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McCord, Ivalee – 1976
This book on the social and psychological development of the infant (0-1 year) is designed for use in a foster parent training program. The book is divided into 5 parts. Part I briefly lists the expected social and psychological behaviors for each 2-month period of the infant's first year, suggests adult responses and guidance techniques…
Descriptors: Child Care, Emotional Development, Foster Family, Individual Differences
Download full textHonig, Alice Sterling – 1979
A rational approach to increasing the quality of infant caregiving environments requires knowledge of the interrelationships among three major aspects of caregiving: the adult, the infant and the environment in which care is provided. This presentation focuses on desired traits of caregivers and on the needs of infants. In addition to warm…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Childhood Needs, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
Jaynes, W. E. – 1980
As a follow-up to studies by McKechnie (1974) and Marano (1976), the relation of self-report questionnaire measures of worker motivation and temperament to similar measures of participation in leisure activities was explored. One sample of 72 college students was given worker motivation and temperament questionnaires. A second sample of 126…
Descriptors: College Students, Females, Higher Education, Individual Activities
Botterbusch, Karl F. – 1976
Specific suggestions and guidelines are presented for modifying psychological tests so that they can be used to obtain results that are not distorted by the individual's handicap. Focus is on testing persons with sight, hearing, and academic problems with the indication that principles developed for this fairly high percentage of the severely…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Blindness, Deafness, Guidelines
Mukuma, Diana – 1980
An evaluation instrument (BRIAAC) for assessing untestable children is described. The observational tool is said to be particularly appropriate for autistic and other severely withdrawn children. The BRIAAC assesses level of present function and measures behavior changes in the following areas: relationship with an adult (physically and…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Change, Behavior Rating Scales, Communication Skills
Hobish, Toby T. – 1979
The hypotheses for the study were that: (1) there is a significant overall relationship between three variables (independence, level of masculinity, and level of socialization) in combination and two independent variables (sex and degree status) that is different for successful degree candidates (SDC) and all-but-dissertation (ABD) students; (2)…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Doctoral Degrees, Doctoral Dissertations, Females
Mundel-Atherstone, Beverly J. – 1980
Psychological characteristics of students who received the highest ratings in both student and professional teaching were examined and compared to those of students who rated the lowest in both fields. Although the resulting profiles from the two groups did not differ significantly, trends indicated that the more successful group had a good self…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Education Work Relationship, Higher Education, Personality Traits
Swap, Walter C.; Rubin, Jeffrey Z. – 1980
The construct Interpersonal Orientation (IO) refers to the degree to which a person is responsive to the interpersonal aspects of his relationships with other people. A self-report measure of IO was devised whose construct validity was supported by correlational data. Two experiments were conducted to assess the potential usefulness of IO in…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Behavior Patterns, Cooperation, Disclosure
CARLSON, WILLIAM A. – 1961
THE APPLICATION OF GROUP COUNSELING TO EDUCATION WAS INVESTIGATED WITH RESPECT TO ANALYSES OF INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS AND PERSONALITY INTEGRATION FOR USE WITH DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF SOUND MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS. SUBJECTS WERE 15 NINTH-GRADE STUDENTS, DIVIDED INTO 2 COUNSELING GROUPS AND CONSIDERED TO BE GIFTED UNDERACHIEVERS. EACH…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Counseling Objectives
SHAY, EARL R. – 1963
TO INVESTIGATE THE THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS ON THE SELF CONCEPT OF PARTICIPATION TRAINING IN GROUP DISCUSSION, 18 INSTITUTIONALIZED MALE ALCOHOLICS (AVERAGE AGE 42.5 YEARS, SCHOOL GRADE ACHIEVEMENT 11.2 YEARS) UNDERWENT THREE HOUR SESSIONS OF GROUP DISCUSSION DURING 12 DAYS IN FEBRUARY 1963, FOLLOWING A CONTROL PERIOD OF 11.8 DAYS. THE BULTER-HAIGH…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Behavior Change, Behavior Rating Scales, Doctoral Dissertations
GREGOR, GARY L.; WRENCH, DAVID F. – 1966
THIS STUDY WAS DESIGNED TO TEST THE THEORY THAT LABORATORY GROUPS MAKING COMPLEX DECISIONS WILL DISTORT THEIR PERCEPTIONS OF EACH OTHER IN WAYS PREDICTABLE FROM NEWCOMB'S A-B-X MODEL OF PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION IN WHICH "A" REPRESENTS THE PERCEIVING INDIVIDUAL, "B" REPRESENTS ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE GROUP, AND "X" THE…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Cognitive Processes, Decision Making, Group Behavior
REGAN, MARY C.; THOMPSON, O. E. – 1965
BIOGRAPHICAL, ATTITUDE, AND PERSONALITY INVENTORIES WERE ADMINISTERED TO FRESHMEN COLLEGE STUDENTS IN ALL FIELDS IN THE FALL OF 1963 AND 1964 TO IDENTIFY BACKGROUND, PRESENT ATTITUDES, AND PERSONALITY FACTORS OF THE AGRICULTURAL STUDENT. IN ADDITION, THEIR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN COLLEGE HAD BEEN FOLLOWED. THE STUDENTS IN AGRICULTURE WERE GROUPED…
Descriptors: Agriculture, College Students, Environmental Influences, Family Characteristics
JOHNSON, THOMAS; SMITH, LOUIS M. – 1962
AN ANALYSIS AND CONCEPTUALIZATION OF THE CLASSROOM, PUPIL PERSONALITY, AND AN EXTENSION OF A STUDY ON PUPIL EXPECTATIONS WERE CONDUCTED IN THIS INVESTIGATION. SAMPLES INCLUDED 425 PUPILS SELECTED FROM ELEMENTARY, JUNIOR HIGH, AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS. MEASURING INSTRUMENTS INCLUDED A QUESTIONNAIRE, STIMULUS PICTURES AS A TEST, AND OTHER MEASURES.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Educational Psychology, Individual Characteristics
Leggett, Delia C. – 1978
Role theory predicts that when expectations are disconfirmed, the perception of persons who do not conform to the stereotypes may be distorted. To investigate the evaluation of sex-typed behavior in males and females, male and female college students (N=120) read about one of four persons described as either a man or woman in either a masculine or…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Androgyny, Attitudes, Attribution Theory
Brown, Ronald T. – 1980
The relationship between locus of control orientation and academic achievement has recently been questioned. To investigate the relationship between measures of locus of control, intelligence, and academic achievement, 58 normal and 50 delinquent 15-year-old adolescents were administered the Peabody Vocabulary Test, Nowicki-Strickland Locus of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Comparative Analysis, Delinquency
