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 1974
Prediction of Turnover in a St. Louis Bank by Use of a Weighted Application Blank, Soon Meng Tow
Schedule Induced Polydipsia: Effects of Inter-Food Interval on Access to Water as a Reinforcer, Richard H. Weiss
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/Dissertations from 1973
The Assessment of Remedial Activities in an Instructor-Paced Course, Edward James Barton
Operant and Classical Conditioning of Single Units in Area 18a of the Rat’s Cortex, Francis E. Butler
The Effects of Age, Sex, and Educational Level on Ideal Therapist Choice, Bruce J. Cannon
Schedule Effects on Individual and Paired Escape Behavior of Albino Rats, Anton P. Colasacco
The Changing Role of the Priest from Facilitator of Escape Responding to Mediator of Positive Reinforcement, Robert J. Crackel
A Classification and Review of Group Contingency Procedures Used in Educational Settings, Lois M. De Mersseman
The Replicability of Behavioral Definitions: Implicit vs Explicit Definitions, Robert W. Dobes
A Single Session Design to Assess Schedule Interactions, Thomas J. Edwards
Contrast Modulated Schedule-Induced Polydipsia, Thomas L. Fisher
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 Measure of the Differential Effects of Two Language Training Sequences: Expressive-Receptive and Receptive-Expressive, Melbourne Frank Hovell
An Exploration of Numerous Customer Characteristics Associated with Impulse Purchasing Behavior, Ira J. Jager
Conditioned Suppression in Humans as a Function of Task Complexity, Henry H. James
A Comparative Analysis of a Patient Trainer versus a Student Trainer as Therapeutic Agents in Occupational Therapy Setting, Elahe Karimi
Behavioral Contrast After Errorless Discrimination Learning as a Function of Non-Contingent Shock, James H. Kaye
Successive Discrimination Reversal Learning in the Rat Offspring as a Function of Maternal Stress during Gestation, Miles A. Kowall
Effects of Reinforcement on the Rate and Generalization of Play Behavior in Four Severely Retarded Children, Elizabeth Anne Labanowski
Further Investigation of the Midi-Mult, Wilbur B. Leer
An Analysis of Behavioral Contrast in a Concurrent Schedule Using Qualitatively Different Reinforcers, Richard J. Lodge
A Training Sequence Designed to Teach Vocal Imitation to a Retarded Child Exhibiting a Stereotyped Vocal Response Pattern, Patricia Ann Martin
A Study of the Acquisition of Learning-Set Behavior in Pigeons, E. Jill Moir
Introduction to Behavior Therapy Terminology, Alexandre Pacheo e Silva Nucci
Work, Self, Family, and Life Opinions of Injured Workers Rehabilitated by Two Different Strategies, Paul A. Pearson
Concept Acquisition as a Function of Two Verbal Training Sequences: Nonvocal-Vocal and Vocal-Nonvocal, Kim Thomas Pisor
The Effects of Changes in Response-Independent Pay upon Human Masseter EMG, Tullio J. Proni
The Shaping of Verbal Imitation and Multiple Effects of Aversive Schedules for Controlling Inattention in an Infant, Leta Hunt Secker
Parent Training: A Critical Review and Analysis, Mara Sapon Shevin
Political Verbal Behavior, Paul Richard Shukovsky
The Use of Multiple Auditory Cues in a Visual Search Task, Howard C. Silver
Teaching Higher-Order Concepts in Philosophy Using Siegfried Engelmann's Concept Analysis, Jonathan E. Spiegel
The Reduction of Long Latency Verbal Responding in a Multiplihandicapped Adolescent Utilizing an Avoidance-Positive Reinforcement Procedure, Steven H. Spiro
The Effects of Negative Reinforcement on the Aggressive Response of the Squirrel Monkey, Darwin Dwain Stier
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
The Effects of Types of Music on Worker Productivity in a Sheltered Workshop, Wayne D. Veneklasen
The Effects of Dental Hygiene Information and Consequation on Plaque Control, Janel R. Walker
THE EFFECTS OF DENTAL HYGIENE INFORMATION AND CONSEQUATION ON PLAQUE CONTROL, Janel R. Warner
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