A social problem is defined as public awareness of a gap between society's expectations and social realities. Factors which contribute to the creation of this gap are discussed, and strategies for keeping expectations and realities in a productive relationship are explored. (JB)

Re-analyzes data on Rotter's Locus of Control Scale in terms of five categories reliably identified by judges: general luck or fate; respect; politics; academics and leadership; and, success. (JM)

Although today's young people are greatly opinionated on many political issues, their knowledge of all the facts concerning these matters is appallingly lacking. (CK)

Proposed that, when faced with highly desirable but uncertain outcomes, people may employ cognitive strategies in an attempt to influence their future affective responses to the outcomes in question. Demonstrated the use of two such strategies. (Author)

Tested a prediction model of trainees' general expectations for the supervisory process. Practicum students (N=82) completed a self-efficacy inventory and indicated their outcome expectancies for supervision. In general, trainees expected supervisors to be significantly more trustworthy than expert, more expert than attractive, and more evaluative…

The hypothesis was tested that the direction of the relationship between the level of ego development of adult caretakers and the degree of sex-stereotyping in their expectations for adolescents would vary as a function of the adolescents' level of ego maturity. (Author)

An assessment of Canadian parents' expectations indicated that parents do expect career education to be an integral part of the curriculum. Whether governments mandate compulsory career education in secondary schools in particular will depend on the province. Some implementation suggestions for the school board are given. (NQA)

The concept of career contingency is used to illustrate that the physical education teacher in a modern high school undergoes similar role conflicts and negotiates his/her social reality in ways similar to those of workers who occupy roles in other professions. (Author/NQA)

This study investigated the extent to which expectancies and performance of emotionally handicapped children could be altered by success or failure-induced experiences. Students were assigned to either of two experimental conditions. Results indicated that success and failure on a task were influential on subsequent expectancy estimates and…

This study examined the joint effects of teachers' expectations about students and vice versa on the performance and attitudes of both participants. Results showed that student performance was a function of the teacher's expectations. (Author/GK)