The mediating role of learning in the relationship between repeated exposure and affect was explored and supported in three experiments involving a total of 229 undergraduate participants. It was found that both learning and affect measures behaved in essentially the same way as a function of exposure duration (experiments I and III), serial…

It was hypothesized that normal community college students could become happier if they could modify their behaviors and attitudes to approximate more closely the characteristics of happier people. The resulting self-study program may be helpful to individuals wishing to increase emotional satisfaction they derive from living. (Author)

College students were questioned concerning their attitudes on the environmental movement and the causes and remedies of environmental degradation. Findings showed that students are aware of the problems, but do not accept the ecologists views about the needs for restructuring consumption and production patterns. (AJ)

Examined the relationship of the Irrational Beliefs Test (Jones 1968) to depression, locus of control, cognitive set, and interpersonal assertion competencies in 114 college women. Results showed irrationality on the IBT was related to externality, negative cognitive set, unassertiveness, and depression. (JAC)

Investigated the relationship between sensitivity to emotions and behavioral empathy and explored the validity of the revised Kagan Affective Sensitivity Scale (KASS) in a study of 30 social work students. Results confirmed that sensitivity to emotions is involved in accurate behavioral empathy. (JAC)

This study examined the role of study abroad programs on a students' cross-cultural awareness. Twenty-four students were enrolled in a study abroad course participated in the study. The students' cross-cultural awareness was assessed prior to and after study abroad using the Cross Cultural Adaptability Inventory test (CCAI). It was hypothesized…

Explores the relation of attitudes toward individual words and attitudes toward simple sentences made up of those words. Prediction equations showed a high level of accuracy. Bibliography and tables. (JB)

Indicates that inexperienced speakers do observe and interpret audience responses even when not instructed to do so. (SW)

Belgian freshman attitudes towards and expectations of chemistry courses before and after the first year are examined statistically. Among the findings: negative attitudes toward chemistry are related to level of difficulty, and overlap of population interests show that course needs could be met best by developing four separate courses. (MSE)

Developed a scale of cultural tolerance, examined the latent structure of the scale, and determined its relationship to other relevant constructs. Results with samples of 262, 165, and 86 college students suggest a two-dimensional structure of items assessing affect and belief and items assessing intention to behave. Contains 41 references. (SLD)

To take math anxiety out of math instruction, teachers need to first know how to easily diagnose it in their students and second, how to analyze causes. Results of a recent study revealed that while students believed that their math anxiety was largely related to a lack of mathematical understanding, they often blamed their teachers for causing…

This study evaluated students' affective learning in an introductory computing course that was taught in Hong Kong once in a lecture format and twice in a rich interactive multimedia online format to 414 college students in all. A simplified experience sampling method was used to assess affective learning at the midterm and end of each course in…