The findings indicate that it may not be useful to categorize students' expectations on only the basis of their parents' level of education. Finding of sex differences in expectations as measured by the Awareness and Community Scales is consistent with findings reported by Pace (1966) except he reported on perceptions of students already in the…

Describes a study that assessed (1) differences in causal ascriptions for a given performance outcome between males and females; and (2) sex differences in performance expectations, pretest anxiety, desire to take similar tests in the future, and expectations of performance outcomes on future tests. Contrasts results with previous findings by…

The relationship between naturally-occurring student expectations about the instructor and later student evaluations of that instructor was studied. It was found that students were capable of rating their instructors independently of expectations held prior to the course. (Author/BW)

Describes a study of the relationship between faculty expectations of the accreditation visiting team and their satisfaction with the quality of the team visit. Responses to pre- and postvisit surveys revealed that faculty were well informed about and supportive of team visits and that knowledge was not correlated with perceptions of quality. (DMM)

A 25-item questionnaire was completed by 65 sets of parents of preschool hearing impaired children. The results showed a lack of concordance between expectancy and fulfillment by and from the professionals under study. (Author)

An experiment with mixed and same sex groups provided evidence that perceived motivation towards the group determines members' attained influence and status in task-oriented groups. While group-oriented members are generally more influential than self-oriented ones, the degree of motivation's effect depends on the member's external status…

Results indicated differing teacher expectations for the two placements regarding appropriate programing but no significant differences in the expected duration of services. (DB)

The Generalized Expectancy for Success Scale was assessed for its psychometric properties. Results indicate that GESS has acceptable test-retest reliability, high internal consistency, and minimal relationship with social desirability. Predicted relationships between high generalized expectancy for success, depressive symptomatology, and…

Identifying clients is of prime importance to group leaders. Two variables which have proved useful in understanding therapeutic performance are social risk taking propensity and client expectancy. The present study was concerned with the prediction of group member performance following pretreatment assessment of these two variables. (Author)

Three- to eight-year-old children were asked to make causal attributions for performance on a motor task, reward allocations for the performance outcome, and state expectations for future success. (Author/DB)

Fear of death was found to be positively and significantly correlated with fertility experiences, desires, and intentions, but only among respondents whose formal education did not exceed the completion of high school. Males demonstrated megadeath fear with respect to desired and intended fertility. (Author)

Discusses results of a questionnaire given to 485 high school students concerning their expectations of and problems in the role of babysitter. (SS)