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Semmel, Melvyn I. – 1968
At the George Peabody College for Teachers, Nashville, Tennessee, 50 male students responded to a questionnaire concerning their reactions to individuals having mental or physical disabilities, to persons of another race, and to gifted persons. The 20 questions (scale items) focused on association with 12 types of "disabled" persons (disability…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Theories, Higher Education, Mental Retardation

Remer, Rory – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1978
The relative efficiency and cost-effectiveness of three methods of producing and administering a worksample simulation test of interpersonal communication competence employing a multiple choice response format is explored. (Author/JKS)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Cost Effectiveness, Higher Education, Interpersonal Competence

Kern, Jeffrey M.; MacDonald, Marian L. – 1980
The reliability and meaning of assertiveness tests were explored using 120 female undergraduates. Several self-report inventories (the College Self-Expression Scale, Conflict Resolution Inventory, and a global rating from one to seven) were administered, as were three anxiety measures (Timed Behavior Checklist, response latency, and response…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Assertiveness, Females, Higher Education

McLaughlin, T. F.; And Others – 1979
The effects of feedback letters sent to students thanking them for their course ratings were examined in two experiments. In the first study, students who initially rated the course highly were not affected by the feedback letters. However, after being exposed to poor instructional materials (an inadequately prepared study guide), students who…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Course Evaluation
Kameoka, Velma; Tanaka-Matsumi, Junko – 1978
The S-R Inventory of Anxiousness was developed as an experimental design to demonstrate the relative contributions of persons, situations, modes of response, and their interactions to individual differences in anxiety. College students in three studies were asked to rate a total of 154 items, involving 14 modes of response (physiological or overt…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Analysis of Variance, Anxiety, Arousal Patterns
Kermis, Wm. J. – 1983
Anxiety is defined as the fear of the unknown. The construct of anxiety incorporates both psychological and physiological components. This study was designed to explore the association between psychometric results and physiological results. The association between perceived effects (i.e., psychological) and actual effects (i.e., physiological) of…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Anxiety, Cues, Heart Rate
Erez, Miriam – 1976
Focusing on feedback as a necessary condition for goals to affect performance, it was predicted that feedback and goals would be interactively related to performance. This prediction complements findings by Locke and his colleagues that knowledge alone is not sufficient condition for effective performance. Also, it was suggested that the…
Descriptors: Environmental Influences, Feedback, Goal Orientation, Higher Education