Seventh-grade children participated under two successive incentive conditions (self-prize and other prize) in a study of transgression behavior in a temptation task in which children were alternately offered a self-gratifying and an altruisitic incentive for successful performance. Most subjects behaved consistently across the incentive…

Considers a neo-Piagetian address to the processes of personality and its implications for counseling or psychotherapy. Although the neo-Piagetian framework is different, its metaphors and premises may make it the better equipped to deal with the issues central to those psychologies most influential to the counseling enterprise. (Author)

Results confirm earlier reports that migraineurs have higher levels of trait anxiety than normals and support the traditional description of migraineurs as inhibiting the expression of their feelings. (Author)

This study used a model of social perception in a simulated employment interview to evaluate the model's potential for investigating the selection decision-making process. (Author)

The pattern of self-concept scores on the Tennessee Self Concept Scale (TSCS) was compared for a group of adjudicated juvenile offenders and a group of nonoffenders. Notable differences were obtained, as were similarities in score pattern between the juvenile offenders and a group of psychiatric patients. (RMH)

Although he was a widely respected educator, the personality and character of Martin Buber precluded warm interaction with his students. (JD)

Tests of the mediational function of self-disclosure indicated a positive relationship between the target's level of self-disclosure and the "meaningfulness" rating based on each subject's psychological characteristics. (Author)

The transgression behavior (cheating) of 60 behavior problem adolescents was observed in experimentally defined high arousal and control situations. Congruent with predictions, more adolescents exposed to a high arousal situation transgressed. (Author/CL)

Offender status had a negative effect on dimensions involving acceptance of the client for therapy but little effect on assessment of personality variables. (Author)

Evaluated the effectiveness of 13 different Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory taking direction techniques. Results indicated that from 10 percent to 81 percent of the variance associated with faking can be accounted for by various detection strategies. These techniques are recommended for clinical use. (Author)

Rating-related dimensions led to narrow encodings, thus hindering low-anxiety subjects who normally encode broadly. Even explicit ratings of unrelated dimensions did not induce high-anxiety subjects to encode more broadly, which may indicate inflexibility in deploying memory strategies. (Author)

The high choice manipulation yielded greater attitude change than the low-choice manipulation. Low-choice subjects who received the attitude questionnaire before the information measures wanted information more than if offered the information first, implying a sensitizing effect produced by the attitude questionnaire for the low-choice subjects.…

Discusses various aspects of a human development curriculum: constructing a conceptual framework; using the framework to build a teaching strategy; and learning experiences related to human development (reciprocity in relationships, family and community development, impact of technology, and effects of roles on personal identity). (CT)

Examines the personality, educational views, and teaching style of author C. S. Lewis, who lectured at Oxford University. (SJL)

Three experiments evaluated the effects of differential personality information revealed in an employment interview on ratings of applicant job suitability and expected performance. Occupation, desirability of applicant self-referent style, and experience level of applicants were also varied. (Author/SS)