Current research on computer models of personality is reviewed and categorized under five headings: (1) models of belief systems; (2) models of interpersonal behavior; (3) models of decision-making processes; (4) prediction models; and (5) theory-based simulations of specific processes. The use of computer models in personality measurement is…

Aging literature contains many references to the importance of both real and perceived personality factors to the aging process. The individuals over age 60 in this study were asked to indicate their past and present levels of role participation and present role involvement, and to respond to parts of a personality inventory. (MS)

The Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO PI-R) was developed to operationalize the Five-Factor Model of Personality. Using correlational analysis and confirmatory and exploratory factor analysis, the present study investigates the facet structure of the domain of Agreeableness of the NEO-PI-R at the facet and item level to assess which is a more…

Priests who voluntarily resign from the ministry cannot be differentiated from those who remain based on personality variables and person-environment interaction factors as expressed in Holland's (1966) theory of vocational choice. A definite similarity in profiles was found on the Vocational Preference Inventory, the Adjective Check List, and a…

Article takes the position that it is possible to identify personality characteristics likely to predispose a student to perform better under one teaching approach rather than another. (Author)

The purpose of this study was to determine the differences in the development of certain personality characteristics between students in a team teaching situation and students in a self-contained classroom. The results suggest that the team-taught students seem to be more self-assured and controlled, with a lesser need for attention and success.…

Students enrolled in a community college were given the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule. Those students enrolled in transfer programs were compared with those students enrolled in terminal programs on each scale, with sex and socioeconomic status factors controlled. Differences were found in dominance, heterosexuality, aggression, endurance,…

The data shows that productivity in terms of word frequency or story length in children is considerably less than that typically encountered in most adult populations. (Author)

Results strongly supported previous findings with respect to a substantial degree of association between marijuana use and certain of the Comrey Personality Scales. (Author/CB)

It was concluded that level of adjustment measured by the PSI is not a personality dimension that offers reliable diagnostic discriminations between clients with self-diagnosed vocational and educational problems. Counselors wishing to make the distinction between V and E clients must depend on the person's self-diagnosis and a complete…

The Ss who were told that the interpretation was derived for them from their psychological tests rated the interpretation as more descriptive of their personalities than Ss told that the interpretation was generally true of people. (Author)

Explained for the parents of handicapped children are the purposes and rationale of personality tests as part of a battery of psychological tests involved in comprehensive psychological evaluation. (KW)

Based on the theoretical model of Erik Erikson's eight ages of man, the author considers the differences in adjustment at each age which could be expected among the aurally handicapped. (KW)