Based upon the author's PhD dissertation at Purdue University.

DESIGNED TO GIVE THE READER SOME OF THE DIFFICULTIES OF INTEGRATING PERSONALITY VARIABLES, THEORY, AND TESTING, THIS BOOK DISCUSSES THE DUAL ORIENTATION OF PSYCHOLOGY AS A SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINE AND AS AN APPLIED SKILL. EXAMPLES OF BOTH NOMOTHETIC AND IDIOGRAPHIC THEORIES OF PERSONALITY ARE CONSIDERED. THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT AND DEBATE…

THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE THE DIRECTION AND EXTENT OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INTRASEX VARIATIONS ALONG THE MASCULINITY-FEMININITY CONTINUUM AND VARIATIONS IN SEVERAL VARIABLES RELATED TO YOUTH IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL INCLUDING--(1) JUDGED BEHAVIOR ACCEPTABILITY, (2) STANDARDIZED TEST ACHIEVEMENT IN THE LANGUAGE ARTS,…

Some 854 upperclassmen and graduate students were administered the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule (EPPS). Profiles were analyzed in individual groupings by major area of study, natural combinations of interest, and indivudal major area groupings by school to identify the dominant personality needs of each group. Cross comparisons were also…

The purpose of this research project was to devise a method of personality assessment for Peace Corps trainees which would increase efficiency, decrease costs, include human relations training, and promote research. It was found that professional personality evaluators are prone to use a stereotype of the "Ideal Peace Corps Volunteer"…

In the fall of 1968, 269 males and 167 females at Central Virginia Community College were administered the Holland Vocational Preference Inventory. Statistical comparisons were made scale-for-scale between these students and national normative group average scores. The comparisons of means and standard deviations were analyzed by "t"…

It was assumed on the basis of projection theory that a picture of a person drawn by a child reflects that child's self-image. Six hundred ninety-eight 7-year-old economically disadvantaged children (Negro N=232, white N=466) were told to draw a picture of a person. Each picture was then scored as a Draw-A-Person Test. There was no significant…

The major goal of this research study was the identification and validation of measures of components of personal achievement orientations that can be used in the job training program context. The guiding conceptions for the research were based on Atkinson's theory of achievement motivation, Gurin's investigations of expectancies, and measurement…

Volume I is the narrative and statistical account of a study identifying and measuring individual characteristics which may influence a job trainees' capacity to obtain and maintain successful employment. (CE000159). This is Volume II which contains appendix materials: Appendix A-Interview, B-Job History, C-Behavior Instructions and Score Sheet,…

A direct outgrowth of the increasing concern toward accountability in education is the "Peer and Self-Evaluation Checklist" (PSEC), which was first developed in 1972. The PSEC was developed and refined to provide greater insight into an individual's competency. The checklist contains 60 items or criteria, which are distributed within the following…

This document reports the results of two standardized instruments, the Survey of College Achievement (SCA) and the Omnibus Personality Inventory (OPI), as they were administered to a group of students at Empire State College in the fall 1971. The first ESC students appear to be, as a group, fairly independent with a well developed sense of…

The relationship between teacher effectiveness (performance) and personality orientation of a specific group of intern teachers is examined. One hundred fifty-three elementary education majors in their fourth year at Iowa Stae University were administered the Personality Orientation Inventory (POI) and rated on a Teacher Performance Inventory…