A factor analysis of 11 variables, ferreted from the curriculum vitae (CV) of 338 applicants for the position of assistant professor of psychology, yielded four factors which were used as predictors in six stepwise multiple regression analyses in which the ratings of 92 Cv's by five members of a search committee were utilized as the criteria, first collectively and then individually. The first factor which was chiefly composed of the number of publications, especially senior authorships, accounted for 16% of the total variance and was the most potent contributor to the multiple R. Comparison of the results of the single-judge analyses revealed some notable vicissitudes in the prominence of the four predictors. Relationships of the present findings to the past policy-capturing research were indicated.A good deal of concern has been justifiably expressed about the shrinkihg academic labor market which is projected to become even more constricted during the 1980s. Some useful suggestions for improving the employability of PhD psychologists have been offered in several published sources (e.g., APA, 1972; Woods, 1976). Although there are a number of alternative sources of employment, for many psychology PhDs the attractiveness of academic jobs involving teaching and research in one's area of specialization will not fade away just because of the harshness of competition. To improve the competitive position of their graduates, many PhD-granting departments of psychology offer a variety of suggestions to their students as to how to buttress their qualifications for academic openings. Students often try to act on the advice of the psychology faculty, especially the major advisor and/or the chairperson, but one may wonder about the basis for such suggestions despite the fact that they are presumably the essence of the personal experiences and information that the advising faculty members have accumulated over many years. To our knowledge, no study has ever been published in which the selection decisions of the search committee(s), constituted for choosing the best persons from 301

It seems possible that gender differences may often be reducible to differences in role. The authors sought to explore the effects of role and gender on hostile and anxious communications. Role was manipulated through the use of the Melian Dialogues, a technique borrowed from community organization training that asks participants alternately to assume roles of superior and inferior power. Fourteen groups of college students, each with a four-member team of women and a four-member team of men, engaged in the Dialogues. Their communications, recorded and transcribed verbatim, were coded according to the Gottschalk-Gleser method of content analysis. A multivariate analysis of variance revealed that while role had a highly significant effect (p < .0001) on the content of the communications, neither gender nor the order in which roles were assumed exerted a significant influence. Results were interpreted as a consequence of role justification.

This article is the latest in a series that deals with psychological factors connected with obesity and its management in women members of the TOPS ("Take Off Pounds Sensibly") organization. Successful weight losers have MMPI profiles that differ from those of non-losers, and both show "normalization" of MMPI profiles and improvement in weight control after 16 weeks of group therapy. The present investigation attempted to assess the effectiveness of different types of nonprofessional "therapy" (the interactions of members at local TOPS chapter meetings) in helping members to achieve greater weight control. Nineteen TOPS chapter meetings were rated on 18 scales descriptive of member interaction, leader behavior, stress on nutrition, exercise, psychological factors in weight control, group and individual attitudes toward each other and toward the TOPS organization, and the like. Twelve of the 18 scales showed significant interjudge reliability, and for 10 chapters on which complete data were available (N = 108) 5 of these 12 scales significantly differentiated relatively successful from unsuccessful chapters. Those 5 were "attitudinal" or "interactional" variables such as emotional concern and enthusiasm rather than "content" or "procedural" variables such as emphasis on diet or exercise or reinforcement procedures.