The article considers peculiar problems of motivation formation in pedagogical activity, motivational sphere of the personality by means of purposeful influence of psychological factors, influence in the form of active methods of study (special psychological course, practicum, and training), problems of realization of active methods in teaching…

A bibliography on personality traits of athletes. (PB)

The purpose of the present study is to demonstrate systematically the unparalleled richness, individuation, and utility of the clinical case study method in clinical psychology and personality research, which affords the clinician-personologist a most useful methodological tool, a more humane process, and a substantively more meaningful…

The research on women in sport reviewed for this article investigates the personality of the athlete and focuses on research published since 1969. (PB)

The relationship of personality to performance in sports activities appears to be limited. (MB)

Aims to explore the possible association between certain personality characteristics and suicidal inclination. Compares psychiatric patients with and without a suicidal history according to a number of selected of MMPI scales. (Author/RK)

The Jungian conceptual framework, reflected in the Myers-briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), provides a systhesizing, explanatory, and predictive scheme for common traits of the police personality. The MBTI may be a useful tool in training, counseling, and organizational change, but is limited as an exclusive instrument for selection. (Author)

It was shown that when a highly anxious student performs a task with a confederate, his performance is lowered and that peers may induce anxiety in others when they (peers) complete a task more quickly. (Author/KM)

Students scoring high on creativity measures ( Creative Thinking Abilities") were found to be more susceptible to persuasion. Treatment: author fabricated report on high school activities; criterion: Attitudes Toward Guidance Programs." Data from a follow-up study using Children's Withholding Opinion Scale indicate a relationship…

Discusses world-views and their formulation by Carl Jung and William James as well as the similarity of their evaluative approaches. (RK)

Five experiments are reported. One conclusion in that repressor-type high need-for-approval subjects made the discrimination and permitted less favorable self-description, but sensitizer-type high need-for-approval subjects did not. (DB)

This paper presents the results of research conducted to investigate the relationship of various psychosocial variables on the positioning of college ice hockey players. The California Personality Inventory (CPI) was administered to the NCAA Championship ice hockey team at the University of Minnesota, and a separate subjective psychosocial rating…

This book describes years of research on behavior motivation conducted to provide a deeper understanding of the personality of the Soviet adolescent. The studies experimentally explore the motive hierarchy, the relationships among motives that directly stimulate behavior, conscious goals, decisions and intentions. The system of stably dominant…

Subjects scoring high and low in Machiavellianism were compared as to their willingness to engage in manipulatory behavior toward a fellow student (actually a confederate). High scores were found to be more manipulative, but to show poorer incidental verbal learning. Other results are discussed. (DB)