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Basic Types Of Vocational Identity: A Synthesis Of Values And Vocational Aspirations Of College Students, Edward Bruce Potter
Basic Types Of Vocational Identity: A Synthesis Of Values And Vocational Aspirations Of College Students, Edward Bruce Potter
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The basic proposition that systematic associations exist between vocational aspirations and vocational values was amply supported by this investigation. Fundamental dimensions, syntheses of various of these associations, were found to describe and to differentiate between basic types of vocational identity. A model, also formulated as a synthesis of several findings, revealed a generalized pattern of relationships among vocational fields.
The focus of this study was upon the utilization of vocational values variables in the description of differing types of vocational identity. The values variables employed several life satisfaction source items, religious preferences, and a set of items dealing with the …
Visual And Stereognostic Perception Of Mentally Retarded Adolescents, Patricia Moehrig Mershon
Visual And Stereognostic Perception Of Mentally Retarded Adolescents, Patricia Moehrig Mershon
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The Problem
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of sensory modality training on institutionalized mentally retarded adolescents. The primary investigation concerned the effect on retardates of sensory modality training with an opportunity for learning when compared to the effect on a comparable group given the same training with no opportunity for learning. The secondary investigation was the comparison of responses of three groups on the criterion task; one group having been trained with a tactual modality, one with a visual modality and one with combined tactual and visual modality. The sample included an equal number of …