This article describes an experiment designed to evaluate the effect of occupational information giving on subjects' cognitive complexity level. Results of the experiment indicate that information giving reduced subjects' cognitive differentiation of occupational/vocational constructs compared to control subjects. Theoretical, research, and…

To assess the influence of counselor philosophy and client type on the range of counselor trainee verbal behavior, the Philosophies of Human Nature Scale was administered to 34 counseling students who subsequently interviewed role-played clients. Results indicate client type only, not counselor's philosophy, influenced the range of trainee verbal…

Antecedents and consequences of adolescent parenting were examined using a representative national sample of 1,000 30-year-olds. It was found that 10 percent of men and 31 percent of women had had a child during adolescence. Higher incidences of adolescent parenting occurred among Blacks and low socio-economic status and low ability groups.…

Investigated the hypotheses that similarity of ideal self and occupational stereotypes is important in determining vocational preferences of adolescents, while similarity between expected self and occupational stereotypes is important in determining occupational expectations. Findings supported the idea that ideal self played an important role in…

Previous surveys indicate that approximately 30 percent of students at major universities are unaware of the existence of campus counseling services. Reports also reflect a misunderstanding about counseling center functions. A survey was conducted to examine public information approaches used in varying ways by campus services centers throughout…

Returning women students (N=24) and their families were interviewed and the adults given measures of personality traits. Adult personality scores seemed to vary with academic rank and length of time in school as wives. Family coping style was related to the wife's performance of the student role. (Author)

This study investigated the perceptual functioning of individuals whose Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-168) profiles indicated schizophrenic tendencies, but who did not exhibit marked thought disorder. (Author)

Two research experiments were conducted to investigate the characteristic of overselective attention of autistic children, which has proven detrimental to learning when prompt fading techniques are used. It was found that autistics often respond exclusively to the prompt (the extra guiding stimulus), and fail to learn about the training stimuli.…

This study investigated the efficacy of predicting academic achievement as measured by the Wide Range Achievement Test, using the Slosson Intelligence Test For Children and Adults as the predictor. Results indicate that the Slosson IQ significantly predicts Wide Range standard scores. (Author)

Observational data and survey information were collected on student behavior problems and discipline policies in a large suburban high school. Analysis of the data indicated that many of the concerns of teachers and administrators centered more around adult behavior than student behavior. (Author)

In order to increase counselors' effectiveness in cooperative and systemic approaches to problem solving, a large school district offered an inservice consultation program. Two successive training designs were piloted and evaluated. Several recommendations are proposed for further improvements. (Author)

Data were gathered by means of questionnaires administered to 429 Black and White, male and female college students in Florida and California. The purpose of this investigation was to test Ira Reiss' proposition that a liberal or conservative attitude differentially affects groups that are traditionally high or low on premarital sexual…

In an attempt to differentiate between inmates who are responsive to therapeutic intervention and those who are not, 41 personality, educational, and cognitive variables were entered into a multiple discriminant analysis design. An 80% successful discrimination was obtained between "program successes" and "program dropouts."…

Study compared expectations of female and male midshipmen entering the United States Naval Academy's intellectual-social-cultural environment as elicited through the College and University Environment Scales, Second Edition. Comparison of perceptions of the environment of upper classmen and faculty with environmental expectations of freshman…

This study evaluates the reliability of profile analysis for assessing differential abilities on the McCarthy Scales for Children's Abilities (MSCA). Subjects were enrolled in private schools. Results indicated 70.9 percent of the sample showed profile variability not reasonably accounted for as real fluctuations in measurable abilities. (Author)