This study is concerned with the relationship between career orientation, choice of a predominantly masculine or feminine field, and feminine self-concept. It was predicted that career oriented women would see themselves as less feminine than noncareer oriented women and that women aspiring to predominantly male fields would see themselves as less…

Sixty young males enrolled in an introductory course in psychology rated themselves on a series of 7-step, bipolar, adjectival scales. Afterwards they observed a young man perform a simple mechanical task, performed the same task and then rated the young man and themselves again. It was found that when the subjects perceived the young man as…

The author examines how peoples' identification of their real selves either through feelings or actions is changing from an institutional focus to an impulse focus. (Author/DE)

Client ratings of the abilities of 33 school counselors to communicate the core facilitative conditions of empathy, regard, congruence, and trust are compared to the counselors' scores on a measure of self-actualization. Results support the contention that there exists a strong relationship between self-actualization and counselor effectiveness as…

Examines the effect of parent preference on preadolescents' preference for same-sex or opposite-sex peers. Examines the effects of subjects' sex and race on this interaction. Subjects were 596 fifth and sixth grade students. (BD)

Adult Black identity change that took place within the context of the recent Black sociopolitical movement is the focus of this literature review. (Author/WI)

Results of this research consider the identification process and modeling, the socialization process with its suppression or reduction of taboo drive manifestations and fantasy as a means of achieving unattainable drives. (Editor/RK)

Suggests that for each of the role-related identities of an individual, there are physical dimensions and characteristics that help to define and are subsumed by that identity. Argues that it is important to conceptualize place-identity as a specific component of each individual's self-identity. (Author/MA)

Reviews several studies of identity and intergroup perception conducted in Israel during the past ten to fifteen years. For availability see CS 704 480. (MH)

Compares black and white adolescent boys from intact families with respect to levels of father identification and the correlation between identification and achievement orientation. (Author)

This paper reviews literature on conceptualizations of empathy, examining (1) whether empathetic response is an understanding or sharing of affect; (2) whether empathetic response is a response to an object, another's affect, and/or circumstance; (3) which mechanisms explain empathy; and (4) whether various definitions of empathy require…

The author discusses the psychology of creativity, particularly as it relates to fostering creative expression in the classroom. (SBH)

Lithuanian refugees are analyzed 25 years after the termination of the Displaced Persons Act in terms of their acculturation and incorporation into the larger American society. Of special importance are questions of invisible ethnicity, urban networks, the cues, symbols and feelings that are part of the maintenance of group identity, and the…

This paper examines the assignment and use of name signs in the deaf community. A total of approximately 450 individual name signs were collected, recorded, and analyzed. (CFM)

Outlines and contrasts themes and methods of philosophical inquiry into personal identity with other approaches to identity development. Describes a study of identity development in adolescence in philosophical context which provides new information about the psychology of identity. (Author/RWB)