Late adolescent girls who would more likely defect from psychotherapy early had a self-rated history of greater self-disclosure than did girls who would more likely continue. This difference was especially clear with male targets. The second experimental study revealed a similar finding; terminators are higher self-disclosers to males whereas…

Summarizes the responses of 530 female secondary school students located in Georgia, 195 black and 335 white, to a questionnaire probing their anticipations regarding entering the work force; the test of proportions was to discover what, if any, significant differences existed between the two racial groups. (Author/JM)

The author examines several of Ellis'"irrational ideas" as they relate specifically to counselors. These ideas provide a convenient vehicle for the discussion of some typical misconceptions about counseling. Counselors are encouraged to analyze their own feelings and thought processes and to determine irrational ideas in addition to those…

Evaluated was the educational and psychological status of 28 children of markedly short height ranging in age from an 8-year-old (the size of a 5-year-old) to a 14 3/4-year-old (also the size of a 5-year-old). (DB)

Internal-external control (IE) expectancies of disadvantaged Head Start children were compared with those of middle class children in one Montessori and two parent cooperative nursery schools using the Stephens-Delys Reinforcement Contingency Interview IE measure. Middle class groups had significantly higher internal control scores than Head Start…

This paper (a) describes the rationale and development of the Stephens-Delys Reinforcement Contingency Interview method for assessing locus of control expectancies in children as young as preschool age and (b) summarizes results of subsequent studies bearing on reliability, validity, and problems of the method. (Author/RK)

While the occupational aspirations of Malay and Chinese male students in the secondary schools reveal fairly similar configurations, the socio-economic expectations of Malays are higher and largely independent of social class origins. (Authors)

Reviews classroom expectation studies, and argues that the lack of positive results is related to the perspective from which the problem has been attacked. An alternate perspective is forwarded, which depicts the influence of expectations as part of the press exerted by diverse aspects of the educational environment. (Author/JB)

Study results suggest that if counselors were aware of home expectations early in child's school career, they could recognize trouble signals and attempt to alter parental expectations which are unreal. (CJ)

There are differences between experienced BSCS biology teachers and those beginning to use BSCS, with respect to the ranking of objectives in order of importance and in the estimation of the ease of achieving the objectives. There is a disparity between the teachers' priorities and their expectations of achieving the objectives. (AL)

Cigarette smoking was found tobe significantly related to social status for females, but not for males. Smoking was closely related to peer group membership, and peer group memberships related closely to each individual's position in the social status system. A feeling of failure to achieve appeared to be related to tendency for ninth graders to…