Delivered at the Conference on Research in Medical Education, 79th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Medical Colleges (Houston, Texas, November 1, 1968)

THE MINNEAPOLIS REHABILITATION CENTER (MRC) STUDIED MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY (MMPI) SCORES TO SEE IF THEY RELIABLY PREDICTED EMPLOYMENT OUTCOME AND TREATMENT EFFECTS. IT WAS DEEMED IMPORTANT FOR AGENCIES TO HAVE A METHOD OF DIAGNOSING PROBABLE RETURN-TO-WORK CLIENTS BEFORE SELECTING THOSE FOR REHABILITATION. A METHOD OF…

THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY LISTS MATERIAL ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF TESTING AND MEASUREMENT. APPROXIMATELY 80 UNANNOTATED REFERENCES ARE PROVIDED TO DOCUMENTS DATING FROM 1960 TO 1966. JOURNALS, BOOKS, AND REPORT MATERIALS ARE LISTED. SUBJECT AREAS INCLUDED ARE SCHOOL READINESS, CRITERION MEASURES, LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS, PERSONALITY MEASUREMENT, STATISTICAL…

The correspondences between James' phenomenology of the self and Kosok's formalization of dialectical logic are used to develop a phenomenological-dialectical scheme of ego development according to this theory are described and are exemplified by selected observations and interviews with subjects from birth through adulthood. (JMB)

The role of the librarian in relation to the teacher is discussed, and the librarian's personality is identified as an important fact in developing effective and satisfying working relationships. (Author/MBR)

Active clergy (N=77) were given questionnaire of 62 bipolar items with which to describe either spiritually healthy adult (sex unspecified), adult man, or adult woman. Spiritual health for men was not viewed as significantly different from ideal adult spiritual health; spiritual health for women was viewed as significantly different from spiritual…

Discusses the related concepts of loneliness and the guidance counseling of adolescents. Argues that the fear of loneliness and the accompanying need to avoid it constitutes a universal motivational principle and that it is especially acute during adolescence. Shows how loneliness may serve as a basis for understanding and interpreting adolescent…

Discusses the phenomenon of false fire alarms, the deliberate, intentional false reporting of fires, by mentally troubled persons as a primitive kind of help-seeking behavior. Several common themes found by reviewing false alarm cases are presented. Suggests that identifying the intrapsychic dynamics of false alarm reporters could be useful in…

Provides data from over 2,000 Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventories on the nature of differences on number of elevated scales and in 2- and 3-point code types that occur when norms developed by Colligan et al. are applied. Demonstrates that no one-to-one correspondence exists between results of original norms and results of Colligan's new…

Convergent validity, temporal stability, and age-related patterning of measures of infant temperament were examined in a longitudinal study of 46 infants at three, six, and nine months of age. Infant Behavior Questionnaire and home observations showed convergent validity. Composite measures of positive and negative reactivity and overall…

Contends that blindness is not a single clinical determinant, but, rather, that two groups of blind people exist. For those congenitally blind, lack of vision can cause developmental difficulties. For those who later acquire blindness, the premorbid psychodynamics and object relationships are most important in understanding the persons' reactions…

This study was designed to determine the temperament of persons who engage regularly in running, weightlifting, or aerobics. Measures of trait pleasure-displeasure, trait arousability, and trait dominance-submissiveness were used. Results and implications are reviewed. (Author/MT)