The object of this study was to investigate the relationship of various factors affecting the frequency and status of "dating" behavior. The techniques used were (a) a Subjective Survey, to obtain item possibilities for the Questionnaire and to define terms; (b) a specially constructed Questionnaire, to explore the relationship between a wide variety of personal characteristics of young people and their frequency and status of dating; (c) the Guilford-Zimmerman Temperament Survey and a separate section requiring each subject to report his "dating" behavior, to explore relationships between 10 personality traits and the frequency and status of dating. The findings may be divided into three sections. The Subjective Survey defined the terms "date" and "go steady" and established popular conceptions of the infrequent, frequent and "go steady" types of "dater". The Questionnaire findings found 46 separate items to be significantly related to frequency of dating. Briefly summarized the items could be classified under the following headings: (a) physical factors; (b) clothes; (c) automobiles; (d) active and passive activities (athletics, dancing, listening to jazz); (e) moral factors (smoking, drinking) and (f) previous "dating" experience. The Guilford-Zimmerman Temperament Survey and the special section on "dating" behavior found three traits, A-Ascendance, F-Friendliness, S-Sociability, significantly related to the frequency of dating in females; and two traits, G-General Activity and S-Sociability, significantly related to the frequency of dating in males. The writer's Theory of Normal-Neurotic Sexual Choice was formulated in an attempt to explain some unexplored areas in the field. / Arts, Faculty of / Psychology, Department of / Graduate

The purposes of this thesis are to examine ages of the Nelson batholith and its satellites because of the wide range of biotite model ages previously published in the literature, and to test hornblende and pyroxene further for their application in K⁴⁰ - Ar⁴⁰ dating as reliable minerals. K⁴⁰ - Ar⁴⁰ model ages obtained on biotite, hornblende and clinopyroxene from the present study indicate with certainty that the various phases of the Nelson batholith were emplaced during a short span of time, centered around 156 m.y. corresponding to the Upper-Middle Jurassic boundary of the Kulp’s time scale. At least a period of hydrothermal alteration has occurred in this area since that time. It is evident that these phases cannot be distinguished on the basis of their K⁴⁰ - Ar⁴⁰ model ages. It is also evident that hornblende gives reliable model ages. Clinopyroxene contains significant excess of radiogenic argon and should not be used for K⁴⁰ - Ar⁴⁰ dating. Biotite may occasionally contain excess of radiogenic argon, particularly under high temperature and high argon pressure environmental conditions. Analytical techniques used and descriptions of the samples analyzed are given as appendixes. / Science, Faculty of / Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Department of / Graduate

Individuals high in rejection sensitivity have a lower rates of dating success and a lower probability of being in a romantic relationship, but could engaging in online dating improve the likelihood? The goal of this research is to determine whether individuals higher in rejection sensitivity indicate having more success in meeting potential romantic partners online when compared to meeting potential partners conventionally. It is hypothesized that individuals higher in rejection sensitivity will be more successful on first dates when initiated though online dating sites / apps rather than through more conventional ways of meeting potential romantic partners. An online survey was created asking participants to complete the Rejection Sensitivity Questionnaire to evaluate the level of anxiety experienced when faced with potential rejection, the Online Dating Inventory to assess engagement in online dating, and the Conventional Offline Dating Inventory, a measure created by the researchers to assess behaviors that allow the participants to meet possible romantic partners in every day life through non-internet activities. Success is operationally defined according to the goals participants had going into the date and whether or not that goal was achieved. Data collection is still ongoing; however, we expect to see significantly more success for participants higher in rejection sensitivity when initiating through online dating websites. To ensure external validity, data are being collected from two different articipation pools. Currently the survey is being administered through Sona to reach college students and these are the data that will be presented. The survey will also be uploaded to Amazon’s Mechanical Turk to reach older adults. If our hypothesis is correct, this would indicate that online dating may benefit those individuals who are high in rejection sensitivity as it could give them an alternative avenue to initiating romantic relationships and possibly finding success in those relationships.

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