The primary objective of this study was an analysis of the differential influence socioeconomic status and "significant others" have on the educational aspirations of black and white youth. A causal model was developed from related theoretical and empirical research and was analyzed by path analytic techniques. The models revealed that the…

In order to gain some insight into the issue of optimum age for second language learning, the experiment described in this report was based on the negative hypothesis that there is no significant difference in the ability of randomly selected subjects, kindergarten through grade six, to imitate critical sounds and sound clusters embedded in words…

AS AN INITIAL STEP TOWARD IMPROVEMENT IN SELECTING AND DEVELOPING TYPES OF OCCUPATIONAL INFORMATION NEEDED BY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, AS WELL AS IMPROVEMENT OF THE FORMAT BY WHICH SUCH INFORMATION IS PRESENTED, AN EXPERIMENTAL DRAFT OF OCCUPATIONAL INFORMATION MATERIALS WAS PREPARED AND EVALUATED. THESE PILOT MATERIALS WERE DESIGNED FOR USE IN…

BECAUSE OF THE LARGE EDUCATIONALLY DEFICIENT SEGMENT OF THE TEXAS POPULATION, A STUDY WAS AUTHORIZED TO RELATE ILLITERACY TO ADULT VOCATIONAL EDUCATION. THE STUDY WAS BASED ON THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ILLITERACY AND (1) MEMBERSHIP IN AN ETHNIC GROUP, (2) LOW SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, (3) CRIME, AND (4)…

DEMOGRAPHIC CORRELATES OF EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE LEVELS WERE EXAMINED BY COUNTY IN THE 11 EX-CONFEDERATE SOUTHERN STATES TO FIND OUT WHETHER THE SAME VARIABLES PREDICT PERFORMANCE FOR BOTH NEGRO AND WHITE STUDENTS IN THE SAME WAY. DATA WERE DERIVED MAINLY FROM U.S. CENSUS REPORTS AND FROM MATERIALS OF STATE AND LOCAL DEPARTMENTS OF EDUCATION.…

Using interview data collected from 595 subjects living in 5 Utah counties, 2 dimensions of community satisfaction (economic and interpersonal) were identified via factor analysis. Employing a theoretical framework of rural-urban differences, the impact of residence on the two dimensions of satisfaction was tested by regression analysis and found…

This guide for teaching school staff about conflict management is a series of unit modules or minicourses which can be combined to form a program of instruction. This is said to allow the training program to provide remedial or advanced materials for those staff members who need or desire them. Each unit includes a content area, objectives, and…

Two visual monitoring tasks were used to further knowledge of the interactions between individual differences and task demands as determinants of performance and satisfaction. The subjects, 100 male university students, completed pre- and post-test batteries to assess general and specific abilities, personality variables, work orientation,…

The research reported here examines the role of psychological expectancies as labor market supply characteristics of black and white men and women. Secondary analyses are carried out on data provided by the Survey Research Center 1972 national probability sample of adults 18 years and older drawn for the presidential election study. The report…

This research was designed to assess female and male counselor sex-role stereotyping in their perceptions of the appropriateness of female and male students' occupational choices. The following variables were controlled in a six-way analysis of variance: sex of counselor, sex of student, occupational status, occupational stereotype, ability of…

Spanish Americans admitted to State and county mental hospitals in the U.S. during 1972 were examined. Purpose was to show if and how they differed from admissions of other ethnic groups in terms of their demographic composition (age, sex, and marital status), their socioeconomic level as measured by educational attainment, their diagnostic…

Analyzing the effects of higher education accessibility, the present state of difficulties re: accessibility, and the functioning of various means of accessibility compensation, this paper presents the development of Polish education in terms of the social, political, and economic systems operative during the inter-war period (1918-39) and the…

The social, behavioral, and physiological effects of episodic crowding on children and elderly adults are reported in this paper. Children ranging in ages from 9 to 16 and elderly adults ranging in ages from 60 to 90 were grouped by age into small and large rooms. Each group sat silently for 30 minutes in the rooms while skin conductance equipment…

This seminar paper investigates the relationship between technology and environment to determine the impact of technology on the individual's personal and physical environment. It deals with the consequences for individuals living in an environment shaped by modern technology. The main focus is that technology has acted as a leveling force--a…

This paper is a summary of results of two overlapping longitudinal studies tracing the development of mother-infant and father-infant attachments between 7 and 24 months of age. Interaction between 10 male and 10 female infants and their parents was observed in the subjects' homes. Interaction with parents was compared to interaction with an…