Examines the types of stressful situations graduate students encounter and delineates styles of coping with these situations. (Author/DEP)

This study examined the effects of 3 situational contexts varying in demands for accuracy and speed on the performance of 45 kindergarteners and 45 second grade students on the Matching Familiar Figures test of cognitive style. (JMB)

After different conceptualizations of behavior in terms of personal and situational variables have been outlined, Endler's arguments on situational specificity are discussed and his data found not to warrant his conclusions. It is argued that there is no antagonism between interactionism and conditioned situationism or personologism. (Author/SJL)

Females demonstrated the same A-Trait/A-State relationship as previously reported for males. Findings suggest that state anxiety and trait anxiety are cognitively and experientially differentiated constructs. The state construct is related to situations; the trait construct is stable over situations. (Author/BEF)

Examines students' perceptions of the probable use of certain persuasive strategies in a given situation in relation to students' level of communication apprehension. Data confirms the impact of situation on strategy selection but fails to demonstrate the effect of communication apprehension or an interaction between communication apprehension and…

Utilizing an interaction-transaction perspective on perceived control within six life situations, a multivariate cohort study investigated patterns of interaction associated with 90 individuals representing different periods along the adult life course; adolescence, adulthood, and retired adulthood. (Author/SS)

Jones and Nisbett (1972) hypothesize that actors attribute their actions to situational requirements whereas observers attribute the same actions to personal dispositions. This hypothesis is critically examined and a reconceptualization is proposed. (Editor/RK)

Negotiation skills are essential in everyday life, whether in a professional or personal context. Negotiation enables two parties to address misunderstandings and avoid conflicts through an exchange that depends as much on the interpersonal skills of the negotiators as the tactics employed. Acquiring these skills requires not only sound conceptual…

Previous research has found that people are often so anxious about performing in public that they cannot recall what happened when they were next-in-line to perform. In the current research, 96 general psychology students at Texas Christian University, in four experimental groups of 24 subjects each, took turns reading words aloud. Later, they…

A model public school vocational evaluation center for handicapped students is described. The model's battery of work samples and tests of vocational aptitudes, personal and social adjustment, physical capacities, and work habits are listed. In addition, observation of such work behaviors as remembering instructions, correcting errors, reacting to…

This study investigated the effects on prejudice of either a cooperative or competitive strategy adopted by either a white or black partner. The results were considered in relation to the general effect of competition and cooperation in society. (Author)

Research supported by U.S. Public Health Research Grant No. MH-07176-01 from the Mental Health Division.

This study was designed to develop a conceptual framework or model for the measurement of the professional orientation of rehabilitation counselors. The four orientations identified were: (1) concern for the counselor-client relationship, (2) concern for the client's situation, (3) concern for both relationship and situation or bipolar, and (4)…

The relative efficiency and cost-effectiveness of three methods of producing and administering a worksample simulation test of interpersonal communication competence employing a multiple choice response format is explored. (Author/JKS)