THIS STUDY WAS CONDUCTED BY THE UNITED STATES EMPLOYMENT SERVICE TO EXAMINE ONE ASPECT OF THE INTERRELATIONSHIP OF APTITUDES, JOB PERFORMANCE, AND AGE -- SPECIFICALLY, TO DETERMINE THE RELATIVE VALIDITY OF UNADJUSTED AND AGE-ADJUSTED GENERAL APTITUDE TEST BATTERY (GATB) APTITUDE SCORES FOR PREDICTING OCCUPATIONAL SUCCESS. ELEVEN LONGITUDINAL…

THE OUTLINE WAS ONE OF A NUMBER OF SYLLABI FOR TRAINING PROJECTS UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE TRAINING CENTER IN YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, THE COURSE PROVIDED FUNDAMENTAL INFORMATION, WHICH WOULD SHARPEN TRAINEES' POWERS OF OBSERVATION AND STIMULATE DESIRE FOR FURTHER STUDY AND EXPLORATION. THE CENTRAL AIM WAS TO HELP THE PARTICIPANTS AUGMENT THEIR…

Prior research with the Professional and Career Administrative Examination (PACE), a multiple abilities test battery for federal candidates, demonstrated practice effects (score gains) on alternate forms of the test parts within one administration of the battery. These effects were largest for those abilities including item types constructed…

The impact of age effects on nonverbal memory for auditory or tactual patterns has been largely neglected in research studies. The effects of age on nonverbal memory were investigated by comparing subjects (N=120), divided by age decades into six groups (N=20), through tests using visual, auditory, and tactual items which were resistant to verbal…

Research was conducted on the age and sex differences in raters' evaluations of job applicants' nonverbal behaviors. A ten-minute videotape of five interviews was shown to 28 members (7 females and 21 males) of the Industrial Personnel Association who had varying years of experience in personnel work. The simulations depicted job applicants whose…

A study compared elementary school students' classroom reading achievement levels to their chronological ages, sex, race, and parents' educational levels. Subjects were 168 children in grades one through four. The results indicated that reading levels did covary with parent education levels, with an additional effect of race indicated. No main or…

Since adults are socializing agents integral to home and school settings, they should have accurate views of children's feelings. Adults' (N=96) predictions were compared to the predictions kindergarten children (N=32) made about the children's affective responses to eight different categories of experiences. The children's predictions, reported…

There is increasing interest in the relationship between social support, mental health and life stress. Research shows that social support is negatively correlated with symptoms of psychological distress. Yet knowledge about the dynamics of this relationship is limited. The effect of age, ethnicity and socio-economic status upon the relationship…

Each of the three studies in this report explores in some detail a category of news that traditionally has been regarded as monolithic--business, sports, and foreign news. Highlights of the three studies are as follows: (1) A public opinion poll showed that people were more interested in stories about local business and industry than in national…

This paper describes an assessment instrument being developed to trace the emergence of social-communication skills leading to language and the neo-Piagetian model that is directing the assessment construction efforts. The model is a structural stage model, based on the writings and research of Uzgiris (1976), McCall, Eichorn & Hogarty (1977),…

Differences in age and developmental levels may result in changes in the ways males and females value themselves, and in the level of perceptual functioning from observers. Subjects (N=725) were divided into three groups. Self-raters (N=519) ranged from 6 to 18 years of age. Peer-raters (N=129) were their contemporaries (within one year). There…

To assess hyperactive children's perceptions of drug treatment, a Causal Attribution Questionnaire was developed and introduced as a series of brief stories about "make believe" children to 36 hyperactive males (6 to 13 years) and a comparison group of 35 males. Results showed that the older the child in terms of chronological age, the greater the…

In this study of the development of logical propositions in children, two hypotheses were tested: (1) There will be a significant difference in the scores and proportions of students from age level to age level in the ability to supply missing elements of syllogisms, and (2) There will be a hierarchy of difficulty for all subjects in supplying…

Risk-taking attitudes and behaviors among young and elderly adults were investigated. Elderly subjects, from both a nursing home and the community, and college students responded to choice dilemmas involving aged central characters. Each subject responded twice, once under "self" instructions, and once as the "average elderly person" would…

Empathic distress refers to the empathic response to another's pain, anxiety, or sadness. Empathic distress must be viewed as only one component of a person's response when observing someone in distress. Studies of empathy should be designed to rule out or control the non-empathic components insofar as possible. The importance of perception and…