Pittsburgh High School students cooperated with or competed against partners of same or opposite race. As hypothesized, achievement behavior of internally oriented Blacks was more influenced by partner's race and task expectancies than that of Whites. Internal Blacks achieved best when competing against Whites or cooperating with other Blacks.…

On achievement and behavior, girls were rated higher than boys and internals higher than externals. Sex interacted with school environment, such that girls' achievement ratings exceeded those of boys only in open classes. Locus of control by environment interaction was not found for achievement or behavior rankings. (Author)

This study examined the predictive validity of the 18 scales of the California Psychological Inventory and two scales of the Opinion Scale relative to success criteria in graduate school as measured by grades in individual courses, performance on the master's comprehensive examinations and graduate grade-point average. (Author/CTM)

The world view of Black students was external locus of control-external locus of responsibility. That of white students was internal locus of control-internal locus of responsibility. Self-reported anxiety level significantly correlated with locus of control scores only for Blacks. (Author)

The authors review studies of the self concept and locus of control of learning disabled children, emphasizing that their negative academic self concepts are often reinforced by low expectations of mothers and teachers. Reprinted from the "Journal of Clinical Child Psychology," 1979, v8 pp223-26. (Editor/SJL)

In a sample of college students, self-related exploration was positively related to satisfaction with the occupational decision of low anxiety students and negatively related to satisfaction among high anxiety students. Dissatisfaction with an occupational decision stimulated future work-related exploration for low anxiety students. (Author)

Used locus of control, ability, sex, task selection, task structure, and recall in a regression model to predict affective response to type of instruction of 104 high school seniors. Results showed a main effect for recall, and interaction effects for recall x sex and recall x ability. References are listed. (Author/JEG)

Investigated was the hypothesis that high arousal increases processing of physical characteristics and reduces processing of semantic characteristics. While introverts and extroverts had equivalent scanning rates for physical features, introverts were significantly slower in searching for semantic features of category membership, indicating…

One hundred seventy-five college students were tested to determine the relationship among locus of control, student preference, and teaching procedures. Results showed that external locus of control students preferred hardware as instructional devices and that such devices improved their reading rates, while internal locus of control students…

Subjects were classified as external or internal. About half of the externals (internals) were given a traditional method of instruction. The remaining subjects were involved in a contract grading plan. Using an achievement posttest, a strong disordinal interaction was found, with internals performing better under the contract grading plan and…

Data from black students (n=200) pointed to father-present versus father-absent differences on a four-item index of internal-external control (for males and females equally) and on four measures of political disaffection--three of the four for males alone. Variations in fate control minimized male political differences. Results are discussed.…

This paper is designed to provide an observational system for classroom behavior. The validity of the typology remains to be established in replicative studies; however, paper does provide insight into the range and type of behavior commonly exhibited by school children, and describes the purposes this information can serve. (RW)

Focuses on the relationship between communications technology and the human organizational setting within which it is used. Suggests that program effectiveness is determined more on the basis of how much learner involvement and control exists than on the delivery of a predetermined set of centrally prepared messages to learners. (Editor/RK)

The primary purpose of this article is to stress the importance of control among Asian Americans and to facilitate some understanding and awareness of the issues facing this group, rather than to provide some specific guidelines for counseling. (Author)