The extent to which college-related changes in personality functioning persisted between college graduation and 10 years later was studied, and developmental patterns common to 18- and 32-year-old college-educated persons were identified. The relationship between various demographic characteristics linked either empirically or theoretically to…

A study investigated the relationship between social style and a number of dimensions of person perception and interpersonal attraction. Social style was defined as a two-dimensional construct of assertiveness and responsiveness, which combined to reflect four social styles. Five hypotheses predicted that differences in social style would result…

This paper proposes a multivariate strategy for the study of parental acceptance-rejection and child abuse and describes a research study on parental rejection and child abuse which illustrates the advantages of using a multivariate, (rather than a simple-model) approach. The multivariate model is a combination of three simple models used to study…

This collection of checklists is designed for screening preschool children, both handicapped and non-handicapped, in order to identify those with talent in the following areas: intellectual, academic (reading, math and science), creative, leadership, visual and performing arts (art and music), and psychomotor. Each checklist consists of a 7- to…

This manual provides instructions for the administration, scoring and interpretation of 6 Preschool Talent Checklists (PTC) which have been developed for screening handicapped and non-handicapped, preschool children who may be gifted or talented. Rationale, description, development and standardization of the PTC are reviewed. The PTC are 6…

In a university with a large black middle class population, a study using 35 undergraduate students was carried out to ascertain the validity of personality assessment--specifically the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) and the California Psychological Inventory (CPI)--for black populations. The impetus for this study was the…

After 177 college students in 49 groups participated in group tasks, their perceptions of those groups and individuals in the groups were analyzed for gender differences. In the discriminant analysis of the three interpretable factors for perception of groups (group cohesiveness, power, and personality), gender was a predictor of an individual's…

This report consists of an article from the December 1979 issues of the Monthly Labor Review, an explanatory note, and supplementary tables. The article considers these factors which determine the length of time a person works continuously for the same employer: age and sex, marital status of women, race, and occupation and industry. It is shown…

THE RELATIONSHIP OF PATTERNS OF COGNITIVE PROCESSES AND PERSONALITY TRAITS WERE INVESTIGATED IN THIS STUDY OF 6 GROUPS OF CHILDREN (120) IN GRADE 5. SCORES ON THE PRIMARY MENTAL ABILITIES TEST, IOWA ACHIEVEMENT TEST, AND CALIFORNIA TEST OF MENTAL MATURITY WERE USED AS MEASURES OF COGNITIVE PROCESSES. (JK)

THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO EXPLORE WAYS OF USING THE WORK ENVIRONMENT TO APPRAISE THE EFFECTS OF PREEMPLOYMENT EDUCATION -- BOTH GENERAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION -- ON SUBSEQUENT JOB SUCCESS. DATA WERE COLLECTED FROM AUGUST 1964 TO MAY 1965, AND CAME FROM THREE PRIMARY SOURCES -- (1) TELEPHONE INTERVIEWS WITH 150 BOYS WHO GRADUATED FROM…

A GROUP OF YOUNG MEN AGED 16 TO 21 WHO HAD BEEN INTERVIEWED BY THE BUREAU OF THE CENSUS IN A NATIONWIDE SAMPLE STUDY OF THE EARLY WORK EXPERIENCE OF OUT-OF-SCHOOL YOUTH IN 1963 WERE RESURVEYED IN FEBRUARY 1965 TO ASSESS THE RELATIVE SOCIOECONOMIC PROGRESS OF THE DROPOUTS AND THE GRADUATES. THE RESURVEY INCLUDED 2.4 MILLION OF THE 2.7 MILLION YOUTH…

A PRECONVENTION WORKSHOP HELD BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE PERSONNEL ASSOCIATION IN DALLAS, TEXAS, MARCH 17-18, 1967, DEALT WITH THE SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS AND NEEDS OF ADULT PARTICIPANTS, IMPLICATIONS FOR COUNSELING, RECENT PROGRESS AND REMAINING AREAS OF NEED IN ADULT COUNSELING, AND THE SELECTION AND TRAINING OF PERSONNEL WORKERS FOR ADULTS IN…

THE CHARACTERISTICS OF NEW YORK STATE SCHOOL BOARDS AND THEIR MEMBERS ARE INVESTIGATED, AND A DIFFERENTIATION IS MADE BETWEEN EFFECTIVE AND INEFFECTIVE BOARDS. TWENTY-SEVEN SCHOOL DISTRICTS, STRATIFIED BY REGION AND EFFECTIVENESS, WERE INCLUDED IN THE SAMPLE. INTERVIEWS AND QUESTIONNAIRES WERE USED TO OBTAIN DATA FROM ALL CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS,…

AN ANALYSIS AND CONCEPTUALIZATION OF THE CLASSROOM, PUPIL PERSONALITY, AND AN EXTENSION OF A STUDY ON PUPIL EXPECTATIONS WERE CONDUCTED IN THIS INVESTIGATION. SAMPLES INCLUDED 425 PUPILS SELECTED FROM ELEMENTARY, JUNIOR HIGH, AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS. MEASURING INSTRUMENTS INCLUDED A QUESTIONNAIRE, STIMULUS PICTURES AS A TEST, AND OTHER MEASURES.…

Role theory predicts that when expectations are disconfirmed, the perception of persons who do not conform to the stereotypes may be distorted. To investigate the evaluation of sex-typed behavior in males and females, male and female college students (N=120) read about one of four persons described as either a man or woman in either a masculine or…