Upper middle-class first- and third-graders indicated how well they thought a boy or girl was performing activities classified as masculine, feminine, or neutral. Subjects of both sexes tended to assign more competence to performance of sex-appropriate roles. On neutral activities, boys tended to devalue girls' competence. (Author/SJL)

Thirty-five second-graders and their parents responded to measures of sex-role adoption, concepts, and preference. Classroom teachers rated children's sex-role adoption. Both adults and children had clear sex differences on means of measures of sex-role preference and adoption. (Author/SJL)

The results of this study suggest that men and women who select careers in physical education are similar in cognitive style and tend to be moderately field-independent. The women entering physical education and sport, which has been a "masculine area," would be nontraditional. (Author/AL)

The relationships among perceptual field independence, biological sex, sex-role identity, self-esteem, and intelligence were explored in tests measuring these variables which were administered to 50 male and 50 female college students. (Author/PHR)

A recent article by Prawat and Jarvis (1980) reported a lack of support for the hypothesis that teachers' perceptions of students are sex-biased. A closer inspection shows the interpretation of multiple regression analysis is inaccurate. More satisfactory interpretations are considered. (Author/PN)

Findings indicate that there is no significant difference in male counselor's perception of the vocational aspirations of their female and male clients. (RB)

Psychological and physiological stress indices were taken from collegiate swimmers of both sexes. Later a scale of self-reported masculinity and femininity was administered. Males had higher systolic blood pressure but lower self-reported anxiety and hostility with the stress of competition. Differences in relative masculinity/femininity allow…

A factor analysis of responses from 44 female teachers to the Bem Sex-Role Inventory yielded two factors, Masculinity and Femininity accounting for 20.7 and 16.2 percent, respectively, of the common variance. Twenty-eight of 40 items performed as hypothesized while 12 items were not associated with masculine or feminine roles. (Author/RD)

Indicates females perform better on the two color cards of the "Stroop Color and Word Test" but there were no differences on pure measures of performance between males and females. (RB)

Discusses the educational implications of research into sociometric status and cognitive style in kindergarten children. (RB)

Two studies utilized a repeated-measures design to compare the story recall performances of 46 primary-school children who were administered stories in the presence and absence of teacher's gaze. Analysis indicated a significant positive relationship between gaze and recall, especially among boys. (Author)

In a series of exploratory studies to develop instruments for measuring field dependence in young children, 312 Japanese middle class children, ages 5 to 6, served as Ss. (Author)