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UNDERGRADUATED 1972 Name Thesis Title 1. Chan Hing-wah Housing environment & litter-throwing 2. Chan Man Lai, Florence Survey of study habits and attitudes of Hong Kong high school and University students 3. Chau Kit Hung, Alice The attitude of Chinese males or some aspect of child rearing and filial piety - An exploratory study 4. Funk, Peggy Visual and auditory sequential memory in Chinese and European children 5. Ho Kwok Yan, Joseph With equal intelligence, performance will be affected by the subjects' different attitudes 6. Jim Davidson Phonemic analysis of glossolalia 7. Lai, Andy Advertisements and brand image (A study of cigarette advertisements) 8. Lam Man Yee, Violet Advertisements and brand images (A study of cigarettes advertisements) 9. Lam Yik May, Lily The ability of colour naming and colour discrimination in young children aged 3 - 7 10. Lee, Christina Study habits and attitudes of students in Hong Kong 11. Lee Suk Han, Edith Field-independence: Its relationship with art/science specialization and measures of general intelligence 12. Lee Suk Wai, Alexandra Language deficiency & intellectual development in deaf children UNDERGRADUATED 1972 Name Thesis Title 13. Leung Kam Mee A study of the differential effect of streamed and non-streamed secondary school on achievement motivation and anxiety 14. Leung Mo Yee, Frances The effects of age, intelligence and socialization on the performance of conservation tasks 15. Lui yuen Ha, Maria A study concerning the concept of conservation among Chinese children in Hong Kong 16. Ng Quinn, Wendy A study of colour preference among Hong Kong sixth form students 17. Pan Hsing Duk, Jean The effect of environmental noise on attention 18. Pang, Doris Intergenerational comparison of child rearing practises of the Chinese in Hong Kong 19. Shum Kit Hing The relation between personality assessment system profiles and N-Scale of maudsiey personality inventory 20. Siu, Susanna An intergenerational comparison of the child-rearing practices of the Chinese in Hong Kong Pang, Doris Fan Tak Yat 21. Tang Sau Tsun Psychological distance in ten deaf children 22. Tso Hoi Yin, Esther The relationship between personality and attitude towards littering UNDERGRADUATED 1972 Name Thesis Title 23. Tso Hoi Yin The general questionnaire Cheng Shui Mui Chan Hing Wah 24. Yeung Pik Kee Effects of attention strategies on young children in simple estimation tasks 25. Yuen Tak Fai Survey of study habits and attitudes UNDERGRADUATED 1973 Name Thesis Title 1. Au Wai Hung, Theresa Achievement motivation, affiliation motivation and risk-taking behavior 2. Ayesha, Osman The differential effects of streaming and non-streaming on the level of achievement motivation and anxiety in Hong Kong Secondary Schools 3. Cheung Wai Lun, Wallen Pictorial depth perception among Hong Kong Chinese fisherman children 4. Cheung Wing Sum, A. Personality differences between third year students of arts and medicine faculty 5. Chik Kai Ming, Aaron Interpersonal communication in small groups 6. Ho Mun Wan, Audrey Imprinting in ducklings as a function of color preference 7. Ip Shu Kwan, Stephen Attitude differences between students entering different faculties 8. Lam Hin Leung An attempt to testify the instigation/catharsis hypothesis of aggression 9. Lam King Cheung, Jannie Interests and problems of Chinese late adolescents 10. Lee Wai Him Interpersonal communication in small groups 11. Lee Yip Ching, Philip World minded attitudes of Hong Kong University students 12. Leung Yuen Mei, Joan Color naming and color discrimination of preschool and school children from 3 to 7 years old UNDERGRADUATED 1973 Name Thesis Title 13. Lo, Peggy Reinforcement and children’s concept learning 14. Lo Ping Hin, Brenda A classification of laterality of the Chinese through association analysis 15. Ma Ka Lin, Kathleen Attitudes toward Chinese and English language: an experimental study 16. Ma Kit Han, Jenny Effect of attention strategies on estimation-based inference tasks 17. Ma Yee Kit, Agnes The influence of parental attitude on the early experience and the socialization of Lee Hui Chun, Margaret cognitive modes in 4-year-old children 18. Ng Chiu Koon, Dicky Social distance and traditional-modern attitude 19. Ng Kit Fong, Margaret Developmental patterns in pictorial depth perception and spatial organization among Hong Kong Chinese children 20. Quah Tsui Ling A study of aggressive behavior and living environment in Hong Kong Society 21. Shum Man Ling A study of aggressive behavior and living conditions in Hong Kong Society 22. Sung Mei Hung, Morna Teacher-student interaction and T-M attitude formation 23. Tang Yee Man Communicator credibility and discrepancy as determinants of attitude change UNDERGRADUATE 1973 Name Thesis Title 24. Tsui Ann Nei, Anne A study of the differential effects of streamed and non-streamed secondary schools on achievement motivation and anxiety 25. Wong Ka Lun, Alan Interpersonal communication in small groups 26. Wong Lo Tak The influence of personality characteristics, culture and sex on color