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)

This study investigated the relationship between Jensen's Level I-Level II mental abilities and how they correlate with problem solving in college students. The Level I-Level II correlation was not significant, but intelligence and problem solving were significantly correlated. Results are discussed in relation to prior findings. (Author/RD)

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)

Seventy-one competitive, noncompetitive and nonathletes were compared on Cattell's Sixteen Personality Factor and Rotter's locus of control questionnaires. Athletes appeared more dominant and less imaginative than nonathletes. Noncompetitive athletes were also less self-sufficient than the others, and females were generally more venturesome than…

Previous research indicated that primary memory processes are unaffected by advancing age, except that material is scanned more slowly with age. In the present study, comparing memory scanning rates of young and elderly subjects, there were no age differences in scanning speed or accuracy. (Author/CM)

To ascertain why some students choose one of these majors over another, 49 physical education and recreation majors were administered Holland's Self-Directed Search. A 2 x 3 fixed-factorial design was employed; sex and major plus a control group were independent variables. (Author/SJL)

The presence of an observer was hypothesized to heighten self-focused attention for college students rehearsing interviewing skills in a classroom setting. Results supporting the hypothesis were marginally significant. A supplementary finding indicated that differences between the sex of an interviewer and observer did mediate self-focuses…

An anagram task administered to high and low test-anxious subjects under varied levels of external distraction showed a significant main effect of test anxiety for the "hard" anagrams which also interacted with the subjects' sex and distraction. The effects of increments of anxiety arousal produced by distraction are discussed.…

The structure of the Group Embedded-Figures Test was examined. Data from 173 females and 93 males were subjected to Johnson's complete-linkage cluster analysis and principal components analysis. The results showed the importance of simple form type, especially Form E, the cube, and of item position. (Author/RD)

Individual differences in verbal ability measured by Verbal Scholastic Aptitude Test score and imagery ability measured by Betts' Questionnaire Upon Mental Imagery and Marks' Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire were determined for 189 college students. (Author)

Field-dependent and independent subjects sorted geometric and verbal material according to category exemplars, forcing active learning, and then recalled the category locations. Field-independent individuals generally performed better on learning and memory tasks with a more active approach. Active versus passive learning styles are discussed.…

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

In an attempt to replicate the finds of Sackeim, Paulhus, and Weiman (1979), three classrooms of college students were tested for hypnotic susceptibility, handedness, and seating preferences. No relationships between variables were found for males. For females, relationships were inconsistent. Relationships between hypnotic susceptibility and…

A sample of male and female college students assessed themselves on six everyday spatial abilities in relation to others of the same gender and age. Males consistently judged themselves to have greater spatial ability. Differential participation in sports is discussed as a tentative spatial performance influence. (Author/CM)

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…