The specific causal attributions individuals use in accounting for academic outcomes can influence their subsequent achievement-related behavior. College instructors responded to the hypothetical success and failures of older and younger students by attributing these to ability, effort, luck, and task difficulty. Results indicated a negative…

School psychology certification implies limited opportunities in so far as it provides for a narrow age range and functioning within a public school setting. Child psychology as a professional model should encompass school psychology training, but broaden its scope to include children of all ages from infancy to adolescence. (Author)

Critical bandwidth measurements and sensitivity prediction from the acoustic reflex test results were obtained on 20 adult normal-hearing and two groups of 10 adult hearing impaired Ss each representing mild-to-moderate and severe hearing loss. (Author)

This paper reports some experimental evidence on the viability of the preliminary letter recognition hypothesis. (Author)

The development of the occupational specialist in Florida, a support personnel position in guidance that has been funded through the state legislature, is evaluated. (Author)

These experiments suggested that human subjects perceived velocity and acceleration directly and accurately. As well, they suggested that extrapolation of velocity is performed accurately through a direct extension of the movement that was seen. (Author/RK)

The role of the organization development (OD) practitioner is evaluated based on their activities in the area of management. Changes in the OD role are suggested: (1) a more results-oriented approach, (2) "I'm OK--You're OK" methods, (3) program start-up improvements, and (4) improved followup planning. (EC)

An identification of several factors which influence the instructional role of the media specialist who serves on the teaching team. (Author)

Examined in this study are the attitudes of male and female subjects toward a competent woman who either planned to pursue her career or stay home with her family. The consistency between the subjects' perceptions of the stimulus person and their attitudes is considered. (Author/EB)

A representative group of occupations was examined within an attributional framework, utilizing the concept of perceived causality for success. Results supported several hypotheses and also revealed some systematic relationships between causes and between perceived causality for success and occupational prestige. (Author)

The purpose of this study was to assess perception of stimulus persons in sex-appropriate, sex-inappropriate, and neutral occupations, using the sexual dimension of the occupations, the sex of the person-in-occupation, and the sex of the perceiver as independent variables. (Author)

It is hypothesized that in traditional African society the roles of men and women were different but less unequal than the norm adopted by the colonial authorities and the rulers of independent Africa. However, at the village level, perceptions about correct sex roles have not changed greatly. (Author/MC)