preference 27. Wong Sau Chung A survey on bilingualism and language of instruction in Hong Kong in relation to her socio-cultural setting: findings and problems 28. Wong Wai, Eunice An experimental study of competitiveness in young children 29. Woo Yuk Shan A peer-rating study of aggressive acts performed in school in relation to T.V. violence among primary school children 30. Yan K.L., Rudolf Survey on occupational values of Hong Kong students UNDERGRADUATED 1974 Name Thesis Title 1. Chan Wai-tak, Philip The differential effects of rural and urban upbringing on the development of cognitive style in Hong Kong 2. Chan Wing Yan Motion parallax in the visual cliff situation 3. Chan Won Shing, Raymond A comparative study of secondary reinforcement and social power theories in child imitative behavior 4. Chang Cheong Wah An evaluation of the effect of social work intervention through play groups as a means of lessening the anxiety of hospitalized children 5. Cheung Wai King, Lilian A study of the relationship between academic achievement and creativity among primary five Chinese students in Hong Kong 6. Chou Yuek Lan, Irene Effect on experience – modification of visual cliff performance and albino rats 7. Fung Yuet Shan, Julia The relationship between the degree of rigidity of personality and competence of problem solving 8. Ip, Elizabeth The colour perception of the visually handicapped and the normal-sighted 9. Kam Tak Yung, Cynthia Job motivation at different occupational levels of the white-collar workers in Hong Kong 10. Lam May Ho, Mabel A study of job satisfaction on female secretaries of this university UNDERGRADUATED 1974 Name Thesis Title 11. Law, Milly Three dimensional pictorial perception 12. Lee, Patty Curiosity and exploratory behavior 13. Leung Sui Ying Home and institution 14. Louie Bun Hei, Sosco The effect of chlorpromazine on learning: acquisition, response strength, and extinction 15. Lui Yi Fong, Emily The interlingual interference of the Chinese-English bilinguals in Hong Kong as measured by the stroop colour-word test 16. Ma Margaret Sex-role stereotypes and their implication 17. Ng Hon Wah Relationship between employee participation and job satisfaction 18. Ng Mei San A study of the Q – score of porteus maze test as an instrument of acting – out tendencies 19. Ng Tin Yau, Alfred The predictive value of palmistry in the study of personality 20. Yik Koon Yin, Bernard Chick’s avoidance of visual pitfalls: a re-examination of the visual cliff findings 21. Yip Siu Hiu The value of palmistry in the study of personality 22. Yu, Eleanor The motivator hygiene theory in Hong Kong secretaries 23. Chung Hau-fong, Riat Need achievement in women problems of role conflict between home and work UNDERGRADUATED 1975 Name Thesis Title 1. Au Keung, Albert Examination on cross-cultural validity of experimental aesthetics with autitory stimulus 2. Au Yeung Hang Yee The measurement of content factors to advertising effectiveness 3. Chan Kar Ming, Ronnie Anthony The concurrent validity model and personnel selection 4. Chan Kwan Yee, Louisa An investigation of changing mores in Hong Kong using the Cantonese semantic differential scales 5. Chan Sing Chak The validity of concurrent selection model 6. Chan Sui Fun, Nancy Cross-modality validation of Berlyne’s experimental aesthetics 7. Chang Cheong Min Industrial psychology 8. Cheung Kwai Ying, Elise The effect of different kinds of medium on understanding and memory 9. Chick Bik Wah, Peggy Experimental investigation concerning effects of medium differences on memory and understanding 10. Chin Yung Kit, Alice The prevalence of problems in junior high-school pupils and parental attitudes towards children’s academic performance in Hong Kong 11. Chung Mo Lan, Mary Agnes Adolescent problems in Hong Kong students UNDERGRADUATED 1975 Name Thesis Title 12. Ho Chi Kwan, Alice To find a positive relationship between nonverbal sensitivity and predictive accuracy 13. Ho Seck Yee, Elsie The relationship between differences in cognitive styles and the process of identification 14. Hui Yee Lan, Sylvia Adolescent problems in the secondary school students of Hong Kong 15. Kwan Dik Keung, Derek Paivio’s Dual Coding Hypothesis – the effect of variations in stimulus concreteness, task and experimental manipulation on recall 16. Kwok Wai Ching Attachment, exploration, and separation: Illustrated by the behaviour of one-two-year-olds in a strange situation 17. Lam Kwun Ho, Patricia Study on stereotyping in the residential hostels in University of Hong Kong 18. Lam Lai Kuen, Amy To find the relationship between nonverbal sensitivity and predictive accuracy 19. Lam Siu Ling, Imelda Conceptual thinking and visual ability of the deaf 20. Lam Wai Yu The effect of the interaction between sex of adult experimenter and sex of child subject in a social reinforcement situation on the children’s susceptibility to adult verbal praise 21. Lau, Mona A psychological study of the determinants of occupational choice and work adjustment of disabled and nondisabled in watch making 22.
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