The importance of emotion in problem solving is well established. The Emotion Questionnaire, presented here, is a 38 item instrument designed to measure important aspects of emotion problem solving. The development and validation of the Emotion Questionnaire is discussed. Specific results gleaned in developing and validating this instrument are…

Interactions and relationships involving goal attributes and goal types were examined to supplement previous studies of goal types alone. In previous studies, goal attributes such as positive-based incentive values had been found to be higher for intrinsic goals, mastery goals, and more difficult goals. Intrinsic goals and mastery goals were more…

A. Wigfield and J. Meece (1988) developed the Mathematics Anxiety Questionnaire (MAQ) to measure the cognitive and affective aspects of mathematics anxiety. In particular, using school-aged students, Wigfield and Meece have provided evidence that the MAQ measures two factors identified as Worry and Negative Affective Reactions. This study used…

Describes a student self-evaluation process aimed at helping students in finding out who they are and where they are going. (Editor)

Findings of a study on the design, execution, and evaluation of a recruitment and public education program in rehabilitation counseling are presented. (Author)

Families in a Mexican village were interviewed using the California Psychological Inventory and the TAT. Users and nonusers of contraceptives were found to differ on several psychological variables. (ST)

The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of fantasy aggression on blood pressure, affective states, and probability of subsequent aggression. The results are inconclusive because of the limited range of fantasy stimuli used and the short amount of time allowed for aggression to occur. (Author/KM)

Seventh-grade boys were assessed for moral judgment with the Kohlberg interview technique; role taking, stage misture, intelligence, socioeconomic status, and social desirability were also assessed. Half were assigned to moral reasoning one stage above initial stage. Subjects at the preconventional level shifted upward more than subjects at the…

Discussed are the purposes, the behavioral objectives for observers, and the script of a multimedia presentation on instructional technology which emphasized the affective dimension of behavior in deaf children. (GW)

The Affective Sensitivity Scale was administered in 16 master's level counseling students. A year later, each subject brought in a recorded audiotape with a client from his secondary school field setting. These tapes were rated on empathy, nonpossessive warmth, and genuineness on the Truax scales of Facilitative Interpersonal Functioning. A high…

It was hypothesized that while approval of donation behavior from altruistic models would be rewarding, such approval from selfish models would be aversive. (Authors)

Whereas many values are hard to define, the author believes a good one to start with is honesty. He encourages teachers to discuss the many fraudulent aspects of our public life with their students. (GB)

Examines the relationship between smiling behavior and the correctness of responses on a pictorial word-recognition task for 4-and 8-year-old children. (Author/AJ)