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Theories of employment and developing economies
(1972)
"Theories of employment and developing economies" is an attempt to prove that the existing employment theories are not applicable to developing countries, and to propound a wage-goods gap theory as a suitable alternative ...
Primary industries and Canadian economic development
(1970)
The significance of primary industries in Canadian economic development is examined and the relevance of the staple theory of development to Canadian experience in the years 1840 to 1970 is considered. The evolution of the ...
The effects of success and failure on self-esteem and locus of control
(1975)
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effects of success and failure on self-esteem, locus of control and the relationship
between these two variables. One hundred and four introductory
psychology ...
Community and conflict : a study of the working class and its relationships at the Canadian Lakehead, 1903-1913
(1974)
Labour history is frequently equated with the internal workings of trade unions and radical parties in isolation from the society on which they are based. This paper treats these institutions as important, though not the ...
R.B. Bennett and the charge of one-man government : an analysis of his relationship with potential rivals
(1974)
The purpose of this paper is to study R.B. Bennett's style of government from 1930-1935, a period in which Bennett has been labelled the Prime Minister of a "one-man government". An attempt will be made to assess the ...
Archetypes of the collective unconscious in three novels by John Steinbeck
(1974)
The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the influence of work of Carl Gustav Jung on the fiction of John Steinbeck and to illustrate the value and appropriateness of Jung's psychology as a critical tool in explicating ...
The effects of hippocampal stimulation in a one-trial appetive learning situation
(1975)
The phenomenon of retrograde amnesia has been widely investigated
in connection with the study of memory consolidation. Localized
electrical stimulation of the brain has been useful in examining
the degree of involvement ...
Inducing liquid conservation in children using a modified Halford learning theory model
(1975)
Contingent upon their ability to perform a conservation of liquid substance test, two groups of Ss were selected for experimental treatment: 20 natural conservers (NTC), and 40 non-conservers (N-C). The N-C were randomly ...
Qualitative differences in the effects of food and water on learned behavior
(1973)
Experimental interest for the present research stemmed from the traditionally accepted notion that qualitatively different reinforcers, such as food and water, have similar effects on learning. The present investigation ...