Several studies indicate that adolescents in the United States think about political issues that have relevance to their lives in ways that differ from their thinking about issues that do not have such relevance. Proposes (1) a model of moral or social reasoning; and (2) two categories of reasoning: instrumental and symbolic. (BC)

An analysis of views of early socialization and sociogenetic theorists will provide a foundation for regarding internalization as a process involving transformations of semiotic material imported from the social world into personally constructed subjective experience. Argues that researchers embracing the sociogenetic tradition should make…

Agrees with the distinction, made by Lawrence and Valsiner in the previous article, between theoretical approaches concerning internalization that view internalization as cultural transmission and internalization as constructive transformation. Concurs with criticisms of these approaches, and questions the need for the notion of internalization in…

Describes a project in which women used literacy learning to examine critically the ways gender identity is shaped by images and symbols such as handbags. (SK)

Reviews the Career Beliefs Inventory (CBI) regarding its intended purpose. Suggests that emphasis on clinical utility is an asset. Expresses concerns regarding internal consistency of some scales. Suggests reorganizing scales to improve reliability and validity. Cautions against use for diagnostic decisions. Suggests CBI has potential for research…

Critiques Krumboltz's description of the Career Beliefs Inventory (CBI). Suggests that CBI lacks clear definition of career beliefs. Notes that instrument description fails to discuss affective component of emotion. Criticizes reliability of CBI. Praises thoroughness employed in development of CBI. (CRR)

Responds to criticisms regarding Career Beliefs Inventory (CBI) offered by Fuqua and Newman and Walsh. Suggests that CBI is useful to clients as discovery tool. Defends position that CBI does assess values and that precision of CBI is sufficient for intended purpose. (CRR)

Discusses teaching and teacher education. Finds that extraneous knowledge is often promoted with the aim of raising the status of the teaching profession. This may result in a crowding out of common sense and valid tradition. (DM)

To investigate the establishment and maintenance of employee-organization fit, a recent study tracked the early careers of 171 entry-level auditors in 8 large U.S. public accounting firms and assessed the congruence of their values with organizational values. Recruits whose values match the firm's adjust more quickly and experience greater job…

Compared the abilities of 3 mother-reared and 3 human-raised (enculturated) chimpanzees and 16 human toddlers to imitatively learn novel actions on objects. Found that mother-reared chimpanzees were poorer imitators than both enculturated chimpanzees and human children, who did not differ from one another in imitative learning. On time delay…

Offers a literature review which explores the general concept of covictimization and its impact on African-American adolescents. Reviews supporting social learning theory and concludes that society must become more aware of, and try to lessen, the amount of violence to which adolescents are exposed. (RJM)

Develops a social psychological model of politicized collective identity that revolves around three conceptual themes (collective identity, the struggle for power, and the wider societal context of that power struggle). Discusses how collective identity has been politicized, showing that politicized collective identity has important consequences…

Develops a model illustrating that two elements of organizational culture--climate and socialization processes--foster acceptance of organizational values and facilitate the development of interfunctional coordination, which in turn influences firm performance. (Contains 42 references.) (JOW)

Examined the meaning of motherhood for black adolescent mothers. Interviews with and observations of mothers in an educational and vocational training program indicated that while some mothers found positive and self-affirming ways to express maternal identity, they continued to negotiate with negative and stigmatizing messages about themselves,…

Reio and Wiswell's study of 233 service industry workers found that state and trait curiosity (reflecting in information seeking on the job) influenced their technical and interpersonal job performance through workplace socialization. Rowden's critique faults the uncertain definition of terms and possibility of response bias. (SK)