Psychoanalysis is undergoing rapid and remarkable changes in its basic metapsychology, theoretical reflections, and concrete, clinical interventions. Through self-psychology, Heinz Kohut's alternative views on the clinical relationship have contributed to this restructuring of psychoanalysis. Traditionally, mainstream psychoanalysis has viewed the…

While personality psychology has a definite contribution to make to the study of industrial psychology and organizational behavior, it is a contribution with parameters, limitations, and areas of expertise which need to be better defined. Many industrial/organizational (I/O) psychologists are skeptical of the utility of personality measures for…

While traditional personality theories view anxiety and actualization as mutually exclusive, some more recent ones consider the possible positive role of anxiety in actualization. (Author)

The reliability of measures of need for achievement can be improved by increasing the number of items and by using different scoring systems and stimulus materials. (MLP)

The validity of the Hand Test as a predictor of aggressive acting-out behavior in preadolescents is assessed. (MLP)

Article discusses concept of healthy personality and aspects of the self-actualizing person. Self-actualization theory appears to have advantages for counseling and psychotherapy. (Author/EK)

According to transactional analysis theory, each human has three identities -- the parent, the adult, and the child -- and moves in and out of them many times during a day. Explores the theoretical and methodological implications of this approach as a classroom management technique. (JF)

The purpose of this study was to determine if relationships do exist between personality variables and specific micro-teaching skills developed under supervised and unsupervised conditions. (Author)

Birth order studies directly related to vocational interest were reviewed to discern support for certain theoretical susumptions: firstborns are more directing, controlling, and organizing than later borns and later borns are more sociable, empathic, and sympathetic than firstborns. The research was inconsistent, contradictory, and speculative.…

Investigates the effects of personality types on the effectiveness of various treatment procedures in reducing test anxiety. Fails to support previous studies in which group application of counseling techniques reduced anxiety more than did a study skills group. (Author/PC)

Presents a new definition of faculty development, in terms of the complexity of the professor's personality and thought and his ability to help students develop themselves. (Editor)

Author commented on her experiences in bringing poetry to schools. (Editor/RK)

This study assesses the effect of labels on clinicians' judgements. Two groups of behavior and analytic therapists viewed an interview of a subject designated as "job applicant" or "patient." Behavior therapists describe the interviewee as fairly well-adjusted regardless of label while psychoanalysts describe "patient" as more disturbed than "job…