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Download full textStonner, David M. – 1976
The performance of college students on the adolescent-adult version of the Matching Familiar Figures (MFF) test was examined in three studies to determine the effects of strategies on performance. With the standard instructions for the MFF, performance was found to be unrelated to test anxiety or extraversion and was parallel in many respects to…
Descriptors: Adults, College Students, Performance Factors, Personality Measures
Twiton, Elizabeth M.; Anderson, Ernest B. – 1977
Three explanations for post-stress performance decrement were investigated--learned helplessness, passive uncontrollability, and distrust. A group of male and female undergraduates at Carthage College (N=112) were exposed to one of four stress treatment conditions: escapable noise (EN), inescapable noise (IN), noise experienced with no expectation…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Controlled Environment, Expectation, Failure
Baldwin, Norman F. – 1978
Seventy mildly to severely mentally retarded adults living in group homes and apartments throughout Pennsylvania were evaluated with an instrument to assess adaptive behavior (Assessment of Basic Competence Scale) on two occasions separated by a 6-month interval. Prior to the initial assessment, direct-service staff participated in a 4-day…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adults, Behavior Change, Community Programs
Lybeck, Leif – 1978
This is an annual report of science education research undertaken in Sweden in 1976. It includes reports on work done by government commissions and projects of national boards, a brief review of projects reported on in Swedish journals, and a report on recent trends in Swedish science education research and future plans. (BB)
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Educational Research, Experimental Programs, Program Descriptions
Lombardo, John P.; Lavine, Linda O. – 1977
Sex role differences in self disclosure are more clearly defined than are gender differences. Students filled out a Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI) as part of an introductory course requirement. Males and females who scored as either androgynous or stereotyped were selected for four targets: mother, father, male best friend, female best friend. Some…
Descriptors: Androgyny, Attitude Change, Disclosure, Family Relationship
Hertz, Thomas W.; Hertz, Susan H. – 1979
This paper assesses the current status of anthropological contributions to research on child development. The data are provided by the Interagency Research Information System (IRIS), which contains computerized information about most of the research projects on children and adolescents funded by the federal government. Key elements of the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Anthropology, Child Development, Children
Schau, Candace G. – 1978
The empirical phase of this project evaluated the use of role-reversed stories within school settings as a method of modifying elementary school children's attitudes about sex requirements relative to occupational choice. The subjects (N=1123) were first through fifth grade students from varying cultural backgrounds in different locations.…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Childrens Literature, Elementary School Students, Evaluation
Eisenthal, Sherman – 1978
One hundred and fifteen patients coming to a psychiatry walk-in clinic were evaluated for suicidal ideation prior to their intake interview. Sixty percent of the patients had suicidal ideation, 20% to an extreme degree. Recognition of suicidal ideation, based on a content analysis of the clinical chart, was 27% for the entire group and 56% for the…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Depression (Psychology), Emotional Adjustment, Mental Health Clinics
Byers, E. Sandra; And Others – 1977
The incidence of sexual assault among 800 randomly selected university women is examined. Four degrees of sexual assault are defined: forceable intercourse, forceable attempted intercourse, forceable petting, and forceable necking. The incidence of sexual assault, the antecedent conditions to the assault, and the type of victim-offender…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Environmental Influences, Females, Interpersonal Relationship
Moyer, Kerry L. – 1978
Each of one third of all Pennsylvania public high schools were assessed in 1974, 75 and 76 so that all high school students were assessed during this three-year period. The results indicate that eleventh grade female students displayed a significantly more positive attitude toward work than did the male students when responding to work attitude…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Grade 11, Research Projects
FREEMAN, HAROLD; HANNA, PAUL R. – 1964
THE CONTRIBUTION OF EDUCATION TO THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR OF THE ECONOMY OF THAILAND WAS INVESTIGATED. SPECIAL ATTENTION WAS GIVEN TO THE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ABOVE THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, GRADES 8-10, INVOLVED IN THE AGRICULTURAL EDUCATIONAL PROCESS (BOTH ACADEMIC AND VOCATIONAL). THE STUDY CENTERED ON THREE QUESTIONS--(1) DOES THE THAI GOVERNMENT…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Developmental Programs, Economics, Educational Planning
MERRILL, I.R. – 1957
THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS STUDY WERE TO DISCOVER WHETHER THE DOCUMENTARY TV FILM SERIES, "COUNTY AGENT," HAD APPEAL FOR AND IMPACT UPON A GENERAL AUDIENCE AND WHETHER A SIGNIFICANT RELATIONSHIP EXISTED BETWEEN THE METHODS OF PROGRAM EVALUATION USED. THE TV SERIES, BROADCAST OVER WKAR-TV, CONSISTED OF 13 PROGRAMS ABOUT PROJECTS SPONSORED BY…
Descriptors: Adults, Agricultural Education, Attitude Change, Educational Television
VANDENBERG, STEVEN G. – 1966
RESEARCH ON HEREDITARY FACTORS IN NORMAL PERSONALITY TRAITS, AS MEASURED BY INVENTORIES, HAS BEEN LIMITED BY THE FOLLOWING FACTORS--(1) DATA DRAWN FROM ADOLESCENT, NOT ADULT, TWINS, (2) OMISSION OF MENTALLY ILL TWINS, (3) SMALL SIZE OF SAMPLES, (4) VARIABILITY STUDIED ONLY WITHIN FAMILY, (5) SMALL, ISOLATED, UNCOORDINATED STUDIES, AND (6) PROBLEMS…
Descriptors: Genetics, Heredity, Individual Characteristics, Personality
KRUMBOLTZ, JOHN D.
NEW OCCUPATIONAL CAREER KITS ARE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE REALISTIC OCCUPATIONAL EXPERIENCES IN THE FIELDS OF APPLIANCE REPAIR, LAW ENFORCEMENT WORK, AND ELECTRONICS. THE WORK INVOLVED IN DEVELOPING AND TESTING EACH KIT IS DELINEATED. THE TWO MAJOR EXPERIMENTS DESIGNED TO TEST HYPOTHESES ABOUT THE OPTIMAL USE OF THESE KITS ARE DESCRIBED. THE FIRST…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Guidance
FISCHER, EDWARD H.; HERSCHBERGER, AUSTIN C. – 1968
USE OF THE VERBAL REINFORCEMENT TECHNIQUE (VRT) IN DEVELOPMENTAL, PERSONALITY, AND SOCIALIZATION STUDIES OFTEN RESTS ON TENUOUS AND UNTESTED ASSUMPTIONS. THIS STUDY EXAMINED FIVE VARIABLES WHICH HYPOTHETICALLY RELATE TO PERFORMANCE UNDER REINFORCEMENT--SELF-ESTEEM OF S. TASK-INVOLVEMENT, EXPERIMENTER, ORDINAL POSITION, AND FAMILY SIZE. THE METHOD…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Demography, Experiments, Males
