A DIAGRAMATIC OVERVIEW IS PRESENTED OF A PROJECT WHOSE GOAL IS A SYSTEMATIC AND COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF AN ATTITUDE UPON A VARIETY OF RESPONSES. DEPENDING UPON THE OUTCOME OF THIS WORK, CERTAIN RESPONSES WILL BE CHOSEN AS INDICATORS OF ATTITUDE, AND WILL BE UTILIZED AS BASES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF ATTITUDE MEASURES. THE SET OF…

THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS STUDY WERE (1) TO IDENTIFY AND COMPARE THREE KINDS OF TRANSFER EFFECTS--AN EFFECT ASSOCIATED WITH CUE REPETITION, A LEARNING-TO-LEARN EFFECT, AND A WARM-UP EFFECT, AND (2) TO EVALUATE THE USEFULNESS OF CUE-RESPONSE CORRELATIONS IN EXPLAINING TRANSFER EFFECTS. THE STUDY WAS BASED ON THE DEFINITION OF TRANSFER EFFECTS AS…

This study tested the feasibility of computer-based training (CBT) for students with below average academic skills, and evaluated a job performance aid used in recipe conversation for the Mess Management Specialist School. There were 20 students in each of three groups: two CBT experimental groups and a control group. One CBT group received the…

This study investigated the effects of four factors (threat, surveillance, sex of child and time) on obedience of children to adult requests. An adult told the subjects (48 4-year-old boys and girls) to carry marbles from one box to another. The adult either made no threat or threatened the child for possible disobedience, and either stayed in the…

Twenty-seven studies on goal setting were reviewed to evaluate the practical feasibility of goal setting in organizations and to evaluate Locke's theories of goal setting. The organizational research reviewed provides strong support for Locke's proposition that specific goals increase performance and that difficult goals, if accepted, result in…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO IDENTIFY CLUSTERS OF TASKS PERFORMED BY A COMPREHENSIVE SAMPLE OF OFFICE EMPLOYEES WORKING IN FIVE OFFICE-SIZE CATEGORIES IN 12 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATIONS IN WASHINGTON STATE. QUESTIONNAIRES LISTING 599 OFFICE TASKS AND VALIDATED BY INTERVIEWS WITH 286 OFFICE WORKERS AND SUPERVISORS AND BY A JURY OF…

The study investigated the behavior of 40 adults while planning, conducting, and supervising their own learning. Those interviewed recalled that they performed for themselves several major tasks of the professional educator. Deciding on activities, obtaining resources, estimating performance levels, choosing goals, deciding when to learn, and…

This study sought to refine the concept "procedures" in small group communication. Two categories with eight corresponding properties were delineated and incorporated into a Likert-type scale designed to assess a person's preference for procedural order in task-oriented groups. The instrument was checked for reliability and then…

Research was conducted to investigate two general classes of human attention models, early-selection models which claim that attentional selecting precedes memory and meaning extraction mechanisms, and late-selection models which posit the reverse. This research involved two components: (1) the development of simple, efficient, computer-oriented…

This paper describes three classification criterion tasks and the rationale for their selection. A set of parameters is defined and then used to describe the item format for the test. The test format and content domain are presented and discussed. Sample testing directions and materials are appended. (Author)

This study investigated several levels of internal and external disequilibrium and their interaction. Subjects were 63 fifth graders assigned to three groups according to their degree of internal disequilibrium. Internal disequilibrium was measured by the amount "level mixture" (a tendency to respond to various events at several…

A test was made of the hypothesis that only immediate supervisors know enough about their subordinates' job activities to render job performance ratings. Pairs of supervisors who rated the quality of performance of 295 supply airmen had identified themselves as immediate supervisors and other-than-immediate supervisors. These pairs, working…

The report presents a brief summary of the development and application of a taxonomy of undergraduate pilot training (UPT) tasks and skills. A surface analysis format based on cues, mental actions, and motor actions was developed which described flying tasks in terms of the sequential elements within each task. A set of classification rules was…

The present study used a set of bimodal (auditory-visual) conflict designed specifically for the preschool child. The basic component was a match-to-sample sequence designed to reduce the often-found contaminating factors in studies with young children: failure to understand or remember instructions, inability to perform the indicator response, or…

A new, more specific language for describing work activities, based upon the duty module (clusters of tasks that tend to go together occupationally and organizationally in meaningful ways) is being designed for the Army. The purpose is to improve communications between resource and requirement planners and program operators. The paper proposes two…