A study of work values of mid-life students (ages 35-55) at a Virginia community college found that a work role allowing for achievement, creativity, and intellectual stimulation was of greater value to White mid-life groups than extrinsic values emphasizing economic returns, security, and work associates. Discusses implications for counseling.

The author argues for more awareness and exploration of individual student differences and handicaps. He recounts individual characteristics which caused several of his students to fail a task in particular ways. (MN)

Researches predictors of female delinquency that originate at home: parental characteristics and aspects of parent-child relations; and also those predictors based on the characteristics of the delinquent girl herself, e.g., general psychological health, personality, attitudes, etc.; and external factors, e.g., socioeconomic status, race, place of…

Male and female graduate students interviewed an actor and an actress whom they believed to be real clients. To half of the counselors, the players posed as well-to-do individuals, and to half as working class individuals. Counselors may unconsciously emply a different decision-making process for high- and low-status clients. (Author)

Over 2,000 15-16 year old adolescents from central Scotland were surveyed to determine characteristics of high- vs. low-frequency television viewers. Personality characteristics, attitudes toward school and sports, and socioeconomic status were related to viewing habits. Sex of the viewer was found to be related to choice of programs. (GDC)

The relationship between various aspects of student self-concept and student participation in the extra-and cocurricular activity programs of several high schools was explored. Known and hypothesized indicants of participation were explored. Results indicated that self-concept variables and personal variables were differential in the nature of…

Expands an earlier model of personal space expectations and their violations by specifying primitive terms, constitutive definitions, and the propositional logic underlying the model. (MH)

Six children with Down's syndrome who had shared the same preschool 3 to 4 years were administered psychological tests to see whether there were characteristics of mental functioning held in common. (Author)

Investigates the hypothesis that students scoring high on extroversion scales (HiE) would achieve a higher criterion test score having followed an unstructured teaching program while LoE Students would find a structured program more appropriate to their introvert personalities. Also considers the effects of teaching strategy on recall and learning…

Hagen's central-incidental learning task, the Intellectual Achievement Responsibility Questionnaire (IAR), and the Nowicki-Strickland Scale (N-S) locus of control measures were used to examine selective attention and locus of control--two variables associated with motivation and learning--with 56 normal and learning disabled junior and senior high…

To determine the higher order factors defined by scales of the Interpersonal Style Inventory, data from two male samples and one female sample were separately analyzed. The five rotated factors established were highly similar across samples. (Author/JKS)

Finds four correlations between anxiety state/trait, type of practice, and reading comprehension: ego-involving instructions increase the anxiety state of students with high-anxiety traits; students with low-anxiety traits demonstrate superior reading comprehension; low-anxiety states produce higher comprehension test scores; distributed practice…

Describes a study of the relationship between student characteristics and rates of progress in a self-paced psychology course. Students who proceed faster were found to be more intelligent, score lower on measures of need for approval, and have higher GPA's and aptitude test scores. (Author/AV)

Survey data were used to examine hypotheses about job size and satisfaction in a broad spectrum of jobs. Job size, higher-order need importance, urban-rural residence, and blue or white-collar job category were tested as predictors of satisfaction. Results are discussed in terms of three potential sources of variation in satisfaction: job, person,…

In the business and professional world, the attractive woman has had to pay a heavy price for being well-endowed by nature with comeliness. This study examines the dynamics of interpersonal relationships for attractive women and their co-workers testing the assumption that the attractive, successful career woman has both some special advantages…