Items from the Femininity (Fe) scale of the California Psychological Inventory were assigned to two logically independent subscales: Feminine Tendency (Ft) and Masculine Tendency (Mt). Architects (n=40) nominated as exceptionally creative and their colleagues (n=43) scored higher than unnominated controls (n=41) on Ft but were not significantly…

Independent scores for masculinity and femininity were derived from the California Psychological Inventory responses. High masculine/high feminine were regarded as the most psychologically healthy, and low masculine/low feminine as the most inadequate. High masculine/low feminine and low masculine/high feminine were viewed as cultural sex…

This paper uses the Interpersonal Perception Method (IPM) to analyze a single episode in a group's experience. The authors feel that such an approach is much more useful than the more usual trait analysis in understanding those experiences which will mediate the group's functioning. (NG)

This article reports the results of a study which sought to analyze and explain the selection of particular individuals for leadership roles by members of their work group. The authors find four factors important in peer leadership: task leadership, maturity, social influence, and flexibility. (NG)

The problem of identifying and training college students to be effective multinational marketing managers is investigated in three parts: (1) Identification of multinational manager attributes, (2) selection of multinational managers, and (3) multiple "track" training programs. (TA)

This paper reviews literature on cotherapy with special reference to therapeutic outcome. The review covers sex therapy, group therapy, and family and marital therapy. It considers both patient and cotherapist variables. The most widely addressed effect of cotherapy upon patients is presented in terms of treatment process and not treatment…

Discusses answers given by members of three community panels on the question of what qualities employers value in prospective employees, which included those of positive work attitudes, good self concept and ability to communicate. (TA)

Shows that an area-specific model for self-concept is more useful than a global (undifferentiated) model, and that, as a group, students frequently have inaccurate self-concepts. (RL)

This research reexamines the expectancy-improvement data from an earlier study showing significant correlation with 10 of 15 measures of patient improvement and patient expectancy. (Editor/RK)

A professor in the Division of Learning Resources, School of Dentistry, University of the Pacific, San Francisco, discusses the importance of dentists' considering individual patient characteristics and of individualizing their instruction of patients in preventive therapy. (MF)

To provide guidelines for selection and recruitment of paraprofessionals in the New York State Cooperative Extension's Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNED), a study was made to determine differences between presently employed and former aides and their success in other jobs. Data are shown in the text and in nine tables. (MF)

Results of this study demonstrate that department chairmen of academic departments, classified according to Holland's model environments, devote significantly different amounts of time to selected dimensions of their job and that these differences are generally consistent with the psychological resemblances among these environments. (Author/DEP)

Results of a questionnaire administered to 800 registered nurses in Illinois indicated significant differences in identified learning needs and participation in continuing education according to characteristics such as age, income, nursing program, and employment position. (TA)

Single subject (N=1) research strategies deserve increased emphasis in the training of school psychologists. Single subject methodology has demonstrated credibility in research and in monitoring effects of professional interventions. Presented at the 8th Annual Convention of the National Association of School Psychologists in Kansas City, Kansas,…

Research is cited supporting usefulness of fantasy and daydreaming in career planning and counseling. Suggestions are made regarding use of spontaneous and guided fantasy and daydreams in career counseling. Relaxation training is discussed, a script for a guided fantasy is provided, and methods of processing the fantasy experience are addressed.…