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Hart, Daniel – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1988
Outlines and contrasts themes and methods of philosophical inquiry into personal identity with other approaches to identity development. Describes a study of identity development in adolescence in philosophical context which provides new information about the psychology of identity. (Author/RWB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Elementary Secondary Education, Identification (Psychology)
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Rizzo, Rosemary; Vinacke, Edgar – Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 1975
This article attempted to understand what the POI measured and to learn the meaning of personal experience. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Individual Development, Learning Experience, Personality Assessment
McGinty, Suzanne – 1992
A reflective discussion is presented on the process of becoming an ethical researcher. Interest in the question stems from personal biography. The framework of ethical concerns of L. G. Roman and M. W. Apple (1990) is used to discuss seven issues that researchers commonly face: (1) the writing of a "true" account; (2) the usefulness of…
Descriptors: Ethics, Females, Feminism, Individual Development
Lamiell, James T. – 1979
Based on the premise that personality psychology is aimed ultimately at providing a scientific basis for understanding individuals, it is argued on several grounds that the assessment and study of individual differences is essentially useless to the discipline. The basis for an alternative approach, termed "idiothetic," is described, in…
Descriptors: Behavior, Formative Evaluation, Growth Patterns, Individual Development
Burden, Paul R. – 1980
School teachers are in a profession that offers little advancement, but there is reason to believe that teachers go through significant developmental changes during their teaching years. Information about human development, career development, teacher characteristics, and the occupation of teaching indicates the likelihood of significant teacher…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Elementary School Teachers, Individual Development, Professional Development
Russ-Eft, Darlene; Flanagan, John C. – 1976
The study examined the effects of educational experiences on an individual's quality of life after completion of formal schooling. The sample was 500 men and 500 women representative of the entire population of 15-year-olds in the United States in 1960. Because they had participated in Project TALENT during 1960, files were available on their…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Curriculum, Educational Experience, Educational Improvement