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Internal versus External Control of Reinforcement: A Review of the Locus of Control Construct
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Kormanik, Martin B.; Rocco, Tonette S. – Human Resource Development Review, 2009
One aspect of personality, perceptions of internal versus external control of reinforcement, shifts under conditions of change. This review of the literature examines the relationship between planned organizational change and locus of control. The review includes literature from the disciplines of clinical and social psychology, adult development,…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Learning Theories, Locus of Control, Organizational Change
A Theory of Adult Intellectual Development: Process, Personality, Interests, and Knowledge.
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Ackerman, Phillip L. – Intelligence, 1996
A developmental theory of adult intelligence is proposed called PPIK. The PPIK theory integrates intelligence as process, personality, interests, and intelligence-as-knowledge. Data from the study of knowledge structures are examined in the context of the theory and in relation to measures of content abilities. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Age Differences, Cognitive Ability, Intelligence
Psychological Androgyny: A Review of the Research.
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Cook, Ellen Piel – Counseling Psychologist, 1987
Presents a critical review which provides an overview of basic assumptions, measures, research topics, and research results in the androgyny literature. Notes that research on developmental perspectives emphasizes the importance of focusing on how individuals systematically maintain and modify their perceptions and experiences as men and women…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Development, Androgyny, Individual Differences
Critical Thinking, Developmental Learning, and Adaptive Flexibility in Organizational Leaders.
Duchesne, Robert E., Jr. – 1996
A study examined how developmental learning and adaptive flexibility relate to critical thinking though a survey of 119 organizational leaders (of 341) who had attended a 5-day Leadership Development Program. A questionnaire adapted from the Center for Creative Leadership's Job Challenge Profile measured developmental learning, the Adaptive Style…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Educating for Teacher Growth: A Cognitive-Developmental Perspective.
Sprinthall, Norman; Thies-Sprinthall, Lois – 1981
It is time for the teacher education profession to take more systematic steps for the advancement of theory, research, and practice in the teacher education field. A cognitive-developmental perspective on teacher education curriculum avoids the choice between cognitive and affective goals by providing a dual focus on highly specific behavioral…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Cognitive Development, Developmental Psychology, Developmental Stages
Achieving Life Balance: Myths, Realities, and Developmental Perspectives. Information Series.
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Niles, Spencer G.; Herr, Edwin L.; Hartung, Paul J. – 2001
The evolving role of work in society and the factors driving emerging trends in work were examined to assist career development practitioners in helping individuals deal with life-role balance. Donald Super's life-space theory was presented as a framework for adult career development and used as a backdrop for discussing how adults can crystallize…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Development, Career Counseling, Career Development