Several aspects of Holland's theory of vocational choice are examined using freshman and senior Omnibus Personality Inventory (OPI) and freshman Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) data for 833 men. Generally, evidence in support of Holland's theory is based on relationships which have been well established and known for a long time. (Author)

The MMPI was administered to 30 male counselors prior to admission to training and again at the completion of training. The counselors on alcoholism in the present study scored significantly higher than male counselor trainees on the MMPI L, Pd, and Ma scales in the pretraining and completion of training. (Author)

Discrepancies between the implicit personality theory attributed to others and to oneself were examined among 20 subjects for eight lists of trait words. Findings showed that within subject congruency in self-other descriptions exceeded agreement between subjects, and that subjects tended to be consistently congruent or incongruent for all traits.…

Different kinds of students experience the medical school environment in different ways, pay attention to different things, perceive the same events in different ways, and consequently make various kinds of career commitments. Who is affected by what kinds of experience to become what kind of physician? The taxonomic method used identifies…

Although there are exceptions to the rules, research has shown a relationship of certain body types to given sports. Recent research has also shown a correlation between body build and personality traits, and it appears that particular athletic activities attract certain types of individuals. For instance, two researchers in separate studies…

Material gathered from education, religion, medicine and related fields comprises this practical approach to dealing with human development. The unity underlying the multiplicity of ways of growth (150 educational methods or systems) is a recurrent theme. This unity transcends the seemingly diverse intentions of education, psychiatry, and…

The purpose of this experiment was to investigate the effect of the experimenter and the type of rating scales on indices of cognitive complexity and extremity of ratings. Starting from the notion of implicit theory of personality and Kelly's personal construct theory, it has been assumed that a person's individual constructs would be more…

To determine the relationships among various measures of ability, achievement, and personality, data from 76 volunteer subjects were factor analyzed. The analysis yielded two factors, one representing a general intelligence factor and the other an achievement factor. No evidence was found that certain personality variables are related to…

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)

The Missouri Children's Picture Series is explored as an assessment tool for boys in residential treatment. Extreme ease of administration is an attractive feature of the test. The test is better administered to disturbed boys in two sittings, to offset their distractibility and short attention span. (Author)

Examined the Jesness Inventories, a test series designed for use in the classification and treatment of disturbed children and adolescents, of 72 male juvenile offenders to see whether personality differences existed between the profiles of juvenile delinquents and status offenders. Considers treatment ramifications and empirical evidence as aids…

New measures of sex role orientation that do not assume a undi-mensional continuum model of masculinity and femininity are reviewed, particularly with respect to androgyny. Studies intended to validate constructs are also reviewed. Although based on similar conceptualizations of sex role characteristics, scales differ psychometrically, and…

College freshmen (N=80) who scored near the mean on the Extraversion (E) and Neuroticism (N) scales of the Eysenck Personality Inventory were given falsified score reports. The findings are considered in terms of social desirability and reaction to stereotypical female sex roles. (Author)