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Barrow, Giles – Pastoral Care in Education, 2015
The author considers the application of transactional analysis (TA) in the field of education. Initially, the focus is on the use of TA in reducing conflict in the classroom and staffroom before offering observations about its broader relevance to contemporary UK schooling. Concepts covered include the egostate model of personality, functional…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Psychotherapy, Conflict
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Leventhal, Howard; Cupchik, Gerald – Journal of Communication, 1976
Contends that sex differences in response to various types of humor reveal significant personality characteristics. (MH)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Processes, Humor, Individual Characteristics
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Craik, Kenneth H.; McKechnie, George E. – Environment and Behavior, 1977
This article is the editor's introduction to this special issue concerning personality and the environment. Topics reviewed include: personality assessment, assessment of environmental dispositions, the domain of environmental acts, personal disposition, interactionism, and the development of the concept of personality in ecological terms. (BT)
Descriptors: Behavior, Behavioral Science Research, Environment, Models
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Kaplan, Martin F. – Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1971
Shows that an individual's general disposition, either positive or negative, averaged with the weight of stimulus traits presented affects impression formation. Graph and bibliography. (RW)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Concept Formation