An electromyograph (EMG) feedback group of 10 normal undergraduate males received variable-tone feedback from the frontalis muscle. Comparisons showed that the feedback group achieved significantly lower EMG scores than the two control groups, but only one of the six measures of state anxiety favored the feedback group over the controls. (Author)

A 55-item instrument was developed to measure the attitudes of students toward professional education courses. Graduate students perceived more importance to professional education courses than undergraduates. The instrument appeared to be an effective tool to measure attitudes of prospective and in-service teachers toward professional education…

A test of the personality constructs hypothesized by Holland was performed using a list of adjectives believed to be descriptive of the respective types. The sample used the adjectives to describe themselves in a manner consistent with Holland's model, however the correspondence was closer for males than females. (Author)

The relationships between the six scales on which Holland's theory is based and the five other scales of the Vocational Preference Inventory were investigated using canonical analysis. (Author)

College students' expectations regarding the physiological, psychological, and social effects of marijuana were investigated. A sample of 210 undergraduates stated their expectations about the effect of the drug by answering a series of structured-response type questions. Also, Ss provided background information related to their expectations about…

Differences in vocational interests, as measured by the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory, between undergraduates having traditional, conservative attitudes towards the roles of women and those having contemporary, liberal attitudes were examined. Results are discussed and implications for future employment patterns are made. (Author)

Questions need to be asked about whether students with an interest in the helping professions believe systematic human relations training to be useful and relevant. The present study investigated the students' evaluation of human relations training by means of the Illinois Course Evaluation Questionnaire. (Author)

Two studies using a university and a high school population were conducted in which subjects read a transcript of an interview including a description of an aggressive incident. Results are discussed in relation to the physical attractiveness of the aggressor, and to the reasons for the aggressive act. (Author/EJT)

The skin-potential responses of six college students were monitored while each was seen for 10 counseling sessions. Negative skin-potential responses were accompanied by feelings described as pleasant and released; positive responses were associated with unpleasant and inhibited feelings; and neutral responses were often associated with unpleasant…

Investigated the perception of counselor attractiveness and persuasiveness through the expression of nonverbal behavior. Two male and female counselors were trained to portray "affiliative" manner and "unaffiliative" manner. Subjects saw four different counselors and then rated them on scales measuring perceived attractiveness and persuasiveness.…

The nonverbal touching behavior of strangers in a dyadic interaction was studied to assess the current controversy between encounter group trainers and their critics concerning the use of nonverbal touching exercises to foster interpersonal openness. (Author)

This study surveyed 363 undergraduate students to determine the extent that introductory courses affected their selection of majors, minors, and career goals. The results indicated a significant relationship between an instructor perceived by students as better than average in teaching an introductory course and the selection of a major. (Author)

A sample of 248 students taking undergraduate accredited field experience courses at Michigan State University felt that their major vocational, personal, and general educational objectives were met by their curriculum. Students expressed no significant weaknesses that could be attributed to field experience education as a whole. (Author)

The Delphi Technique in modified form was used by seniors majoring in early childhood education to develop and devise a definition of effective early childhood teaching. The four major categories of effective early childhood teaching were teacher attitude, child orientation, curriculum approach, and classroom physical characteristics. (Author)

The effects of prompting by peers on the rate of completing assignments and on the correspondence of noon-time plans with the amount of actual studying exhibited the same evening was observed with 15 undergraduate university students. Subjects were provisionally accepted students enrolled in a one credit pass/fail course. Students initially earned…