Results of a study indicating that education students with low self concept scores tend to be more extreme in their expectations for children's behavior, while those with high self concept scores tend to be more realistic in their expectations. (AN)

Reading level expectancies exerted "a powerful influence upon the scoring process. (Author/AP)

A cross-sectional and a longitudinal study were conducted to answer questions about (1) the development and nature of premenstrual adolescent girls' expectations about menstrual symptoms, (2) expectations for and beliefs about menstrual symptoms as they relate to the actual experience of menarche, and (3) sources of information about menstruation…

The mother of a child with Down's syndrome recounts her experiences in learning the initial diagnosis, and her difficulties in obtaining information and securing the best educational setting. She discusses the benefits of mainstreamed classes and cautions parents not be cowed into limited expectations for their children. (CL)

Conducted study of client expectations of psychological services in Yucatan, Mexico, in 488 subjects using Expectations About Counseling-Brief Form (EAC-BF). Found some relation among age, sex, prior counseling experience, and expectations about counseling. Findings suggest that EAC-BF in Spanish is viable instrument for measurement and…

Notes that perfectionism often accompanies bulimia and contributes to maintaining bulimic behaviors. Cites unrealistic expectations and dichotomous thinking as two areas of perfectionism particularly prevalent among women with bulimia. Offers treatment suggestions to help clients challenge unrealistic expectations, identify and express fears…

Looks at Ethylene Propylene Diene Terpolymer rubber roof membranes and the potential problems associated with this material's shrinkage. Discusses how long such a roof should perform and issues affecting repair or replacement. Recommends that a building's function be considered in any roofing decision. (RJM)

Youthful drinkers (N=315) were studied to examine the relationship between three alcohol expectancies as measured by the Alcohol Expectancy Questionnaire and three drinking situation subscales from the Drinking Context Scale. Discusses results of data analysis and practice implications for work with youthful drinkers. (MKA)

Administered the Generalized Expectancy for Success-Revised (GESS-R) scale (B. Fibel and W. Hale, 1978) to 547 full-time employees in the United States. Exploratory factor analysis found four distinct factors, and scores on these four subscales were minimally related to the demographics of the subjects and had adequate internal consistency.…

The start of each new school year is an especially hopeful time, and this author has found that clearly communicating expectations for teachers and families can set the stage for a wonderful new school year. This article discusses the expectations of teachers, directors, and families as a new school year begins.

This paper presents three self-paced, word-by-word reading experiments that test for the existence of on-line syntactic storage/expectation costs in English. To investigate this issue, we compared reading times for sentence regions in which syntactic expectation costs varied, keeping other factors constant. Experiment 1 manipulated the number of…

In 3 studies we addressed the operation of constraints on children's causal judgments. Our primary focus was whether children's beliefs about magical causality, specifically wishing, are constrained by features that govern the attribution of ordinary causality. In Experiment 1, children witnessed situations in which a confederate's wish appeared…

We examined test-expectancy as it applies to fill-in-the-blank tests. We randomly assigned 60 college students to take a fill-in-the-blank vocabulary test in one of three conditions. Two groups took the test with a word bank available; we told one group but not the other that they would have a word bank. The third group took the test with no word…