A longitudinal study of the expectations of nurse practitioner (Primex) students at UCLA and their job evaluations (before, during, and after training and preceptorship) reported more interest, variety, and creativity without corresponding salary increases in their new roles. However, the role of nurse practitioner was more stressful and less…

A study is reported in which subjects were shown sentences, some of which they had read previously, after intervals ranging from a few minutes to 32 days. Results show that information about typography can be recovered for at least 32 days after initial reading. Implications are discussed. (Author/RM)

A test of relative effectiveness of visual and verbal modes of giving instructions. (CH)

First-grade children of average or above intelligence who did not evidence visual perceptual dysfunction were administered a series of visual perceptual tasks. Results indicated considerable method of measurement influence upon task performance. Implications of the results for both researchers and practitioners are discussed. (Author)

The main thesis advanced by the authors is that marginality is an important postive force upon which both the organizations involved in organization development and the practitioners of organization development should capitalize. (Author/EA)

Good listening is a process that requires such elements as direct training, patience, practice, and understanding. (JH)

The present study was conducted to assess and compare perceptions of the female sex role held by male and female high school counselors with those of male and female college freshmen. Results indicated no significant differences between the four groups. (Author/PC)

This document reports on the activities of the Rhode Island Task Force on Teenage Suicide Prevention which held its first meeting in September 1985. The function, progress, membership, and meetings of the three committees (public relations, resource, and research) are discussed. A pilot program on suicide prevention is described which provided…

Traditionally the sex ratio has been the domain of demographers and social biologists. This study takes the societal phenomenon of sex ratio imbalance as context, but focuses on the social psychological impact of perceived mate availability. One-half the contents of the 1989 Southern California Social Survey was devoted to the issue of mate…

This paper examines the negative stereotypes so long foisted on witty women and the move of contemporary witty women writers into a comic vision beyond the imposed connection of female wit to sly cleverness and witchcraft. To illustrate how the woman writer had to cope with a prejudice against and a fear of her wit, the paper considers three…

This document is one of three products developed as part of a 2-year project designed to increase the motivation of minority young women to pursue occupations and careers that will be in demand in the future. It is hoped that these products will help schools and businesses to cooperate in conducting a mentoring program. This workbook was designed…

For 10 years, the Minneapolis (Minnesota) Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) has honored local women for outstanding achievement in their occupational field and in the community at a Leader Lunch. In March of 1987, a 100-item survey was mailed to 73 past recipients of the Leader Lunch Award. Completed surveys were received from 48 women.…

This study controlled the gender context of sentence cues containing nouns and pronouns and asked children to draw pictures depicting the situations described in them. Subjects were 220 elementary students from the fourth, fifth, and sixth grades. Each child drew responses to cues for only one form. The experimenter allowed them 4 minutes per cue…

The situation in which an individual refers not to himself but to his role (e.g., a dean says, "It is the responsibility of the Dean..." instead of "It is my responsibility...") is considered. It is argued that in some circumstances, when a speaker uses certain kinds of definite descriptions to refer to himself, he may be…