This study is concerned with how different modes of attention influence anticipatory reactivity and, in addition to investigating initial reactivity, examines the influence of attention upon habituation. (Author/RK)

Discussed are the use of personality inventories as tests of creative potential and their use as screening measures in programs for the creatively gifted. (JYC)

This paper will help the counselor and researcher in selecting the personality tests appropriate for the client or target culture, in making the best possible use of existing instruments by taking into account such devices as itinerant norms, and in focusing on the practical application of psychological knowledge. (Author)

The results show that the stability of the Rotter Internal-External Locus of Control Scale is established over an eight month period. Concurrent validity of the Rotter Internal-External Locus of Control Scales in relation to the MacDonald-Tseng Locus of Control Scale is established. (Author/DEP)

The effects of several attitudinal, cognitive skill, and personality variables in response to auditory and visual hallucination suggestions to hypnotic subjects are assessed. Cooperative attitudes toward hypnosis and involvement in everyday imaginative activities (absorption) correlated with response to auditory and visual hallucination…

Twelve college professors attending an instructional improvement workshop were compared with appropriate matched controls on changes in self-actualization as measured by the Personal Orientation Inventory (POI). Results indicated that workshop participants increased their scores on 6 of 12 scales of the POI while control professors' scores…

Male subjects (N=96), defensive externals, congruent externals, and internals, participated in a level of aspiration task under either "game" or "test" instructions. As predicted, congruent externals showed significantly more realistic striving behavior in the test condition. (Author)

Results of exploratory research on relationships between personality characteristics (measured by Jackson's Personality Research Form), choice of recreation activities engaged in actively, frequency of participation in those activities, and the desired consequences expected from that participation are reported. (Editors/BT)

A systematic psychodynamic approach to personality appraisals using the Strong Vocational Interest Bank (SVIB) is presented. A method for making psychodynamic inferences using the SVIB profiles of three young adults is also presented. Each appraisal is discussed in relation to independent information about the client and the counseling process.…

Inmates were administered the revised Activity Preference Questionnaire, the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16 PF), the Eysenck Personality Inventory (EPI), the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), the Sensation-Seeking Scale, and the Personal Opinion Study. Inspection of correlations and factors associated with indices…

An audio technique uses contemporary music recordings to illustrate various personality disorders, including: schizoid, paranoid, compulsive, antisocial, and hysterical. The works of Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Harry Chapin, the Beatles, Janis Ian, James Taylor, Tammy Wynette, and others are cited. (LBH)

Investigated the predictive utility of subtypes among males arrested for driving while intoxicated (DWI) with respect to subsequent driving record. Subtype membership did not predict DWI recidivism or accidents. However, differences were found across clusters with respect to other violations and driving risks. (Author/ABB)

Surveyed 102 women about their experience with miscarriage. Found that family resource variables were a much stronger predictor of level of crisis and recovery than were personal or community resource variables. Adaptation and cohesion were significant predictors of speed or recovery and level of crisis, respectively. (Author/NB)