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.
Theses/Dissertations from 1977
The Neuroendocrine Basis of Nest Building in Mice, Aldair Fiori Simoes Fontes
A Comparison of Two Systems of Instruction in Three Sixth-Grade Language Classes, David G. Fossum
Generalization of an Academic Response Rate under Self and Externally Determined Reinforcement, Samuel James Gitchel
A Longitudinal Analysis of Selected Aspects of Faculty Activity and Institutional Reward Practices at a State University, Gregg M. Goodman
Behavior Systems Analysis of a Worker Managed Bakery, Marie Louise Greening
Effect of Role Imposed Academic Abilities on Group Induced Risk Shift with Choice Dilemma Questionnaire Items, Sang H. Han
An Examination of the Ecological Psychology Literature with Respect to School Size, Behavioral Psychology and Cultural Survival, Bruce E. Hesse
Development and Evaluation of the Programmed Text One Plus One = Three: A Teenager’s Guide to Birth Control, Deborah L. Hollander
The Effectiveness of Sex-Specific MMPI Scales for Identifying Physically Abusive Parents, Kathleen A. Houghtaling
The Effects of Two Correction Procedures upon the Acquisition of Three Line-Tilt Discriminations, Jane Stewart Howard
Some Effects of Variable Duration Conditioned Stimuli in a Conditioned Suppression Procedure, Harvey E. Jacobs
The Effect of Withdrawal from the Negative Cue on Learning a Simultaneous Discrimination, Carl Merle Johnson
Alcohol Education: Approaches by the Business Community and the Public Schools, Colleen K. Johnson
Development of an Employment Clerical Aptitude Test for Use in India, Subhash R. Joshi
The Impact of Sex Roles Orientation and Career Orientation on the Career Development of Adolescent Females, Karen Fenske Kamischke
Behavioral Community Psychology: Increasing Participation in a Community-Based Blood Pressure Screening Program, Marcia L. Kane
A Study of Tee Relationship between Machiavellianism and Mutual Gaze in the Therapist-Client Dyad, James Paul Kelly
A Behavioral Assessment of Preference for Erotic Visual Stimuli, Robert P. King
A Study of Stimulus Control Functions Following Discrimination Training Using a DRL Schedule of Reinforcement, Kathleen M. Krafft
Self-Management: A Comparison of the Effects of Self- and Experimenter-Imposed Schedules of Reinforcement on an Academic Response Rate, Robert S. Leopold
The Use of Early Recollections as a Measure of Personality: A Theoretical and Experimental Study, Douglas A. Lockwood
Training Social Work Students in a Practicum Setting, Linda L. Maier
A Point System for Maintaining Accurate Grading in a PSI Course, Terry E. McSween
The Use of Classroom and Home-Based Reinforcement to Increase Verbal Responses to Questions in Preschool Children, Katherine Anne Muir
A Component Analysis of Therapeutic Empathy Behaviors, Barbara P. Nash
A Treatment Package for Proctor Pre-Quiz Discussion in an Instructor-Paced Introductory Psychology Course, Benjamin Robert Ober
The Role of Prior Learning and Direct Reinforcement in Observational Learning and Vicarious Reinforcement, Larry D. Olsen
A Comparison of Two Job Satisfaction Measures, Marianne Osterkorn
The Effects of Sucrose Concentration on Punishment Produced Suppression of Licking Behavior in Rats, Okechukwu Igboanumma S. Ozuzu
The Effects of a "Therapeutic" Card Sorting Task on Anagram and Mood Assessment Measures Using Nondepressed Helpless Subjects, Harvey J. Pennington
Response Variability as a Function of Stimulus Change, Margaret E. Peterson
An Analysis of Overcorrection Movements: Topographic Relation and Re-Educative Function, Pamela Roberts
An Investigation of Vicarious Reinforcement in a Basic Research Setting, Ted R. Ruggles
The Effects of Staff-Training and Daily Feedback on Self-Care Behavior in a Nursing Home, Lorraine F. Schack
A Review on the History and Application of Videotape Self-Confrontation in Therapy and Human Relations Training, Gerald F. Skillings
New Directions in the Application of Covert and Overt Techniques to Behavioral Self-Control, Sema Bayla Smith
The Development and Increase of Two Prosocial Behaviors as a Function of Social and Peer Reinforcement with Preschool Children, Carol R. Solander
An Examination and Explanation of Paranormal Phenomena as a Legitimate and Significant Area of Communication Studies, Leonard O. Sowers
Variable versus Fixed Immediacies of Reinforcement for Responding and Non-Responding, Kenneth Ray Stephens
An Examination of the Differential Effects of Retesting and a Mastery Criterion on Student Performance in a PSI Course, Carol M. Sundberg
Bringing About and Maintaining a Mature Sentence Style in Undergraduate Students, Mary Beth Tillema
The Effect of an Individualized Remediation Program on Comprehensive Final Examination Performance, Timothy N. Trainor
Training and Generalization of Restauranting Skills: Programming Primary Reinforcement for Community Travel, Richard Aart van den Pol
Variable Time Shock Schedules and Time Allocation in Rats: Differential Control by Relative Shock Frequency, Frans van Haaren
The Persistence of Suppression in Discriminative Punishment Following Several Extinction Procedures, Marion M. Walton
The Use of Behavioral Contracting to Eliminate Procrastination in a “PSI” Course, Thomas M. Welsh
A Systems Analysis of Laboratory Report Editing, Suanne A. Williams