Sexual stereotyping, directed at those from "other" backgrounds, has a long and involved history. On campuses, this takes the form of campus personality types. Increasing cultural pluralism has caused reappearance of some archaic stereotypes and sexual tensions. This situation is a legitimate subject for study and discussion on campus. (MSE)

The Myers Briggs Type Indicator is useful for team building and strengthening communication. However, it is misused if used for employee selection or for stereotyping. Managers should be trained in its proper use. (SK)

Assessed differential predictive utility of home-leaving status, family functioning, separation-individuation issues, cognitive constructions of home-leaving process, and personality variables for adjustment during first year of college. Findings from 286 first-year students revealed that separation-individuation, family relations, and personality…

A sample of 139 (of 557) college graduates completed the Revised Self-Monitoring Scale and the Private Self-Consciousness Scale. For men, self-presentation correlated positively with Holland's social and enterprising personality types. Private self-consciousness correlated with artistic (both sexes) and investigative (men only) types. (SK)

The Self-Directed Search and Preference for Career Counseling Questionnaire completed by 279 undergraduates indicated preference for counseling environment was congruent with Holland personality type. This tendency was not equivalent across types, and 36% preferred the enterprising environment, which may reflect conditioned expectations of career…

Recounts the career of William L. Stern. Stern developed a personalistic psychology emphasizing the individual's role and the importance of context in development. Stern's contributions to developmental psychology concerned: (1) the tension between activity and reactivity in the developing individual; (2) the exchange between a person and the…

Nineteen head/heart traits derived from Maccoby's business ethics work were rated on importance to future careers by 148 marketing and 178 accounting students. Both groups rated head traits as most important. Marketing majors are not as "games" oriented as social stereotypes would indicate. The apparent imbalance between head and heart traits…

High point profile analysis of scores from the General Occupational Theme scale of the Strong Vocational Interest Blank-Strong Campbell Interest Inventory and the General Aptitude Test Battery for 516 males and 330 females indicated that interests correlated with high abilities. A theoretically coherent typology of individuals' vocational…

Conducted study to validate characteristics of Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOAs) as presented by Woititz (1983). Findings from college students self-reported to be ACOAs, non-ACOAs, or individuals who had participated in ACOA treatment group were compared on 12 of Woititz's 13 characteristics using objective personality measures. No significant…

A total of 114 boys and girls were given an expectancy that a stimulus child was either shy or outgoing and then rated the child on several personality dimensions. Results revealed that, when children were presented with both expectancy-congruent and expectancy-incongruent information, impression formation was largely attribute based, and the…

Most extension district directors (n=66) who completed the Myers Briggs Type Inventory and Rahim Organizational Conflict Inventories II preferred the integrating style of conflict management. Significant relationships appeared between personality type and management style. Better understanding of types and styles can improve group dynamics, team…

Examined hypothesis that introversion in general and introverted-intuitive-feeling-perceiving type as measured by Myers-Briggs Type Indicator are related to suicidal ideation/behaviors. Data from 330 college students revealed 4 interactive suicidal behavior risk models: introverted-perceiving (females); introverted-sensing-feeling (males);…

College majors of 13,871 medical school graduates were assigned Holland occupational codes. The resulting analysis showed that the majority of medical specialties and subspecialties attracted students from all personality types. (SK)

Discusses need for comprehensive assessment involving ability, personality, and motivation when young people are referred to mental health service with problems of school failure. Reviews traits associated with obsessive-compulsive personality style and explores impact on school performance. Presents three case examples to illustrate how this…

Discusses trends that have converged to transform our understanding of genetic and environmental influences on personality traits. Presents five main determinants of personality. (ZWH)