This study investigated the relationship between a reader's level of moral development and his preferred mode of response to literature. It was prompted by a common concern of high school English teachers: the difficulty experienced by many adolescent readers in responding to the secondary literature curriculum through an interpretive mode. The…

Existing research indicates that particular study strategies are deployed with differing success according to certain critical personality factors, most notably a syndrome of characteristics related to internal or external locus of control. Institutional factors that have an effect on study behaviour include Faculty membership (Arts/Science), mode…

This paper presents a study in which three separate factors with substantial face validity were replicated, factor analyzing 74 attitudes-toward-women items with two college samples of 159 and 195 subjects. Three sex-role attitudes scales based on the factor analyses were related to 10 personality variables. The relationsips supported the…

Investigated with 17 special education practicum students was the effectiveness of structured experiences designed to foster interpersonal skill development. Administered as pre- and post-tests were the Helping Relationship Inventory, the Personal Orientation Inventory, and the Firo-B. Following a group workshop, the Ss differed significantly from…

This research was based on the assumption that adults structure the interpersonal world of children by differentially defining the situation. A parent who consistently anticipates bad behavior may produce a child with a negative self-image. On the other hand, an adult who assumes that the child can do no wrong may produce a child with a positive…

Using Holland's theory of careers, this paper explores the relationships among personality, undergraduate training, and occupational choice. Data from the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) longitudinal study of 1961 college graduates permit multivariate analyses of the congruence among personality types, college majors, and occupations, and…

Progress in a primary-grade reading program was determined for 106 first-born, second-grade students at the end of the school year. Previous data available for this sample included Thomas-Chase-Birch temperament ratings, family intactness and socioeconomic status at age four, and Metropolitan Readiness Test scores at age six. The value of these…

Undergraduate General Studies students, following classification by the Bem Sex Role Inventory, formed groups of 44 Stereotyped Masculine males, 36 Androgynous males, 33 Androgynous females, and 25 Stereotyped Feminine females. They predicted achievement on a neutral task and two sex-linked tasks, one of each sex. Almost no variance appears in the…

A relatively new personality test entitled the FIRO-B was administered to 57 full-time Counseling Majors in an effort to determine whether these persons could be characterized in terms of affection and leadership variables. Results showed that these persons were characteristically high in their need and expression of affection and that they were…

Identifies the dimensions of vocational interests in the Ohio Vocational Interest Survey (OVIS) among adjudicated male delinquents. A random sample of 301 male delinquents were administered the OVIS. The results lend support for the use of the cubistic model and the OVIS with delinquents. (Author)

The drawbacks of a 't' ratio measure of psychological androgyny are discussed. Other measurement approaches are indicated, and a substantive issue is addressed. (Author)

The inter-rater and test-retest reliabilities of the (DESB) Rating Scale were found to be satisfactory when averaged over two raters. Two separate factor analyses of the eleven subscales revealed three broadband factors: Classroom Management Problem, Self-Reliant Learner, and Seeks Teacher Approval. (Author)

Suggests an eclectic approach to foreign language teaching where the learner's cognitive structures and capacities as well as his entire personality would be taken into consideration. See FL 507 969 for availability information. (TL)