Results of this study indicate that two-thirds of the participants who completed a year in a Jewish-Arab Buberian Learning Group had diminished existential mistrust of members of the other ethnic group. (JN)

An investigation into the relationship between personality and different problem-solving perspectives leads to the construction of eight profiles of teacher personality makeup as well as suggestions for the improvement of preservice teacher training and selection. (LH)

Personality differences among Jamaican and American Black populations of varying socioeconomic backgrounds were investigated using several personality assessment instruments. Differences in personality traits and social constructs were found to be consistent with those that might be predicted between members of a more traditional society and those…

Examined relationships among sex roles, sex, and learned helplessness. Students were given unsolvable concept-formation problems or solvable concept-formation problems. Feminine-sex-typed and masculine-sex-typed students showed cognitive and motivational deficits as well as dysphoric mood in helpless conditions. Helpless androgynous students…

Determined whether depressed moods created by Velten's mood induction procedure (VMIP) are due to the negative self-evaluative nature of the statements or to the specific suggestions regarding bodily states. Results support a somatic suggestion hypothesis and offer no support for self-devaluative interpretations of VMIP effects. (Author/BEF)

The clinical phenomenon of young lesbianism is seen as psychologically meaningful in terms of ongoing ego development rather than in terms of arrested psychosexual development. (Author/JD)

A test-retest reliability study of the Jesness Inventory based on a group of 54 male adolescents (all probationers) and a study of recidivism among 145 probationers are reported. (CTM)

College students rated stimulus persons after reading paragraphs that varied the sex, ages and the order of presenting the stimulus persons. When tested first, female stimulus persons received favorable ratings on masculine as well as feminine traits. (Author/JAC)

Investigates the validity of the receiver apprehension test, determining the degree to which it (1) correlates with a different measure of trait listening anxiety, (2) predicts specific state anxiety responses to listening tasks, and (3) is stable over time. (JMF)

Three investigations were conducted to examine the consistency of classroom seating among college students. These three studies indicate that both biological sex and psychological sex may be important when studying human territoriality. (Author)

Examines elements in developing a positive self-image: recognizing personal assets; developing positive beliefs about life; and caring for others. It is not the job that brings satisfaction, but the person you are that you bring to your vocation. You can improve that person and, while doing so, enjoy the experience. (Author)

Discusses theoretical and methodological issues raised by psychological androgyny research and theory. (MP)

The purpose of this study was to survey state departments of special education regarding their terminologies of behavioral disorders. The results were discussed in terms of variations, changes, and current status of state terminology. It was suggested that behavioral disorders may be the emerging state-level terminology. (Author)

True experimental designs are thought to provide internally valid results. In this investigation of the evaluations of five interventions, a source of internal invalidity is identified when self-report measures are used. An alternative approach is presented and implications of the findings for evaluation research are discussed. (JKS)

The Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire, Gordon Personal Profile, and Gordon Personal Inventory were administered to 151 male and female high school students. Multiple regression analysis indicated that the personality scales of each test could be predicted from the scales of the other tests. (Author/JKS)