Although an increasing number of young people encounter adversity in their environments, many manage to rebound and live successful lives while others repeat patterns of adversity in their adult lives. Classroom educators and special educators should therefore establish a learning environment that builds resilience in all learners. Educational…

Internals had a significantly higher grade point average than Externals; Consistents had a higher grade point average than Inconsistents, but no significant interaction effects between vocational interest patterns and locus of control were found. (Author)

It was hypothesized that (a) persons high in self-esteem make second vocational choices that are consistent with their personality styles more often than those that are inconsistent, and (b) persons low in self-esteem make second choices that are consistent about as often as they make choices that are inconsistent. Both hypotheses were supported.…

Rather than coach students into stereotypes, the author recommends the use of techniques designed to teach them how to relax and project their true personalities. (Editor)

Some recent trends in management selection and training in the United States are culture-fair tests; more complex selection models (systems approach); multidimension-multivariate criterion measures; biographical information, management games, and group interaction exercises; learning objectives; assessment centers. Identifying managerial talent is…

Discusses the roles of engineers in medical centers, including technical support, instrument control and safety for the hospital, and teaching and research tasks. Indicates that engineering education should take responsibilities to prepare them to understand the human relations and organizational characteristics of their environment through course…

Scores on the Junior Eysenck Personality Inventory of some 2,000 white, Negro, and Mexican-American school children, ages 9 to 13, were examined in relation to measures of intelligence and home environment as predictors of scholastic achievement. (Editor)

Research supported by the Center for the Study of Social Organizaion of Schools, Johns Hopkins University, under a grant from the U.S. Office of Education. (DS)

Article outlines the special problems of the highly mobile student, children of highly mobile, affluent parents, military parents, and migrant workers, and states the need for special educational consideration for those children. (Author/RK)

This research examines one aspect of leader behavior and a personality characteristic of the subordinate, i.e. authoritarianism and how they relate to the attitudes and performance of the subordinate. (Author)

Results of the battery of verbal divergent thinking tests differed markedly between the sexes and the test battery showed superior validity among girls. (Author/CB)

Purpose was to determine whether differences existed on certain variables for young children as seen by their mothers, and to construct an appropriate set of norms for use with children in the frequently diagnosed age range of seven to nine, with mothers as the informants. (Authors/CB)

Position adopted in this study was that the underlying structure of what has been thought of as the masculinity-femininity variable is multidimensional, that a more valid description of MF would thus reveal a pattern and not a score. (Authors)

Discusses the educational philosophy of Horace Mann and his contributions to educational development, while providing a thorough insight into Mann's mental attitudes. (RK)

Extraversion-introversion was found to interact with sex and item type, thus necessitating separate conclusions for boys and girls, these in turn being qualified by item type. (Authors)