A survey of 222 accounting faculty measured the expectations of new and more experienced faculty members concerning workload. Results show that new faculty members have an unrealistic idea of the amount of time they will have to spend on work. Implications for both employers and faculty are presented. (CH)

Assesses the information used by 5- to 13-year-olds to make dispositional attributions. Children were shown a boy interacting with others harmfully. Results of trait adjective ratings and predictions of causal responsibility for subsequent property damage revealed that the use of frequency and covariation information differed with age. (Author/CB)

Counselors and helpees evaluated sessions and then reviewed videotapes identifying counselor intentions and rating helpfulness for each counselor turn. Results indicate counselors and helpees perceived different things to have occurred. Helpees felt that counselors were using more support, focus, and clarity and less self-control and resistance…

Examined the relation of self-efficacy beliefs to persistence and success in pursuing science and engineering college majors (N=42). Findings indicated that subjects reporting high self-efficacy for educational requirements generally achieved higher grades and persisted longer. Self-efficacy was also moderately correlated with objective predictors…

This article highlights several factors that contribute to the complexity of tasks facing teachers and students as they interact to construct everyday classroom teaching-learning events. Also explored are ways in which expectations are signaled verbally or nonverbally and consequences that follow students' attempts to read teachers' cues. (CB)

Compares engaged couples' expected gender-role differentiation of labor in marriage with their actual household task allocation one year after marriage. The acceptance of feminist ideology was the dominant predictor of household task allocation for both males and females. Parental household task allocation did not predict task allocation.…

Examined anticipation of stresses in 223 patients recently admitted to nursing homes, who completed the stresses in Institutional Care Scale (SIC). Factor analysis revealed five factors significantly related to psychological and physical variables. Suggests using SIC for admission screening in nursing homes. Appendix contains the SIC. (NRB)

Compared the reinforcement expectancies of adult alcoholics with beliefs of men and women in alcohol treatment programs, hospitalized medical patients, and college students through the Alcohol Expectancy Questionnaire (AEQ). Results indicated the previously defined AEQ beliefs apply to the alcoholic population and these populations significantly…

Examined the differential predictive accuracy of seven Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory alcoholism scales and two drug abuse scales across both sex and race in sample of 171 alcoholic inpatients. Demonstrated considerable variance among these scales' ability to predict alcohol and other drug use, expectancies, and consequences.…

Draws on three literatures to clarify the nature of preference and to establish its relationships to expectation and similarity in the context of a participatory psychotherapy and counseling model. The effects of not meeting needs, not honoring preferences, and disconfirming expectations are seen as important considerations for therapy process and…

The formation of and purposes served by stereotypes, to define and redefine a culture as it changes, are examined through contemporary French storytelling. Traditional stereotypes and stereotypes derived from connotation are distinguished, and the stereotype is characterized as the point at which language and culture are in symbiosis. (MSE)

Reviews research on the concept of self-fulfilling prophecies in the classroom, noting some past research difficulties. Presents findings within an interactional framework. Considers teacher and child effects on the relationship of expectations, achievement, and behavior. Speculates on monitoring the expectancy effect over the course of a child's…

Common pitfalls for diagnosticians and program planners include overgeneralizing, confirming personal expectations, and overinterpreting cause and effect. Suggestions for solving the bias may be implemented at the prereferral level as well as during the multidisciplinary placement meeting. (CL)

Describes characteristics and expectations of attendees (N=500) at a college fair. Results indicated most participants planned to attend college. Their most important reason for attending the fair was to see which colleges offered programs they were considering. The fair was described as having a significant effect on college preference. (JAC)

Examined the potential effects of correlated measurement errors among responses of wives and their husbands (N=349) on the utility of and expectations for another child. There was no change in the previous finding that wife's and husband's child utility had equal effects on expectations for another child. (JAC)