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Peer reviewedGarner, C. William; Cole, Ernest G. – Urban Education, 1986
Presents results of a study of low-socioeconomic status grade 7 students which examined why some achieve and others do not. Focuses on which differences in self-attitudes (locus of control) and cognitive processing (field dependence) existed between the achiever and non-achiever, and whether these differences are related to achievement. (KH)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Economically Disadvantaged, Field Dependence Independence
Nadler, Arie – 1983
Although social psychology has always had an interest in helping behavior, only recently has the full complexity of helping relations begun to be researched. Help seeking and receiving in the educational setting raise many issues regarding the use and effectiveness of the help itself. Central to all helping relations is the seeking/receiving…
Descriptors: Counselor Client Relationship, Field Dependence Independence, Foreign Countries, Helping Relationship
Download full textLinder, Fredric; Janus, Charles E. – 1997
This study examined the relationship of dental students' (N=145) perceptions of how much control they have over their environments to their academic achievement and to such demographic variables as age, gender, race, or ethnicity. Subjects were given a questionnaire to obtain demographic information and Rotter's Internal-External Locus of Control…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attribution Theory, Dental Students, Field Dependence Independence
