Considers the importance of role relationships in the elaboration of personal construct systems. Discusses possible limitations in the ability of an individual to enact a role in such a way as to enable personality development. (PCB)

Preliminary data on the longitudinal study, Project Talent, indicate that education is making a large and important contribution to the quality of life of those sampled. Two main areas in which a large discrepancy exists between needs and present status are cited. (AM)

This article provides a review and synthesis of concepts, research programs, and measures in the infant and child temperament area. First, the authors present an overview of five classical approaches to the study of child temperament that continue to stimulate research today. Subsequently, the authors carve out key definitional criteria for…

The correspondences between James' phenomenology of the self and Kosok's formalization of dialectical logic are used to develop a phenomenological-dialectical scheme of ego development according to this theory are described and are exemplified by selected observations and interviews with subjects from birth through adulthood. (JMB)

Outlined briefly is a theory of personality which can account for the effects of adventitious or congenital blindness. (Author)

Evidence supporting five hypotheses concerning the psycholinguistic properties of constructs is presented, e.g., negative poles of overtly marked constructs have lower imagery values than their positive poles; and overtly marked constructs are introduced later in the history of language. The findings are discussed in relation to Kelly's (1955)…

Analysis of personality traits of eminent persons (1450-1850) revealed four very common traits: intelligence, questioning, curiosity, and a strong desire to excel. (CL)

Clarifies intentions and basis of remarks made in Macfarlane (1963) concerning the relationship of early character structure to later character structure and life outcomes. (Author/RH)

Explores the relationships between nutrition, stimulation, brain development, and learning. Consequences of malnutrition on learning include loss of learning time, interference with learning during critical periods of development, and motivation and personality changes. (Author/DB)

In this research, we have demonstrated that a new subdiscipline in the field of Medical Sociology is urgently needed to integrate, interpret, and synthesize the interrelationships and implications of genetic discoveries, treatments, and prognoses upon societal behavior. That subdiscipline in our view is "Genetic Sociology."We applied the…

How do the goals we once cherished but can no longer pursue relate to maturity? The authors asked adults who have experienced challenging life transitions to describe the life goals they once sought but no longer do and those goals that motivate their lives now. The authors conducted research which examines how adults' views of their lost and…

The purpose of this study was to apply psychobiography to the lives of Hillary Clinton and Condoleezza Rice. Psychobiography can be applied as a method of teaching personality theory and it can also be used as a research method. Most political personas are crafted through 20 second sound bites from the radio, Internet, and television. However, a…

This paper outlines the aims, structure and implementation of the Multi-Media project, which was designed to help people to develop a better understanding of themselves and their environment so they can share fully in the development of society. (Author/HB)