All master’s theses completed and available to us at Western Michigan University since 1941 have been entered into ScholarWorks. Some may be embargoed or restricted by the authors and may be only available from on-campus computers. Print copies from earlier years are available through interlibrary loan. If you have any questions, please contact wmu-scholarworks@wmich.edu.
Theses from 1973
The Reduction of Long Latency Verbal Responding in a Multiplihandicapped Adolescent Utilizing an Avoidance-Positive Reinforcement Procedure, Steven H. Spiro
Campground Usage and User Attitudes in the Allegan State Game Area, Allegan County, Michigan, Gregg R. Squire
The Efficacy of Junior High School Beginning Typewriting Instruction as It Relates to Advanced Levels of Typewriting Success, David P. Stahle
The Effects of Negative Reinforcement on the Aggressive Response of the Squirrel Monkey, Darwin Dwain Stier
Relationships between Radiophosphorus Accumulation by Bacteria, Algae, and Tubificid Worms in Laboratory Food Chains, Warren L. Stromberg
Assimilation of Chinese Families in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Lily Shu-Hong Sun
Behavioral Comparison of Septal Lesioned and Anosmic Rats, Sharon Kay Suppes
A Systematic Analysis of Between and Within Grader Variability as Affected by Answer Key Condition, Grader Experience, and Test Set Assigned, Leonard Eugene Swistak
A Q-Sort Historical Analysis or the Learning Theories of Clark L. Hull and B. F. Skinner, Keith V. Syrja
An Acquisition of New Administrative Skills with Vocational Rehabilitation Services, Jerry B. Van Leeuwen
The Effects of Types of Music on Worker Productivity in a Sheltered Workshop, Wayne D. Veneklasen
The Religious Factor as an Influence Affecting the Attitudes of Teachers toward Sex Education, Richard Vander Voet
The Christian Commonwealth of Otto III, James E. Walker
The Effects of Dental Hygiene Information and Consequation on Plaque Control, Janel R. Walker
My Internship Experience at the Western Michigan University Counseling Center, Bruce Vern Weller
Toward the Third Metntal Health Revolution: A Program to Prepare High School Students for Parenthood, Linda Wienir
An Analysis of the Effects of Time and Competing Responses on Data Reliability, Paul B. Williams
The Combined and Differential Effects of Two Types of Preparatory Quizzes on College Student Behaviors, Randy Lee Williams
Pyramidal Instruction: The Use of Elementary Students as Instructors of Infants, Walter C. Williams
A Comparison between Self-Paced and Instructor-Paced Instructional Systems, Laura Lee Winter
The Effect of Temporal Separation on Performance of a Discrimination Task, Stanley Dale Winter
A Study of Pertinent Contract Information for Van Buren County Teacher-Negotiators, Howard W. Wood
Characterization of Streptozotocin Induced Small Colony Phenotypes in Bacteria, David M. Zimmer
Theses from 1972
The Order of Information Processing in the Perception of Short Sentences, Maryam Abusaidi
Effects of Manipulating Enforced Attention and Reinforcement for Correctness on the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test Performances of Kindergarten Children, Galen James Alessi
Daily Patterns of Oxygen Consumption in Limnodrilus Hoffmeisteri, Thomas Charles Beck
The Organ-Specific Mammalian Host-Mediated Microbial Mutagen Assay (OSHMA), Roger D. Beyer
A Critical Examination of Korman's Self-Esteem Motivation Theory, Dierdra E. Bowditch
The United States House of Representatives and the Military: A Study of Congressional Behavior in National Security Matters, Robert Wilford Boylan
A Comparison of Selected Students in the Honors College and in the General Degree Program at Western Michigan University, Clara H. Brainard
Development of a Fake Scale for Edwards Personal Preference Schedule - A, James Harvey Brammer
Two-Component Chained Schedules of Reinforcement and Fixed Interreinforcement Time, Philip D. Bruce
The Effects of Symbolic Modelling and Coaching on Social Anxiety, Richard L. Burtt
The Effect of Scale Location on the Speed and Accuracy of Reading Angularly-Viewed Circular Dials, George A. Casapulla
An Investigation of the Merits of Multi-Sensory Remedial Work in the Teaching of Tenth Grade Biology, Marie Agatha Champagne
Scattering Spin 1/2 Particles by Nuclei, Pui-Wah Cheng
The Comparison of Omission, Extinction, and Extinction-2 Procedures in a Multiple Schedule, Dan O. Coldeway
The Effects of Hippocampal Lesions on Short Term Memory in the Rat, Alfred Collins
Calculations of Nuclear Structure Using Isospin Formalism, Roger A. Cook
Community Resources Workshop, Kalamazoo Michigan, 1971: A Descriptive Study of a Pilot Project, Mary Hurlbut Cordier
The Application of the Species Specific Defense Reaction Hypothesis to Free Operant Avoidance, Deborah Ann Cory
Human Visual Observation as a Function of Stimulus Change, Richard L. Crandall
Community College Counseling Emphasizing Student Personnel Services and Placement, Ronald R. Crandell
The Formation and Study of Certain Bicyclic Enolate Monoanions and Dianions, Ernest William Crowe
An Inner-City Junior High School Experience with School Administration in the City of Benton Harbor, Dale P. Cryan
