Adoption in Michigan The history of adoption is inextricably bound up with religious organizations. In the past it was only these institutions which took upon themselves the responsibility and care of orphans and "foundlings." ...

It is a well known fact in psychology and education that the period of adolescence is frequently one of much strife and difficulty which manifests itself in personality maladjustment. Among the many possible sources of ...

It is almost five years since the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children was first published. Since that time a body of literature dealing with its application to various groups has made its appearance. The value of a ...

There seems to be no question that emotional states of mind manifest themselves in behavior. The posture, gestures, facial expression, and voice, all contribute to the pattern which is called emotional behavior . Aside ...

Problem The entering freshman engineering class, University of Detroit, fall, 1952, was given a number of tests which required a rather lengthy, sustained effort on the part of the students. The administration, scoring, ...

In the past twenty years since L.L. Thurstone's development of standard attitude scales, the analysis of opinions and attitudes has received a large portion of attention from research workers in the fields of sociology and ...

The question of who dates whom is one which has aroused considerable popular and scientific interest. The answer is paradoxical, for everyone knows that "like mates like" and that "birds of a feather f lock together" while ...

This thesis will be primarily concerned with a survey and study of the psychological services available to the aged and aging persons living in the Detroit area. In addition to this, any other community services having ...

One of the most popular projective devices in the clinician's armamentarium is the Rorschach test. As a projective device, the Rorschach test differs from the inventory-type of personality tests. The Rorschach technique ...

The Problem There have been many studies concerning the problem of the judgment of emotions from facial expressions, The results of these studies, through contradictory in many cases, have been a valuable addition to the ...