Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of the Labor Market Experience of Youth, examined the aspirations and expectations of Americans aged 14-21 years regarding their education and future fertility. Found family background, social values, and sex role traditionality to be strong predictors of educational and fertility expectations. (GC)

Studied the direction and magnitude of error of expectations of parents who abused or neglected their children. Results confirmed that abusing parents are less knowledgeable about children's developmental progress than non-abusers. Differences were also found in parental expectations. (Author/JAC)

Searched for interaction between quality of counseling skills (presence or absence of empathy, genuineness, and positive regard) and physical attractiveness as determinants of counseling effectiveness. Attractiveness influenced perceived effectiveness of counselor's skill. Analyses of expectancy data revealed that only with good skills did…

Compared job applicants, and company recruiters who interviewed them, about perceived attainability of job expectations. Recruiters perceived higher opportunities for goal attainability than candidates. Both samples viewed higher opportunities for attainment of intrinsic rather than extrinsic outcomes. (JAC)

Five impediments to accurate clinical judgment are discussed: inability to assess covariation, influence of preconceived notions, lack of awareness of one's judgmental processes, overconfidence, and hindsight bias. Presents three strategies to minimize impediments' effects: considera- tion of alternative outcomes, increased attention to data, and…

Describes the Ann Arbor court decision, reviews current research dealing with teachers' language attitudes, and discusses implications for instruction. (MP)

The relative effectiveness of three measures of teacher expectations for predicting students' achievement was studied. Teachers' perceptions of student ability and the discrepancy between teacher-perceived ability and student-tested ability were related to achievement change. The amount of improvement the teacher expected was unrelated to the…

Observed changes in clients' expectations-perceptions over time and as a function of duration in counseling, and the relationship between perceptions and actual interview behavior. Results suggested before counseling clients focused more on the relationship than on expected results. By termination, perceptions of process and outcome were similar.…

Determined what kinds of experience seeking are related to drug use using Pearson's Novelty-Experiencing Scale, Pearson's Desire-for-Novelty Scale, and Vando's Reducer-Augmenter Scale. Drug use was most frequent among men attracted to unusual states of consciousness and physically thrilling activities. They were stimulus-intensity reducers, and…

The Labor Market Orientation (LMO) program responded to the problem of unemployment among Black teenagers. LMO provided classroom training which mitigated unrealistic expectations and served as an introduction to the requisites of the work world. The program was successful in providing a rational sequence of training and job exposure. (JCD)

Other-directed (interpersonally sensitive) or inner-directed (interpersonally less sensitive) students (N=80) observed a videotape of a person acting in either a role-consonant or a role-deviant manner. As expected, there was significantly less variance among the ratings when other-directed observers viewed role-deviant behavior than in the other…

Considered motivations of Black college students and the influence on student behavior. Of the 161-person sample, 62 freshmen said their mother was the most influential person in their life. Results indicated a wide disparity between high school grades achieved and college grades expected. (Author)

A study focused on the effect of students' expectations for achievement in mathematics on actual achievement. The relationship of a variety of daily experiences to achievement was examined. Results indicate that student expectations relate to subsequent achievement and that no significant relationship between achievement and expectations based on…

Residents of an age-segregated housing project share their feelings on aging. Most accept their life- style and express a certain amount of fatalism regarding the future. They value autonomy. Services for the elderly must be provided in a way to encourage independence and allow choices. (JAC)

Instructors were taught that pupil ability was either extrinsic or intrinsic, and were led to believe one pupil possessed high ability and one low ability. Instructors adopted teaching strategies based on the theory of ability they had been taught. Pupils behaved in ways which confirmed teacher expectations. (Author/DB)