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Beckwith, Joan B. – Social Behavior and Personality, 1987
Analyzed psychological functions of eating, drinking, and smoking in relation to behaviors of 530 young adult women. Data supported model of particular behavior being used to meet range of needs rather than particular need being met by range of behaviors. Eating was noted for pleasurable aspects, drinking for convivial aspects, and smoking for…
Descriptors: Drinking, Eating Habits, Females, Foreign Countries
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Mills, Helene – NASSP Bulletin, 1987
The traditional theory of motivation that equates motivation with certain incentives is too simplistic. The people and situations involved must be taken into account. Describes a plan with five contingency factors that should be recognized. (Author/MD)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation, Feedback, Motivation
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Cassel, Russell N. – Psychology: A Quarterly Journal of Human Behavior, 1986
Claims that human behavior derives specifically from areas of ungratified needs, so by observing behavior we have a projection of need presence. Describes the Cassel Computerized Biofeedback Need Gratification Assessment (NEEDS) which is designed to assess the degree of need presence within an individual; both for the conscious and unconscious…
Descriptors: Biofeedback, Computer Assisted Testing, Goal Orientation, Measurement Techniques
Dustin, Daniel L. – Parks and Recreation, 1984
The responsibility of recreation professionals is to encourage others to recreate in more sensitive ways, rather than highly consumptive, power-based ways. The psychology of affluence and limits on resources and their influence on recreational activities are discussed. (DF)
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Humanization, Leisure Time, Natural Resources
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Taylor, James C. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1976
Examples of successful implementation of sociotechnical design of workplaces indicate that workplaces can be redesigned to achieve a closer match between employee values and organizational work roles. Organizational effectiveness does not seem to be sacrificed as a consequence of such action. (Author/JDS)
Descriptors: Job Enrichment, Job Satisfaction, Need Gratification, Organizational Development
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Mischel, Walter; Moore, Bert – Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1973
The effects of attention to symbolic presentation of contingent rewards, in the form of slide-presented images, on children's ability to wait for the delayed reward were investigated. Attention to the symbolic contingent rewards greatly increased the duration of the children's delay of gratification. (Author/KM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Individual Power, Need Gratification, Personality Studies
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Sebald, Hans – Adolescence, 1972
Author theorizes that American youth, accustomed to media promises of instant results'' for products, has turned to drugs as a method of acquiring instant insight'' and knowledge. (SP)
Descriptors: American Culture, Attitudes, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Context
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Hause, Richard G. – Clearing House, 1969
An eight part "recipe for the question, "why does anyone want to teach? (Author)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Creativity, Interests, Job Satisfaction
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Davis, J. Rodney – Peabody Journal of Education, 1972
Author is concerned about the role of work in a technological society; the schools must follow the lead of field teachers in making an appropriate shift in the school from learning to work and to learning outside the school." (Author/SP)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Field Instruction, Job Development, Job Satisfaction
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Meir, Elchanan I.; Friedland, Nehemia – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1971
A sample of 80 boys and girls attending the 12th grade of academic high schools in Israel was asked to rank five occupations according to their individual preferences. A positive correlation was found between the occupational preference ranking and the intrinsic but not the extrinsic needs. (Author)
Descriptors: Career Choice, High School Students, Need Gratification, Needs
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Walls, Richard T.; And Others – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 1970
Data analysis indicate that rehabilitation clients in a residential job skill training program will defer immediate, less valued employment with the hope of obtaining a better position following training. (Author)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Expectation, Job Skills, Job Training
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Golding, Jacqueline; And Others – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 1983
Compared male lawyers (N=20), female lawyers (N=17), and female legal secretaries (N=20) concerning their work satisfaction, employment-related gratifications and deprivations, and their work values. Responses were largely similar. When they differed, the splits tended to be along the lines of job status rather than gender. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Employed Women, Employment Level, Job Satisfaction, Lawyers
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Drew, Dan G.; Reeves, Byron B. – Journalism Quarterly, 1980
Among the findings from a survey of 435 third-through seventh-grade children is that substantial numbers of children watch television news in formats designed for both adults and children, that children believe news is produced to serve a number of different functions, and that they receive different patterns of gratifications from viewing. (GT)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Childhood Attitudes, Children, Need Gratification
Bouma, Donald H. – Intellect, 1976
Three definitions of poverty are considered along with a careful specification of the perspective needed to assess it. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Definitions, Economic Factors, Hunger, Income
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Davids, Anthony; Falkof, Bradley B. – Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 1975
Article compared the perceptions and motivations of delinquents who were institutionalized in 1954 with those imprisoned in 1974. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Delinquency, Followup Studies, Need Gratification
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