An interview with Michael Scriven describes his thoughts and contributions to educational evaluation, the evolution of his career, and his current concerns and projects. (MH)

Junior college students were given the Rathus Assertiveness Schedule and the Achievement Anxiety Test. The students were divided into high, average, and low assertive groups. A significant difference in level of facilitative test anxiety was found between low assertive and high assertive groups. Possible explanations for these differences were…

Thirty-two moderately and severely retarded adults were engaged in a vocational evaluation and training program to determine the predictive value of four manual dexterity tests (subtests of the Minnesota Rate of Manipulation, the Pennsylvania Bimanual Worksample, the Crawford Small Parts Dexterity Test, and the Purdue Pegboard Test) as they relate…

The World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession urges involvement in political activities as a commitment by educators to promote international understanding and cooperation and to aid in the moral and political issues of environment, population, nutrition, and disarmament. (MB)

Two studies are reported involving psychology students rating silent videotapes of depressed and non-depressed patients on the basis of nonverbal cues alone. Reasonable correlations of ratings and Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) D scale scores were found. Even without an instructional set to look for depression, valid ratings…

Mother and grandmother attitudes in two and three-generational Taiwanese households were studied. Grandmothers adhered more to traditional childrearing attitudes than their daughters-in-law who adhered more in two-generational households. Widowed grandmothers have less influence on daughter-in-law socialization practices and participate more in…

This study investigates differences in psychological sex, present and past adjustment, and parental influences among homosexual cross-dressers, homosexual non-cross-dressers, applicants for sex change surgery, and heterosexuals. Homosexual non-cross-dressers and heterosexual groups had the most masculine gender role, with the sex change group…

After presenting reasons for the decline in the number of women educational administrators, the article summarizes strategies to improve opportunities for women in this field. Questionnaire respondents (N=75) concluded that changes were needed most in formal training programs and inservice/preservice preparation to improve educational…

Counselor trainees' attitudes (N=104) toward women were measured and compared with students, teachers, professors, and business persons, using the Attitudes Toward Women Scale (AWS). Counselor trainees' attitudes were: (1) no more liberal than other groups; (2) unrelated to hours completed in the guidance program; and (3) more liberal among female…

Senior level psychology majors and inservice counselors were administered the Rehabilitation Counseling Judgment Scale. A comparison of individual decisions, after sharing their thoughts in group discussion, indicated that group decisions were riskier than individual decisions. Implications of the effects of group interaction on rehabilitation…

Selected student background characteristics of graduating seniors (N=229) are analyzed in order to determine their effectiveness as predictors of college success as measured by college grade point average. Results are presented. (Author)

With the relationship between individual learning styles and the effectiveness of the experiential approach, it was hypothesized that the effectiveness of the experiential approach, as measured by student perceptions and student grades, was a function of learning style compatability. The results did not support this hypothesis. (Author)

Based on the factorial analysis of data collected from 260 undergraduates, this study found differences in self-revealing associated with information content, target person, and sex of subject. Gilding was found to be related to self-disclosure and intimate rather than superficial information. Dogmatism did not influence either revealing or…

Effects of the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory (SCII), Vocational Card Sort (VCS), and Auxiliary Informative Material (AIM) were examined in relation to (a) number and type of career options considered; (b) frequency and variety of information-seeking behaviors; (c) career salience; and (d) satisfaction with the career exploration experience.…

Scores on the male and female scales of the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory were compared for college students (N=525) to evaluate the claim that male scales should be used with female counselees. Both sexes scored higher on opposite-sex scales. Score relationships support using only same-sex score interpretations with counselees. (Author)