Evaluated college students' (N=60) perceptions of victims of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) based on how the victim contracted the disease. Found in nondeterioration condition victims contracting AIDS via sexual encounters or illicit drug injection were perceived as less trustworthy, less moral, and less desirable as a prospective…

Results suggest that thinking about the future and about the impact of the past and present on the future seems to be more common to college students than to people not in college. (Author)

This study focuses on reported (a) satisfaction in stages of the life cycle; (b) levels of general happiness; and (c) frequency of peak experiences. Subjects were 48 undergraduate students (17 males, 31 females) at Laurentian University, Canada. Results from all three areas in this study accord closely with other relevant published work. (Author)

Undergraduates (N=75) did semantic differential ratings on four pictures: a male or female in a "masculine" or "feminine" stance. The "masculine" stance was perceived as more masculine, potent, happy, and well-adjusted than the "feminine" stance. Cross-sex-typed males were rated less favorably and cross-sex-typed females more favorably than their…

The Cornell Parent Behavior Inventory and Moral Dilemmas Test were administered to 146 girls and 123 boys in New Zealand. Boys with high parental support factor scores had higher mean scores on the Moral Dilemmas Test. The girls' parent perception factor scores did not relate to the Moral Dilemmas Test. (Author)