The present study examined the relationship between the defendants' physical attractiveness and assigned length of sentencing. Two independent samples of 96 subjects each (24 white males, 24 white females, 24 black males, and 24 black females) were used, one for assigning sentences (in years and months) and one for rating physical attractiveness (on a 1—7 scale). The defendants were 6 white males, 6 white females, 6 black males, and 6 black females. An over-all significant negative correlation of —.42 ( df — 22, p < .05) was found.

At a northern New Jersey state college, 50 black students (25 men and 25 women) completed first-person revisions of 27 Hall, Cross, and Freedle identity items according to how they felt four years ago, two years ago, and presently, and how they will feel in the future. No differences during any time period were found between the men and the women. The students demonstrated a clear self-perception of moving away from the pre-encounter stage when the world was seen as being nonblack or anti-black to the internalization stage when they focused on things other than themselves and their racial group. Most of the responses for each of the four periods were in the third stage of immersion with blackness.-Department of Psychology, William Paterson College. Psychological Reports, 1974, 35 The Interpersonal Trust Scale (ITS) and the Internal-External Locus of Control (I-E) Scale were given at the beginning and again at the end of the year to 87 specially admitted disadvantaged freshmen (mostly black or Puerto Rican) and 36 regularly admitted freshmen (mostly white). The disadvantaged students also took the Opinion, Attitude, and Interest Survey (OAIS) in mid-year.T-tests showed that the two groups did not differ in ITS scores at either testing or in change from fall to spring. Correlation coefficients between ITS scores and first-and second-semester grade-point average (GPA) were significant: for the disadvantaged students interpersonal trust at the end of the year was inversely related to both firstand second-semester GPA, while for regular students a positive relationship was found between year-end trust score and both GPA's.GPA was not related to total I-E scores or I-E score change over time for either group.Analyses of the Personal Control and Control Ideology subscales of the I-E showed that, for the disadvantaged students only, first first-semester GPA was positively related to internal personal control score at the end of the year and to change toward more internal personal control score.Contrary to expectations, no significant relationships were found between GPA and the OAIS Achiever Personality, Intellectual Quality, or Creative Personality scales.-Laboratory of Physiological Hygiene, University of Minnesota.

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This study examined personal characteristics of 19 male and 47 female employees and 38 female bosses, and situational factors which may affect women in management. Variables included sex, age, attitude towards women, years on the job, nature of the job (male-dominated or female-dominated), perceived gender-role of boss, employees' satisfaction with boss, bosses' satisfaction with employees, and job satisfaction. Results indicated (a) male and female employees perceived their female bosses, and female bosses perceived themselves, to be high on the masculine scale, i.e., to have characteristics related to managerial success, (b) nature of job was a critical factor for sex-role stereotyping, (c) years on the job mitigated sex-role stereotyping, (d) job satisfaction was related to satisfaction with the employee or the boss. Implications for the workplace were discussed.

The effectiveness of the New York State Bottle Bill was examined. A multiple-time series design was used in which seven observations of the number of returnable and nonreturnable bottles and cans were taken on a highway exit and railroad tracks in New York and New Jersey every 2 weeks prior to and after the implementation of the New York State Bottle Bill (September 12, 1983). Another two observations were made 10 and 12 months later. Results indicated a significant decrease in returnable litter on the highway exit in New York as compared with New Jersey. A decrease in returnable litter was also found for the railroad tracks in New York when only deposit bottles and cans were counted. Results for nonreturnable litter indicated no significant differences. It was concluded that the New York State Bottle Bill, requiring a 5-cent deposit on most bottles and cans, was an effective strategy for decreasing the amount of returnable litter but had no effect on nonreturnable bottles and cans.