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Perl, Joseph; And Others – 1977
A treatment program was instituted to reduce dating anxiety in infrequent daters. A sample of 85 extremely anxious and inhibited college undergraduates of both sexes volunteered for the program. Subjects were randomly assigned to one of three practice dating groups and two control groups. In one practice dating group, each non-dater was paired…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavior Change, College Students, Dating (Social)
Download full textHannum, James W.; And Others – 1976
Two elementary teachers were given systematic desensitization and behavior modification training to help them manage their feelings of anxiety and establish classroom control. Changes in teacher and student classroom behavior were recorded through daily observations by trained observers. The observers recorded teacher praise and criticism as well…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior Change, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Techniques
Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ., Blacksburg. Dept. of Education. – 1977
The Department of Labor, other Federal and state government agencies, and private producers have developed a significant amount of occupational information which can be useful to counselors and others who help students in making the transition from school to work. However, over the years the training of users has not kept pace with the development…
Descriptors: Career Development, Counseling Services, Counselor Training, Information Dissemination
Takai, Ricky; Holland, John L. – 1977
A new treatment, the Vocational Exploration and Insight Kit (VEIK), was developed to increase the number and variety of vocational options a person considers, to increase the variety of information-seeking activity, and to increase the satisfaction a person has with his or her current vocational aspiration. The VEIK is a 15-step self-administered…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Exploration, Decision Making
PDF pending restorationRemington, Roger W.; And Others – 1976
Using between subject designs, Tversky and Sherman (1975) and Weaver (1974) demonstrated that increases in the blank interval (offtime) separating two successive pictures leads to improved performance on retention tests. If this improvement results from active rehearsal strategies, subjects should be able to differentially rehearse pictures cued…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Experimental Psychology, Memory, Pictorial Stimuli
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1977
This report by the Comptroller General of the United States describes the problems faced by institutionalized neglected or delinquent youths and suggests ways to enhance the effectiveness of Federal educational assistance made available for them. It begins by describing the administration and funding of the program, and stating the scope of the…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Delinquency, Educational Finance
Troutman, James G. – 1977
The purpose of this research was to determine whether a study skills course would significantly affect the grades of participating students, and whether this course would significantly affect the attitudes towards college of participating students. Subjects were 44 freshmen. Groups of 22 students were formed using a matched pairs sampling…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, Curriculum Development, Educational Research
Sherman, Susan R.; Newman, Evelyn S. – 1977
This paper reports the results of a study on the role of the caseworker in the use of foster care for elderly clients. Data is drawn from 100 interviews with foster home caretakers in two major state-sponsored adult foster care programs. Findings indicate that caseworkers had not been active in the recruitment of foster home caretakers. Caretakers…
Descriptors: Adult Foster Care, Caseworkers, Foster Family, Housing Needs
Kelly, John R. – 1977
This report examines the use of leisure time in North America. Some conclusions are as follows. Situational factors of association, frequency, location, and scheduling were found more highly correlated with the kinds of leisure chosen by adults than either census-data or immediate community variables. The type of activity is one significant…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Community Characteristics, Decision Making, Employment
Taylor, Purcell, Jr.; Lehrer, Barry E. – 1970
One of the most persistent problems in the use of projective techniques is the need to develop objective, reliable and valid scoring systems. The sample consisted of 100 college students enrolled in an introductory psychology course. Ss were administered the DAPIR along with an extensive biographical questionnaire. Additionally, Ss were rated by…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavior Rating Scales, College Students, Individual Psychology
Gold, Delores; Berger, Charlene – 1976
The problem-solving performance of young boys and girls was examined in three conditions in which good performance was indicated as being appropriate for boys, for girls, or for both boys and girls. The relations between task scores and five sex-role measures were also examined. As predicted, the boys performed significantly poorer when the task…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Child Psychology, Identification (Psychology), Performance Factors
Meiners, Mary L.; Sheposh, John P. – 1976
Male and female subjects evaluated a male after seeing a videotape of him with his girlfriend. The attractiveness and intelligence of the girlfriend was varied. A multivariate analysis of variance on 10 dependent measures showed the male to be evaluated more favorably when his partner was more attractive or more intelligent. Univariate analysis…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Behavior Rating Scales, Intelligence, Interpersonal Attraction
Queensland Dept. of Education, Brisbane (Australia). – 1976
This study was undertaken to measure the reading, writing, and numeration of 10 and 14 year-old students, and to collect information on teacher perceptions of the nature and extent of any learning difficulties experienced by individual students. A sample of 7,000 students was tested at each of the two age levels. Reading, writing numeration, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Cross Cultural Studies, Learning Problems
Parish, Thomas S.; Bryant, William T. – 1976
This study investigated the sex group stereotypes of elementary and high school-age youths. A total of 60 males and 60 females evaluated "boys" and "girls" on a semantic differential-type scale. The results indicated that younger members of both sexes were more positive about their own sex and more negative about the opposite sex than were their…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Attitudes, Bias
McVey, Ronald F.; Naun, Ruth A. – 1974
Sixteen minority group women, who attended college for four years in a career opportunity program, were measured by the California Psychological Inventory (CPI) before and after their college experience. Results indicated positive personality changes on all 18 CPI scales, with significant positive changes at the .05 level on five of these…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Career Opportunities, Counseling, Ethnic Groups
