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Filtering by: Creator Nelson, A. Gene Remove constraint Creator: Nelson, A. Gene Decade 1970-1979 Remove constraint Decade: 1970-1979 Degree Name Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies (M.A.I.S.) Remove constraint Degree Name: Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies (M.A.I.S.)

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  • Drum Languages and Their Messages

    Creator:
    Jewett, Susan E.
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    With over 800 languages spoken on the continent of Africa, inter-cultural communication has always been difficult. In addition, many of the peoples of Africa have experienced colonial oppression. Various powers have sought to interfere with intra-cultural dialogues and the free flow of information. Their effectiveness, however, was limited because of...
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    surrogates. Messages are relayed on them in a codal form. This form is based on the tonal language of the

  • The beat generation : a rhetoric of negation

    Creator:
    Mackaman, Julie Irene
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    The Beat Generation was an American counter-culture movement in the 1950's. Comprised of nomadic writers, poets, actors, musicians, and artists, the Beat movement represented no systematic philosophy and its most distinguishing characteristic was its apolitical disengagement from society. The Beats offered no substantive alternatives to the existing social order, but...
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    , 1976 Title: The Beat Generation: A Rhetoric of Negation Abstract approved: Redacted for Privacy

  • Approval seeking motivation : a determinant of conformity to group norms inconsistent with personal values

    Creator:
    Martin, Harry J.
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    This study was designed to assess the effects of approval seeking motivation and social cost upon conformity to group norms which were inconsistent with personal values. Utilizing the Asch conformity paradigm, 321 subjects were exposed to a group opinion which was contradictory to one of their personal values. The results...
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    Nelson, 1976) and a low approval seeking subject was one who scored below the median on this scale

  • Public policy competition in water resource planning : a case study of Days Creek Dam

    Creator:
    Bartel, Marvin I.
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    The Corps of Engineers is in a position to dominate the formulation and implementation of public policy at a given local level. The position is based on the Corps' capability to influence the decision-making process through the exercise of force by means of eminent domain procedures, the assumption and demonstration...
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    RESOURCE PLANNING: A CASE STUDY OF DAYS CREEK DAM Abstract approved: Redacted for privacy Professor

  • An attempted standardization of a reading and writing skills test used at Oregon State University's Communication Skills Center

    Creator:
    Carman, Betty Lou
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    The objective of the investigator in carrying out this study is: to evaluate the reliability and validity of the ENGLISH SKILLS TEST-REVISED (EST-R); to construct local norms based on a small sample of subjects from Oregon State University's WR. 40X; to investigate the statistical terms and methods used in educational...
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    the ENGLISH SKILLS TEST-REVISED (EST-R); to construct local norms based on a small sample of

  • Governmental policies and the preservation and display of Native American cultural resources in the middle Columbia Basin

    Creator:
    Michael, Elva Olson
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    Prior to advent of Europeans in the Pacific Northwest, the Middle Columbia River Basin was the location of highly developed native cultures. For centuries it was the center of very important native trade networks that extended over western North America and a site of important intertribal rituals relating to renewal...
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    very important native trade networks that extended over western North America and a site of important

  • The reflection of culture in biological evolution

    Creator:
    Yates, Dean Arnold
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    Kelso's theory of Biocultural Evolution states that as culture evolves, the variation between groups diminishes while the variation within groups increases. The theory is tested with stature, cephalic index and nasal index. Means and standard deviations for these traits are examined for 237 ethnic groups. The groups are organized according...
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    cultural counterpart of the gene, does not depend on the rate of repro- duction of a particular group. Its

  • Situational pressure, racial stereotypes, and conformity in laboratory aggression

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    Brant, William David
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    This investigation was designed to assess the effects of a victim's race and stereotypical characteristics on another subject's willingness to administer punishment within the context of a teacher-learner paradigm. In addition, this study sought to empirically test the validity of the social-psychological theory that states that theories of social behavior...
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    a victim's race and stereotypical characteristics on another subject's willingness to administer

  • Pottery manufacture analysis : an experimental means for assessing technological continuity in the Altamont region

    Creator:
    Stoltz, Arleyn Winifred
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    Pottery manufacture analysis, an aspect of experimental archeology, is developed and used to compare and test through experimental reconstruction, data on pottery from the Altamont region (southern Alberta, Canada and northcentral Montana, U.S.). The analysis uses major variables of (1) manufacturing process and (2) product characteristics to formulate models of...
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    Technological Continuity in the Altamont Region by Arleyn Winifred Stoltz A THESIS submitted to Oregon