Presents arguments for oral language work in classrooms that go far beyond "the principal means of human communication" justification. Topics discussed include relationships between oral language and literacy, intelligence, problem solving, cognition, "the hypothetical mode of learning," and personality growth. Recommendations…

Reports on the development and psychometric attributes of an instrument testing values, attitudes, and predispositions toward the external environment. Also discusses variations in grade, sex, geographic residence of children (9-16 years old) in association with differences in environmental personality as measured by the instrument. (JN)

Investigated changes in locus of control orientation during graduate education in rehabilitation counseling by comparing students (N=20) who received experiential training with controls who received didactic training. Results indicated movement toward internality was determined by the types of instruction and the level of the initial external…

Analyzes applicants (N=94) to the Franciscan Order between 1978 and 1982 regarding the accuracy of test scores in predicting successful job performance, perseverance, and emotional adjustment. Results supported the application of psychometric evaluation and multiple regression procedures to a personnel decision-making process within the context of…

This article discusses the possibilities of moral education through physical education. A brief overview of several moral education programs is presented with an emphasis on Kohlberg's cognitive development approach. An appeal is made to physical educators for greater concern and involvement towards this goal. (Author/DF)

Describes a process for using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator with career clients who are test aware and test expected, or referred by colleagues. Suggest that the MBTI as an option to the Strong Campbell Interest Inventory may avoid dealing with specific career titles too early. (Author/JAC)

One issue that has concerned investigators in recent years has been alcoholics' perception of their ability to control events that affect them. The current study investigated the relationship of locus of control scores to dropping out of treatment at various stages. Results are discussed. (Author)

Responses of emotionally disturbed and normal children to the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children were factor analyzed separately. Two A-State and two A-Trait factors were found, with A-State factors accounting for significantly more variance. Four A-State and two A-Trait factors were found for the normal group, with no significant…

It was suggested that thought changes cognitions to be more consistent with one's initial attitude direction and, therefore, results in attitude polarization. Specifically, it was predicted that polarization would be highest under thought with reality constraints absent, followed by thought with reality constraints present, followed by…

The theoretical foundation and empirical performance of two sets of "critical items" that are a common feature of most automated Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory interpretations are examined. These items purportedly alert the clinician to serious pathology and is a scale of general maladjustment. The critical items resulted in…

Work histories of male psychiatric patients were compared to see if they varied as a function of psychiatric diagnosis. Results indicated the more severe the maladjustment, the less likely the men were to have been employed above the semiskilled level of occupations. (Author)

The effects upon women's self-evaluations of experiencing varying severity of failure in interpersonal competition against male vs. female opponents were explored. (Editor)

The Vocational Preference Inventory (VPI) and the Sixteen Personality Factors Questionnaire (16PF) were administered to 425 undergraduate students and compared using canonical analysis. The contributions of the scales of the VPI and the 16PF to the three relationships supported Hollans's theory of vocational choice, the use of the VPI for…

Outlines, in a satirical expose, the lack of conclusive evidence on the effects of the utterance, "Please pass the salt." (MH)

There are two basic trends in alcohol education--one aiming at containment and control, the other envisioning a society in which alcohol is morally neutral, its use integrated into activities that reflect social solidarity, and in which drinking is not associated with social hazard. (JD)