Hagen's central-incidental learning task, the Intellectual Achievement Responsibility Questionnaire (IAR), and the Nowicki-Strickland Scale (N-S) locus of control measures were used to examine selective attention and locus of control--two variables associated with motivation and learning--with 56 normal and learning disabled junior and senior high…

A factor analysis of Rotter's internal-external locus of control scale is described. The four factors extracted were there correlated with several political attitude instruments. Results lead authors to suggest a modification in Rotter's scale, particularly in the "just world" items. (JKS)

An internal locus of control (LOC) orientation was significantly related to academic achievement and high self-esteem. For males, LOC was related to grade point averages and not achievement test scores, while the reverse held for females. Differential socialization of females from males might account for the lack of relationship between grades and…

Discusses diametrically opposed attitudes between custodial personnel and professional correctional counselors. Outlines primary characteristics requisite to establishing a "therapeutic milieu." Presents theoretical and pragmatic aspects of internal-external locus of control orientation in correctional counseling. (Author)

The Stanford Preschool Internal-External Scale (SPIES) was administered to middle class kindergarten children to investigate whether the characteristics of the test would remain stable as it did for the normative sample. (Author/DEP)

Nursing students who believed that they were in control of their own destinies performed better on a reading comprehension test when a woman administered the test than when a man administered the test. (MKM)

This study was conducted to find a method to assess a sanitarian's learning potential both before hiring and in service. Found that past achievement (educational level) was the most important factor in predicting achievement on tests; improvement during inservice was more closely related to motivation. (MR)

Summarizes a number of related studies of the social aspects of modernization in the Philippines. From these studies we have selected four important social processes which influence the course of change, and we have attempted to interpret these processes with reference to social-psychological laboratory studies. (Author/JM)

The teacher who establishes a relationship of mutual openness and trust with students enables them to set their own goals and realize their full human potential. (JD)

Sixty-four 10- to 12-year-olds (N=64), identified as gifted, average, or educable mentally retarded (EMR), were administered tasks in which failure/success were manipulated. Assessment indicated that gifted students credited success to low task difficulty, had initially high expectations which lowered following failure, and persisted more with…

Regular class (grades 3-6) teachers' (N=29) perceptions of the teachability of learning disabled students mainstreamed in their classes were assessed. Although neither student IQ nor achievement predicted teachers' perceptions, the student personality variables of self concept and locus of control did predict variance in perceived teachability.…

Discussion of learner control in the educational process focuses on adult distance education. Independence, power, and support are described as the three components of control of the learning process, and the concept of control as it relates to the communication process between student and teacher is discussed. (LRW)

Ninety junior high school males and 71 undergraduates were given instruments to measure: "integrated" level, traditional locus of control and abstract reasoning. Results for the integrated scale indicate moderate to high internal consistency, insignificant correlations with locus of control, and significant and moderate correlations with abstract…

This study was designed to test whether a learned helplessness treatment would decrease performance on mathematical tasks and to extend learned helplessness findings to include the cognitive development dimension. Results showed no differential advantages to either sex in resisting effects of learned helplessness or in benefiting from strategy…