The author believes that the position inventory type of description of management requirements does a disservice to a proper evaluation of management development as it judges the subject as a personality rather than as a manager. (EK)

Demonstrates that evaluative connotations of personality characteristics have more persuasive effect on interpersonal judgment for persons low in cognitive complexity than for cognitively complex persons. Stresses need for conceptualizing interpersonal judgment as function of interaction between cognitive complexity and evaluative requirements of…

Twenty-one judges from each of three clinical experience levels judged 90 MMPI profiles as being either neurotic or psychotic. Judges receiving feedback after each trial achieved a higher accuracy rate than judges receiving no feedback. (Author)

A review of Educational Psychology: Instruction and Behavioral Change (Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1970) by Francis J. DiVesta and George G. Thompson. (DS)

Results of the study indicate that the individual who practices his religion regularly emerged as the person most likely to avoid the dogmatism associated with the high belief but low practice individual and is likely to be more secure than the person who does not practice his religion consistently. (Author)

The results tend to support the statement in the OAIS Manual describing the Achiever Personality scale as a measure of motivation and conscientiousness. (Author)

Among the results of the study on differing occupational interests of persistors and nonpersistors are: (1) successful persisters have engineering related interests and reject Social Service Interest: (2) successful transfers have verbally expressive and leadership interest and reject technical interest. (Author)

The appropriate way to improve college teaching is not to spurn traditional methods, but to integrate new techniques with the old methods. (RA)