Style of Role Enactment Expected of Parent,Teacher, And Counselor

Role theory deals with the rights and obligations accruing to occupants of positions. Role expectations are mobilized by the credentials present in the style with which the role performer enacts his role. Expectations high school seniors have of these credentials in regard to parents, teachers, and counselors were investigated employing an instrument developed from' the dimensions of Empathy, Respect, Genuineness, and Concreteness posited by Carkhuff and Berenson. The findings were: (a) subjects of higher socioeconomic status had higher expectations of Respect from parents, teachers, and counselors; (b) subjects, in general, had higher expectations of Empathy, Respect, and Concreteness from counselors than from parents while the reverse held true for Genuineness; (c) girls had higher expectations of Respect from parents, teachers, and counselors than did boys.