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Download full textMcCaulley, Mary H. – 1974
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) was developed specifically to make possible the implementation of Carl Jung's theory of type and is concerned mainly with conscious elements of the personality. It assumes that to function well, an individual must have a well-developed system for perception and a well-developed system for making decisions or…
Descriptors: Classification, College Students, Individual Characteristics, Learning Processes
Peer reviewedBull, R. H. C.; Strongman, K. T. – Psychological Reports, 1971
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavior Patterns, College Students, Individual Characteristics
Peer reviewedGrossman, Jan Carl; Eisenman, Russell – Journal of Psychology, 1972
Descriptors: Aggression, Authoritarianism, Behavior Patterns, Birth Order
Peer reviewedToppen, J. T. – Psychological Reports, 1971
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Patterns, Economic Factors, Individual Characteristics
Peer reviewedKendall, Philip C.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1976
Investigations of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) were conducted. A principal-components factor analysis yielded three psychologically meaningful factors: one A-Trait factor, Cognitive Anxiety, and two A-State factors, Negative Descriptors and Positive Descriptors. Other studies investigated the effects of two threats, on overall A-State…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Evaluation, Factor Analysis, Individual Characteristics
Peer reviewedEpstein, Seymour – American Psychologist, 1973
Presents a theory which attempts to incorporate phenomenological views on the self-concept within an objective framework: the self-concept is identified as a self-theory. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Attitudes, Cognitive Processes, Individual Characteristics
Peer reviewedLombardo, John P.; And Others – Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1972
Descriptors: Attitudes, Communication (Thought Transfer), Individual Characteristics, Interaction Process Analysis
Peer reviewedWeissman, Herbert N.; And Others – Psychological Reports, 1971
Descriptors: College Students, Individual Characteristics, Individual Differences, Measurement Instruments
Peer reviewedTolor, Alexander; And Others – Psychological Reports, 1971
Descriptors: Distance, Individual Characteristics, Interaction, Interpersonal Relationship
Peer reviewedGlass, J. Conrad, Jr.; Rosenthal, Harriet P. – Australian Journal of Adult Education, 1974
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adults, Age, Developmental Psychology
Landsman, Ted – 1968
The author believes that an aspect of human behavior being glossed over in psychological studies is the superb, beautiful person. He defines this individual as being: (1) free of abnormalities, (2) basically normal, well balanced, and mentally healthy, and (3) possessed of a unique group of characteristics which establish his being out of the…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Theories, Emotional Development, Emotional Experience
Greenspoon, Joel; Lamal, P. A. – 1979
Although research suggests that men and women are perceived as differing significantly on a number of traits or characteristics, little research relates these traits to observable behaviors. The trait-characteristic issue, when carried over to employment, serves to justify discrimination against women. Research on attribution theory also supports…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Behavior, Correlation, Employment
Naylor, F. D. – 1972
The principal task of this book was to examine some of the research evidence concerning the relation between personality and school achievement. Its source was the empirical research which bears on this issue rather than the various theories of personality. The reason for this was that the implications of many theories of personality for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Educational Research, High Achievement
Jakobovits, Leon A. – 1972
Underlying this essay on psycholinguistic theory is the belief that language teachers often suffer from neurotic symptoms of confusion, anxiety, and uncertainty in connection with their work. The author discusses his "BALT" theory (battered language teachers). Philosophically-oriented remarks are directed toward teachers wishing to redirect their…
Descriptors: Adults, Anxiety, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Theories
