Argues that, as educators rush to reform their practices, they need to keep in mind the lesson of their past mistakes. Suggests that, if educators do not start paying more attention to being clear about assumptions and intentions as they design and promote new practices, the lack of clarity will contaminate and undermine all reform efforts. (RS)

Found that revenge had a strong impact on attributions and accounts following sexual infidelity, whereas intent only inversely influenced the production of guilt. Found that concessions were perceived as being the most mitigating while refusals and silence were evaluated as most aggravating. Consistent with traditional and modern sexual double…

Reexamines a claim that the indicative is the mood of assertion and the subjunctive that of nonassertion. The article discusses counterexamples to this claim and proposes an alternative analysis. The discussion argues that understanding the pragmatic context of an utterance is crucial to characterizing the distribution of mood in Spanish. (17…

Investigates bias in interaction processes by looking at how it coexists with beliefs about intentionality. Finds that, within the context of behavioral mirroring, both observational stance and beliefs about intent influence the judgments people made about a person's character and behavior, as well as the relational messages the person sent to…

This study examined the relationship between judgments about child abuse case vignettes and the reporting intentions of over 700 mandated reporters. The judgments included seriousness of the incident; labeling of the incident as "abuse" or "neglect"; legal requirements for reporting; and potential child and family benefits from…

Interviews with 477 Israeli blue-collar workers showed that neither intent to leave nor actual job search significantly explained actual turnover, resulting from lack of available opportunities. "Passive" search seems to occur before intent emerges; active search may bring together perceived and actual opportunities and lead to turnover.…

Study 1 examined required service learning for 371 undergraduate business students; study 2 compared 63 undergraduates in voluntary and required service. Only for students who felt externally controlled did required service diminish future volunteering intentions. Readiness to volunteer moderated the effects of requirement. (SK)

Interviewed 3-, 5-, and 7-year olds about events in which a character commits potentially harmful or unfair acts based on moral beliefs or informational beliefs not shared by participants, or based on informational beliefs shared by participants. Found that children accounted for informational beliefs in their judgments, but that children…

Nursing students (n=92) recorded skills and behavior in the Essential Clinical Behavior database, then requested clinical assignments to perform nursing behaviors. Analysis using the theory of planned behavior indicated that attitude and subjective norm influenced intention to ask for assignments. Control beliefs had a negative impact on…

A survey of 85 nonpsychology majors found their interest in and intent to pursue a psychology degree were significantly related to self-efficacy and outcome expectations. After an intervention to raise expectations, increased expectations significantly predicted increased intentions but not level of interest. (Contains 17 references.) (SK)

Discusses information retrieval system design that supports various information-seeking strategies. Describes a study that investigated the relationship between users' information-seeking goals and their information-seeking behavior to specify hierarchical levels of user goals, and discusses results that focus on patterns of interactive intentions…

Intentionality is a vital element in professional counseling. This article provides evidence that by reframing general internal cognitions into clearly stated internal dialogue, individuals are in a better position to reach their goals and are more likely to do so. (Contains 15 references.) (Author)

The degree of intent to commit suicide and the severity of self-injury were examined in individuals (N = 180) who had recently attempted suicide. Although a minimal association was found between the degree of suicide intent and the degree of lethality of the attempt, the accuracy of expectations about the likelihood of dying was found to moderate…

Infants experienced a female adult handing them toys. Sometimes, however, the transaction failed, either because the adult was in various ways unwilling to give the toy (e.g., she teased the child with it or played with it herself) or else because she was unable to give it (e.g., she accidentally dropped it). Infants at 9, 12, and 18 months of age…

This study tested the efficacy of implementation intentions in the context of drivers' speeding behavior. Participants (N = 300) completed self-report measures of goal intention and behavior, and they were randomly assigned to an experimental condition, which required them to specify an implementation intention, or a control condition. One month…