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"Some Students Really Want to Know Obscure Facts about Chi-Square but Others Will Pass out in Terror if You Mention It": Psychology Postgraduates' Experiences of Teaching Research Methods
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Davies, Emma L.; Jackson, Emma J. – Psychology Teaching Review, 2014
Gaining teaching experience is an important aspect of being a psychology postgraduate. We undertook an online survey of 140 postgraduates from 50 UK institutions to explore their experiences of teaching with a focus on research methods in order to inform training and workshop provision. Of the sample, 91 per cent were involved in some type of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Psychology, Teaching Methods
Why Do Students Think They Fail? The Relationship between Attributions and Academic Self-Perceptions
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Banks, Margaret; Woolfson, Lisa – British Journal of Special Education, 2008
Attributions can have a significant effect on academic achievement and students with learning difficulties are more likely to display negative attributions than their peers. In this article, the attributions of students identified as having learning difficulties are compared with those of other non-labelled low achievers, and non-labelled average…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Self Concept, Educational Psychology, Research Methodology
Relationship Between Locus of Control, Self Report and Nonobtrusive Measures of Anxiety
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O'Leary, Michael R.; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1974
The purpose of the present study was to determine whether the reported relationship between IE scores and self-reported anxiety would be found when a nonobtrusive measure of aniety was employed. (Author)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Correlation, Locus of Control, Psychological Studies
The Phenomenology of a Stalled Career: When an Organizational Undiscussable and Deficient Support Systems Impedes Sensemaking and Work Transition
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Kormanik, Martin B. – Online Submission, 2006
Conditions in the U.S. have created a situation where some middle aged white males are experiencing a stalled career; they perceive they have plateaued in career progression while at the same time women and minority peers continue advancing. Based on phenomenological research methods, individuals who have experienced the non-event work transition…
Descriptors: Males, Phenomenology, Research Methodology, Midlife Transitions
Introversion-Extraversion and Topological Representations of Self and Others
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Tolor, Alexander – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1975
This study indicates that the vertical ordering of self-social others is a potent measure of individual differences in social orientations. (Author)
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Psychological Studies, Research Methodology, Self Esteem
Self-esteem, Locus of Control, and Approved Motivation in Married Couples
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Kawash, George F.; Scherf, Gerhard W. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1975
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Marriage, Measurement Instruments, Motivation
A Pilot Study on the Congruency of Locus of Control and Field Dependence as Related to Self-Esteem and Academic Achievement.
Garner, C. William; Cole, Ernest G. – 1984
A pilot study was conducted at two middle schools to investigate the relationship among student locus of control, field dependency, self-esteem, and achievement. A relationship between self-esteem and achievement has already been identified by research; another variable considered as a possible effect on a person's predisposition to achieve was…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educationally Disadvantaged, Individual Characteristics, Interpersonal Competence
Gifted Population and Adjustment: A Literature Review of Giftedness on Conduct, Family Adjustment, Emotional Functioning, Social Functioning and Perceived Competence.
Lum, Mark Stephen – 1988
This review of research studies on the psychological adjustment of gifted persons focused on five dimensions: social/behavioral conduct, family adjustment, emotional functioning (personality characteristics, anxiety, depression), social functioning (interpersonal relationships, social skills), and perceived competence (self-concept, self-esteem,…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Adjustment, Family Relationship