Most master’s theses completed through the Graduate College of Western Michigan University 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 of theses not available here and from before 2012 are available through interlibrary loan. If you have any questions, please contact wmu-scholarworks@wmich.edu.

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Theses/Dissertations from 1980

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An Analysis of the Role of Reinforcement Magnitude in the Transfer of Stimulus Control in a Receptive Discrimination Task, Beverly S. Adler

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The Translation of Elementary Principles of Behavior from English to Persian, Kambiz Alavi

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Effects of Relative Heterogeneity of Competence in Peer-Tutoring Dyads, Meredith Dawson Argyropoulos

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The Importance of Sixteen Competency Dimensions for Therapy: A Comparison between Therapist Ratings, Mark A. Barnhouse

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The Effects of a Lottery on Completion of Medical Records by Physicians, Richard William Beers

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The Effect of Mand Training Upon Early Language Intervention, Thomas M. Bell

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The Effects of a Transfer of Stimulus Control Procedure, Probes, and Reinforcement on the Acquisition and Generalization of an Intraverbal Repertoire, Steven John Braam

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Establishing Verbal Behavior: The Effects of Using Establishing Operations and Imitative Prompts to Teach Mands to Two Non-Verbal Elderly Retarded Persons, Terry Steven Bradford

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Trace Conditioning in Automaintenance: Effects of Trace Duration on Established Key-Pecking by the Pigeon, John Andrew Bryceland

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Preferences of Students for the Hutchings "Low Stress" Compared to the Conventional Algorithm under Conditions of Differentially Increasing the Number of Problems With and Without Reinforcement, Pamela G. Buitendorp Drew

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A Multiple-Baseline Analysis of Social/Academic-Skills Training Across Different Stimulus Conditions: Generalization as a Function of Stimulus Diversity, Stanley R. Carlock

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Job Enlargement and Job Enrichment - A Meta-Analytic Study, Kenny Benedict Cemane

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The Effects of Remedial Quiz Procedures on College Student Performance, Lynette Kaye Chandler

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The Effect of Chlorpromazine on Behavior Maintained by an Escape Contingency and Fixed-Time Delivery of Shock, James P. Cleary

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Effects of Withdrawing Diphenylhydantoin (Dilantin) on Matching to Sample Performance in Mentally Retarded Persons, Vicky June Davis

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Effects of Fixed-Interval and Random-Interval Escape Paradigms on Presession and Postsession Levels of Corticosterone in the Rat, Duane Dregits

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The Effect of Operant Conditioning of Heart Rate on Ambient Skin Conductance and Cognitive Interpretation, Steven Scott Ehlert

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Variables Related to the Effectiveness of Instructions: A Theoretical Analysis of Experimental Results, Stephen Paul Enge

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The Effects of a Teacher-Designed Classroom Management Plan on Behaviors in a High School Home Economics Class, Elizabeth Garcia

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The Construction and Testing of a New Empathy Rating Scale, Gary D. Gray

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Management of Type a (Coronary-Prone) Behavior, Janel K. Harris

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A Study of the Effectiveness of the Beginning Reading Tutorial Program Administered by Elementary Aides, Reginald T. Hosner

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Effect of Changing Appointment Making Procedures on Increasing the Number of Initial Appointments Kept at a Family Planning Agency, Carla A. Jones

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Fetal Alcohol Effects: A Review of the Current Literature and a Proposed Study of the Possible Additive Effects of Marihuana and Alcohol on the Fetus, Shirley Lange Kamp

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The Development and Application of Service Management by Objectives within One Program of One Division of a Michigan Intermediate School District, James Harper Kaye

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An Investigation of Relaxation Training Effects and Generality Using Biofeedback and Verbal Instructions, John W. Kesselring

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Self-Protective Behavior: Acquisition and Generalization of Preschool Children's Responses to Strangers, Pamela K. Kies

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The Development and Validation of Concept Programmed Materials Based on a Direct Instruction Model, Curt E. LaLonde

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The Effects of Staff Training, Incentive, and Information and Feedback on Incidence of Vandalism in a Dormitory Setting, Donald G. Landeck

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The Effects of Self-Recording on the Academic Performance of Elementary School Students, Saundra Eileen Epps Landry

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A Treatment Package to Improve Academic Performance, Lynn Daniel Larrow

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The Effects of Behavioral Contracting on the Self-Administration of Tetraethylthiuram Disulfide, Alan G. Lewandowski

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A Study of the Effects of Changes in Response Requirement on Lever Preference in a Discrete-Trial Choice Procedure, Charles L. Lowe

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The Role of Generalization in the Acquisition of Autoshaping a Replication Procedure, Omar Mangrum

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Admission Characteristics as Predictors of Alcohol Outpatient Treatment Contacts, William Charles Marshall

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A Behavioral Parent Training Follow-Up Using Direct Observation and Audio-Taping in the Home Setting, Michelle Fedko Nelson

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An Analysis of the Peak S h ift Explanation o f Response Summation, Jeanne Page

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A Partial Component Analysis of Modeling as a Technique for Increasing Normative Work Rates in Rehabilitation, Ralph G. Pifer

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An Investigation of the Differential Effects of Three Relaxation Training Components Versus the Effects of a Combined Training Approach for Inducing Physiologic Low Arousal, Jeffrey D. Pingel

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An Evaluation of a Videotape Discrimination Training Program to Teach One-to-One Training Skills, Norman L. Schultz

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Culture Conflict as it Relates to a Psychocultural Therapeutic Model for Chicanos, Armando Tena

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Etiological Manifestations of Specific Reading Disorders Suggested in the Clinical Assessment Data of Children, Brett Thompson

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A Comparison of Calculation Speed and Accuracy on Two Levels of Problem Difficulty Using the Handheld Calculator and Hutchings' "Low Stress" Algorithms and Traditional Subtraction, Allman A. Todd

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An Investigation of Some Effects of Timeout Using the Repeated Acquisition Design with Children, Anita Lynn Wilson

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Wife Battering: A Theoretical Model and Treatment Approaches, Joan Woods

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The Effects of Cumulative Review in an Interspersal Procedure on the Acquisition and Retention of Sight Words, Kathleen M. Wright

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Teaching Self-Protective Behaviors to Preschool Children Using a Videotape Training Program, Paul James Yoder