Short-form versions of the Screening Test of Spanish Grammar and the Northwestern Syntax Screening Test were devised and tested on 60 lower social status bilingual Latino children (four to seven years old).

The study was designed to determine the extent to which auditory and visual stimuli influence certain sound productions of 250 children (preschool-third grade). (Author)

This study investigated the relationship of authoritarianism and teachers' attitude toward their pupils of graduate students in the Middle East. It was found that those individuals scoring high on authoritarianism had less positive attitudes toward pupils. Further, Moslems were more authoritarian and had less positive attitudes toward pupils than…

This research assumed that supervisors often have faulty perceptions of the behaviors of their supervisees, especially those in CETA jobs. Through supervisor training, the authors attempted to decrease the gap by changing supervisor perceptions to match those of their supervisees. Training did not produce a significant difference. (Author)

Investigated occupational level differences among men and women employed in Enterprising environments using the Vocational Preference Inventory (VPI) and the Self Directed Search (SDS). All workers (N=84) were employed in Enterprising environments. Findings showed high occupational level workers tend to be more differentiated and more masculine…

Male engineering students (N=340) revealed chosen major job function and completed the Family Relations Inventory (FRI). Engineering students in general are more likely to describe their dominant parent as Avoiding than as either Accepting or Concentrating. (Author)

Moderating effects of nine organizational climate factors were examined on relationships between four goal-setting attributes and three measures of employee satisfaction with 245 scientists and engineers participating in an MBO program. Researchers did not find sufficient evidence to warrant a general statement concerning the moderating effects in…

Narratives about death produced by children between three-and-one-half and nine-and-one-half years of age were analyzed. Younger children have difficulty coping with death in emotional terms, and suppress or deny their affective reactions to it. (Author)

In order to test Erikson's statements regarding ego integrity vs. despair, 20 men and 20 women from each of three residential settings (general community, public housing and nursing homes) were given life satisfaction, locus of control and death anxiety scales. Erikson's hypothesis was supported only by the public housing data. (Author)

Two approaches to group psychotherapy for the noninstitutionalized elderly are described and compared. One paradigm was based upon a behavioral orientation while the other was insight-oriented. The group treated with an insight orientation showed greater overall improvement, although only one measured difference was statistically significant.…

Perceived satisfactions and costs of parenthood and employment were examined and categorized for 123 professional and nonprofessional married women aged 28 to 39 who were employed full-time. High perceived role conflict between parenting and employment was associated with lower parity and professional status. (Author)

To test the hypothesis that television content can teach sex-typed attitudes, this study presented third and eighth graders with television commercials showing either traditional or nontraditional women. Crossing this manipulation, the children's perceptions of the reality of the commercials were altered with instructions. (Author)

Short interviews were conducted with 48 first grade and 37 third grade children. All third grade children vs. 54 per cent of those in first grade had some concept of a drug. Parents were most frequently mentioned as the source of drug knowledge with television next. (Author)

Investigated existence of socially standardized perceptions (stereotypes) of individuals with different numbers of children. It was found that voluntarily childless individuals and parents of one child were viewed most negatively. Parents with eight children and involuntarily childless individuals were rated highly in terms of social desirability.…

First-grade students were administered the Boehm Test of Basic Concepts (BTBC), then given 15 weeks of instruction relevant to concepts for which corresponding BTBC items were most frequently missed. Improvements in mid-year and end-of-year BTBC performance did not occur, but a significant treatment effect did occur on the Stanford Achievement…