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Sommerville, Jessica A.; Hammond, Amy J. – Developmental Psychology, 2007
Children often overestimate their contribution to collaborative activities. Across 2 studies, the authors investigated whether this memory bias supports internalization of the actions of others in the context of joint exchanges. After taking turns with (high collaborative condition; Studies 1 and 2) or working independently of (low collaborative…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Group Activities, Cooperation, Design
Franzoi, Stephen L.; Sweeney, Paul D. – 1985
Research has associated high levels of private self-consciousness (PSC) with accurate self-knowledge and with behavior consistent with one's attitudes. A study by Buss and Scheier reported that privately self-conscious persons are more susceptible to attribution bias, the self-focus of such persons leading them to attribute their positive and…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Bias, College Students, Higher Education

Stevens, Michael J.; And Others – Psychology: A Quarterly Journal of Human Behavior, 1987
Classified 96 undergraduates by locus of control and assigned them to either situational control, perceived control, or no control conditions. Measures of stress reactions during and after exposure to noxious noise revealed no significant interactions between dispositional and situational or perceived control, not supporting congruency hypothesis.…
Descriptors: Congruence (Psychology), Higher Education, Individual Power, Locus of Control

Melone, Robert A. – Counseling and Values, 1975
The author discusses Recovery, Inc., an organization developed to meet the need for psychiatric services in the face of a shortage of psychiatric personnel. The article describes a typical group therapy session and the therapeutic process which occurs. The importance of will training is stressed. (BW)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Group Therapy, Individual Power, Lay People

MacDonald, A. P., Jr. – Journal of Negro Education, 1975
Provides explanations for how rioting, generally interpreted as an attempt to control one's reinforcements, comes to be manifested by external blacks. It is suggested that rioting or violent protest, though traditionally thought of as expressive behavior, comes to be seen as instrumental because it works. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Black Attitudes, Black Power, Blacks

Pulvino, Charles J.; Lee, James L. – Counseling and Values, 1975
This article specifies a number of precepts put forth by don Juan, a Yaqui Indian sorcerer. It also outlines the consequences of each precept for counselors. The intent is to facilitate the emergence of a new reality for counseling and other helping professions. (Author/BW)
Descriptors: Anthropology, Counseling Objectives, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences

Jorgensen, Carl C. – Integrated Education, 1976
Suggests that it is more likely that it is the access to and the receiving of social rewards which strengthen that sense of internal control (personal control) which in turn leads to increased achievement. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Black Students, Individual Power
Callahan, Sidney – 1982
Making a promise involves a self-conscious, self-commitment to undertake an obligation in the future and involves a personal sense of control. To study promises and self-focused attention, 72 women completed measures of self-focused attention and locus of control, a questionnaire, and were asked to promise to return postcards. As predicted,…
Descriptors: Females, Individual Power, Interpersonal Relationship, Locus of Control
Deci, Edward L. – 1977
"Will" is defined in this paper as the capacity to decide how to behave based on a processing of relevant information. A sequence of motivated behavior begins with informational inputs or stimuli. These come from three sources: the environment, one's physiology, and one's memory. These inputs lead to the formation of motives or awareness of a…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Behavioral Sciences, Decision Making, Individual Power

Kulas, Henryk – Adolescence, 1996
Shift and stability of locus of control were examined in a sample of 84 adolescent students, using the Delta questionnaire. Data were analyzed using locus of control as the dependent variable. Independent variables were sex, type of locus of control, and school achievement. Overall findings indicate adolescence is a period of relative stability of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Individual Power, Locus of Control

Cain, Rudolph A. – Western Journal of Black Studies, 1994
This exploratory, cross-sectional study examined the impact of independent variables on the adult development cycle of 33 African-American professionals. Shifts in locus of control and life themes and the impact of racism on locus of control were focuses of the inquiry. Implications for diagnosis and intervention are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Attitudes, Blacks, Identification
Hader, AnnRita Levis – 1983
Although much is being written about the sociological aspects of the battering syndrome, little has been done to investigate the personality characteristics of battered women. To investigate the personality characteristics which relate to the life styles of battered women, 60 women (30 battered women, 30 non-battered women), ranging in age from 19…
Descriptors: Battered Women, Individual Power, Life Style, Locus of Control
Kearney, Maureen J.; Kearney, James F. – 1977
The Internal-External (I-E) Locus of Control scale (Rotter, 1966) was administered to 185 male and 185 female university students. The resulting scores were factored, producing two factors for males and four for females. The male factors were the generally-accepted "luck" and "powerful others"; for women, however, the "powerful others" dimension…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, College Students, Females, Individual Power

Thomas, Adele – Review of Educational Research, 1979
Learned helplessness is a state of passivity and loss of persistence resulting from individuals' perceptions, over a period of time, that they cannot control outcomes of events nor can their efforts lead to attainment of goals. Research studies are reviewed and implications for the study of learning disabilities are evaluated. (MH)
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Educational Research, Expectation, Failure

Kumea, (D. L. Shorter) – Journal of Black Psychology, 1976
The goal of this study in exploring the relationship between internal-external control and black political activism was to analyze how the belief systems of activists and non-activists differs, in order to develop some tentative ideas about how more activist-orientations can be developed among black people. Eighty-one black undergraduate students…
Descriptors: Activism, Black Attitudes, Black Students, College Students