THE RELATION OF SELFEFFICACY AND ASSERTIVENESS TO WILLINGNESS TO ENGAGE IN TRADITIONAL/NONTRADITIONAL CAREER ACTIVITIES

The relation of self-efficacy and assertiveness to the willingness of women to engage in traditional or nontraditional career activities was studied. One hundred and twenty-two undergraduate females took the Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale (Taylor & Betz, 1983) and the Assertive Behavior Assessment for Women (Osborn & Harris, 1975) and were asked to rate their willingness to engage in the career-related activities of ten traditional and ten nontraditional occupations for women. Strong self-efficacy expectations and assertiveness were related to the willingness to engage in the career-related activities of nontraditional occupations, but not traditional ones. However, regardless of level of self-efficacy or of assertiveness, women were more willing to engage in the career-related activities of traditional occupations. Implications of the results for career counseling are discussed.     

Mutual mother–pup vocal recognition in the highly colonial Cape fur seal: evidence of discrimination of calls with a high acoustic similarity

Animal Cognition - The Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) is one of the most colonial mammal species in the world. Females exclusively nurse their pups for 9 to 11 months,...     

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Bloom, A. H. The Linguistic Shaping of Thought : A Study of the Impact of Language on Thinking in China and the West. Hillsdale, N.J.: Erlbaum. 1981. Pp. 106. £9.95. ISBN 0 89859 089 2.

Fodor, J. A. Representations : Philosophical Essays in the Foundations of Cognitive Science. Brghton: Harvester. 1981. Pp. 343. £22.50. ISBN 0 85527 977 X.

Sanford, A. J. and Garrod, S. C. Understanding Written Language: Explorations in Comprehension Beyond the Sentence. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons. 1981. Pp. xiv + 224. £ 11.30. ISBN 0 471 27842 4.

Springer, S. P. and Deutsch, G. Left Brain, Right Brain. San Francisco: W. H. Freeman & Co. 1981. Pp. 243. £4.95 (paperback). ISBN 0 7167 1270 9.

Crystal, D. Introduction to Language Pathology. London : Edward Arnold. 1980. Pp. 214. ISBN 0 7131 62759. £5.50.

Hulme, C. Reading Retardation and Multi-Sensory Teaching. London : Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1981. £12.50. Pp. 200. ISBN 0 7100 0761 2.

Liben, I,. S., Patterson, A. R. and Newcombe, N. (Eds). Spatial Representation and Behaviour Across the Life Span. New York: Academic Press. 1981. Pp. 404. ISBN 0 12 447980 4. £17.80.

Coltman, D. Jean Piaget: Experiments in Contradiction. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 1980. Pp. 310. ISBN 0 226 66779 0. £13.20.

Hofer, M. A. The Roots of Human Behavior. San Francisco: Freeman. 1981. Pp. xiii + 331. Paperback £6.70. ISBN 0 7167 1278 4.