Control over land, a scarce resource for farmers, is found to be the source of women's power in a community of Illinois farm families. Women appear to make a trade-off of lower status and less power for male management of the family enterprise, which assures them a financially secure widowhood. (Author)

The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery measures general ability, trade-technical experience, a spatial factor, and a clerical factor unlike traditional measures of clerical aptitude. Established procedures for test review are inadequate for generating an informed opinion regarding a test that is heavily promoted and that changes from year…

This article examines and discusses differing levels of accuracy in the communication of feelings provided by teachers in the classroom, and the effect upon development. The findings suggest the need for school personnel to acquire increased skills with regard to interpersonal communications in an effort to maximize student development. (LPG)

This study was an examination of the affective regard of preservice teachers toward gifted children. Results indicate that the preservice teachers with specific training related to the gifted have a moderately positive affective regard of those children. (Author)

Perceptions of study habits were compared for internally oriented subjects who were exposed to effective study techniques and those who were not. Illustrated post-tests for the interactions revealed patterns reflecting upward shifts for subjects exposed to effective study habits. (Author)

Self Directed Search (SDS) raw score and same-sex normed standard score codes were obtained on a sample of 16- to 18-year-old New Zealand high school students. The 59 boys and 59 girls who showed differences in the first letter of their codes rated the attractiveness of selected DOT job descriptions. (Author)

Unobtrusive observation of parents and children in public places indicates that, as was found in previous obtrusive investigations, there are social class differences in the use of restrictive vs autonomy-granting discipline techniques. However, in the present study these social class differences were not significant. (Author)

The study involving 200 kindergarteners was conducted to determine whether children taught specific auditory perception skills with the Phonic Readiness Set by teachers and sixth grade tutors would develop significantly better perception and reading skills than children taught with the usual curriculum, both with and without tutors. (SBH)

Online systems can serve as new tools for scientific policy makers to review research proposals that require comparative assessment by providing an objective criterion for evaluating the previous work of a group and the timeliness and originality of a proposed project. Examples describe the evaluation process, a research team and a periodical.…

Participants (N=177) evaluated female job applicants on the basis of a transcript of a job interview. One-half of the participants were told that the applicant was 63, one-half that the applicant was 24. Regardless of age, people who were hired were rated more positively than those who were not. (Author/MFD)

The training therapy principle was examined by pre- and postcomparisons of volunteers and nonvolunteers in a peer-administered training program in helping skills. After training, the volunteers reported significant decreases in five largely interpersonal, problem areas and significantly higher levels of empathy. Nonvolunteers showed almost no…

This research examined the effects that the nonverbal behavior of job applicants had on subsequent hiring evaluations. Results supported the hypothesis that nonverbal behavior in the job interview operates as subtle reinforcement. (Author)

Describes in-service training in behavior modification techniques taught by a Caucasian social worker to Filipino immigrants operating boarding and care homes for ex-mental patients. Techniques used increase the psychosocial functioning of residents in these homes. (Author)

This study was conducted to consider the relationship between dogmatism and facilitative communication in counselor trainees. Level of facilitative communication was measured by the Gross Rating of Facilitative Interpersonal Functioning scale. Degree of dogmatism was determined by the opinion scale. Found significant negative correlation between…

Multivariate analysis of survey data from 390 Seattle couples reveals that husbands' work time did not significantly decrease their participation in the housekeeper and therapeutic roles, nor their competence in the housekeeper, therapeutic, sexual, and recreation roles. (Author)