Describing self image as a cumulative process, learned from one's environment and relationships with others, the author lists specific classroom activities and behaviors whereby teachers can help students change their self concepts. (SK)

Comments on criticism of the author's conception of stages of ego development for failing to make explicit the logic and consequent dynamics of successive stages of ego development. Indicates how Kegan's exposition does not provide the only attempt to capture the inner logic of ego development. (Author)

Used stories told in response to Thematic Apperception Test to assess denial, projection, and identification in 90 hospitalized patients clinically diagnosed as having either anaclitic or introjective personality configurations. Results support assumption that denial, projection, and identification represent different levels on developmental…

This article argues that "transition" offers a limited and outmoded conceptual frame for understanding young people's engagement with work and learning. It draws on two studies of young people to provide insights into the study and work experiences of older and school-aged youth. Our analysis suggests that rather than focussing narrowly…

Article focused on Creative Helping, designed to facilitate the development of distinctive personality, to reduce anomie and to release creative energy. (Author/RK)

This translation of an article by Vygotsky traces the major theories of periodization and evaluates these views of child development. In addition, he advances his theory of periodization that is based upon the development of the child's personality. (ST)

This document contains practical suggestions for moral education which, although tentative, are based to a considerable extent on classroom experimentation. There are three main sections. The first suggests a series of mini-courses to be incorporated in the school curriculum. It deals with personal and social values in general, human relations,…

Psychosynthesis as developed by Salvador Roquet presents a new method combining Freudian, Frommian, and transpersonal therapies. Its immediate result is to obtain results expected from long-term psychoanalysis in an abbreviated period of time. It also helps the individual take responsibility for his own development. (Author/RK)

Four current approaches to understanding temperament are discussed. Theorists representing four postions--Goldsmith, Buss and Plomin, Rothbart, and Thomas and Chess--outline their views by reponding to six common questions. Commentaries highlighting differences and similarities between the positions are offered by Hinde and McCall. (Author/BN)

The Objective Measure of Ego Identity was administered to 350 adolescents to test the Eriksonian theory of a developmental continuum from role diffusion to identity achievement. The results offer construct validity for the dynamic process proposed by Blos and Erikson, but do not support the categorization procedure as set forth by Adams, Shea, and…

The results of an empirical investigation with 122 university students are discussed in terms of J. E. Marcia's identity status paradigm. E. H. Erikson's notions of institutionalized moratoria, value orientation stages, and the ego-superego struggle for dominance of the personality are related to the identity status categories to the degree that…

By being exposed to others with different backgrounds, children can develop open, flexible personalities that will allow them to cope with change and to assimilate changes into a satisfying personal lifestyle. (CB)

Author discusses the misunderstandings over the philosophy and objectives of athletics today and encourages the re-emphasis of educational objectives. (GB)

Through maternal interviews and observations of structured doll-play, this study assesses the effects of father absence on the dependency, aggression, and masculinity-femininity of preschool negro children. (MH)