Psychology of Scientist: XXXIV. MMPI Characteristics of Physical and Social Science Students: Replication and Reanalysis

1976 ◽  
Vol 39 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1067-1071 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Kokosh
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
College Graduates ◽  
Original Study ◽  
Science Students ◽  
Achievement Data ◽  
Psychopathic Deviate ◽  
Male College ◽  
Time Periods ◽  
Social Introversion ◽  
Psychopathic Deviate Scale

In the original study, using freshmen data, 291 male college graduates in physics, zoology, sociology, and history were used to test four hypotheses derived from other MMPI studies of science students. Only one of the four hypotheses was supported: physics and zoology students were higher on Social Introversion than sociology and history students. For this replication, a second sample of 326 male graduates was obtained in the same majors and the data were reanalyzed to compare the four majors and the two time periods on each dependent variable. This time two of the four hypotheses were supported: the physics and zoology majors are higher on Social Introversion ( p < .001) and lower on Psychopathic deviate scale ( p < .001) than the sociology and history majors. Also, the physics and zoology majors are considerably higher on aptitude and achievement data than the sociology and history majors. The findings with the MMPI have small but favorable implications for the Roe and the Holland theories of career development.

scholarly journals Knowledge, attitudes and practice in regard to aids: The case of social science students at the University of Bophuthatswana

Curationis ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
H. O. Kaya ◽  
M. Kau
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Risk Group ◽  
Sexual Practices ◽  
Science Students ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
Modes Of Transmission ◽  
Number Of Sexual Partners ◽  
Changing Attitudes ◽  
Educational Campaigns ◽  
The University

The necessity of AIDS educational campaigns is to reduce the spread of HIV infection by changing attitudes and practices related to high-risk behaviours. However, before such programmes are implemented a needs assessment should be conducted This includes the existing knowledge and attitudes and sexual practices of the specific risk-group. In this study the risk-group were social science students at the University of Bophuthatswana. The majority of the respondents showed a general knowledge about AIDS in terms of its main symptoms, common modes of transmission and the non-availability of a cure. They, however, expressed the need for more information about AIDS. Lack of enough knowledge was shown by their negative altitudes towards those who had already contracted the disease and the number of sexual partners they had Furthermore, despite the realization of the necessity to use condoms during sexual intercourse, the majority of them did not use them. The study also revealed the minimal role parents, teachers and lecturers play in the dissemination of information about AIDS. The findings call for more AIDS educational programmes to clear away misconceptions about the transmission of the HIV/AIDS virus; and the need to involve parents, schools and universities actively in the dissemination of information about AIDS.

Physical Attractiveness and Occupational Prestige among Male College Graduates

1980 ◽  
Vol 47 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1275-1280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jack Sparacino
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Physical Attractiveness ◽  
College Graduates ◽  
Archival Data ◽  
Occupational Prestige ◽  
Graduate Degree ◽  
Male College ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Regression Toward The Mean

A set of archival data was used to test the hypothesis that physical attractiveness is positively associated with socioeconomic status among men. Consistent with earlier research, more attractive men earned equivalent grades while undergraduates. They were also no more likely to have subsequently earned a graduate degree or to have held jobs characterized by higher status as indexed by Duncan (1961) prestige scores. Attractiveness itself was stable over the 25 yr. for those initially judged to be intermediate in attractiveness. Those who were initially most and least attractive were judged to have declined and increased, respectively, over the period in question, providing evidence for a regression toward the mean.

Scientific Creativity in Psychology

2021 ◽  
pp. 145-167
Author(s):  
Christiane Kirsch ◽  
Todd Lubart ◽  
Herie de Vries ◽  
Claude Houssemand
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Science Students ◽  
Convergent Thinking ◽  
Scientific Creativity ◽  
Artistic Creativity ◽  
Divergent And Convergent Thinking ◽  
Everyday Creativity

The present research investigates the cognitive and conative profile underlying scientific creativity in psychology. An innovative creativity test including both divergent and convergent thinking was used. Intelligence and personality were also measured. The sample consisted of 121 social science students. Intelligence played a major role for scientific creativity in psychology. With regard to personality, openness and negative agreeableness favored additionally scientific creativity in psychology. In future research, the profile of scientific creativity could be compared with profiles of artistic creativity and everyday creativity.

scholarly journals Student Concepts after a Didactic Experiment in Heritage Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 3046 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mónica Trabajo-Rite ◽  
Jose María Cuenca-López
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Science Students ◽  
Citizen Education ◽  
Critical Knowledge ◽  
Heritage Education ◽  
Before And After

This work highlights the importance of heritage education as a vehicle for citizen education. We present an analysis of concepts of heritage, citizenship, and territory held by third-year social science students. The results are obtained from statistical analysis of a questionnaire given before and after a didactic intervention and the application of a table of categories drawn up based on heritage education in terms of the parameters we consider desirable, from a holistic, socio-critical, motivating, and participatory perspective. The outcomes show the success of the intervention, with the students presenting better reflective and critical knowledge of their environment, showing appreciation, respect, protection, and dissemination of heritage as a symbol of identity and favoring the commitment to sustainable actions.

scholarly journals The Difference of Knowledge and Behavior of College Students on Plastic Waste Problems

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (19) ◽  
pp. 7851
Author(s):  
Rospita Odorlina P. Situmorang ◽  
Ta-Ching Liang ◽  
Shu-Chun Chang
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Environmental Science ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Rank Correlation ◽  
Plastic Waste ◽  
Science Students ◽  
Environmental Sciences ◽  
Chi Square Analysis ◽  
And Behavior

Environmental education in the academic level is the most effective way to increase environmental awareness of college students particularly in handling plastic waste problems. This study aimed to compare the student’s knowledge and behavior on plastic waste problem between environmental science and social science students and to examine the correlation of knowledge and behavior to reduce plastic waste. Through survey of 98 students of National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, we compared the students’ knowledge and behavior on plastic waste problems by t-Test and Chi-square analysis, and we used Kendall’s rank correlation to evaluate the correlation of knowledge and behavior. This study found that the differences in majors resulted in the significant differences in knowledge on the negative impacts of plastic waste, where the students who are majoring in environmental sciences have higher score than the students in social science. Relating behaviors, the differences in majors also resulted in the significant different behaviors to reduce plastic usage, where the students with major in environmental sciences have the better behavior to reduce plastic usage for daily life than the social science students. These behaviors were shown in purchasing products with plastic packaging, preparing shopping bag, re-using plastic bags, taking own meal box, and having food on the sites to reduce single used plastic package. This study also found the positive correlation between environmental knowledge on plastic waste and behavior to reduce plastic waste in the daily life.

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