This study was designed to enhance self understanding in counselor trainees. Research focused on the effect of Self Understanding Groups on practicum enrollees. Two groups, one with 18 practicum students, and another group enrolled in practicum and also involved in Self Understanding Groups, were formed. The criterion measure for the effect of the…

The study was designed to determine if a significant relationship existed between the organizational climate of the high school and the functions counselors performed in nine selected high schools in Pinellas County, Florida. Two instruments were used: (1) The Organizational Climate Description Questionnaire (OCDQ) dealing with eight…

This handbook was compiled for the 44th Linguistic Society of America Meeting in San Francisco, December 29-31, 1969. It consists of the official program for the meeting, abstracts of the 78 papers presented there, and advertisements. The abstracts are arranged in alphabetical order by author, and in some cases are accompanied by handouts. (DO)

This final report of the Pennsylvania Research Coordinating Unit for Vocational Education (RCU) summarizes activities during the period from August 1966 to August 31, 1969. Major activities and accomplishments of the RCU include program initiation, development of research and related activities, ancillary research and related projects, the…

The study deals with various predictors of time spent on dairy subjects by Extension agents and predictors of contacts made by agents with dairy clientele. Purposes were to determine the relationships, if any, between various independent variables and groups of independent variables (agents' background and training, county dairy situation, agents'…

This study attempts to examine three basic characteristics of vocational-technical instructors (industrial experience, teaching experience, and college credits earned) in terms of their relationship to student shop achievement as measured by the Ohio Trade and Industrial Education Achievement Tests (OTAT). Rated in the study sample were 31…

DAP is the acronym for a set of concepts and procedures that the members of any group can employ to refine their problemsolving skills and bring them to bear on real-life, day-to-day group needs. Based on a particular view of human beings, communication, and the process of inquiry, DAP involves the members of a group in generating and using three…

Educational institutions, particularly colleges and universities, will be affected by the change in status of 18 to 21 year olds legally. In Federal elections nationwide they have been given the right to vote. In about one-half of the states in the nation they have been enfranchised as legal adults. The full implications of this change of status…

The purpose of this study was to investigate further the relationship between sex and a decline of intellectual abilities during adolescence and to examine some personality differences between young women who declined in intellectual abilities during adolescence and those who did not. Differences examined were: need to be included, need to be…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the quality of interaction among black and white university students while considering the nature of the situation and the race involved. A questionnaire consisting of 15 situations of an academic, social, and professional nature was administered to 314 freshman and sophomore students (60 percent male,…

A theoretically-derived, easily employable, and widely applicable coding system for processing analysis of small group discussions is described. The system was constructed from established social influence theory, and pilot results from application of the system to group therapy interactions were presented. Eighty percent of all group…

This postsecondary followup survey was designed to provide information on educational needs at the postsecondary level based on the experiences and the evaluation of recent graduates. A sample of 4,250 postsecondary graduates was drawn from lists of graduates provided by all the individual institutions in Oregon. Usable completed questionnaires…

The purpose of the investigation was to observe the relationship between the personality of high school counselors and their interpersonal characteristics. Forty high school counselors responded to the 16PF and 160 senior counselees rated their respective counselors by completing the Barrett-Lennard Relationship Inventory. Moderate relationships…

This study examined evaluations of various aspects of research training held by directors of and graduate students in counseling psychology training programs, both APA approved programs and a sample of non-approved ones. While nearly all respondents felt it desirable to require full courses in both counseling research methodology and content, only…

The primary purpose of this study is to demonstrate experimentally which of three methods--lecture, shaping, or sensitivity--is most effective in improving empathic communication between black and white students. The trainees consisted of 88 undergraduates randomly divided into four groups. The lecture, the sensitivity, and the shaping methods…