Petersen
Systemic Adaptation: Can the Soviet System Accommodate the “Democratic Movement”?, Phillip A. Petersen
Geology of the Sweetwater Canyon Area and Origin of Interbasinal Canyons, Southwestern Montana, James Carl Peterson
Two-Dimensional Gel Electrophoresis of Ribosomal Proteins from Thermophilic and Mesophilic Bacteria, Walter C. Pickett
The Coastal Plain Floristic Element in Michigan, Gary J. Pierce
Effects of UCS Habituation on the Conditioned Aggressive Display in Betta Splendens, Timothy G. Plaska
Distribution-Free Interval Estimation of the Largest α-Quantile, William E. Plouff
Transvection for Band, David L. Purcell
Occupational Choices and Expectations of Adolescent Female Students, Ruby Quaak
An Analysis of Power and Influence Patterns on the Michigan Supreme Court 1968-1973, Thomas R. Radecki
The Development of Generalized Imitation in an Autistic Boy, Andrew L. Reitz
A Classroom Investigation of Self-Recording of Teacher Verbal Approval, Dale Laurel Robertson
Measurement of Neutron Differential Cross Sections Using the Associated Particle Method, Gary Eugene Rochau
The Effects of Self-Monitoring on the Frequency of Talk-Out Behavior, Jean Casen Romaniuk
Smoking Modification Research: An Evaluative Review, Michael Romaniuk
A Neuro-Clinical Study of the Spread of Experimentally Induced Epileptiform Discharge from the Amygdala, Daniel Rosen
A Study of Some of the Ways that Homework is Used in a School System and an Evaluation of its Possible Value, Gary C. Rosenthal
Bach's B Minor Flute Sonata: A Study of Six Recorded Interpretations, Edwin F. Sabrack Jr.
The Acquisition of Number Identification as a Function of the Type of Stimulus Presentation, Marco W. Salas Martinez
Alternating Punishment and Non-Punishment of Aggression, Joseph McIntosh Savage
A Study of Seven Library Technology Programs to Determine to What Extent the Programs Parallel the American Library Association Criteria for Library Technology Programs, Evelyn Ruth Schneider
Grand Rapids Junior College Counseling Center: An Internship, Robert D. Schneider
The Effects of Different Levels of L-Dopa on the Aggressive Biting Behavior of Rats, Kathryn A. Scholas
Personal and Professional Growth through an Internship Experience, Joyce A. Schuur
Objective Evaluation of a Treatment Program for Severely Maladjusted Children, Thomas I. Shikoski
A Review of Short Forms of the MMPI, William M. Skinner
Pollution Abatement at the Regional Level: A Case Study of the Grand River Watershed Council, Bradley F. Smith
The Operant Performance of Psychotics on Interval Schedules of Reinforcement, Patricia K. Sorensen
Reliability of Recording as Affected by Behavioral Consequences, LeRoy J. Switlick
Prediction of Turnover in a St. Louis Bank by Use of a Weighted Application Blank, Soon Meng Tow
Observations of Student Services for the Development of Human Potential in Selected Community Colleges and Universities, Festus H. Valentine
A Study of the Influence of Serum Thyroxine on the Annual Reproductive Cycle of the Adult Female Mallard, Deward L. Walker
Ortho-Substituent Effects on Reactivities of Benzohydroxamic Acids, Irl E. Ward
Schedule Induced Polydipsia: Effects of Inter-Food Interval on Access to Water as a Reinforcer, Richard H. Weiss
An Examination of the Distribution of Women in Regional Professional Associations of Sociology, Psychology, and Political Science, Robert Rogers Wheeler
Noise Pollution a Study in Kalamazoo, Michigan, William Thomas Williams
Graduate Recital Thesis in Composition, Sidney Wong
The Effects of Different Litter Control Procedures on Movie Audiences, Thomas Lee Zane
Polygraph Use in Increasing the Reliability of Self-Recorded Data, Stephen M. Zweibach
Theses from 1973
Some Implications of Occupational Socialization: The Case of the State Police, Paul G. Aldo
Differentiating Phonemic and Spectrografhic Speech Characteristics of DAF Susceptibility, Peter J. Alfonso
Angular Distributions of Protons from the 28Si(∝,P)31P Reaction, Susan Mary Allen
Metabolic Abnormalities in Liver and Pancreas of a Diabetic (Toronto-KK) Strain of Mouse, Michael Clayton Appel
Kinetics of the Metal Exchange Reaction between N, N'-BIS (2-Picolyl) Ethylenediaminenickel (II) and Copper (II), Craig Lee Barsuhn
