The degree to which potentially useful group intelligence tests were affected by personality characteristics such as anxiety, impulsiveness or caution, and verbal interests was investigated by a battery of intelligence, interest, and personality tests administered to 1,163 gifted adolescents in special summer programs. Intelligence was measured by…

The purpose of this study by the National Science Foundation was to redefine the scientist/engineer population along demographic, educational and professional criteria, in terms of changes since the 1970 national census. The study uses as a base the 1972 Professional, Technical, and Scientific Manpower Survey with a sample of 100,000 persons.…

A structured interview procedure was used during the spring of 1975 as a tool in selecting nursing and dental hygiene students at Johnson County Community College. Potential students had two 20-minute interviews: one by a staff member of the program to which application was made, and one by another staff member. Interviewers rated the applicants…

Rapidly changing organizational systems and individual demands, as outlined by Alvin Toffler in "Future Shock," call for a unique flexibility in change strategies. Although theatre, as reflected in the degree of support by the national budget, is not considered a high priority item, it can provide a valuable social function. With the…

Proxemic behavior was unobtrusively observed in open and enclosed environments with concurrent variation of the approach of subject to confederate or confederate to subject. The sex of subject and the sex of confederate were also varied, with nesting on the sex of confederate variable. A robust environment effect indicated that personal space is…

This study used the Delphi technique to obtain a consensus of factors that contribute to success in the administration of AA high school (those having enrollments of 230 to 500 students) in Texas. A panel of successful principals from the AA high school ranks made up the panel of experts. On the first of three questionnaires, the panel was asked…

One of a series of publications for teachers, consultants, and administrators, the guide offers recommendations for curriculum development and science instruction for gifted students in grades 7-12. Discussed in the introductory chapter is creation of a school environment that fosters skills of interdependence (Communication with other scientists)…

This study is one in a series investigating the relationship between motivation training and measures of individual motivation and school behavior of elementary school pupils. One-hundred and twenty-two seventh grade students from an inner-city school district were divided into experimental and control groups by random assignment of classrooms.…

Psychological modernity implies the existence of a set of individual personality characteristics that exist across cultures and form empirically identifiable clusters of specified attitudes, values, and behaviors which define humanity. Formal, explicit school programs, as well as learning experiences provided by peculiar social organization…

In response to Washington rural residents concerned about availability and distribution of health care, a study was conducted to: (1) better understand the physicians serving rural Washington and (2) determine if their services could be increased by taking physicians out of their traditional solo practitioner roles and placing them in groups of 2,…

A theory of social face in bargaining is being developed. Results from three studies suggest that strategies that convey to the high-power bargainer that he appears weak and incapable are likely to increase his competition and his resistance to agreement. Ingratiation in the form of strong affirmation of the high-power person's social face may…

This paper discusses the interpretation of data on two types of phonological change: change in language over time in the culture, and change in the development of the individual speaker; and examines the position that these two sorts of change interact in a certain way in relation to phonological structure. If one conceives of phonology as a…

The first part of this paper is a theoretical discussion which presents an argument for considering the concept of reciprocity to be a moral orientation. A general hypothesis is proposed which states that the salience of an individual's concept of reciprocity in a particular situation is related to the cooperative and moral behavior of the…

An attempt has been made in this paper to show that the pushout is a complex person, that he has a kaleidoscopic personality, presenting no one image to his peers, his parents, his teachers or his prospective employer. He means many things to many people. If we are dedicated to helping all students succeed optimally, it behooves us to understand…

The Stress of School Project attempted to find new ways by which the school can help children learn more effectively. The resulting information system, APPLE (Anecdotal Processing to Promote the Learning Experience) was designed to process anecdotal data obtained in schools and integrate it with quantitative measures of pupil characteristics. Many…