Open and Closed Mindedness, Values, and Other Personality Characteristics of Male College Students Who Served On or Appeared Before Judiciary Boards

Problem: The purpose of this study was to determine the direction of change in selected attitudinal characteristics of male students who were either members of a judiciary board (Group 1, N=51), or appeared before a judiciary board (Group 2, N=ll), or had no contact with a judiciary board (Group 3, N=110) while living in the residence halls at the University of North Dakota. Procedure: The main sources of data for this study were the Allport- Vernon-Lindzey Study of Values, the Rokeach Dogmatism Scale E, and the Adjective Check List. These instruments were administered to the research population early in the first semester and late in the second semester of the 1968-69 academic year. Specially constructed questionnaires for the student groups and the head residents provided additional data. The statistical techniques employed in this study included analysis of variance, analysis of covariance, and Dunn\u27s c test. The .05 level was employed as the critical level for determining the significance of the obtained differences. Findings: 1. There was a significant difference among the three groups between initial testing and retesting for the open and closed mindedness variable, with Group 2 scoring higher (becoming more closed minded) than Group 1 and Group 3. 2. There was a significant difference among the three groups between initial testing and retesting for the number of unfavorable adjectives checked variable. A significant difference was found between Group 1 and Group 3, with the former scoring higher. 3. There was a significant difference found on the variable, self-control, among the retest means for the three groups. A significant difference was found between Group 2 and Group 3, with the latter scoring higher. 4. There was a significant difference found on the variable, heterosexuality, among the retest means for the three groups, with Group 2 scoring higher than Group 1 and Group 3. 5. There was a significant difference among the three groups between initial testing and retesting for the heterosexuality variable. A significant difference was found between Group 2 and Group 3, with the former scoring higher. 6. There was a significant difference found on the variable, exhibition, among the retest means for the three groups. A significant difference was found between Group 2 and Group 3, with the former scoring higher. 7. There was a significant difference found on the variable, change, among the retest means for the three groups. A significant difference was found between Group 2 and Group 3, with the former scoring higher. 8. There was a significant difference found on the variable, deference, among the retest means for the three groups, with Group 1 and Group 3 scoring higher than Group 2. 9-. There was a significant difference found on the variable, counseling readiness, among the retest means for the three groups. A significant difference was found between Group 2 and Group 3, with the latter scoring higher. Conclusions: 1. There were no significant differences or changes in the values of students who served on a judiciary board, appeared before a judiciary board, or had no contact with a judiciary board. 2. Students who appeared before a judiciary board became more closed minded, more authoritarian, and less receptive to new ideas. 3. Students who appeared before a judiciary board lacked self-control, were outgoing, self-centered and narcissistic. In addition, they were opportunistic and manipulative, placed high priority on change and disorder, and were authoritarian, as well as ambitious. 4. Judiciary board members were increasingly perceived by their peers as being cynical, rebellious, and punitive

HOPE Longitudinal Study: Year 2 Results

Abstract pending

Investigation of DC-8 nacelle modifications to reduce fan-compressor noise in airport communities. Part 2 - Design studies and duct-lining investigations, May 1967 - October 1969

Modifications to reduce fan-compressor noise level of DC-8 aircraft - Part

Investigation of DC-8 nacelle modifications to reduce fan-compressor noise in airport communities. Part 4 - Flight acoustical and performance evaluations, for period May 1967 - October 1969

Flight acoustical and performance evaluations of DC 8 nacelle modifications to reduce fan-compressor noise in airport communitie

Note and Comment

Freedom of Press and Use of the Mails - Strangely enough, the First Amendment to the Federal Constitution, although it guarantees against federal attack highly important and fundamental rights, has received very little authoritative interpretation by our courts. It remained for the Gr&t War and conditions following in its train to bring before that tribunal almost the first really important controversies relating to freedom of press and of speech. The case of U. S. ex rel. Milwaukee Social Democratic Publishing Company, Plaintiff in Error, v. Postmaster-General Albert S. Burleson, decided March 7, 192i, is the- latest of a series of notable cases concerning this important matter. The case, however, adds little to the development bf the subject by the court in the preceding cases in this group, which have been reviewed in an article by Professor Goodrich, I9 MICHIGAN LAw REvIEw, pages 487-501

Division of Student Affairs: Centennial History

This departmental history was written on the occasion of the UND Centennial in 1983.https://commons.und.edu/departmental-histories/1110/thumbnail.jp

Children's verbal, visual and spatial processing and storage abilities: An analysis of verbal comprehension, reading, counting and mathematics

The importance of working memory (WM) in reading and mathematics performance has been widely studied, with recent research examining the components of WM (i.e., storage and processing) and their roles in these educational outcomes. However, the differing relationships between these abilities and the foundational skills involved in the development of reading and mathematics have received less attention. Additionally, the separation of verbal, visual and spatial storage and processing and subsequent links with foundational skills and downstream reading and mathematics has not been widely examined. The current study investigated the separate contributions of processing and storage from verbal, visual and spatial tasks to reading and mathematics, whilst considering influences on the underlying skills of verbal comprehension and counting respectively. Ninety-two children aged 7- to 8-years were assessed. It was found that verbal comprehension (with some caveats) was predicted by verbal storage and reading was predicted by verbal and spatial storage. Counting was predicted by visual processing and storage, whilst mathematics was related to verbal and spatial storage. We argue that resources for tasks relying on external representations of stimuli related mainly to storage, and were largely verbal and spatial in nature. When a task required internal representation, there was an draw on visual processing and storage abilities. Findings suggest a possible meaningful separability of types of processing. Further investigation of this could lead to the development of an enhanced WM model, which might better inform interventions and reasonable adjustment for children who struggle with reading and mathematics due to WM deficits

Partisan Profiles in Presidential Policies: an Extension of Presidential Preferences for Inflation versus Unemployment

In a recent article, Zaleski does not find any clear difference between the political preferences of Republican and Democratic administrations with respect to the choice between unemployment and inflation. This paper provides empirical support for the opposite conclusion in a generalization of Zaleski's approach allowing for instrument costs