A survey of 164 marketing majors found that students increasingly value internships less for educational purposes than for the competitive edge it gives them in the job market. They see less value in academic activities (class papers, readings) than in pragmatic work experience. (SK)

Examined the influence of contextual timing manipulations on prospective time judgments through 7 experiments involving a total of 199 college students. Discusses results in terms of various stimulus-based models of prospective time judgments, including those that appeal to attentional periodicities and entrainment. (SLD)

Discusses the effects of expectancy on learning in a life science instructional laboratory exercise. Contends that prior knowledge directs the act of observing. Investigates the role of prior conceptions on secondary school students' ability to observe scientific phenomena. (Contains 30 references.) (YDS)

Discusses methods for evaluating the return on investment of training. Compares the effectiveness of electronic learning and traditional methods and suggests that measuring hard numbers might not be a true indicator. (JOW)

Describes factors influencing early literacy development, the key role of parental expectations and priorities, and the interventions that occupational therapists can use in working with children with physical disabilities. (Contains 60 references.) (SK)

Discusses resident hall furniture design that meets student needs as well as the needs of administrators and parents. Furniture design issues examined include the higher expectations of students in their living environment, the need for greater flexibility in space utilization, and adaptability to technology. (GR)

Study seeks to identify groups of students who differed in their patterns of expectations about counseling and then to relate those groups to personality, as organized by the Five Factor Model (FFM). A brief interpretation is offered of each cluster that integrates information based on expectation scores and the significant personality functions.…

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)

Examines how alcohol expectancies of women are related to how they cope with a hypothetical male significant other problem drinker. Results reveal that women with higher expectancies of positive effects of alcohol were more likely to enable or support the problem drinker, but were less likely to use physical withdrawal or support sobriety.…

Senior nurses' (n=139) expectations of 36 beginning nurses were compared with the beginners' competence ratings by their clinical preceptors. Senior nurses' expectations were lower than the actual competence demonstrated by the graduates, suggesting that assessment instruments should not be derived solely from supervisor expectations. (SK)

Examined the experience of collaboration from sixth graders' perspective as a function of dyad gender and degree of friendship. Found that enjoyment expectations and affiliation perceptions were greater in dyads with greater degrees of friendship and in same-gender dyads compared with mixed-gender dyads. More positive expectation and greater…

Infants aged 3-5 months (mean of approximately 4 months) were given a novel anticipatory looking task to test object permanence understanding. They were trained to expect an experimenter to retrieve an object from behind a transparent screen upon hearing a cue (''Doors up, here comes the hand''). The experimenter then hid the object behind one of…

To be sure, growing up the child of a school superintendent has its upsides. There are certain perks, such as never having to worry when you forget your lunch money and having your parent hand you your high school diploma. But there is plenty of pressure, both internally and externally, to act just right so as never to draw undue attention to the…

The expectancy disconfirmation model has dominated private-sector research on customer satisfaction for several decades, yet it has not been applied to citizen satisfaction with urban services. The model views satisfaction judgments as determined--not just by product or service performance--but by a process in which consumers compare performance…

We investigated optimistic grade expectations among 258 college students from 2 contrasting perspectives: optimism as uninformed wishfulness and as an informed aspirational judgment. Results revealed considerable grade optimism; most students (70%) overestimated an average of 1 full grade. Grade expectations moderately predicted final grade but…