This book focuses on encouraging children to see the value in developing values, not because of any current fashion or political trend, but because honesty, empathy, integrity, and other core values are necessary to form the confident and capable good neighbors, teachers, businesspeople, politicians, and clergy of tomorrow. The book assumes that…

Scholars from psychology and education describe how the new rules of measurement work and how they differ from the old rules. The collection provides an integrated and comprehensive reference source concerned with contemporary issues and approaches in testing and measurement. The chapters are: (1) "Issues in the Measurement of Cognitive…

The relationship between personality and interest inventory test scores and several vocational counseling outcome measures was investigated. Male college students uncertain about their choice of major received either model-reinforcement counseling, traditional counseling, or no counseling. Results suggest that amount of change in outcome measures…

The treatment in one session of three women who claimed that their identities had merged is reported. A social-cognitive strategy of therapy was employed, emphasizing the use of dissonant persuasive communications and a therapeutic double bind. Technical aspects of the therapy are discussed and contrasted with possible alternatives. (Author)

Counselors appear different from the general norms on the L, K, Hy, Pd, Mf, Ma, Si, Es, Do, Re St, and Pr scales but only the L, K, Ma and Si scales distinguish between counselors and persons in other professions. Only the Ma and Sc scales show promise of discriminating between effective and ineffective counselors in training. (Author)

By its very nature, informal education has built within it the major components of individualization. (HMD)

Compares the scores obtained on the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire by students constituting three academic categories: good, dropout, and probationary; the test was given to all 468 freshmen entering Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Missouri, in the fall of 1969. (Author/JM)

Reviews research pertaining to S. Elkins' thesis, discusses the limitation of role analysis in explaining the development of slave personalities; suggests the possible advantages of using Neo-Freudian theories of personality development; and comments on the use of Western psychologies in general to explain the behavior of blacks. (Author/JM)

It is the objective of this paper to trace the development of research in the area of determining campus values in dating selection, and to propose a model which could reconcile the conflicting findings. (Author/RK)

This study, which attempts to evaluate the assessment of various forms of social behavior by teachers and college students, is an extension of an earlier investigation (Stanton 1973). (Author)

The author suggests that a systems theory of counseling should have an adequate theoretical foundation in the way various types of systems handle information. Using the works of W. R. Ashby as a basis, the paper is a beginning attempt to establish this foundation. It describes how information can be used to maintain homeostasis and protect key…

This study investigated the effects of repression-sensitization communication network change, task change, and situation change on leadership continuity. Twenty-four 5-man groups, homogeneously composed of either repressers or sensitizers, participated in a wheel network, a completely-connected network, and a leaderless group discussion (LGD)…

A discussion of the strong emphasis on cognitive development in preschool education of disadvantaged children which may be inappropriate to the broader learning process. Suggests that a different approach may be needed to foster maturation in youngsters deprived physically and emotionally. (ST)

In order to be effective, companies must use every meaningful approach to find individuals with high potential who might otherwise be overlooked in the complex organizational structure. In an effort to be more efficient, industrial firms and governmental agencies utilized multiple assessment procedures to identify and develop managerial personnel.…