The effect on counseling interview process and outcome of the following variables was studied: (a) assigning clients to more preferred or less preferred counselors; (b) giving clients either positive, nonexistent, or negative expectancy inductions regarding counselor assignments and (c) congruence and incongruence between clients' expectations and…

The author discusses the preconceptions and discrepancies among values and expectations that exist between the theoretical concepts of higher education establishments, the capabilities of business recruit graduates, and the practical needs of industry in Great Britain. Discussion focuses on communication and sharing of expectations necessary to…

One-half of the identified farmers in the community of Canal Winchester, Ohio were surveyed on a personal interview basis regarding present farming operation problems, concerns, aspirations, and the role a young farmer educational program should assume in assisting them. The results and implications of the survey are discussed. (EA)

Investigated the hypothesis that lower-class children expect a lower degree of success than middle-class peers, due to environmental differences in reward for problem-solving behavior. Results were interpreted as supportive of the hypothesis - suggested that expectancies can be quickly learned. (DP)

When shown photographs, young children preferred children with attractive faces as potential friends, and attributed prosocial behaviors to them. They disliked unattractive faces and attributed antisocial behaviors to them. (ST)

Develops search patterns for locating an object which may be in one of several locations. (JP)

Results of this field experiment supported the prediction that subjects in the expected-award condition would show less subsequent intrinsic interest in the target activity than subjects in either of the other two conditions (unexpected-award and no-award conditions). (Author/KM)

Results indicate significant differences between children and adults, and among three levels of information about subjects affecting the accuracy of predictive judgment. The effect of instruction approaches significance. Reprints available from James L. Knestrick, 270E North Arlington Avenue, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17107. (Author)

The data indicated that (a) subjectively experienced suggestibility was more closely related to attitude change than was objective suggestibility, and (b) the generalized expectancy treatments were ineffective in influencing different criterion scores. (Author)

Occurrence of residual stutterings on adjacent words caused by blotting out words at random in a reading passage was studied. (KW)

The data suggest that student expectations about freshman camps have little appreciable relation to satisfaction with camps. Students' experiences with people at camp, however, were moderately related to satisfaction with camp. (Author)

The main effects and interactions of different methods of giving student IQ information to teachers (including the self-fulfilling prophesy hypothesis of Rosenthal's "Pygmalion in the Classroom"), sex of teacher, teacher opinion of IQ testing, and student socioeconomic level are investigated. (DG)

Assessment was obtained of both initial attitudes and attitude change among college students and chronic patients in a hospital companionship program. At the conclusion of the program, students manifested significantly more favorable attitudes toward patients and less favorable attitudes toward the mental hospital; patients saw the students as…