Measures of global, specific, and task-specific self-esteem were administered to male and female college students and related to predicted and actual performance on a midterm examination. Significant correlations were found between global and specific measures and between specific and task measures, but not between global and task measures.…

The Personality Research Form and the Achievement Anxiety Test were compared to the Thematic Apperception Test and Mandler-Sarason Test Anxiety Questionnaire. The former were equally reliable and valid measures of motive for success and motive to avoid failure. The ease of administration and scoring would recommend their use to researchers.…

Two new paper-and-pencil tests of achievement motivation were compared to two older measures, McClelland's Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) Need Achievement and the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule achievement scale. The results lend support to past findings; namely, that the various achievement measures would appear to be measuring dissimilar…

The Prestatic Motivation Test was positively related to persistence and to performance in academic examinations. The relationship held when the measure was used alone and when it was combined with the Mandler-Sarason Test Anxiety Questionnaire as a measure of resultant motivation. (Author/BJG)

Counselor trainees in different phases of a training program designed to produce open and humanistic counselors were compared on the Counselor R Scale. The Rokeach Dogmatism Scale was included for analysis, since it was thought to be a component of the restrictive-nonrestrictive dimension. (Author/BJG)

In addition to high school rank in class and test scores, knowledge of high school type, sex, number of credit hours taken, and dollar value of scholarships and number of hours of outside work can significantly improve college grade prediction. (Author/BJG)

Results indicated that manifest needs measures correlated significantly with grade point average (GPA) for males only; personal problem measures correlated with GPA for males and females; a manifest anxiety measure correlated significantly for males only; and scholastic aptitudes correlated significantly with GPA for males and females. (BJG)

The validity of predictors of academic performance in six postgraduate fields were compared. The fields included three liberal arts areas and three professional areas. The predictors included information about students's backgrounds, self-conceptions, values, nonacademic achievements, and curricular patterns as well as admissions test scores and…

Correlation coefficients between graduate grade point average and each of three predictor variables, consisting of Graduate Record Examinations-Verbal score, Graduate Record Examination-Quantitative score, and undergraduate grade point average, were calculated for each of the six subgroups. Results showed differential predictability across the…

The predictive validity of the old and new men's Pharmacist scales and the new women's Pharmacist scale on the Strong Vocational Interest Blank was investigated for male and female pharmacy students. Each of the three scales significantly differentiated between graduates and nongraduates from the pharmacy program. (Author/BJG)

A multiple regression analysis was performed on all Edwards Personal Preference Schedule (EPPS) and Strong Vocational Interest Blank (SVIB) scales to determine those scales which could be used to predict success in a secondary teacher preparation program for females and males. Significant discriminant function equations were obtained. (Author/BJG)

The predictive validity of the Graduate Record Examinations Aptitude Test, Verbal and Quantitative scores and undergraduate grade-point average were examined. Criterion variables consisted of graduate grade-point average, the Master's Comprehensive Examination scores and grades in individual required courses. Findings stress need for local…

The relationship of the 1964 forms of the Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal to four selected noncognitive measures was studied. Results suggest performance on the Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal is independent of sex, neurotic and rigid personality characteristics, and extroversion-introversion factors. (BJG)

The multitrait-multimethod matrix technique was used to evaluate student responses to two tests of spatial orientation and visualization. The Eliot-Price tests met all criteria for convergent and discriminant validity. The Guilford-Zimmerman did not meet one of the criteria for discriminant validity. (Author/BJG)

Personality dimensions in the Jesness Inventory among black male delinquents were identified. A principal components factor analysis with a varimax rotation identified three factors: (1) Self-Estrangement, (2) Social Isolation, and (3) Immaturity. The results suggest that the factors might be a part of a larger alienation construct in black…