Clinical judgement involves a search for internal consistency which can be validated by predicting responses within a protocol, or internally. Internal predictive validity assumes that one source of consistency is the individual--an assumption that was tested in a prediction task using the sentence completion test (SCT). Artificial protocols…

The effects of training on twenty-one teachers in a Teacher Corps school were examined according to the type of training chosen, the preference exhibited by the teacher for certain types of delivery systems, and the level of transfer to classroom practice which were applicable to the different systems. This four-year study of inservice teacher…

A COMPARISON WAS MADE OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS AND ASPIRATIONS OF UN DERGRADUATE MARRIED STUDENTS WITH THOSE OF UNDERGRADUATE UNMARRIED STUDENTS. THE STUDY OBJECTIVES WERE (1) TO DETERMINE TO WHAT EXTENT MARRIED MEN AND WOMEN UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGE STUDENTS DIFFER FROM UNMARRIED STUDENTS IN ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, STATED ATTITUDES TOWARD THEIR EDUCATION…

GIFTED AND TALENTED YOUTHS HAVE SUPERIOR PHYSICAL, SOCIAL, MORAL, AND EMOTIONAL TRAITS, FUNCTION BETTER PERSONALLY AND SOCIALLY, AND HAVE BETTER HOME BACKGROUNDS. THE GIFTED PERSON IS REGARDED AS "ONE WHO DEMONSTRATES CONSISTENTLY REMARKABLE PERFORMANCE IN ANY WORTHWHILE LINE OF ENDEAVOR." PROJECT TALENT ILLUSTRATED THE NEED FOR GREATER…

SEVENTH GRADE PUPILS IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA WERE INCLUDED IN A STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIPS OF APTITUDE AND TRAIT MEASURES TO TEACHER RATINGS OF BEHAVIORAL ASPECTS OF CREATIVITY. ALL 443 CHILDREN HAD AN IQ OF 90 OR GREATER. EIGHT APTITUDE SCORES WERE USED AS MEASURES OF DIVERGENT THINKING IN SEMANTIC CONTENT. A SERIES OF TESTS WAS DEVISED TO…

THIS MONOGRAPH PRESENTS A PORTION OF A LONGITUDINAL STUDY BEING CONDUCTED BY THE REHABILITATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA. THE TOTAL PROGRAM ATTEMPTS TO IDENTIFY THE CHARACTERISTICS OF STUDENTS IN EACH OF THE HEALTH RELATED PROFESSIONS. THE CHARACTERISTICS SOUGHT ARE THOSE WHICH DISCRIMINATE ONE PROFESSION FROM ANOTHER AND…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO INVESTIGATE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHANGES IN OPENNESS TO EXPERIENCE OF STUDENT TEACHERS AND THE OPENNESS OF THEIR COOPERATING TEACHERS AND COLLEGE SUPERVISORS. THE STUDENT TEACHERS COMPLETED THE COLLEGE STUDENT PROBLEMS Q-SORT TO MEASURE THEIR OPENNESS AND CHANGES IN OPENNESS DURING STUDENT TEACHING. COOPERATING…

THIS STUDY PROPOSED TO DETERMINE, IN A SCHOOL SETTING, IF PERCEPTION ACCURACY WAS RELATED TO PERSONALITY STRUCTURE. TWO SECONDARY AND ELEMENTARY PRINCIPALS WERE SELECTED FROM EACH OF 12 SCHOOL DISTRICTS. THE LEADER BEHAVIOR DESCRIPTION QUESTIONNAIRE (LBDQ) AND THE ROKEACH DOGMATISM SCALE (RDS) WERE ADMINISTERED TO THE SUPERINTENDENTS, PRINCIPALS,…

The paper briefly describes assessment practices in terms of their theoretical principles. The practices include: (a) the client is an informed participant even during the assessment process; (b) the referral is situated in terms of actual events; (c) life events are primary data, and test scores are secondary or derived data; (d) interpretation…

Recorded voice samples elicit stereotyped personality judgments, generally consistent among listeners, but very seldom valid. The manner of stereotyping was investigated through analysis of the relationship of nine vocal characteristics (breathy, thin, flat, nasal, tense, throaty, orotund, rate, pitch variety) to 40 personality characteristics…

Personality differences between students who accept or reject proffered counseling assistance were investigated by comparing personality traits of 116 male students at the University of Kentucky who accepted or rejected letters of invitation to group counseling. Factor analysis of Omnibus Personality Inventory (OPI) scores to two groups of 60 and…

This paper presents the results of research conducted to investigate the relationship of various psychosocial variables on the positioning of college ice hockey players. The California Personality Inventory (CPI) was administered to the NCAA Championship ice hockey team at the University of Minnesota, and a separate subjective psychosocial rating…

Extending the work of Crandall (1969), this study tested the hypotheses of sex differences in interpretation of past academic performance and expectations of future achievement. Subjects were 225 freshman women and 194 freshman men (93 percent of the freshmen class) at a highly selective midwestern liberal arts college: they did not differ in past…

The status of sport personality literature is reviewed in light of three key questions: Is there a sport type? Does personality relate to success? Does sport participation influence the athlete's personality? Critical assessment of the literature provides rather definite answers to these questions. Some theoretical underpinnings of personality…

Starting with the premise that the construct-oriented approach is the only viable approach to personality assessment, this paper considers five propositions. First, a prerequisite to generalizable and valid psychometric measurement of personality rests on the choice of broad-based constructs with systematic univocal definitions. Next, measures…