Provides an overview of recent behavior-genetic studies of personality that document (1) the demonstration of genetic bases for stability of certain personality dimensions, (2) evidence suggesting the most influential environmental sources of variation are those not jointly experienced by family members, and (3) continuing controversy regarding…

Uses Jones' comparative table for the typology of Holland and the Guide for Occupational Exploration to extend the relationships to include the occupational themes and work roles of Jackson and Kuder. Includes tables of the Jackson Vocational Interest Survey and of the relationship among four Occupational Guides. (WAS)

Administered a modified version of the Self-Description Inventory, designed to assess need for achievement, to 127 South African managers. Five years later the scores were compared to salary growth, managerial level, and superiors' ratings. All of these validity correlations were significant, suggesting that the scale possesses sufficient…

Attempts to fill in the gap in the literature regarding Assagioli's theories by: (1) summarizing the assumptions, terms, and concepts of psychosynthesis; (2) presenting the structure and dynamics of the personality theory; and (3) providing illustrations of the theory's application. Discusses the implications of these points. (JAC)

Introduces the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) as an aid to developmental education. Describes the development of the MBTI, its unique aspects, and its value in the instructional process, in the developmental classroom, and in fields other than education. Lists sources of additional information. (DMM)

Studied individuals important to jury decision-making processes, i.e., those who change their minds. Results showed no consistent differences in race, sex, or age for changers and nonchangers and authoritarians changed attitudes about defendent's guilt more than equalitarians. (PAS)

Examined the Wechsler-Bellevue, Rorschah, TAT, and Word-Association tests of forty patients for clinical indications of their suicide potential. On the basis of a blind, psychoanalytically informed clinical interpretation of the protocols, the outcomes of these protocols were successfully predicted for 85 percent of the cases. (Author)

Investigated subscales of the Multiscore Depression Inventory for construct and concurrent validity. Provided support for the construct validity of six scales. Concurrent validity was demonstrated with significant relationships obtained for all subscales with respective criterion measures, with the exception of learned helplessness. Discriminant…

Contrary to the claim of Lawrence Kohlberg that moral virtues are arbitrary standards of character, it is argued that the moral virtues and judgement are indispensible to one another and to the development of moral character. The case is made by a careful analysis of the concepts "habit and virtue." (Author/SJL)

Simulated lie detection procedure investigated skin conductance responsivity among self-reported skin responders. Subjects grouped by trait anxiety engaged in mock crime providing "guilty knowledge" or in neutral activity providing "innocent associations" and were interrogated using Lykken's Guilty Knowledge technique.…

Most psychological tests and inventories, particularly in personality and attitude measurement, contain common items. The present report specifically considered common-item contributions to test internal consistency reliability using extant data from the California Psychological Inventory. No negative contribution of item overlap was found.…

To determine reactions to objective self-awareness, subjects received positive or negative feedback on a "creativity" task before writing a response to a visual cue. When made objectively self-aware, subjects who received negative feedback wrote more than those who received positive feedback. (Author)

Examined the relationship of self-esteem to response style of individuals completing the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory. Results indicated like and dislike preferences discriminated between self-esteem groups but not between sexes. Test profiles of high and middle self-esteem subjects exhibited greater differentiation and provided more helpful…

Social problem-solving (SPS) skills training addresses primary prevention and competence-building designed to promote children's abilities to resolve interpersonal conflicts, and their adjustment. The Rochester SPS training program for second- to fourth-grade students is described, attentive to curriculum, structure, and SPS training. (Author/CE)

Reviews the literature concerning the effects of teacher personality on the reading achievement of students, specifically remedial students. Concludes that teacher characteristics can be influential in improving student reading performance. (FL)