A study of modeling behavior shows that undergraduate students who received negative feedback about their ability on a particular task tended afterward to imitate the poor models. (Editor)

A number of ability tests were administered to 187 male job applicants ranging in age from 20 to 53 years. When test performance was compared across age groups, no significant differences were found. The findings are discussed in connection with the generally negative stereotype of the aging worker. (Author)

Discusses performance analysis factors and their applications, including (1) three types of performance aids--directories, ensamplers, and queries; (2) training and guidance, including a guide to the use of performance aids and descriptions of three kinds--stimulus, response, and reinforcement; and (3) performance analysis as a tool in training.…

The Jungian conceptual framework, reflected in the Myers-briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), provides a systhesizing, explanatory, and predictive scheme for common traits of the police personality. The MBTI may be a useful tool in training, counseling, and organizational change, but is limited as an exclusive instrument for selection. (Author)

Seventy-two trainable mentally retarded adults were given success and failure experiences at a coding task, as well as one of three causal attributions (ability, effort, or task difficulty [ease]). (Author)

Regular booklet and puzzle forms of the Raven Coloured Progressive Matrices were administered to 70 deaf elementary students to determine the effects of testing-the-limits procedure. (Author/CL)

Examined was the time response effect of methylphenidate (Ritalin) on the learning task performance of 53 hyperactive children (mean age 10 years). Arthur Retlaw and Associates, Inc., Suite 2080, 1603 Orrington Avenue, Evanston, Illinois 60201. (CL)

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This experiment attempted to support McMahan's (1973) attributional theory, which assumes that expectations reflect relatively fixed perceptions, and that people try to avoid making changes in these perceptions, and Frieze and Weiner's (1971) finding that success was attributed to internal factors more than was failure, while failure was more…

Ninety six kindergarten age children participated in a study which assessed the effects of three procedural factors on performance in identity and equivalence conservation tasks. (SB)

High self-esteem students show significantly greater mastery of all learning tasks than lower self-concept counterparts. (MJB)

Since magnitude of difference between correlation of a 6-minute run and a 12-minute run is not significant, the 6-minute run can be used to measure cardiorespiratory fitness. (PBS)

A typical school spelling task is analyzed in terms of an information processing model of spelling performance. (Author)

A technique for efficiently presenting a large number of vocabulary items for the testing of vocabulary comprehension in children younger than 2 years was used with 106 children from a wide range of social status groups and from both English and Spanish speaking families. (Author/SBH)

The relationship between physiological response patterns and mental competence was investigated by evaluating heart rate and respiratory responses during a sustained visual-search task in 29 nonretarded grade school children and 16 retarded adolescents. (Author)