Concludes that open-minded persons attend to the content and implications of a message while close-minded persons attend to the surface quality of information and to the reputation of the source. (RL)

Differences in ratings of initial expectancy of success, perceived scholastic ability, and causal attributions were assessed for male and female high school students for a simulated academic test. As predicted, higher expectancies were found for high performance achievers and nontraditional females. (Author)

Children in kindergarten and first and second grades were presented sentences that were harmonious, neutral or contrary to their expectations. It was found that sentences contrary to expectation elicited more misinterpretation than did harmonious and neutral sentences and that case relations were assigned to agree with what was expected. (GO)

Teacher expectations affect the quality of teacher interactions with students, while the quantity of such interactions is unaffected. (Author/DEP)

Investigated the relation between preferences and expectations about counselors in a university student counseling service with 100 student clients before their initial intake session. Results were compared with those of an earlier study on nonclients. As predicted, preferences and expectations were more congruent in clients. (Author)

The expectations and limitations of market research in higher education are reviewed, including its functions and roles, foci and types, constraints of current practice, promising developments, and needs. (MSE)

Examined alcohol expectancies and drinking motives as correlates of alcohol involvement among adolescents at risk for future alcoholism. Expectancies of altered social behavior were associated with low-risk drinking. Expectancies of enhanced cognitive and motor functioning, of tension reduction, of deteriorated cognitive and behavioral…

Examined whether newly admitted nursing home patients' anticipated stresses of institutional care would relate to their experiences of stress one and three months later, and whether patients' experiences of stress would correspond to independent judgments of the quality of the nursing homes. Patients experienced the kinds of stresses they…

Examined relationship between income change in early 1980s, outlook that parents had about their general life situation, and extent to which adolescents expected to attain job success. Showed that income loss was associated with pessimistic life outlooks in fathers and mothers. Suggests that income loss is a stressor that may disrupt family…

Expectations of teacher education students toward field-experience programs were investigated. A checklist was generated that contained potential expectations and was subjected to factor analysis. Implications of the study are presented. (Author/DF)

A questionnaire completed by 928 postsecondary students asked subjects to rate one of two computer scientists on 16 personal attributes. Aside from gender of the ratee, questionnaires were identical. Results indicate that on eight attributes the female was rated significantly more positively than the male. Implications are discussed. (Author/CH)

Examines the impact of attempts to reduce uncertainty about audience performance expectations on anticipatory audience anxiety. Reports that successful models presented to clarify audience performance expectations were ineffective in reducing anticipatory audience anxiety. (MM)

A study testing hypotheses in the literature about faculty gender differences in reaction to work-related stress found that female faculty experience more stress in general than male faculty, particularly through overly high self-expectation and different management of time constraints. (Author/MSE)

Topics addressed at the 1987 Girls and Science and Technology Conference are reviewed. The authors argue that involvement of females in science/technology depends on the interactions of (1) societal expectations of males and females, (2) the image and practice of science and technology, and (3) objectives and organization of education. (Author/CH)