Suggests that income and need-for-approval may be potent variables in the control orientation of black male students, but are not significantly related to control orientation of white male students. (Author/AM)

The relationship of the 1964 forms of the Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal to four selected noncognitive measures was studied. Results suggest performance on the Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal is independent of sex, neurotic and rigid personality characteristics, and extroversion-introversion factors. (BJG)

The validity of the Rational Behavior Inventory was investigated by examining its relationship with four other measures of personality in addition to class standing and age. Results supported the validity of the measure. (JKS)

In this essay by a director at IBM, it is suggested that management will not suffice for the future, but that leadership is needed. It is concluded that ultimately, management must depend on inner capacity, "from a source very close to the soul of a person." (Author/LBH)

Changes in level of actualizing among counselor trainees at the Master's degree level as measured by the Personality Orientation Dimensions were examined. It was concluded that the instrument was sensitive to those changes. (Author/JKS)

In reviewing research, the author speculates on six reasons why girls misbehave less than boys, despite the fact that girls have more personal problems during adolescence. The author concludes that a combination of personal characteristics and external pressures inhibit misbehavior in girls. Over 50 bibliographical references are included.…

The effects of similarity of persons being compared on self-evaluations, satisfaction with own performance, and evaluation certainty were examined. One experiment manipulated similarity of test scores and found no differences in evaluation certainty. The second experiment also manipulated individual attribute similarity. Greater certainty was…

The intent here was to collect data relevant to evaluating the post-primary educational system as a whole. This includes assessing what the goals of post-primary education should be, obtaining teachers' and pupils' subjective assessments of whether these goals were being attained, and asking why the goals were not being better attained. (Author/RK)

The usefulness of short-term behavioral criteria as a technique for validating vocational needs and interests inventories is investigated. An empirical example demonstrates the usefulness of the technique. (Author/JKS)

This article discusses values education, with its emphases on personal assessment and enjoyment of those things that have an impact on the individual. (JD)

Teacher's interactions with 219 eighth-grade students were compared to personality characteristics of the students, using factor and regression analysis. It was found that teachers more closely supervised both the aggressive and the apprehensive students. Teachers presented clear intellectual challenges to the self-assured and the bright students.…

Machiavellianism is associated with higher levels of occupational prestige and higher incomes. For men with below-average educations, Machiavellianism is inversely related to occupational attainment, and unrelated to income. Machiavellianism appears to have a facilitative effect upon women's attainment, but no evidence of an interaction effect was…

Teachers may want to observe and record differences among students that appear to be ethnically derived--that is, developed prior to the age of ten or twelve, and separate from individual personality traits. Action research is recommended to relate these characteristics to the appropriate learning style for each child. (CTM)

Presents a written narrative on adult education principles that is given to experts from various fields involved in planning or implementing nursing continuing education programs. This narrative covers seven important factors in the teaching of adults and for each one includes one or more adult learning principles and their adult education…