This paper attempts to illustrate the usefulness of simulated test taking (STT) in personality and abnormal psychology courses. (Author)

The effects of room density, type of ongoing activity (party vs studying), and a personality variable ( personal space'' or the distance which subjects place between themselves and others) on room liking were investigated. (Author)

Argues that while freedom and control are both illusions, inventions of man to make sense of his experience, they do have consequences; and presents research evidence that the loss of the illusion of freedom may have untoward consequences for the way men live. (Author/JM)

Focuses attention on social disability'' as a unitary disorder; provides a rationale for an environmental view of it; suggests a theoretical framework within which etiological hypotheses can be tested; and relates the concept to conventional psychiatric classification. (Author/JM)

Article investigated the amount of information that could be used in making decisions and communicating. College students were part of an experiment, which measured information with information-theoretic concepts. (Author/RK)

Studied relationships of college student's personality to his learning traits, preferences for instructional strategies, and evaluations of instructional experiences by using Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. Concluded that both attitude and performance were influenced by personality traits in the self-paced sample course. (CC)

Discusses the testing of a method of differentiating reticent from non-reticent students, using the FIRO-B measuring instrument. (Author/RN)

Study attempts to determine the personality characteristics of high school students with an accent on two stereotypes, hippies'' and straights''. (RK)

Goal of the present study was to clarify the effect of error covariance on the correlations of the variables with their canonical variates and to determine whether these loadings'' are any more stable than the canonical beta weights. (Authors/CB)

Discusses the teaching-learning psychological technique called transactional analysis and its application in the classroom (RK)

Describes the success of institutions in terms of faculty educational and personal qualifications. Indicates that technical competence, creativity, and flexibility traits rather than authoritarianism should be stressed in administrator's personnel policies. (CC)

According to the data, persons choosing to attend college as compared to those not choosing to attend would tend to have higher achievement, succorance, and dominance needs. Those choosing not to attend do not have as great a need for leadership and influence, encouragement from others, or handling difficult tasks. (Author)

Thirty-eight high school principals and 237 members of their teaching staffs from an eight county area in New York participated in a study which examined personality characteristics of the principal and teacher participation in the decision-making process. (Authors)