EXPLORED WERE THE RELATION OF CHANGES IN PERSONALITY TO CHANGES IN ACHIEVEMENT OVER A 1-YEAR PERIOD, THE RELATIONSHIP OF PERSONALITY AND MOTIVATION, AND MEASURES OF INTRAFAMILIAL ATTITUDES IN OBJECTIVE TESTS AS BASES FOR DISCOVERING THE PREDICTIVE POWER OF FAMILY ATTITUDES WITH REGARD TO THE CHILD'S SCHOOL PERFORMANCE. CHILDREN WERE STUDIES FROM…

TEST WISENESS ABILITIES ON PERSONALITY SCALES WERE MEASURED BY SPECIALLY DEVELOPED INSTRUMENTS. THE FOUR TEST-WISENESS VARIABLES WERE--(1) ESTIMATING DESIRABILITY (ACCURACY IN ESTIMATING THE DESIRABILITY OF PERSONALITY ITEMS), (2) ESTIMATING COMMUNALITY (ACCURACY IN ESTIMATING THE COMMUNALITY OF ITEMS), AND (3) ABILITY TO IDENTIFY ITEMS…

The history and evolution of the concept of intuition is traced through philosophical intuitionism and positivism to contemporary psychology. The theoretical and empirical psychological research relating to intuitive experience and intuitive behavior is also traced, and relations between intuitive problem solving and previous data concerning…

The program briefly described in this paper represents an attempt to have the computer provide the counselor with a descriptive, item interpretation of the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule (EPPS). The rationale of the item analysis approach to a descriptive interpretation is that each of the 135 statements (nine for each of the 15 EPPS scales)…

The present investigation involves 600 personality questionnaire items. The 300 Guilford items comprise 78 marker clusters for 15 Guilford factors; the 300 Cattell items represent marker items for 17 Cattell factors. The study involved two major analyses. In the first, the 600 x 600 matrix was factor analyzed by the Principal Factor Method,…

Deals with the concept of charisma and attempts to identify the essential attributes of the term within a rhetorical discourse framework. (MH)

The relationship between several personality variables, including locus of control and selected factors of the Sixteen P-F. (Adventurousness, Enthusiasm, Sociability, Apprehensiveness, Self-sufficiency, and Extraversion), and attitude toward role playing were examined. Differences by locus of control were nonsignificant, although significant…

A child psychiatrist discusses the need for teachers to understand themselves and to use these insights in interacting with emotionally disturbed children. (CL)

Ethical choices were assessed for offenders instructed to produce favorable versus unfavorable impressions. Pronounced impression management effects were obtained for prosocial and antisocial responses, and high scores on a dimension of change defined by these variables were related to sociopathic features on the MMPI. (Author)