This study examined the influence of an individual's attributions upon the type of tasks that individuals would select. Questions guiding this study concerned the predictability (congruence) of tasks from attributions, the consistency of this task-attribution congruency, and the generalizability of the results. Subjects were 801 students drawn…

The aim of this research project was to analyze the interaction of supply and demand factors in order to explain secular changes in the value of human time, with special reference to investment in education. The methodology used was an economic analysis that applied economic theory to determine the supply of and demand for education by treating…

This is a report of a program aimed at the demonstration, tests, and evaluation of the educational and economic effectiveness of PLATO IV computer-based education as implemented in several geographically dispersed military training sites. It also describes a technical program aimed at increasing the cost effectiveness of the PLATO system. During…

A method is presented for systematically exploring family life as expressed in fiction. The approach can be easily adapted to classroom teaching, or utilized in research projects. A summary of how lay authors of specific books portray mother-daughter and father-daughter relationships is reported. (Author)

Examines differences in the degree to which 15 specific sources of job satisfaction were related to and predictive of the overall satisfaction of department chairmen in the six model environments proposed by Holland (1973). (Author)

The psychological meaning and predictive value of a person's vocational aspirations were examined by applying Holland's typology to the vocational aspirations of high school juniors (N=140), and a second sample of college students studied over a one-year interval (N-624). (Author)

To determine whether the addition of milieu principles to a contingency program increases its effectiveness, the investigators compared two treatment programs in a mental hospital: (a) a social learning or token economy approach and (b) a combined social learning and milieu approach. (Author)

Underweight subjects were assigned to either a self-reinforcement condition, a self-punishment condition, or to a discussion/reflection control condition. The subjects received one treatment session per week over a five-week period. After treatment, the self-reinforcement groups gained significantly more pounds (kilograms) than either of the other…

The social world of the aged SRO tenant is described and analyzed. Characteristic features include an impoverishment of social roles and relationships which result in a "world of strangers." Dominant norms of SRO life which preclude the establishment of intimacy are examined; these include prescriptive norms of privacy, freedom, and…

Creativity of 72 third-graders from open and structured classes was measured in relation to anxiety level. Low anxiety children were found more creative in open as compared to structured classrooms. No significant differences were found between creativity levels of high anxiety students in the two types of classes. (Author)

This research generated norms on the Peterson-Quay Behavior Problem Checklist for an inner city population (N=101), as well as providing test-retest reliability coefficients between two applications of the checklist. Data is provided on the conduct, personality, inadequacy-immaturity and socialized delinquency dimensions of the checklist and for…

Four second-grade teachers completed the Classroom Behavior Inventory for every student in their class (N=101). Subjects were classified as either reflective (N=32) or impulsive (N=32) by using the Matching Familiar Figures Test (MFF). (Author)

A typology was used to organize Census data about people's aspirations, and the results of vocational assessments made with and without norms for men and women at two educational levels. Results indicate that kinds of employment differ for educational levels and between the sexes. (Author)

This study examined the effect of raters' level of self-acceptance on the ratings of three candidate types: a "traditional" woman, a "feminist", and a candidate with sex unspecified. Subjects were 81 male counseling center directors. Results reveal that subjects with higher self-acceptance were more likely to evaluate all candidates as more…

The task force study for the NACAC to which the entire September issue of ACAC is devoted, reviews the Constitution of NACAC in the light of changing and expanding needs of NACAC, and studies the relationship between NACAC and the State and Regional branches. (Author/EJT)