Analytic intelligence was a good predictor of communication scores for boys but not for girls. Verbal ability was no better a predictor for girls than boys. The correlational evidence indicates that conventional intelligence tests predict social perspective taking as well as Piaget's measure of spatial perspective-taking ability. (Authors)

Purposes of this study were: to examine the interrelationships between the three status dimensions of acceptance, competence and power; to ascertain whether sex differences exist in the pattern of these interrelationships; and to examine the relationships between teacher approval and disapproval and each of the three status systems. (Author/CB)

A study was conducted to determine the relationship of visualization abilities to achievement in chemistry. Two freshmen and one senior level class of chemistry majors were included. Two visualization tests and a chemistry examination at the end of the semester were conducted. A stronger relationship was reported between senior chemistry status…

Presents a model of role conflict coping behavior that is based on three levels in the role process: structural role definition, personal role redefinition, and reactive role behavior. Using the results of a survey of college educated women, 16 behavioral strategies are identified and classified. The relationship between coping behavior and…

Results obtained on the Semantic Differential seem to suggest that the Negro preadolescent delinquent identity is an aspect of self perception, shaped by opportunities within the society, and the perception of the adult sex role. For the similar group of white delinquents, the criminal role remains ego-alien, that is at conflict with the concept…

It Scale performance of second-born Ss appeared to reflect the influence of the sex of the older sibling. Age-spacing between siblings did not appear to influence sex-role preference, except for males who had an older sister. (Author)

To get our musical environment back under control, we're going to have to go outside of music and devise cultural strategies that will make music visible and audible again. (Author)

A subsidiary purpose of this study was to initially explore the value of visual representations of family life as tools to improve the family perceptions of preschool disadvantaged children. (Authors)

Educators cannot afford to ignore the question of whether sex discrimination or limitations based upon sex-role stereotyping are built into the educational system. (Author)

The development of children's conceptualization of various roles appears to parallel general conceptual development. That is, there appears to be a developmental progression from role concepts based on concrete-specific acts and details to those based on general abstract functions. (Author)

The pattern of significant criteria suggests a decreasing emphasis on higher level cognitive processes, involvement, and independence from Grades 6 through 10 and an increasing emphasis on lower level cognitive processes such as memorization. (Authors)

Subjects were 15 instructors and 342 students in elementary education courses in a midwestern university. In most classes students associated desirable course objectives with those stated for the courses; in the majority of classes students differed from their instructors in assigning ranks to stated course objectives; in approximately half the…

Student perceptions of the distributution of power in colleges and universities may be a factor in campus unrest. This study is an exploratory attempt to measure these perceptions on two different campuses and to compare present perception with what is seen as ideal. (Author)

To examine the relationship of the Flowers-Costello Tests of Central Auditory Abilities and the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities, 20 ethnic minority kindergarten children were administered both tests. (Author)