A critical review of neuropsychological results for subjects with bipolar disorder was compared to magnetic resonance imagining (MRI) findings. Studies containing both neuropsychological and MRI outcomes were limited. Therefore, the neuropsychological literature was independently critiqued, then compared to the MRI results from a prior review by…

This report investigates characteristics of managers who work across the borders of multiple countries simultaneously. Chapter 1 sets the stage by introducing the work of global managers--what they do and how it is different from managerial work in a domestic context. Chapter 2 investigates the relationship of personality to effectiveness in a…

A Personal Friends Check List (PFCL) and the NEO Personality Inventory Revised (NEO PI-R) were administrated to samples from 3 nations: Egyptian subjects (n=141; 30 males and 111 females, ages 18-24), Saudi Arabian subjects (n=125; only female subjects ages 18-25); and American subjects (n=108, 30 males and 87 females ages 18 -27). It was assumed…

A typology formed from scores on the School and College Ability Test, Strong Vocational Interest Blank, and the Omnibus Personality Inventory was applied to 104 Chinese and 50 Japanese American males to identify certain homogeneous subgroups and their resultant psychological characteristics. (Author/JM)

Compares the scores obtained on the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire by students constituting three academic categories: good, dropout, and probationary; the test was given to all 468 freshmen entering Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Missouri, in the fall of 1969. (Author/JM)

Reports a case study at Forest Park Community College, St. Louis, Missouri, which demonstrated some important shifts in attitudes of blacks towards themselves: changes in the status hierarchy based on color gradations of lightness were demonstrated, as were relations of skin color to self-ratings of personal "competence." (Author/JM)

The purpose of this article was to summarize information on the use of tests as devices for assessing men and women for positions in business and industrial establishments. (Author/RK)

Discusses the original and new methods of personnel recruitment and selection utilized by the Peace Corps, stressing the need for a body of rigorous experimental studies supporting scientific procedures in this area; and reports a study of Peace Corpsmen in the South Pacific. (JM)

Presents a theory which attempts to incorporate phenomenological views on the self-concept within an objective framework: the self-concept is identified as a self-theory. (Author/JM)

General findings of this study of college students show a preference for grading methods structured to permit explicit interpersonal comparisons with other students. Students with competitive and manipulative personality styles were shown to significantly prefer social comparison. (Author/KM)

Presents six major methods by which characteristics of environments have been related to indexes of human functioning: (1) ecological dimensions; (2) behavior settings; (3) dimensions of organizational structure; and, (4) dimensions identifying the collective personal and/or behavioral characteristics of the milieu inhabitants; and two others.…

Studied the effects of eighth grade students' cognitive, motivational, personality, and classroom interaction characteristics on their academic achievement, attitudes toward science, and socio-metric measures. Concluded that a specified combination of student traits and teacher attention could lead to different unintential consequences in science…

In agreement with previous findings, boys and girls were seen to behave differently on the road. The difference was most obvious when the criteria for classification of behaviour were applied. More boys than girls acted unpredictably and were classified as unsafe.' (Author/CB)