The profusely illustrated booklet suggests ways for developing the personal skills necessary for individual program development for achieving personal goals. With two hypothetical characters, June and Ray, to illustrate the booklet's suggestions, methods of estimating and testing physical, emotional, and intellectual traits necessary for…

Because much conjecture (but limited empirical research) exists about the nonverbal variable to time, this exploratory study investigated the effects of differential arrival times on four dimensions of source credibility: sociability, dynamism, competence, and composure. Subjects were 84 educational secretaries with a mean age of 49 years. Each…

This report summarizes an investigation of the relationship between properties of organizational structure and certain personality traits of organizational members, and how the resulting interaction between these two factors relates to the organizational climate of elementary schools. Two hundred and ninety-six southern California teachers…

This study investigates seating distance and angles of location and orientation in a conversational situation as a function of several variables: attitudinal agreement or disagreement by a stranger, agreeing or disagreeing normative information, and personality variables. Subjects were 52 randomly selected introductory psychology students from the…

This study investigated the change in anxiety levels of elementary education student teachers from pre- to post-experience as it related to how they were different from their supervising classroom teachers in the intellectual dimension of practicality. The "Omnibus Personality Inventory, Form F" was the instrument used to determine anxiety levels…

Although the personality correlates of heroin addiction, LSD use, and marijuana smoking have been frequently investigated, relatively few data are available to describe the personality or lifestyle variables correlated with the pattern of polydrug abuse. In an attempt to gather such information, 17 polydrug users, selected from a group of 224…

The author reviews the literature on vocational development with an emphasis on instruments which measure vocational maturity. This study examines differences in the vocational maturity of women across different levels of internal-external (I-E) control and typical versus atypical vocational choice. The study made the following predictions: (1)…

This study was concerned with personality and science teaching. An effort was made to determine: (1) whether secondary teachers had unique personality factors that were significantly different from secondary teachers in other subject areas, and (2) if personality factors of these science teachers were reflected in their classroom behavior as…

The purposes of this study were a) to investigate the relationship between grip strength and the measures of age, height, weight, and the personality traits revealed by the Comrey Personality and Attitude Factor Scales and b) to assess the influence of heredity on height, weight, and grip strength. Fifty-eight pairs of twins (MZ, 30 and DZ, 28)…

This paper focuses on behavioral dimensions of playfulness: (1) in a developmental framework; and (2) in a situational framework. As a result of theoretical model building, it was hypothesized that there may be a resurgency of playfulness, assumed to be a personality trait of the player, in adolescents. The most significant finding is the…

This study investigates 16 personality factors and their relevance to the swimming proficiency of physical education students at Wisconsin State University-River Falls. Two instruments, a swimming skills test and the Cattell Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire, were utilized. The major hypotheses tested include: (1) there is no difference…

Hypotheses that student personality, teacher needs, and instructional modes are related were tested and supported. Five elementary schools, 60 teachers, and 150 fourth-grade students participated in this study. Three instruments, Organizational Climate Description Questionnaire, Edwards Personal Preference Schedule, and the Children's Personality…

An attempt is made to formulate, develop, and test principles for: (1) creating an environment which places high value on creativity; (2) guiding the evaluative behavior of teachers, counselors, and administrators; and (3) helping children develop evaluative behavior conducive to creative thinking. (Author/DB)

Analysis of data indicates that there are no statistically significant personality variable differences between (1) proctor candidates versus all the students who did not apply and (2) between students selected to be proctors compared to those not selected. Academic variables seem to be the determining factor in both application and selection. But…

This research was an ex-post-facto analysis to determine underlying causes, events and variables in the psychological and social driving forces behind outstanding achievement of a selected group of American sportswomen. (Author/RK)