Open school Native American students had a more positive self-identification than either Native American or white traditional pupils. (Author)

In comparison to Euro-Canadians, native students generally express less favorable self-evaluations in terms of characteristics considered important for achievement and success. But, in terms of traits emerging through primary group activities and subcultural norms, the self-evaluations of native students do not differ substantially from those of…

Examines the process by which the college experience contributes to the adolescent's work on identity. Analyzes specific variables which determine the college environment's influence upon students, namely: 1) the amount of student-teacher interaction; 2) the identity status of the students; and 3) the degree of fit between student values and the…

This paper argues for the increased use of mass media content in the classroom. The overall benefits of using mass media content far outweigh the negative "mental set" effect. (Author/AM)

Male and female college students were administered the Berzins-Welling ANDRO scale, a measure of psychological androgyny, and the Parent Behavior Form. The results indicate that new conceptualizations of sex role orientations, which consider masculine and feminine characteristics to be independent, uncorrelated dimensions, are distinctively…

Although many counselor training programs now include empathy skill training as a requirement, this author feels that counselor preparation programs should be more cautious in emphasizing the role of empathy in counseling. The author reviews the literature and discusses the lack of clear evidence in favor of empathy training. (Author/BP)

Notes that while the street boy strategy does not emerge fully developed, the boys are deliberately trying to forge a new and hybrid identity for themselves, accepting those aspects of each culture that will serve to meet their needs as they see them, and rejecting those aspects of each that will not. (Author/AM)

Language is an important part of ethnic identity, but not the only one. Two groups of Afrikaners, 23 members of the National Party and 15 members of the Afrikaner Resistance Movement, responded to a questionnaire concerning characteristics essential for Afrikaner group membership. Culture and background were also perceived essential. (Author/LMO)

Mentoring as a continuum--a patchwork of different contacts that one makes over a lifetime--is described. Six kinds of mentors are identified: the recognizer, teacher, counselor, role model, intervenor, and sponsor. Tips to attract a mentor are provided. (MLW)

Three studies evaluating the reliability and validity of the Objective Measure of Ego Identity Status (OM-EIS) are reported. Two studies analyzed college students' results from the OM-EIS, the Extended Range Vocabulary Test, the Crowne-Marlowe Social Disability Scale and achievement records. Study 3 correlated high school seniors' OM-EIS scores…

A formal model is presented that decomposes the attribution of personal dispositions into identification and dispositional inference processes. Two illustrative experiments trace the processing of behavioral and situational information at the identification and dispositional inference stages and examine attributions as a joint product of the…

Four competencies of superior teachers are seen as a basis for the ideal environment to nurture excellence. They are: a student-centered orientation, value for the learning process, a need to influence individual behavior, and a belief that they possess the power to produce a desired effect in the learner. (MLW)

A psychologist who has helped gifted elementary and secondary students reverse cycles of underachievement defines the problem, identifies home origins of underachievement, and describes examples of parental interactions that foster underachievement. (MC)

The relationship between participation in campus organizations and identity achievement is investigated. A study involving approximately 300 college women at a four-year, private, Eastern secular college revealed that degree of activity was related to identity achievement. A test of the relationship between type of housing and campus participation…

This study explores the influence of gender and power on autobiographical memory following a brief social interaction. The hypothesis stated that gender and social role (that of leaders versus helpers) would interact in predicting the affective tone and themes (agency and communion) of an autobiographical memory for previous leadership…