In this experiment, the effects of attainment or nonattainment of self-set goals are assessed in individuals of three ethnic groups (white, black and Mexican-American), both pre- and post-desegregation. The method used to test level of expectation, actual performance, and reactions to success or failure is a simple ring toss game. Subjects varied…

The main thrust of California's Ryan Act (1970) has been to terminate credential qualifications by verification of credit received from an institution of higher education and move towards the competency based professional preparation program where institutions are first authorized to offer such programs and then assigned the responsibility to…

THE GENERAL PROBLEM UNDER INVESTIGATION CONCERNED TWO PROCESSES OF CONCEPT FORMATION - THE DEDUCTIVE REASONING PROCESS AND THE ASSOCIATIVE PROCESS - EMPLOYED BY CHILDREN OF ELEMENTARY-SCHOOL AGE. IT WAS ASSUMED THAT BOTH OF THESE PROCESSES ARE FOUND IN VARYING DEGREES AMONG CHILDREN OF DIFFERENT AGES AND MENTAL ABILITIES, DEPENDING UPON THE…

EXPERIMENTS WERE CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT TO WHICH (1) EXPERIMENTALLY INDUCED ANXIETY INFLUENCES ABILITY TEST PERFORMANCE AND (2) THE VARIOUS PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL MEASURES OF ANXIETY ARE RELATED. HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS WERE ADMINISTERED THE FOLLOWING MEASURES OF ANXIETY--(1) S-R INVENTORY OF ANXIOUSNESS, (2) AFFECT ADJECTIVE…

THIS EFFORT WAS AN INVESTIGATION OF THE PROCESSES WHICH OCCUR WHEN CHILDREN ARE SET TO FORM CONCEPTS AND, ALTERNATELY, THOSE WHICH OCCUR WHEN CHILDREN ARE EXPOSED TO MATERIAL AND NO DELIBERATE EFFORT IS MADE TOWARD CONCEPT FORMATION. THE EXPERIMENTAL PLAN WAS AN INDEPENDENT GROUP DESIGN IN WHICH THE MAJOR VARIABLES WERE INTENTIONALITY OF SET…

This document consists of three parts: (1) an application form for local education agencies (LEA) wishing to apply to participate in the California Right to Read Program; (2) evidence agencies must submit of a formal Board Resolution encompassing the following elements: commitment to reading as a curricular priority in the district; designation of…

THE VALUE OF YOUNG CHILDREN VOCALIZING DURING A PROBLEM-SOLVING TASK WAS STUDIED. IN A 2-DAY INVESTIGATION, SIXTY 4-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN WERE TRAINED INDIVIDUALLY TO SELECT THE CORRECT ONE OF THREE PICTURES DIFFERING ONLY IN SIZE. THE CHILDREN WERE DIVIDED RANDOMLY INTO A LABELING GROUP AND A NONLABELING GROUP. CHILDREN IN THE LABELING GROUP WERE…

To determine the feasibility of employing women as state traffic officers (STOs), the California Highway Patrol (CHP) conducted a two-year study. The CHP employed forty-one women and forty-two men as traffic officers and gave them the standard sixteen-week training given all new officers. After graduation, the officers were assigned to highway…

This experiment attempted to alter the effects of race as a diffuse status characteristic. Black subjects were given instructions meant to induce "high competence" on a task performed with white subjects. All subjects were seventh and eighth graders who did not know each other prior to the experiment. Each group comprised two white and…