Changes made in the student descriptive questionnaire, admissions testing program. (IR)

Experimental literature on expectancy change and performance effects of expectancy is examined and interpreted as challenging the deep pthology" concepts of the poor, and thus in turn questioning the basis of intervention programs based on these concepts. (JM)

Analysis of predictor variables (intelligence, Sims SCI Occupational Rating Scale, and Family Wage Earners' Occupational Level) used singly or in any combination showed relationship to stated occupational preference beyond 0.001 level of significance. Counseling implications discussed. (Author/CJ)

Review of large sample longitudinal studies indicates that, in general, expressed choices are fairly stable over one-to-five year periods during and after college, and that expressed vocational choice is as valid a predictor as interest inventories. Discusses shortcomings of past research, recommendations for future. (CJ)

Used the Vanderbilt Psychotherapy Process Scale to investigate the predictive relationship of three process dimensions (patient involvement, therapist-offered relationship, and exploratory processes). Results showed patient involvement was the most powerful predictor of outcome, however, the predictive association increased across the three…