Discusses several research studies which show that what teachers expect of their pupils is usually what they get from them. (JOW)

Examined interpersonal influence process within counseling including relationship between perceived counselor expertness, attractiveness, and trustworthiness and client satisfaction; between client expectations on perceived counselor expertness, attractiveness, trustworthiness, and client satisfaction; and effects of actual counselor experience…

Expectations, often idealistic, of beginning teachers are listed and described in the areas of the teaching experience, classroom activities, teacher concerns, teacher preparation, teacher-parent-student relationships, teacher evaluations, professional status, workload, teacher administrator relationship, support services, and school organization.…

Describes a study which investigated whether differences in teacher verbal interactions with students are a function of achievement expectations and sex differences. Ten fourth grade social studies teachers and 120 students were observed using the Brophy-Good dyadic observation system. Results indicated that achievement expectations, but not sex,…

Traces the changing views on the role and status of male early childhood education teachers in the forties and fifties (male prohibition), the sixties and early seventies (the macho image), and the late seventies and early eighties (the age of androgyny).

Tested and extended Deaux's expectancy model of sex-linked differences in attribution for success. Finding's indicated that female occupational subjects, relative to males, tended to attribute success more to unstable causes of effort and luck. Male subjects attributed success more to the stable causes of ability and task ease. (Author/RC)

Discusses three research questions pertinent to person-perception research: (1) identification of dimensions employed by adults in the process of interpersonal perception; (2) developmental changes in the content of expectations; and (3) developmental changes in the role expectations play in influencing behavior. Discusses implicit personality…

Observed 100 funerals in a southern state and described the roles enacted by ministers, family members, and friends. Discusses variations by church size, the overlap of role styles, and the process by which socialization into the various roles occurs. Examines the complementary interaction between roles. (Author/JAC)

At intervals during the reading of an article, college students were asked to stop and state how they were preparing to answer an unspecified question about the article. Those students who had attempted to discern the question had significantly superior performance to those who had not devised such a strategy. (JN)

Compared restricted and expanded awareness types of meditation with quiet sitting, and controls. All groups except controls became less anxious, more intuitive, and more internal on locus of control. Found little evidence of differential change across groups. Those practicing more showed more anxiety reduction. (JAC)

Three physical education specialists rated matched pairs of mildly handicapped and nonhandicapped primary children on expected physical performance, social relations, cooperative behavior, and ability to reason during physical education. All three had significantly lower expectations for the handicapped students' peer relations. Differences on the…

Subjects, (N=134) female and (N=101) male undergraduates, were asked to indicate their perceptions of their capabilities to successfully complete the educational requirements and job duties of each of 10 traditionally female and 10 traditionally male occupations. Results indicated sex differences in self-efficacy with regard to traditional versus…

Principals and counselors can work together to prevent stress and burnout in teachers, resulting in a healthier school climate. This article suggests five objectives that can provide a basis for program building. (Author/WD)

Data on higher education students and graduates in the Philippines in 1977 is used to assess the ex ante student perceptions of the labor market against actual labor market outcomes. A comparison of expected and actual earnings by sample characteristics reveals a high degree of realism from the students. (Author/MLW)

This model postulates that because of women's socialization they lack strong expectations of personal efficacy in relationship to career-related behaviors, thus failing to realize their capabilities and talents. Sex differences in the access to and availability of information important to developing strong expectations of personal efficacy are…