The present study provides information regarding the utility of a multidimensional LOC construct with children. The results suggest caution in assuming white to be more internally oriented than Indian children. Rather, when socioeconomic status factors and urban/rural differences are controlled, any assumptions about such differences become…

As predicted, subjects scored higher on subtests of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children which they had rated positively than on those which they had rated negatively. This positive reinforcement value effect supports the purposeful human image advanced by logical learning theory. No racial or social class differences were seen. (Author/CP)

A 40-item behavioral measure, the Adolescent Life Assessment Checklist, was administered to patient and nonpatient samples. A comparable form obtains information from a parent or guardian. Responses of 356 adolescents from three sources were analyzed; differences attributable to race, sex, age, sample source, and their interactions did exist.…

This paper critically examines the locus of control literature on the personality dimensions of internal and external control. It discusses the ideological bias of the internal-external control construct, the racist implications of the research and writing emanating from this construct and the limitations of the construct to contribute to a better…

In discussing problems of counseling Blacks in higher education, many authors confuse influences of racial and socioeconomic variables. Rokeach's work in attitudinal and value differences between whites and Blacks suggests race itself is unimportant in the counseling dyad. Some implications of this conclusion are discussed. (Author)

White and black fifth grade children, representing two levels of self-concept and social class, recalled nouns which they had prerated for likability. High self-concept white children recalled positively rated words more readily than negatively rated words, while high self-concept black children recalled negative words more readily than positive…

A component of the self related to the school learning experience, academic self-concept, is isolated. A causal model, outlining the process of academic self-concept formation, is subjected to a path analytic solution for a sample of white and black high school youth residing in a large midwestern metropolitan area. (Author/NQ)

Describes a study conducted to develop and test the effectiveness of a business college teaching unit designed to provide career appearance education for black and white females from working class families. (The unit covered six conceptual areas of career appearance: First impressions, work roles, total look, clothing features, grooming, and…

Examined factors related to college attendance by nonwhite students. Addressed the concerns of nonwhite students about attending college, male-female differences in those concerns, and differences between black (N=72) and white (N=105) college bound high school students. Identified several counseling needs of college-bound nonwhite students. (ABB)

Examined effects of cultural mistrust on counseling expectations for Black clients assigned to both Black and White counselors. Found client mistrust level interacted significantly with counselor race. Highly mistrustful Blacks expected white counselors to be less accepting, trustworthy, and expert; they also expected less in terms of counseling…

Bayesian Johnson-Neyman methodology was used to investigate differential prediction by race in U.S. Air Force training programs. Meaningful differences were found in eight of nine comparisons. The setting of the cutting scores had an effect on whether the bias was positive or negative for Blacks. (Author/GDC)

Investigates the nature of social concept development in young children. A heterogeneous sample of 64 kindergarten and 65 first grade public school students completed an assessment task for both basic concepts and social concepts. Grades, sex, and racial group had significant impact on performance. Important differences in difficulty among social…

Traces the errant root metaphors that nourish the "privatization" of morality. Defends a theory of public morality and examines an empirical study of race relations in America to illustrate and support this theory. Claims it is preferable to maintain a theory of public rhetoric that recognizes collective discourse as the source of an active public…

A study of the prevalence of and factors (sex, age, race, residence) relating to prescribed medications for profoundly mentally retarded students (N=92) in a Florida school district revealed that 53 percent received medication. Anticonvulsants, prescribed to 44.56 percent of the students, accounted for 74 percent of all medications. (CB)

An alternative way of studying group differences is proposed based on ordering analysis using item hierarchies as a basis of comparison between two groups. Subjects were sets of twins in elementary school. Results showed that blacks and whites and males and females had similar item hierarchies for complex items. (Author/LMO)