This report provides a description of all steps required to develop daily performance record sheets; provides examples of performance record sheets which were used successfully; describes instructor training necessary to insure satisfactory results; and highlights restrictions or limitations to the use of this technique. (Author)

Two rating instruments for evaluating the performance of men in Navy jobs by supervisors were developed based on the need to know how effectively men of varying ability perform different tasks. Specific Navy jobs were selected for the development of the performance instruments according to the following job factors: Highly populated,…

Seventy-two trainable mentally retarded adults were given success and failure experiences at a coding task, as well as one of three causal attributions (ability, effort, or task difficulty [ease]). (Author)

Recently, an evaluation procedure, behaviorally anchored rating scales (BARS), has been developed that attempts to capture performance in multidimensional, behavior-specific terms. Article reviews and evaluates the research on BARS and suggests new directions for future research. (Author/RK)

The influence of the subject's race, model's race, and type of task on imitation was assessed when a black and white model were juxtaposed such that imitation of one precluded imitation of the other. Results showed no differential modeling as a function of the subject's or model's race or type of task. (Author)

Experiments reported here were designed to investigate the drive known as epistemic curiosity which Berlyne had previously demonstrated by showing that subjects given a questionnaire and then a set of statements including answers to the questionnaire recalled more of these answers than subjects not given the questionnaire. (Authors/MB)

Two experiments were designed to detect frustration phenomena hitherto only observed in subhuman animals, frustration being defined as the omission of the response item after a correct anticipation in a partial reinforcement schedule. (Authors)

The hypothesis that success influences task preferences was tested. Results supported the hypothesis: the probability of change in task preference was greatest under high success reinforcement ratio conditions. (Author)

This study was submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the M.S. degree at Purdue University, August 1968.

It is important that competence be assessed in terms of qualities of behavior and not simple skills and knowledges which may or may not be compatible with a dynamic job setting. (Author/BP)