The social strain theory of deviance is a social-psychological model which explains the occurrence of deviant behavior through the interaction of the individual with common social factors. The empirical support tor this theory is reviewed, with emphas . . .

Descriptions of self and ideal partner were collected from 65 students at a large western state university. Subjects rated themselves and their ideal partner on the Personal Attributes Questionnaire (PAQ). Subjects also filled out the Myers-Briggs Typ . . .

Masters of Arts in Psychology, Community/Clinical Advocates of psychological androgyny suggest that the development of masculine and feminine characteristics in a single individual is advantageous to one’s psychological well-being in contemporary soci . . .

The purpose of this study was to develop a scale that would measure the preferences of community college students for a competitive or a cooperative classroom environment. Items that were used in the development of the scale were taken directly from t . . .

Twenty psychology students from California State University, Northridge, served as subjects in an experiment designed to determine differential interference effects with verbal and motor responding. Responses were made to Stroop color-word stimuli (i. . . .

This study explored the relationship between childhood maltreatment, personality disorders, moral emotions (guilt/shame), and moral behaviors (lying). This study consisted of 190 participants from a diverse undergraduate university. Childhood maltreat . . .

This study was conducted to gather information on college students' learning as a function of three independent variables which involve the integration of programmed learning principles with instructional, television lessons. Factorially varied were t . . .

Eighty-two learning disabled community college Ss participated in two studies comparing auditory and visual differences in reading comprehension. In the first study, the intraindividual differences of 40 Ss were assessed by comparing their visual and . . .

Allostasis suggests that variation in an organism's physiological response to the environment optimizes functioning and balance, and when this variation is non-existent or impaired it can lead to negative health outcomes. Experiencing chronic negative . . .

Empathy is associated with numerous parenting and personality variables, but inconsistencies in definition, conceptualization, and measurement have created issues in generalization and making comparisons. The psychometric properties of empathy scales . . .