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Sharan, Shlomo (Singer); and others – J Soc Psychol, 1969
Descriptors: Anxiety, Birth Order, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies
Air Combat Training: Good Stick Index Validation. Final Report for Period 3 April 1978-1 April 1979.
Download full textMoore, Samuel B.; And Others – 1979
A study was conducted to investigate and statistically validate a performance measuring system (the Good Stick Index) in the Tactical Air Command Combat Engagement Simulator I (TAC ACES I) Air Combat Maneuvering (ACM) training program. The study utilized a twelve-week sample of eighty-nine student pilots to statistically validate the Good Stick…
Descriptors: Aircraft Pilots, Flight Training, Measurement Techniques, Military Training
Putnam, Linda L. – 1979
Three studies were conducted to ascertain the relationship between predisposition for group work climate and the types of procedural messages that group members employ. In the studies, expectations about group work procedures fell into two categories: high procedural order (HPO) and low procedural order (LPO). Each category consisted of four…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Communication Research, Communication Skills, Group Dynamics
Page, Richard H.; Orton, Julie – 1977
In a 1973 study Morgan and Mausner administered the second half of the Hidden Figures Test to pairs of high school students who had scored in either the upper or lower quartile on the first half of the test. High-scoring females showed a significant tendency to lower their scores when working with a low-scoring male partner. This tendency was not…
Descriptors: Females, High School Seniors, High School Students, Males
ALTMAN, JAMES W. – 1966
THE OBJECTIVES WERE TO (1) DEVELOP AND VERIFY METHODS FOR DETERMINING GENERAL CAPABILITIES REQUIRED FOR JOBS, (2) DESCRIBE THE GENERAL VOCATIONAL CAPABILITIES OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND RELATE THEM TO INTELLECTUAL APTITUDES AND EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE, AND (3) DERIVE EDUCATIONAL IMPLICATIONS FROM AN ANALYSIS OF THESE GENERAL VOCATIONAL…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Educational Research, Job Skills, Occupations
COBES, CATHY J.; JONES, J. CHARLES
THE CHILDREN'S FORM OF THE TAYLOR MANIFEST ANXIETY TEST WAS USED TO DIVIDE FIFTH-GRADE MALE STUDENTS INTO HIGH AND LOW ANXIETY GROUPS IN ORDER TO COMPARE THE EFFECTS OF ANXIETY AND COMPETITION UPON PERFORMANCE. A 2-WAY ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE WAS USED (120 SUBJECTS) TO DETERMINE THE EFFECT OF THE PRESENCE OF PEERS UPON THE PERFORMANCE OF MEMBERS OF…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Aspiration, Elementary School Students, Peer Groups
BLAKE, KATHRYN A.; AND OTHERS – 1964
A SERIES OF RESEARCH PROGRAMS CONCERNED WITH THE EFFECTS OF SYSTEMATIC VARIATIONS OF CERTAIN CONDITIONS RELATED TO LEARNING HAS BEEN CONDUCTED. PROJECTS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED INCLUDED TWO INVESTIGATIONS OF REINFORCEMENT AND SUBJECT VARIABLES AND ONE ON THE STUDY OF PRACTICE AND SUBJECT VARIABLES. THE NATURE OF THE OVERALL PROGRAM WAS DISCUSSED IN…
Descriptors: Gifted, Intelligence Differences, Learning, Learning Processes
Amabile, Teresa M. – 1978
Conditions are examined under which the imposition of an extrinsic constraint upon performance of an activity can lead to decrements in creativity. Female college students worked on an art activity either with or without the expectation of external evaluation. In addition, subjects were asked to focus upon either the creative or the technical…
Descriptors: Art Expression, Behavior Change, Creativity, Evaluation
Fine, Sidney A. – 1978
Estimation techniques of physical capacities have been used by the United States Employment Service for a period of 40 years. In one technique, benchmarks are used to define 27 different capacities and 27 working conditions, which are ultimately consolidated into six groups of the former and seven groups of the latter. The benchmarks are actual…
Descriptors: Employment Qualifications, Individual Characteristics, Industrial Personnel, Job Placement
SILVERN, LEONARD C. – 1961
IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE EMPLOYEE TRAINING-EVALUATION METHOD, TEACHING MACHINES AND PERFORMANCE AIDS MUST BE PHYSICALLY AND OPERATIONALLY INTEGRATED INTO THE SYSTEM, THUS RETURNING TRAINING TO THE ACTUAL JOB ENVIRONMENT. GIVEN THESE CONDITIONS, TRAINING CAN BE MEASURED, CALIBRATED, AND CONTROLLED WITH RESPECT TO ACTUAL JOB PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND…
Descriptors: Educational Media, Electromechanical Aids, Job Analysis, Job Training
KATZ, GIDEON – 1964
THE OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY WERE TO (1) IDENTIFY PRINCIPAL FARM JOBS IN PRODUCTION ENTERPRISES, (2) DETERMINE THE ACTUAL PERFORMER OF THESE JOBS ON MOSHAV FARMS, (3) ASCERTAIN THE IDEAL PERFORMER OF THESE JOBS, (4) CLASSIFY JOBS IN TERMS OF ACTUAL AND IDEAL PERFORMERS, AND (5) DRAW IMPLICATIONS FOR CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT. LISTS OF FARM JOBS WERE…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs, Farm Management
Crouch, C. L.; Kaufman, J. E. – Illuminating Engineering, 1963
The role of reflected glare and visual viewing angles in near task performance is discussed, and following statements are reported--(1) a worker at a desk normally assumes a position in which his eyes traverse an area of work extending from a point approximately vertically below his eyes to a point not more than 40 degrees from the vertical, (2) a…
Descriptors: Controlled Environment, Design Requirements, Glare, Human Posture
Beehr, Terry A.; And Others – 1977
Higher order need strength (HONS) has been shown to moderate the relationship between work role characteristics and some traditional dependent variables in organizations. It was hypothesized that employees with strong HONS might be more sensitive to variability in their work environments than people with weaker HONS. This would happen because…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Employee Attitudes, Job Satisfaction, Motivation
Broom, Glen M.; Smith, George D. – 1978
Five public relations consultant role models were examined in a study of the way these roles affect client evaluations of task accomplishment, problem-solving efficacy, and consultant expertise. The role models examined were: the expert prescriber (the consultant operates as an authority on both the public relations problem and its solution), the…
Descriptors: Attitudes, College Students, Communication (Thought Transfer), Consultants
Arntson, Paul H.; And Others – 1977
The two studies of predisposition toward verbal behavior (PVB) reported in this paper examined the behavior of interactants who have dissimilar verbal predispositions in task-oriented discussions. In the first study, 20 groups of three members each were given an interpersonal task that involved reaching a consensus. In the second study, 17 pairs…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Group Behavior, Interaction, Interpersonal Competence
