Theorists have predicted that individuals in a relationship initially follow social norms and later follow the mutually-agreed-upon norms which have evolved from the relationship. Since social norms prescribe sex-stereotyped behavior, an androgynous person may initially behave in a sex-typed way. Same-sex pairs (N=26) of undergraduates, matched on…

The concept of social role range (SRR) deals with the magnitude of an individual's repertoire of different interpersonal behavior patterns and exhibits the properties of a personality trait. Over a broad range of interpersonal settings, individuals tend to be consistent in the magnitude of their SRR's. A role play technique was devised for…

Extrinsic job characteristics focus on the work environment and include working conditions, co-worker relations, supervision, company policy, salary, and job security. Intrinsic characteristics deal with the content and tasks involved in the job as well as opportunities provided for self expression and self actualization, e.g. the type of work…

Several research studies that have compared the effects of television viewing on economically disadvantaged black children with its effects on white children indicate that the black children tend to allocate more time to television, are less selective in choosing content, and are more likely to accept fictional stories as reality. In addition, the…

The implications of a developing theory about human posibilities for the conduct of individual life and the future of society rest on the basic fact that, because only a fraction of the possibilities the future holds can be actualized by an individual or by society, choice is a universal imperative. One important reason that better choices are not…

Analyses of sex differences in major life role conflicts suggest a qualitative difference between the family life of men and women, with an advantage for men. Differences between the sexes in ratings of satisfaction with family life were investigated using data taken from the 1977 Quality of Employment Survey. The analysis sample was restricted to…

Teachers need to be aware of the stereotypes that their textbooks promote. An informal survey of the illustrations in a sampling of third grade textbooks revealed numerous examples of ethnic and sexist stereotypes. A knowledge of children's learning patterns can help teachers lead their students away from stereotypes by introducing them to…

To ascertain the audience's perception of the homosexual stereotyped character in reference to the social contact variable, two groups were shown a television situational comedy that depicted two homosexual characters. The two groups, one composed of 45 homosexual and the other of 95 heterosexual college students, were then asked to evaluate the…

The opinions of 162 psychologists, 842 teachers, 125 public school administrators and 50 state departments of education were surveyed regarding the current status of service delivery and school psychology. The first questionnaire was directed to coordinators of school psychological services and school psychologists and requested information about…

An investigation concerned with teacher styles and strategies for coping with problem students suggests that role definition may not be as important a teacher variable as originally postulated. Thirty-seven experienced elementary school teachers were observed to determine overall management skill level and actual response to problem behavior.…

The papers included in this volume constitute the proceedings of a conference on the theme of the expected role of the professsional librarian in an academic library, a public library, a school library, and a special library. Grouped under these four different library headings, the papers present the viewpoints of library administrators, library…

The purpose of this study was to describe and conceptualize the view small-town secondary principals have of their role. The method used was indepth interviews, with researchers going to 30 small-town high schools in Michigan and spending some hours with each principal. The accumulated data consisted of 324 single-spaced pages of verbatim…

This research examined viewer reaction to the television program "The Jeffersons" in order to study differences between racial groups in exposure to the program, its perceived entertainment value, and the degree to which the characters portrayed reveal "real" behavior. Viewer reaction to the racially integrated married couple…

During the 1960's educators became aware that the role models presented by educational materials to minority children helped shape the role that the children ultimately occupied in the society. Similarly, it has been observed that the media presents a negative image of women which may result in unfulfilling role adaptation, a process which becomes…

This report describes the results (to date) of an ongoing exploratory study of the impact of home day caregivers on the children in their care with specific attention to the nature of the child-caregiver interaction. From in-depth interviews with the caregivers and naturalistic observation, the one factor which emerged as most salient in terms of…