The pros and cons of erotic art are discussed. (CK)

Subjects stratified by ability and extroversion initially achieved concept attainment in homogeneous (all introverts or all extroverts) or heterogeneous (one-half of the members extroverts) personality groups. Concepts were attained individually in a subsequent transfer stage. (Authors/JA)

An attempt to secure further evidence for, or against, the intellectual explanation of Maori superiority in word fluency. (WY)

Differences in personality inventory scores between freshmen at a junior college and university compared to ten years ago were generally toward a less psychologically mature direction. (Author/KM)

Discriminant analysis was separately employed for men and women in order to determine the independent personality dimensions that discriminate among the four Clark-Trow student types. Two significant discriminant functions placed the male vocational, nonconformist, academic, and collegiate types in positions that are essentially consistent with…

Describes a study of the factors which induce pre-engineering students to work below their potential in liberal arts courses. The evidence seems to indicate that different curricular areas do attract people with different personalities and from different socio-eocnomic backgrounds. (TS)

Two subgroups of delinquent girls: antisocial offenders and sexual delinquents, were compared to a matched group of nondelinquent girls on the Gough Femininity Scale. Both delinquent groups showed deviant conscious sex roles, the antisocial group having extremely masculine identification and the sexual delinquents slightly exaggerated femininity.…

Presents results of Scherdan's revised Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) study, and compares outcomes to past MBTI studies to disprove librarian stereotypes. Scheridan's 1992 study used responses from 1,600 librarians to determine psychological types and personality profiles. Discussions and tables compare results to the general population, other…

A study was conducted to examine the relationship between the belief system structure (dogmatism) of principals and media specialists and their role expectations for the media specialist, and whether agreement by principals and media specialists on the role of the media specialist was related to the similarity of their belief system orientations.…

The results of this study seem to support the usefulness of desirability judgments and personality items as vehicles for intercultural research. Findings lent support to the suggestion that the German student population has been subjected to marked cultural or generational change with regard to evaluative aspects of core personality dimensions.…

The effect of sex and level of education on authoritarianism, separately within Indian and American cultures as well as cross culturally, was tested by the California F-scale. Results suggested a very strong cultural effect. (Author/KM)

Distinctions between non-suicidal and suicidal depression were investigated. Epidemiological profiles of depressed patients (40 suicidal and 40 non-suicidal) were matched for sex and age. Independent raters diagnosed each subject according to five classifications of depression. The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) scores for each…

AN EFFORT WAS MADE TO MEASURE THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE OBSERVED DIFFERENCES IN THE PERSONALITY STRUCTURE OF AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENTS AND COLLEGE STUDENTS IN INDIA MIGHT HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY CROSS-CULTURAL DIFFERENCES IN A SOCIAL DESIRABILITY SET DERIVED FROM THE EDWARDS PERSONAL PREFERENCE SCHEDULE (EPPS). EIGHT HYPOTHESES WERE TESTED ON 243…