Examined relationships between sex roles, domestic roles, and occupational expectations of American adolescents. Domestic and occupational expectations were intricately interwoven for females, but were relatively discrete spheres for males. Occupational expectations of adolescent females were related to both generalized sex-role attitudes and…

A picture-choice instrument was designed to compare the preferences of 119 preschool children (63 male, 56 female) to both sex role stereotypes and their conception of what is sex appropriate. (MP)

Two experiments investigated why perceptual pretraining facilitates children's performance on concept problems involving a nonpreferred relevant dimension and preferred irrelevant dimensions. (JMB)

Some young children presented with unidimensional and nonverbal conservation tasks were able to give a conservation response if they could answer with a picture instead of orally. (Editor)

Suggests that differential rearing conditions may cause significant reversals in sex-related ability and behavior (maze learning and exploration), and may significantly affect perceptual sensitivity. (RL)

This study explored the effect of grade level and sex on affective ratings of color and black-and-white pictures by having 148 students from grades 4, 7, and 12 rate color and black-and-white slides on nine semantic differential scales. (JEG)

Two experiments investigated the process by which children encode briefly presented spatial positions. First, third, and fifth graders were asked to judge whether a test dot occupied the same position on a card as any one of a number of dots which had been presented tachistoscopically. (JMB)

Discusses young children's conceptions of status and role based on sociolinguistic analyses of spontaneous role play. Links developmental features of social knowledge to contextual features of children's interactive experiences. (Author/CK)

Based on an attributional model of achievement-related behavior, success of a young person and failure of an old person (expected outcomes) were predicted to be attributed to stable causes. Results are discussed in terms of conditions under which negative stereotypes concerning competency of the elderly exert influence. (Author)

Defined sex appropriateness either as to the entire job or with respect to tasks which comprise the job. Sex appropriateness was examined by obtaining subjective estimates of the masculinity-femininity of the job requirement dimensions. Suggests that sex appropriateness of a job and of the tasks are distinct, separate concepts. (Author)

Determines whether subliminal perception can be used as a means for altering cigarette smoking behavior. Smoking behavior was not altered through subliminal perception as carried out in this study. There was evidence that smoking behavior was altered, but it was an unpredicted change. Some subjects decreased smoking patterns. (Author)

This model is designed to assist educators in determining their role expectations and proficiency levels and to use this information to plan experiences for extending one's own professional growth. (Author)

Results of studying married couples spanning a wide range of income and prestige levels cast doubt upon the generalization that high levels of dollars and prestige earned in the occupational marketplace are readily transformed into reciprocal exchanges of instrumental and expressive rewards and role performances in the marital dyad. (Author/BEF)

The hypothesis that college students differentially perceive the terms "counseling" and "psychotherapy" was evaluated using a semantic differential scale. Results revealed that college students have significantly different perceptions of terms in reference to selected adjective pairs. Implications for future research were explored for client…

The ability of young infants between the ages of 8 and 17 weeks to perceive outline shapes was investigated in nine experiments using an habituation paradigm. (JMB)