Suggests that an evaluation of the questions asked in inquiry training episodes may not reflect the logical progression of steps designed to formulate explanations or hypotheses, but also depend on students' disposition towards approval, tendency to minimize risk, and motivation by external factors. Studies of inquiry behavior should include…

Item responses for the Strong Vocational Interest Blank (SVIB) were contrasted for a group of introverts and extraverts. A scale was constructed for the SVIB to measure a dimension of occupational introversion extraversion (OIE). Test retest reliability of the OIE was ofthe same magnitude as the other SVIB scales. Occupations were then ranked on…

The results of this study on sex differences in responses to psychosexual stimualtion showed that the activation of sexual behavior for both men and women was approximately of the same strength. (Author/KJ)

The results of this study which investigated several personality attributes of 140 vocational rehabilitation clients in relation to their locus of control, showed that internals and externals showed significant mean differences on their ability to work with others, cooperation, self reliance, work tolerance, and other factors. (Author)

This article summarizes the theory of early recollections in a way that suggests its adaptation to current practice in counseling and psychotherapy. (Author)

It was predicted that Ss indicating they were high in A trait would report anticipating greater fears in anxiety situations and not in situations involving physical pain or danger. Ss rated 40 situations according to the degree of apprehension they thought they might feel. Of the four factors obtained, the three factors associated with failure…

Reprints from: Thomas J. Cottle, Department of Social Relations, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138.

Investigates the role of sociopathic tendencies in reactions to inequitable exchanges in 273 males and females classified as high or low in sociopathy. Subjects read narratives of inequitable exchanges and assumed the role of the exploiter and the role of the victim in each. (Author/RH)

In responding constructively to boredom, steps to take include identifying its conditions and identifying situations in which it occurs. Patterns that may emerge from the identification include solitude, predictability, constraint, and a lack of responsibility for one's leisure. (CJ)