The Assessment of Remedial Activities in an Instructor-Paced Course, Edward James Barton
Predicting Success in Instrumental Music, Charles A. Baughman
Spectroscopic Determinations Using Resonance Spin-Flip in 12C (p,p1) 12C and 50Ti (p,p1) 50Ti, Lee Robert Baumann
Limnodrilus Hoffmeisteri: Observations of the Coelomic Cells and Stage I Sperm under Laboratory Conditions, Field Conditions, and After Exposure to Several Levels of Radiation, Edward Michael Block
Effects of Nuclear Deformation on Neutron Total Cross Sections, Dennis Gilbert Blondin
Two Internships: Professional Training and Personal Discovery, Susan C. Bolon
Population Education through the Curriculum, Pat U. Boquiren
Blinding the Medusa's Eye: Prolegomena to a Social Hermeneutics, David Boyer
The Administration of the North Central Association Study and Visitation in the Parchment Public Schools, Richard D. Buehler
Perspectives for Industrial Arts Administrators, Peter G. Burke
Operant and Classical Conditioning of Single Units in Area 18a of the Rat’s Cortex, Francis E. Butler
Properties of 1‾ Excited States of Complex Nuclei, Carlos Ignacio Calle
Simultaneous Knudsen- and Torsion-Effusion Measurements of the Vapor Pressures of Tetraphenyl Silane and Hexaphenyl Disilane, Luz Marina Calle
The Effects of Age, Sex, and Educational Level on Ideal Therapist Choice, Bruce J. Cannon
A Study of the Relationship between Perspective Ability and Map Conceptualization in Elementary School Children, Russell L. Cobb
Schedule Effects on Individual and Paired Escape Behavior of Albino Rats, Anton P. Colasacco
A Study of Selected Factors Relating to Success Achieved by Beginning Typewriting Students at the High School Level, Loren A. Cook
The Changing Role of the Priest from Facilitator of Escape Responding to Mediator of Positive Reinforcement, Robert J. Crackel
The Influence of Nicotine on the Effect of Secretin on Gastric Secretion in the Rat and Dog, Donald H. Currie
Rate of Initiation of Pyrolysis of Pentachloroethane Using the Toluene Carrier Gas Technique, Teodomiro Cuzcano
Racial Integration and Educational Policy in Kenya, Suhashni Datta
Organizational Traits Affecting Change in the Michigan Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, Mary Jo Deegan
A Classification and Review of Group Contingency Procedures Used in Educational Settings, Lois M. De Mersseman
Separation of the Membrane Associated L-Malate and Reduced Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Dehydrogenases of Micrococcus Lysodeikticus, Steven S. Dills
The Replicability of Behavioral Definitions: Implicit vs Explicit Definitions, Robert W. Dobes
Family Value-Patterns and Student Demands for Student Power, Paul Alan Dorsey
A Single Session Design to Assess Schedule Interactions, Thomas J. Edwards
The Effect of Audible Sound on the Germination and Root Elongation of Oats and Wheat, Ferne George Ellis
The Kinetics of the Metal Exchange Reaction between Biseminodiacetatonickelate (II) and Copper (II), Stephen H. Erickson
A Study of Current and Planned High School Business and Vocational Office Education Programs in Southwestern Michigan, John A. Fabrizio
A Study of Shore Erosion at Seventeen Sites along Eastern Lake Michigan, Walter George Fingleton
The Questionable Moral Value of Major Characters in the Later Works of Henry James, Joseph R. Fiore
Contrast Modulated Schedule-Induced Polydipsia, Thomas L. Fisher
Dimensionality and Internal Composition of the Twenty-Two Item Mental Health Inventory, John William Fox
The Use of Token Punishers and Delayed Timeout with Emotionally Disturbed Children, Joel C. Frost
The Effects of Instructions with and without Contingencies on Parent’s Attending Behavior, Betty Lou Fry
Peer Recording and Its Effects on Observer Behavior, Ronald J. Gumm
Schedule Induced Polydipsia, A Study of the Contrast Effect on a Multiple Fixed Time Schedule of Food Delivery, Arlyne J. Gutmann
A Direct Measurement of the Ratio of the Reaction Cross Sections for Two-Photon and Three-Photon Positron Annihilation in Aluminum and Silver, Robert Maurice Heavenrich
Latent Conflict in the Classroom, Joel H. Henderson
An Examination of Countervailing Forces in Canadian Foreign Policy, James F. Hettinger