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Rapin, Lynn S.; Cooper, Merri-Ann – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 1980
Undergraduates rated adjectives for appropriateness to men and women. The feminists rated fewer traits as characteristic only of men or only of women and more traits as characteristic of both, than did nonfeminists. Both feminists and nonfeminists evaluated more traits as either neutral or slightly positive. (Author)
Descriptors: Androgyny, Attitude Change, College Students, Feminism

Weller, Leonard – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1979
Examines the dispositions of authoritarian personalities to social sciences and nonauthoritarians to the natural sciences. It was found that authoritarianism is not unitary within the social sciences. Findings suggest a person who expresses interest in one social science can consider a science rather than humanities as an alternative. (Author/BEF)
Descriptors: Authoritarianism, Individual Psychology, Interests, Natural Sciences

Stone, Eugene F.; And Others – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1979
Examines the degree to which the Growth Need Strength scales (job choice and would like formats) of the Job Diagnostic Survey correlate with, first, other measures of needs and values employed in research as moderators of the job scope-job satisfaction relationship; and, second, a measure of social desirability. (Author)
Descriptors: Individual Psychology, Job Analysis, Job Satisfaction, Need Gratification

Mendes, Helen A. – Social Work, 1979
Presents a beginning conceptualization of five distinct life-styles of single-parent families. Social workers can help such families anticipate and deal with the psychosocial risks and make maximum use of the unique opportunities of the life-style they adopt. (Author)
Descriptors: Heads of Households, Individual Psychology, Life Style, One Parent Family
Smith, Donald E.; And Others – Texas Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1979
This paper reviews the theoretical and research foundations for the Q sort procedure. Steps in the development of Q sort instruments are described and a model for the practical use of Q sort results in counseling is developed. The Q sort is the client's own description of himself. (Author)
Descriptors: Counselors, Evaluation Methods, Individual Psychology, Personality Assessment

Kowal, Amanda; Kramer, Laurie – Child Development, 1997
Examined whether established associations between perceptions of parental differential treatment (PDT) and sibling relationship quality are moderated by children's perceptions and attributions of parental behavior in 61 children (11-13 years) and their siblings. Children did not perceive PDT in two-thirds of instances reported; 75% who…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Childhood Attitudes, Early Adolescents, Individual Psychology

Lockhart, Barbara D. – Quest, 1994
Article proposes concepts that could be the basis for fitness attitudes and practices for all people regardless of skill, age, or expertise. An intrinsic definition of fitness highlights the importance of exercise and relaxation to fitness, integration of the whole self, and acceptance of self based on inherent worth. (SM)
Descriptors: Exercise, Higher Education, Holistic Approach, Individual Psychology

Daniels, Susan – Roeper Review, 1998
Discussion of the creative self considers ideas of the described, not defined, self; the differentiated self; intensity, transformation, and development of the creative self; complexity of the creative self; the dialectical self; dialectical personality traits or bipolar mood disorder; and the inventive self. (DB)
Descriptors: Creativity, Individual Development, Individual Psychology, Mental Disorders

Gross, Miraca U. M. – Roeper Review, 1998
This essay uses poetry and diary entries of highly gifted young people to portray the process of individual identity development. Among topics discussed are theories of identity development, adolescence, awareness of difference by intellectually gifted children, development of a protective mask to hide a love of learning, moral development, and…
Descriptors: Creative Expression, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Individual Development
Salomon, Gavriel – 1995
Two assumptions commonly held in educational psychology are questioned. According to the first assumption, mental states and processes are studied in isolation. According to the second assumption, an individuals' psychology, that which is of relevance to education, is often studied out of social and cultural context, rendering suspect explanations…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Educational Environment, Educational Principles, Educational Psychology
Justice, Judith Spieth; Utesch, William E. – 1994
"Twins have often served science but science has rarely served twins" (Novotny, 1988). Twinship presents specific challenges unique to twins in the realms of physical, emotional, social, interpersonal, and academic trials; twins many times suffer in self-esteem, separation-individuation, and object relations. This paper reviews literature which…
Descriptors: Counseling, Individual Development, Individual Psychology, Individualism
Lundin, Robert W. – 1989
This book presents the basic principles of Adler's psychology. The first chapter looks at Adlerian psychology as it exists today, and examines earlier influences. The second chapter examines feelings of inferiority and compensation for these feelings. The third chapter considers the nature of goals and how they are formulated. The fourth chapter…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Counseling, Crime Prevention, Dreams
Crampton, Martha – Synthesis, 1975
The author maintains that one's imagination, or "image-making" faculty, is a precious tool that we can learn to harness for individual self-development. She offers suggestions on how educators and counselors cna use mental imagery more effectively. (Author/HMV)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Counseling, Counseling Theories, Imagery
Moore, Joseph A.; Sermat, Vello – Canadian Counsellor, 1974
Undergraduate students who wished to enter sensitivity groups filled in Shostrom's Personal Orientation Inventory and also indicated their degree of loneliness. Ss low in loneliness obtained higher scores on the personality scale, with eight of the 12 subscales significantly different from Ss high in loneliness. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Development, College Students, Individual Psychology, Loneliness
May, Rollo – Media and Methods, 1974
We live at the time of the birth of a new age; if we have the courage, we can help to shape the new world. (JH)
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Creativity, Futures (of Society), Humanization