This study investigated sex differences in counselor credibility as perceived by high school girls. A quasi-experimental method was used in which four tape recordings presented identical career information about women by female and male counselors. Fifty-three career-oriented and 53 home-oriented girls rated the counselor-narrators on a…

This study investigated the moderating effects of previously conditioned, stable behavior characteristics on subsequent behavior resulting from a different set of reinforcement contingencies. The college students, who were the study subjects, were required to perform the task of solving anagrams under various modes of conditioning moderated by…

This report, a small segment of Project TALENT, concerns the growth in abilities and achievement of high school students, their schools, and the test battery administered. The population was 7,500 students in grade 12 from 100 public high schools. The findings are derived from analyses of the relationships between the standing of students in grade…

The purpose of this study was to investigate further the relationship between sex and a decline of intellectual abilities during adolescence and to examine some personality differences between young women who declined in intellectual abilities during adolescence and those who did not. Differences examined were: need to be included, need to be…

To test whether the traditionally inferior performance in mathematics of girls relative to boys is the result of sex stereotyping, 2,000 sixth- to twelfth-grade boys and girls were administered tests in mathematics aptitude and tests to measure the strength of sex-role stereotyping. The results showed that at all levels subjects displayed no…

This paper reports on an experiment examining sex differences in the types and meanings of emotional responses to a particular projective test: May's deprivation/enhancement measure (D/E), which is seen as an index of gender identity. The measure consistently differentiates males and females, which May felt reflected both physiological and…

Work values and parental influence were examined as mediators of the relationship between social origin and plans for college and career of 437 high school sophomores. Analysis revealed student perceptions of parents' interest in students' school work and parents' hopes that their children will attend college served as mediators. (Author)

In an attempt to determine if an open classroom environment encourages greater curiosity and/or openmindedness than does a traditional classroom environment, 41 open classroom children and 42 traditional classroom children completed an openmindedness scale and 5 subtests of a curiosity scale. No significant sex differences were found. Other…

Students (N=49) in an undergraduate educational psychology course designed and conducted behavioral self-modification projects. Correlation and regression analyses suggested weak but significant relationships between self-modification outcomes and a linear combination of dogmatism, sex, and mathematical aptitude variables. The effects of demand…

Junior college students were randomly assigned to dyadic or individual test conditions and scored on the Unusual Uses Activity of the TTCT. Analyses showed dyads more flexible and original than individuals; no significant differences due to locus of control; and males more flexible in creative functioning. (Author/SJL)

This research investigates the hypothesis that expressive aspects of sex-roles are learned in the early socialization of the child. Expressiveness of fondness, sadness, pleasure, and antipathy were operationalized by composite scales based upon responses to 16 Likert-type items, which were administered to 1190 high school students. (Author)

Students nominated for a leadership training course were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups in a post-test-only research project. Training did not produce significant differences between these groups in terms of experimental variables. (Author)

This study sought to determine if an increased knowledge of the physically disabled would affect the personal-space behavior of sixth-grade children on encountering a person who appeared to be disabled. A significant difference between the mean distances of the experimental and control groups was found. (Author)

Demonstrates that the process of vocational development is related to cognitive development: children's choices and reasoning reflect their changing modes of understanding the world. (Author)

Relationships between first name desirability and school readiness, IQ, and school achievement were explored using 1,727 elementary school children. School readiness, IQ, and achievement variables showed small, but significant, correlations with first name desirability for girls; boys also showed a first name effect. First name desirability was…