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PDF pending restorationDuCette, Joseph; Wolk, Stephen – 1972
A study is reported in which several populations of both culturally deprived and culturally advantaged high school juniors and seniors were assessed on a standard measure of personality (Rotter's "locus of control") as well as several indices of personal aspirations and risk taking. Esentially, the paper asks: is there an interaction between locus…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Aspiration, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences
Peer reviewedDuCette, Joseph; Wolk, Stephen – Review of Educational Research, 1972
Several populations of both culturally deprived and culturally advantaged students were assessed on a standard measure of personality as well as several indices of personal aspirations. By measuring an individual difference variable in different social milieus, it was found that the variable made strikingly different predictions in different…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Behavioral Science Research, Black Community, Disadvantaged
Download full textDuCette, Joseph; Wolk, Stephen – 1971
The question of an interaction over time between ability grouping and personality variables was the focus of the present study which examined pertinent data from 260 female high school students. Two standardized personality instruments, in addition to several scales designed by the E's, were administered to students of the upper and lower ability…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Achievement
