Investigated was whether the value of an event influences a subject's guess that the event will occur. (KW)

The findings indicate that it may not be useful to categorize students' expectations on only the basis of their parents' level of education. Finding of sex differences in expectations as measured by the Awareness and Community Scales is consistent with findings reported by Pace (1966) except he reported on perceptions of students already in the…

Describes a study that assessed (1) differences in causal ascriptions for a given performance outcome between males and females; and (2) sex differences in performance expectations, pretest anxiety, desire to take similar tests in the future, and expectations of performance outcomes on future tests. Contrasts results with previous findings by…

The relationship between naturally-occurring student expectations about the instructor and later student evaluations of that instructor was studied. It was found that students were capable of rating their instructors independently of expectations held prior to the course. (Author/BW)

Describes a study of the relationship between faculty expectations of the accreditation visiting team and their satisfaction with the quality of the team visit. Responses to pre- and postvisit surveys revealed that faculty were well informed about and supportive of team visits and that knowledge was not correlated with perceptions of quality. (DMM)

A 25-item questionnaire was completed by 65 sets of parents of preschool hearing impaired children. The results showed a lack of concordance between expectancy and fulfillment by and from the professionals under study. (Author)

An experiment with mixed and same sex groups provided evidence that perceived motivation towards the group determines members' attained influence and status in task-oriented groups. While group-oriented members are generally more influential than self-oriented ones, the degree of motivation's effect depends on the member's external status…