Four studies explored developmental changes in attitudes toward boasting. Overall, 5- to 7-year-olds (N = 130) were more likely than 8- to 11-year-olds (N = 126) and adults (N = 263) to view characters who boasted about valued traits as likable. In Study 1, younger children, unlike the older participants, liked and morally valued boasters who were…

Giftedness and talent are the focus of many professional and scientific debates. Starting from the phenomenological interpretation that emphasizes the perception of self and reflects the subjective experience of the present and the future, the author presents the attitude of the gifted and other students towards the psychological nature of…

The study investigated the efficacy of a dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) program with a general college counseling center population, not limited to students diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. A review of records of 64 students found that obsessive-compulsive symptoms, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, paranoia,…

Perception is reality. While you perceive yourself to be an effective leader even under stress, do your colleagues share this perception of you? Your perception of effective leadership may be shared by others who work with you. People in leadership may see a relationship between "leaders in title" and "leaders in action" from…

Discrepancies between the implicit personality theory attributed to others and to oneself were examined among 20 subjects for eight lists of trait words. Findings showed that within subject congruency in self-other descriptions exceeded agreement between subjects, and that subjects tended to be consistently congruent or incongruent for all traits.…

Aging literature contains many references to the importance of both real and perceived personality factors to the aging process. The individuals over age 60 in this study were asked to indicate their past and present levels of role participation and present role involvement, and to respond to parts of a personality inventory. (MS)

A study of the extent to which people are likely to attribute traits to other people rather more than to themselves produced support for the Jones and Nisbett hypothesis. The level of trait attribution in the present study was higher than that obtained in previous studies. (Author)

This article reviewed literature relating to growth stages in children and how these growth stages influence what is drawn. Additionally, a review of research was presented using the human-figure drawing in measurement of intelligence, personality assessment and prediction of learning performance. (Author/RK)

Investigated whether actors and observers differ in their beliefs about what features of an individual best reflect his/her "authentic self." Results indicate that actors' views differed significantly from observers'. Friend raters believed that their friends' dispositional traits were better indicators than what their friends actually did,…

This study explores the relationship between empathy (measured by Hogan's empathy scale) and psychological differentiation (measured by the Embedded Figures Test). When 32 male undergraduate volunteers completed both tests, it was found that highly empathetic S's tended to be field independent. Both emphathetic and field independent persons are…

The results of this study indicated that externally controlled subjects rated physical disabilities as more debilitating while internally controlled subjects rated emotional disorders as being more debilitating. Data was interpreted as adding to the construct validity of "internal-external locus of control" and the implications were discussed.…

This study deals with attributional theory, a factor of special concern in achievement theory, which focuses on specific behavior as caused by the subject's attributions to the perceived causes of such behavior. This study investigated whether an individual's attributional biases were predictive of task selections he or she made. Furthermore, it…

A systematic relationship between self-report and perceived sexuality ratings seems to be more characteristic of males than of females. To further investigate this phenomena, male (N=48) and female (N=82) subjects, from 17 to 79 years old, provided self-report sexuality ratings and perceived sexuality ratings of male and female target groups of…

The WAYTE figure drawing technique was used to elicit self-perceptions from students and these findings were evaluated. (RK)