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 1971
Wavelength Matching in the Pigeon, Robert W. Griffin
A Comparison of the Standard MMPI with a Short Form: The Mini-Mult, B. Gerald Hartman
The Effect of Daily Quizzes on Hour Examination Performance in a Junior Level Psychology Course, Rose Marie Hesse
Daily Quizzes with Review and Rededial Quizzes and Examination Performance, Mary Collamer Hubbard
Conditioned Punishment of Self-Injurious Behavior, George Hunt
A Test as a Delayed Contingency for Acquiring Elementary Textual Behavior in a Classroom Setting for Trainable Retardates, Eugene A. Kaprowy
A Comparison of Three Measures of Stimulation Seeking, John L. Kasten
The Influence of Visual Perception on the Academic Performance of the Mentally Retarded, Shirley A. Knapp
Avoidance and Escape Responses in a Free Operant Avoidance Procedure as a Function of Avoidance-Shock Intervals, Kathleen M. Krumhus
Strength of Conditioned Reinforcement in Chain Schedules: The Effect of Altering Minimum Time to Reinforcement, Robert P. Ludlow
Patient Contributions to a Therapeutic Environment: Use of Patients as Behavioral Assistants in Occupational Therapy Settings, James Paul Mac Cormack
The Effects of Step Size, Mode of Response and Student Ability on Programmed Learning, Thomas Mackie
Schedule-Induced Polydipsia and Operant Licking: Effects of Chlorpromazine, Methamphetamine and Secobarbital, Paul Tobin Maginnis
The Effect of the Intersession Interval upon Avoidance Responding in a Free Operant Two Lever Escape-Avoidance Procedure, John Michael McCarthy
The Effects of Diagonal Band of Broca Lesions upon Pain-Elicited Fighting and Water Intake, David A. Nolley
A Survey of Psychological Services Available to Two-Year Community College Students, Alice Hildrebrandt North
The Quantifiable Effects of Different Photographic Stimuli on Apparent Visual Movement, David L. Novak
Effects of Several Fixed-Ratio Schedules of Reinforcement and of Extinction upon Temporalis and Masseter Muscle Contractions in Humans, Gregory Earl Pierce
The Prediction of Job Success in a Plastics Company, Gerald Allen Poole
The Development of Behavioral Contrast in Human Subjects, Joel Steven Ray
A New Method for Studying Variables Controlling Television Viewing, Diana Reda
Galvanic Skin Response as a Function of Evaluative Message Content, Mode of Transmission, and Personality Traits, Richard W. Robinson
Effects of Concentric and Eccentric Biting and Biceps Muscle Contraction on Absolute Auditory Threshold, Roland A. Sauer
A Workshop Approach to Training Paraprofessionals in the Theory and Application of Behavior Modification Principles and Techniques, Janice H. Schoonmaker
The Acquisition of a Complex Concept in Pigeons, James W. Siddall
A Comparative MMPI Study of Alcoholism and Criminal Behavior, Rudolf H. Stahlberg
Imitative Behavior in Japanese Quail, Frank Joseph Unger
An Analysis of Polydipsia as Produced by a Multiple Schedule, Joseph J. Vaal
Three Variations in the Administration of the Cat, Margot E. Warren
Theses/Dissertations from 1970
Baseline Response Rate and the Effect of a Stimulus which Precedes Response-Independent Reinforcement, William M. Arnold
Pretest Case History Information and Examiner Experience as Determinants of Scoring Variability on Wechsler Intelligence Tests, Joseph J. Auffrey
The Effects of Token Reinforcement on School Attendance and Study Behavior in a Special School for Delinquent and Pre-Delinquent Juvenile Males, Michael L. Boyle
A Systematic Investigation of the Conditioned Facilitation Phenomenon with Human Beings as Subjects, Gladys Olivia Bright
Effects of Septal and Amygdaloid Lesions on Pain-Elicited Fighting, John H. Bryant
The Effects of Light Deprivation, Housing Arrangement and Duration of Treatment in Problem Solving Behavior in the Rat, Juan Carlos Carena
Electrophysiological Correlates of the Basolateral and Corticomedial Amygdaloid Divisions Associated with Biting-Behavior, Jon F. DeFrance
Exposure to Discriminative Stimuli in Operant Extinction, John A. Dunning
The Effects of Early Experience on Jumping Responses to Colored Stimuli of Coturnix Chicks, Edward J. Fliss
Maintaining Responding during Stimulus Generalization Testing in Extinction, Michael F. Glenn
An Analysis of Climatic Influences on Aggression, Alan M. Gonick
A Comparison of Choice and Forced Alcohol Consumption and Alcohol Dehydrogenase Activity, David Bertsch Gray
A Comparative Analysis of the Language of Mentally Retarded and Non-Retarded Children, Hartmut Günther
An Analysis of Instruction Duration as a Consequence for Correct and Incorrect Answers, J. Eric Hayes
Conditional Discrimination: Generalization Outside the Range of Training Stimuli, Martha D. Itkin
Some Relationships among Intelligence, Empathy and Leadership Attributes, Franklyn W. Jackson
The Effect of Daily Quizzes on Hour Exam Performance, Katherine Janczarek
Behavioral Changes in a Student in a Regular, Public-School Classroom through Token Reinforcement, Bonnie Hardy Kays
Investigation of Sequencing of Motor Behaviors to be Imitated in Severely Retarded Children, Janet Marian Loeffler
Student Attendance and Attrition of the Entering Class of 1966 at Western Michigan University, Michael W. Moran
The Effect of Inequitable Payment upon Selected Task-Related Cognitions, Robert Dennis Moulton