Examines whether the sterotypic conceptions of the black woman influence her attitude toward "traditional" sex-roles, using data from the administration of three attitude scales and a biographical questionnaire to two women's organizations in Houston in the Spring and Summer of 1973. (Author/JM)

Hypotheses asserted that: social class has a different association with the meanings of the student identity; meaning of student identity in combination with social class have differential relations with school orientations; presence and absence of student identity in combination with class background have differential relations with school…

The purpose of this paper is to explore women's perceptions of themselves as politicians and of politics generally in our society, and to explore men's perceptions of women as politicians. (Author)

Research has indicated that gender constancy and categorization are achieved in childhood and that autonomous sex-role integration occurs during adulthood, well after a secure sense of gender identity is established. To examine developmental sex-role identification, college students rated themselves on a "current" Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI) and…

The appropriateness of the supervisory model used in consulting is considered. Consulting as an activity is a social relationship between the "consultant" (faculty staff) and the "consultee" (teacher). Often the consultant employs the same verbal strategies used by a teacher's supervisors. The difficulties this creates in the personal interaction…

THE IDENTITY CRISIS EXPERIENCED BY THE AMERICAN WOMAN, HER SEX AS A PERSONALITY PATTERNING AGENT, AND HER SUCCESS OR FAILURE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A VOCATIONAL SELF-CONCEPT AS IT IS EXPRESSED THROUGH OCCUPATIONAL ROLES ARE EXAMINED. DURING AN 8-YEAR PERIOD, RESPONSES TO AN OPINION QUESTIONNAIRE (WITH INTERVIEW FOLLOWUPS) WERE GATHERED FROM 300…

Males' and females' conceptions of ideal men and women in relation to their perceptions of sex-role sterotypes and their self-concepts were investigated. The following hypotheses were supported by the results obtained: (1) ideal males and females are seen as more similar than typical males and females (p<.01); and (2) one's self-concept is closer…

Sixty young males enrolled in an introductory course in psychology rated themselves on a series of 7-step, bipolar, adjectival scales. Afterwards they observed a young man perform a simple mechanical task, performed the same task and then rated the young man and themselves again. It was found that when the subjects perceived the young man as…

This study attempted to determine the effects of a twice-weekly, four-month-long, cross-age tutoring program on children's reading achievement levels and self-concepts. A total of 240 students, stratified by grade and sex, were randomly assigned to four experimental groups. Within each group, students were matched by grade: grade four with grade…

The influence of variations in school setting on the development of ethnic role taking skills and ethnic identity were examined in English speaking Canadian children in grades 1-5. Their instructional settings were either monolingual in the first language (English), monolingual in a second language (French), or bilingual (French and English).…

This study, concerned with distinguishing between the public and private determinants of self-presentational strategy, tests the hypothesis that one consequence of another's prior knowledge about a person is an implicit pressure on that person to act in a way consistent with what the other already knows about him or her. Subjects were 90…

Determined the types of constructs with which resident assistants (RAs) (N=23) interpreted their experience and examined the way in which RAs used these dimensions to evaluate specific aspects of their jobs, as well as the relation of the constructs to levels of reported burnout. (ABB)

Utilizing the responses of fathers, mothers, sons, and daughters to questions concerning family power and problem-solving processes, and the responses of husbands and wives to questions concerning the family division of labor, it is found that the perceptions of family reality vary systematically by both age and sex. (Author)