A work reproduction design was used to examine the effect of attentional focus on the perception of physical work. Subjects performed a fixed interval of work while answering arithmetic problems or performing in an unfilled control condition. Results of this study are discussed. (Author/DF)

Describes a small group discussion project involving students and teachers in two large white suburban high schools. The project's intention was to focus discussion on the social quality of the relationship between students and teachers, and to assess the impact of the discussions on student perceptions. (Author/RK)

Discusses two studies which indicate that student audiences rated speeches of their peers significantly higher if they thought that the speakers had completed a course in public speaking. (MH)

The main finding is that in a large middle class sample of students in grades 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12, Israeli-Arab subjects in each one of the five different age groups show a statistically significant higher SD level than their Jewish counter-parts. (Author)

Investigates a survey on the role of the daily press in Swedish society and reveals divergent views of societal roles and concerns. (MH)

Without a commitment to a corporate value system that supports teamwork, the very best of efforts will be diluted and stifled. It does not take very long for vitalized, optimistic middle managers to become socialized by a closed system into becoming pessimistic for the remainder of their corporate lives. (Author/IRT)

This study attempted to establish a desired image of an expert science writer based on a synthesis of writing theory, models, and research literature on academic writing in science and other disciplines and to contrast this desired image with an actual prototypical image of scientists as writers of science. The synthesis was used to develop a…

Discusses the contents of children's literature and textbooks written for children which perpetuate sexual stereotypes of females. (RB)

Argues for career education courses in the late elementary and junior high years with special emphasis on career planning for girls who will face a special challenge in the job market. (RB)

Discusses the continuing debate over the existing social relations between the sexes; that is, whether subordination of females to males is derived from biological differences or is brought about as a result of the existing social structure. (SB)

A questionnaire survey of 27 counselors in Ohio's public assisted technical college was conducted in an attempt to evaluate what a technical college counselor's role is and how he perceives himself in fulfilling that role. The results showed a large difference existed between perceived and actual roles. (DS)

Utilizing the responses of fathers, mothers, sons, and daughters to questions concerning family power and problem-solving processes, and the responses of husbands and wives to questions concerning the family division of labor, it is found that the perceptions of family reality vary systematically by both age and sex. (Author)

The Parsons and Bales instrumental-expressive role differentiation model of family structure was evaluated cross-culturally. Adolescents from the United States and Ghana described their perceptions of components of their parents' role performance. Sex and cultural differences were found which did not support the Parsons and Bales…

This article describes the development of a new sex-role inventory that treats masculinity and femininity as two independent dimensions, thereby making it possible to characterize a person as masculine, feminine, or "androgynous" as a function of the difference between his or her endorsement of masculine and feminine personality…

A study designed to reveal whether TV changes the teacher's image. It asked whether TV teacher personality traits are strengthened or weakened, magnified or diminished in the viewers' eyes. (HB)