The Relationship between Degree of Clay Dispersion and the Optical and Pore Properties of Starch - Clay Coatings, Chinu S. Dalal
Experimental Production of Duodenal Ulcers in Rats with Corresponding Changes in Gastric Secretory Patterns, James Ellis Dale
A Report of an Internship in Three Rivers, Michigan, Public Schools, Jerry E. Dalman
Effects of Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors on the Activity of Rat Myocardial Adenyl Cyclase, Garry Lee DeGraaf
The Feasibility of a Middle School in Modern Education, George Denda
Thyroid and LDH Activity in Coho Salmon from West Coast and Lake Michigan Regions, Robert A. Drongowski
An Evaluation of a Portable Automated Desensitization Device Using a Standardized Hierarchy, Robert John Eizenga
Ovum Transport in Rabbits Injected with Prostaglandin E1 or F2α, James Vernon Ellinger
Behavior Change in University Students through Participation in a Workshop for Eliminating Self-Defeating Behavior, Margaret Eileen Feringa
Some Factors Involved in Acquisition of Escape and Avoidance Behavior within the T-Classification Schedule, Douglas J. Fetterolf
A Quantitative Analysis by Emission Spectroscopy of the Metallic Constituents of Biological Samples after Treatment by a Carcinogenic Agent, Charles R. Frydrych
Supervised Internship Report, Marie Paulette Garthe
Operant Aspects of Auto-Maintenance: Conditioned Reinforcement and Superstitious Behavior, Michael B. Granat
A Contingency Management Program for the Treatment of Overweight, Giuliana Guerci
The Recovery of Portage Creek in Vicksburg, Michigan, Michael Henry Herbert
On the Genus of Hamiltonian Groups, Paul E. Himelwright
The Effects of a Brief Preparatory Quiz on Exam Taking Proficiency, William F. Hoehle
Membrane Bound NADH Oxidase Complex of Micrococcus Lysodeikticus, Karen Ju-Kuang Hsia
Kinetics of Free Radical-Initiated Polymerization of α-Methylstyrene in the Region of the Ceiling Temperature, Fred E. Huang
Heats of Combustion of Alpha-Methylstyrene Oligomers, Dale Keith Humbert
Indian-Ladino Relations in Mesoamerica, Sharon K. Hunt
Orderly versus Random Stimulus Organization as a Parameter of Problem-Solving Difficulty in a Visual Discrimination Task, Edward S. Itkin
N-Methyl-N’-Nitro-N-Nitrosoguanidine Induced Dominant and Recessive Mutations in Zea Mays, Frank Charles Janca
The Influence of Prior Training on the Acquisition of DRL Performance, Susan E. Jasin
A Memory Training Procedure for Learning the Ordering of Machine Set Up Instructions, Douglas Stephen Johnson
Report of Professional Field Experience, Warner A. Johnson
The Effects of Task Difficulty and Closure on Production, Perceived Production Time and Two Related Time Estimates, Gary Dean Kissler
The Effects of a Structured Human Relations Training Laboratory on the Behavior of College Students, Daniel R. Klainer
An Experience with Student Personnel Services at Kalamazoo Valley Community College, Ivan Klinesteker
A Conceptual Analysis of the Two Models of Power Distribution, Thomas E. Kolassa
The Effects of State Anxiety on Digit Span and Wonderlic Personnel Test Performance for Freshmen and Graduate Students, David P. Krackow
A Study of Personal Naming Customs in Medieval Poitou, Eleanor Louise Krawutschke
The Design and Construction of an Electron Lens for Use in a Low Energy Electron Diffraction System, Rodney S. Krieger
The Effect of Two Different Scoring Contingencies on Student Exam Performance, Alvin R. Kubat
Phospholipid and Fatty Acid Analysis of the Membrane of Acetobacter aceti var. liquefaciens, Cathie S. W. Kuoh
Visual Imagery to Increase Overt Behavior, Discern Interpersonal Reinforcers, and Identify Interpersonal Difficulties, John Edward Landino
The Treatment of Hallucinogenic Drug Abusers: A Study of Physicians’ Perceptions, Frederick Jon Latimer
A Comparative Study of the Labor Movements and Legislation in the United States and South Korea, Ki Yop Lim
The Humanistic Aspect of the Women's Liberation and Other Movements, John L. Longman
Captan-Induced Reversions in Bacteria, Gayle M. Nii LoPiccolo
Sediment-Topography Relationships in the Inner Nearshore Zone, Southeastern Lake Michigan, Robert David LoPiccolo
The Effects of Two Periods of Light Deprivation on Bar Pressing in Rats, Edward R. Lyon
A Study of Selected Michigan Elementary Schools to Identify Factors Supporting the Development of the Media Center, Peggy Maclean
A Reliability Study of a Sew System for Coding Family Therapists' Verbalizations, Judith Mayerovitch
The Effects of Reading a Report of Racial Conflict and Non Racial Conflict on Baseline Hostility Levels, Michael D. McClenic
The Influence of Peers in the Formation of Student Heroes, Alan W. McEvoy
The Fidelity of DNA Polymerase from Bacillus Licheniformis and Bacillus Stearothermophilus, Gerald R. McGowan
The Tax Treatment of Bonuses and Returned Income Paid Pursuant to Mineral, Oil and Gas Leases, Melville Peter McPherson
A Study of the Effects of Vacancies on the Angular Correlation of Positron Annihilation Radiation for Iron and Copper, Ronald L. Meade
The Application of Eric Berne's Theory of Structural and Transactional Analysis to Five Novels by Andre Gidé, Marcia Lynn Mead
An Investigation of the Froth Flotation Process as a Means of Concentrating Pulp and Paper Mill Sludge, Merwin Lee Miller