This experiment investigated attitudes toward students and assignment of responsibility for student performance by 48 male and 48 female undergraduates acting as experimental teachers. Specifically, sex and locus of control of the teacher-subjects and ascribed performance and motivation of simulated students were studied for effects on teacher attitudes and assignment of responsibility for learning outcomes. Apparent student performance strongly affected both teacher attitudes and assignment of responsibility, while ascribed student motivation affected only teacher attitudes. Female subjects with internal locus of control assumed more responsibility for student performance than female subjects with external locus of control, but this expected finding was not observed in male subjects.

Compared the attitudes of 48 male and female undergraduates after they had taught a successful or an unsuccessful simulated student who was labeled as either an overachiever or an underachiever. Data show that (a) the performance of the child was the predominant factor in determining teachers' attitudes; (b) ascriptions modified the performance effect; (c) females differentiated most in their ratings between successful overachievers and unsuccessful overachievers, while males differentiated most in their ratings between successful overachievers and unsuccessful underachievers; and (d) there were also sex differences in the types of students the Ss preferred to teach-males enjoyed teaching underachievers, while females preferred teaching overachievers.

This paper describes and evaluates a two-year parent education program designed to involve whole families. The program begins when the child is a year old, and includes in-home training of the mother, plus several weekend sessions for the entire family. In its second year, mother and child partici pate in a nursery school setting, and father is involved in evening meetings. Bilingual training is emphasized. Significant achievements on the part of both program children and program mothers, as compared to controls, are reported on a number of measures.

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