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Exploratory Study Of A Measure Of Self-Actualization, Norma C. Troncoso

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Two studies were conducted to measure positive personality change expected to occur during four years of a self-actualizing program. The first study computed inter correlations among the scales of the Personal Orientation Inventory (POI) for students in the Psychology and English Departments of a Spanish-speaking college, which were then compared with those reported in the test manual. Generally, correlations were greater than those in the manual, which suggested possible influence by the humanistic and Christian philosophy of the college. The second study examined the effect of training for self-actualization and personality growth on the behavior of a group of psychology …

Physical Attractiveness: Its Influence On The Perception Of Counselors, Connie H. Sanders

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

60 undergraduate students evaluated male and female counselors on fifteen counselor variables based on listening to a tape recording of a counselor self-introduction paired with an attractive or unattractive picture. Two groups served as control groups; they heard the tape but received no picture. The attractive counselor was perceived as significantly more decisive, interesting, caring, open-minded, likable and better adjusted than the unattractive counselor. These effects were more pronounced for the female counselors than for the male counselors.

Innovative Techniques Of Counseling, Milton R. Cudney

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Index of Techniques

• Technique # I. Counselor-Made Drawings
• Technique # 2. Taking the Flip Side Of The Argument
• Technique # 3. The Use of Owning Language By The Counselor
• Technique # 4. Let The Client In On What You Are Trying To Do
• Technique # 5. Interrupt Clients
• Technique # 6. Polaroid Technique
• Technique # 7. Holding A Pretend Gun To The Client's Head
• Technique # 8. A Technique To Make Replacement Behaviors Not Seem So Strange And Unknown
• Technique # 9. Counselor Prepared To Give The Client Examples Of What The Counselor Is Seeking
• Technique #10. Wastebasket Technique
• Technique …