Several major conclusions are: (1) a fundamental relationship exists between the individual's personality needs and the college major he selects. (2) Personality need patterns are relatively similar among the students in different areas of study in the same school. (3) Differences among natural groups of both male and female subjects were in the…

A phenomenological approach to man involves self concept, perceptual field and resulting behavior. Racism to be thoroughly understood must be placed in such perspective, encompassing the racist, the object of the racism and the society which permits it to exist. (Author)

Some 854 upperclassmen and graduate students were administered the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule (EPPS). Profiles were analyzed in individual groupings by major area of study, natural combinations of interest, and indivudal major area groupings by school to identify the dominant personality needs of each group. Cross comparisons were also…

It has been hypothesized that personality needs have a significant impact upon eventual occupational placement. The Edwards Personal Preference Schedule (EPPS) was designed to provide researchers in Career development with a quick and convenient measure of a number of relatively independent personality variables, or needs. It gauges 15 such needs…