Gives a profile of Anna Mae Picton Squash, an Indian woman devoted to the service of the Indian people and Reports on her tragic death. (AM)

An all-day conference enabled graduate women students to question and identify with role models of young women faculty members. The conference is described. (Author/EJT)

Elementary school children played a game labeled either sex-appropriate, sex-neutral or sex-inappropriate game. Measures of performance and attractiveness of the game were obtained. Sex differences were noted. (ST)

The relative power of symbolically conveyed adult and peer models to modify children's moral choice behavior was examined. The adult model was more influential than the peer model, although the latter was more influential than no model. (Author/KM)

That a child's self-concept is more closely related to his parents' perception of him than to his parents' self-conceptions was revealed as a trend in the data gathered from both parents and children in intact nuclear families. (Author/KM)

The effects of observing helping and selfish-exploiting models were investigated in three social contexts where normative expectations for helping were present in differing degrees. (Author/KM)

The influence of the subject's race, model's race, and type of task on imitation was assessed when a black and white model were juxtaposed such that imitation of one precluded imitation of the other. Results showed no differential modeling as a function of the subject's or model's race or type of task. (Author)

Children viewed videotapes of "Sesame Street" characters discussing the sex appropriateness of some toys. In free play, the children chose toys identified as sex appropriate over a comparison group of toys not shown in the videotapes, but chose the comparison toys over videotaped toys identified as inappropriate for their sex. (Author/MJL)

Reminisces about growing up with Freddy, Walter R. Brooks' adventurous pig, and the qualities and values he represents. (HOD)

The majority of 197 respondents to a survey on mentoring among home economists indicated a single significant influence on their professional career development. The majority reported having female role models, but noted a lack of assistance in acquiring specific professional skills. (SK)

Indentified those individuals most admired by undergraduate female students. Subjects (N=509) completed a questionnaire indicating "the one person whom they most admired." Results indicated that individual young people do not have a "most-admired person"; 28% gave that reply. (Author/RC)

Becoming a faculty member in an academic nursing program encompasses the learning of a complex role. Because nursing is new to universities, there are few role models. A deliberate process needs to be designed to assist the novice faculty person in acquiring the role. (Author)

Briefly discusses sex role stereotyping in children's literature and examines existence of male stereotyping among the Caldecott Medal and Honor Books from 1970 to 1980. Elements of the male stereotype including emotions, achievement, and responsibilities are discussed. Eleven references are cited. (EJS)

Personality characteristics of entering women medical students, as determined by their responses to the Omnibus Personality Inventory and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, were studied and found to be similar over the past decade. Reasons for the difficulties that women students express in finding role models are suggested.…