The present study compared the sex role learning of preschool
girls from families with "traditional" and "nontraditional" (egalitarian)
attitudes toward women's roles on measures of sex role knowledge and
preference. Forty-eight four and five year old girls from intact,
middle class families served as subjects. Their parents' attitudes
toward women's...
The purpose of this study was to give a fifty-nine year historical overview of the development of the state female juvenile institution, Hillcrest School of Oregon. The material covered in the study included state laws which had direct effect upon the programs at the school; the philosophies and goals of...
Five lines of turkeys with wide variation in body size, reciprocal
crosses between large and small lines, and backcrosses to the
large parent line were studied to determine the effect of body size
and crossbreeding on growth rate, conformation, feed consumption,
organ size, and other physiological traits.
Selection was made...
The elderly population in our society is increasing both in number
and proportion, with the life expectancy of women increasing more than
men. Their needs have been given increased attention in recent years.
Many studies have been done on clothing for older women, but few have
dealt with the older...
A simulation model capable of execution on a programmable
calculator was developed to study voluntary intake,
liveweight change, and fertility of grade Zebu cows in the
Llanos of Colombia. Organic nitrogen in the diet and meta
bolic weight were used to predict intake; age, liveweight,
and energy concentration were the...
Oregon Biography Index is intended to serve primarily as a starting point in locating biographies of Oregonians. We have indexed 47 historical volumes which are either entirely devoted to biographies or have large self-contained biographical sections. The profiles in the books vary widely in accuracy and detail. Birth dates of...
The development and maintenance of a family achievement
theme was analyzed using two dramas: Long Day's Journey Into Night
by Eugene O'Neill and A Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller. Three
propositions were tested: 1) The development of a family achievement
theme involves a transaction between individual personality needs...