A pilot sutdy was conducted at a federal correctional institution to determine the extent to which personality factors, as measured by the MMPI, were related to work release success. The results indicated that only one MMPI scale (Pa) was significantly related to an inmate's success in the work release program. (Author)

The more understanding a teacher is of human feelings, emotions, and needs, the more effective he will be. (CK)

Two groups of 40 undergraduates given different series of Holtzman Inkblot Technique (HIT) slides showed no significant differences for HIT scores Color and Shading between normal and altered slides. (Author/EK)

Advances 12 hypotheses to answer (1) What is creativity? (2) Why does creative behavior occur? (3) How does it occur? while including theoretical contributions by Freud, Jung, Adler, Rank, neo-Freudians, inter-personal theorists, trait theorists, association theorists and relevant research findings. (MB)

Hypothesizing that signature size is related to status, signatures of undergraduates, blue collar workers, and professors were compared and found to be ranked in the above order. Further, case studies of professors revealed a 50 percent increase in size of signature from several months prior to attainment of the Ph. D. to four years afterward. (DB)

A questionnaire measuring four student personality types--stable introvert, unstable introvert, stable extrovert and unstable extrovert--along with the Eysenck Personality Inventory (Form A) were give to 72 graduate students at Aberdeen University and the results showed recognizable interaction between study methods, motivation and personality…

The influence of the family environment on the development of creative propensities in children is explored. (CD)

This study was designed to investigate the effectiveness of the independent study method using a learning package for a 'General Reference Course' in Library Science at the University of Michigan and to assess the relationship of certain personality variables to student choice of method." (Author)

Using the MMPI Scale as a measure of emotional stability, drug users and nonusers were analyzed to indicate and predict the extent of emotional problems within the college population. Drug use was shown to be merely symptomatic of emotional problems. Presented at the First International Conference on Student Drug Surveys, Newark, N.J., 1971.…

The results demonstrate that members of skill groups have different psychological need profiles. Youth Opportunity Center counselors need to become more sensitive to these differences. Further research needs to be conducted to determine whether the need profiles of trainees are similar to the profiles of people successfully employed in the…