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Buddhist Theories of Karma and the Effect of Prosocial Behavior on Perceptions of Others

Creator:: Allen, Pamela M.
Abstract:: Psychological theory of social cognition and Buddhist philosophy of cognition suggest that people's actions should determine their impressions of future events. In psychology, several studies have shown that behavior can activate constructs and thereby influence one's perception. However, they do not address prosocial behavior, a specific concern of Buddhist philosophy...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the Effect of Prosocial Behavior on Perceptions of Others Abstract approved: Alan C

Public interest organization activity in environmental decisions : a case study of integrating source separation services into the Corvallis, Oregon, solid waste franchise

Creator:: Barnett, Richard Lee
Abstract:: This study was conducted to observe the manner in which three local public interest organizations participated in a local, environmentallyoriented decision process. The study period began in December, 1978, with the passage of a revised solid waste ordinance (Ord. 78-102) for the City of Corvallis, OR. The main forum for...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Franchise AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Richard Lee Barnett for the degree of Master of Arts in

Boring to the Core: The Archaeology, History, and Dendrochronology of a Railroad Logging Camp, Ladee Flat, Clackamas County, Oregon

Creator:: Paullin, Pamela K.
Abstract:: Although the timber industry was the major economic force in the lives of several generations of Oregon families, very little archaeological investigation has been done on the dozens of abandoned logging camps that are scattered throughout the forests of the Pacific Northwest. This project focuses on Camp 1, a 1920s...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Personality Perception Accuracy Development within Newly Acquainted Groups

Creator:: Brown, Jill A. (Jill Anne)
Abstract:: The present research sought to investigate the effect of acquaintance on the accuracy of personality judgments and extend results to groups resembling families. Participants were college students ranging from 18 to 54 years of age enrolled in a ten week long "Psychological Assessment" research practicum. The study was designed to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: and guidance as a mentor. Alan Acock, Ph.D., Dan Schafer, Ph.D., and Stewart Trost, Ph.D. for

Oregon's early peoples and their relation to the environment : an interpretive approach

Creator:: Possiel, William John
Abstract:: The dramatic upsurge of contract-supported archaeological activity, generated by legislative action, has precipitated an increase in information about Oregon's prehistoric peoples. This information, however, has not been presented in a format which can be easily understood by the general public. This study presents an account of early peoples in Oregon,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: course of this study. Thanks to Dr. Thomas McC1 intock , Dr. Mary Lee Nolan , James Folts, and Dr. Fred

Archaeological Investigations at the Seal Rock Site, 35LNC14 : A Late Prehistoric Shell Midden Located on the Central Oregon Coast

Creator:: Clark, Linda Ann
Abstract:: Seal Rock (35LNC14) is a late prehistoric shell midden site located on the central Oregon coast. Information derived from the faunal remains, radiocarbon dates, and location and size of the midden deposits suggest the site represents a late littoral stage of cultural adaptation. Analyses of lithic artifacts, and bone and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: of his time and valuable knowledge pertaining to the Seal Rock site. Dr. R. Lee Lyman served as

A study of the stylistic ramifications of Father Charles Edward Coughlin's sermons from 1930 to 1934

Creator:: Acklin, Melissa Barrett
Abstract:: During the depression era, millions of Americans listened to the weekly radio addresses given by Father Charles Edward Coughlin. He devoted his career to speaking out against the evils of America and felt it his duty to warn Americans against the perpetrators of this evil. But after 1934, the tone...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: his rousing rhetoric. In his book Voices of Protest, Alan Brinkley states that the American Populist

Origin of the Tucannon phase in Lower Snake River prehistory

Creator:: Lucas, Steven W.
Abstract:: Approximately 5,500 years ago a discreet period of wetter and cooler environmental conditions prevailed across the southern Columbia Plateau. This period was marked by the first prominent episodes of erosion to occur along the lower Snake River following the height of the Altithermal and eruption of Mt. Mazama during the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Alaska Native Education : Sheldon Jackson to Paul Jensen 1884-1984

Creator:: Martain, Jacqueline
Abstract:: This thesis will look at Paul Jensen while he was an education professor at Western Oregon State College in Monmouth, Oregon, and his role in Alaska Native education while working with the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Dr. Jensen's work coincided with the last twenty-five years of Bureau of Indian Affairs...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: 1907 in Denmark to Anna and Hans Jensen. In a series of interviews with Jennifer Lee, Jensen noted

When Celilo was Celilo : an analysis of salmon use during the past 11,000 years in the Columbia Plateau

Creator:: Thomison, Patrick
Abstract:: The presence and significance of salmon for prehistoric and aboriginal people of the Columbia Plateau is a matter of considerable debate among anthropologists, archaeologists and historians. Data from over 100 archaeological sites are scrutinized in the light of an example salmon fishery developed from ethnographic and archaeological information on aboriginal...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the social sciences regarding the com- parison of primitive and contemporary cultures. Richard Lee

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Buddhist Theories of Karma and the Effect of Prosocial Behavior on Perceptions of Others

Public interest organization activity in environmental decisions : a case study of integrating source separation services into the Corvallis, Oregon, solid waste franchise

Boring to the Core: The Archaeology, History, and Dendrochronology of a Railroad Logging Camp, Ladee Flat, Clackamas County, Oregon

Personality Perception Accuracy Development within Newly Acquainted Groups

Oregon's early peoples and their relation to the environment : an interpretive approach

Archaeological Investigations at the Seal Rock Site, 35LNC14 : A Late Prehistoric Shell Midden Located on the Central Oregon Coast

A study of the stylistic ramifications of Father Charles Edward Coughlin's sermons from 1930 to 1934

Origin of the Tucannon phase in Lower Snake River prehistory

Alaska Native Education : Sheldon Jackson to Paul Jensen 1884-1984

When Celilo was Celilo : an analysis of salmon use during the past 11,000 years in the Columbia Plateau

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