Thumbsucking of a girl aged 2 years and 9 months was recorded by the parents during three 10-minute reading baselines. In Study 1, thumbsucking was punished by contingent termination and resumption of reading. In Study ii, positive reinforcement was provided for other (non-thumbsucking) behavior. The results imply that parents can effectively…

Eighteen counselors and 697 of their closed cases were studied in order to discover whether differences in employability outcomes existed. The study provides evidence that some counselors had significantly more clients achieve employable status than did other counselors. (Author)

This study compared the perceived parental behavior characteristics of 41 counselors in training and 33 fifth-year engineering students in a test of Roe's vocational choice theory, which suggests dichotomous pattern of vocational choice: "toward persons" or "toward nonpersons" categories that are determined by the nature of early childhood…

This investigation deals with how self-concept and other psychological factors are related to the problem of why some college students find it extremely difficult to make even a tentative decision as to their future career. (Author)

Is the development of achievement motivation in women influenced by the social role females are reared to play? The conclusion here is that self-concept and attitudes toward femininity are related and interact in inhibiting achievement need. (Author)

Under the assumption that environments differ, a residence hall staff evaluation instrument was constructed based on residence life goals and student needs in a small liberal arts college. From a survey of all residents, a multivariate analysis of the responses provided a means for operationalizing staff effectiveness. (Author)

This article outlines the development of a research model for the Client-Counselor Interaction, Patterns of Service, and Client Outcome Project--a study presently taking place in 13 state rehabilitation agencies which addresses the question: What types of counselors, working with what types of clients, effect what types of outcomes? (Author)

The observation and reporting should be a method for aiding the individual child to become aware of his own maturity in relation to definite clear-cut group goals. (GB)

The purpose of this paper is to suggest that attitudes toward others, as well as attitudes of others, may play a role in self-image development. Data analysis from a cross-sectional sampling clarifies and measures self esteem, perceived self, and interpersonal valuation. (Author/KM)

Fifteen college students participated in a 24-hour marathon group and responded to the Internal-External Scale immediately before and after the experience. The results disclosed significant positive change at the .001 level in perceived locus of internal-external control of reinforcement expectancies in the direction of increased internality.…

In this study, junior high students receive group desensitization for their problems of test anxiety; improvement was measured by changes in grade point average. (Author)

Results of cross-tabulations and of the regression analysis seem to indicate that attitudes toward the familial institution are related most directly to the nature of the interaction between parents and children in the latter's family of orientation. (Author)

In two experiments involving a two-choice marble dropping game children responded more to social control than to the magnitude of the reward. (ST)

Mexican-American, Negro, and Anglo-American children participating in a two-person, two-choice game, showed that similar female ethnic pairs cooperated significantly more than dissimilar pairs; that females in the three groups differed significantly in the amount of cooperative behavior, and that reinforcement did not affect cooperative behavior.…

Results of four experiments assessing the contributions of rehearsal, modeling, and coaching to an experimental assertion-training program are reported. (Author)