Martha T Mednick
Biographic Data
| ID | 134075 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martha T Mednick |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martha T |
| FAMILY NAME | Mednick |
| SIGNATURE | MEDNICK M T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Howard University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 35 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 118 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 35 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1957 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Looking Again at SPSSI: History, Activism, and Advocacy
SPSSI has a well‐established history of self‐scrutiny. Central to any self‐evaluation effort is the presence of an archival record that documents the aspirations and struggles of an organization and its members, perspectives that may never make it into the “official” published record. In this reflection, I describe my efforts in the 1980s, on the occasion of my presidential address, to use the archival record of SPSSI to examine how the organizat…
Sandra Schwartz Tangri (1937-2003)
IV. Comments on Carolyn Sherif's `Bias in Psychology' Chapter and Other Assorted Remarks
The shifting gender composition of psychology: Trends and implications for the discipline
Psychology, along with the majority of professions and scientific disciplines, has undergone dramatic shifts in gender composition over the past two decades. These changes have prompted concern that this increased participation by women may lead to erosion in the status of these occupations. This article describes the results of a case study of psychology conducted by a subcommittee of the American Psychological Association's (APA's) Task Force o…
The Origins and Activities of Apa's Division of the Psychology of Women
The activities of APA's Division of the Psychology of Women are traced from the origins of the Division in 1973 to the present. Division 35 evolved in response to pressures relating to the status of women in psychology as well as concerns about the content and practice of the psychology of women. The Division has fostered significant research on the psychology of women, been an important organizing base for women psychologists in their quest for …
Currents and Futures in American Feminist Psychology: State of the Art Revisited
The intellectual development of feminist psychology is discussed in terms of social change that is affecting the discipline. The issues that seem important are the changing sex ratio, changes in the practice of psychology, decline of interest in the pursuit of academic/research careers, and the generally conservative tenor of society
On the politics of psychological constructs: Stop the bandwagon, I want to get off
Sex role socialization and the development of achievement motivation in black preschool children
Career Aspiration in Black College Women: An Examination of Performance and Social Self-Esteem
No abstract available for this article
Evaluation of sex-typed tasks by black men and women
The Managed Heart: Commercialization of Human Feeling, by Arlie Russell Hochschild
SPSSI, Advocacy for Social Change, and the Future: A Historical Look
Major events in the life of SPSSI, an organization dedicated to the application of psychological research to the understanding and solution of major social problems, are reviewed. The current status of the organization is examined and new approaches are suggested
Obituary Carolyn Wood Sherif: Brilliant Scholar, Gifted Teacher, Cherished Friend 1922–1982
Causal Attributions for Achievement Outcomes: Sex-Role Identity, Sex and Outcome Comparisons
White male and female subjects completed a digit guessing task, an instrument assessing perceived outcome and causal attributions, and the Personal Attributes Questionnaire (PAQ), a measure of sex-identity. Men generally used more ability attributions than women, though women stressed ability for failure more than men did. Those who saw themselves as successful on the task reported using more ability, effort, and luck ascriptions than those with …
Brief Reviews
Brief Reviews
Now We Are Four: What Should We Be When We Grow Up
Soon after the beginning of my presidential year I concluded that I needed to devote my presidential address to the state of the division. This is not the traditional thing to do. What is customary, of course, is a substantive presentation, preferably one that revolutionizes the field. Indeed, our previous presidents followed tradition and spoke about role models, about continuing education, and about leadership styles. These are all important an…
Black Women's Achievement Orientation: Motivational and Cognitive Factors
The literature on motivational and cognitive factors related to the achievement orientation of black women is reviewed. Achievement motivation and fear of success are discussed, and the inconclusiveness of the findings for black women is noted. The limited data concerning black women's expectations for and causal attributions about achievement outcomes are also examined. Directions for future research are discussed with emphasis on the necessity …
Brief Reviews
Brief Reviews
Women and Achievement: Social and Motivational Analyses
Women and Achievement
Brief Reviews
Some Thoughts on the Psychology of Women: Comment on Mary Brown Parlee's "Review Essay: Psychology" (Vol. 1, No. 1)
Youth in Transition: Blueprint for a Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Boys. Volume 1
On the politics of psychological constructs: Stop the bandwagon, I want to get off
Race, Social Class and the Motive to Avoid Success in Women
This study sought to examine race and social class differences in the expression of fear of success in women. This concept, termed the Motive to Avoid Success (M-s), was developed and utilized by Horner (1968) to explain sex differences in achievement motivation. In our study, M-s imagery expressed in response to TAT-verbal cues was compared for black and white college women and two social class levels. The hypothesis that black women would show …
Currents and Futures in American Feminist Psychology: State of the Art Revisited
The intellectual development of feminist psychology is discussed in terms of social change that is affecting the discipline. The issues that seem important are the changing sex ratio, changes in the practice of psychology, decline of interest in the pursuit of academic/research careers, and the generally conservative tenor of society
SPSSI, Advocacy for Social Change, and the Future: A Historical Look
Major events in the life of SPSSI, an organization dedicated to the application of psychological research to the understanding and solution of major social problems, are reviewed. The current status of the organization is examined and new approaches are suggested
The Origins and Activities of Apa's Division of the Psychology of Women
The activities of APA's Division of the Psychology of Women are traced from the origins of the Division in 1973 to the present. Division 35 evolved in response to pressures relating to the status of women in psychology as well as concerns about the content and practice of the psychology of women. The Division has fostered significant research on the psychology of women, been an important organizing base for women psychologists in their quest for …
Incubation of creative performance and specific associative priming
Sex role socialization and the development of achievement motivation in black preschool children
Obituary Carolyn Wood Sherif: Brilliant Scholar, Gifted Teacher, Cherished Friend 1922–1982
Causal Attributions for Achievement Outcomes: Sex-Role Identity, Sex and Outcome Comparisons
White male and female subjects completed a digit guessing task, an instrument assessing perceived outcome and causal attributions, and the Personal Attributes Questionnaire (PAQ), a measure of sex-identity. Men generally used more ability attributions than women, though women stressed ability for failure more than men did. Those who saw themselves as successful on the task reported using more ability, effort, and luck ascriptions than those with …
Now We Are Four: What Should We Be When We Grow Up
Soon after the beginning of my presidential year I concluded that I needed to devote my presidential address to the state of the division. This is not the traditional thing to do. What is customary, of course, is a substantive presentation, preferably one that revolutionizes the field. Indeed, our previous presidents followed tradition and spoke about role models, about continuing education, and about leadership styles. These are all important an…
Some Thoughts on the Psychology of Women: Comment on Mary Brown Parlee's "Review Essay: Psychology" (Vol. 1, No. 1)
Black Women's Achievement Orientation: Motivational and Cognitive Factors
The literature on motivational and cognitive factors related to the achievement orientation of black women is reviewed. Achievement motivation and fear of success are discussed, and the inconclusiveness of the findings for black women is noted. The limited data concerning black women's expectations for and causal attributions about achievement outcomes are also examined. Directions for future research are discussed with emphasis on the necessity …
Evaluation of sex-typed tasks by black men and women
Mediated generalization and the incubation effect as a function of manifest anxiety
Some clinical correlates of operant behavior
Imagination
Continual association as a function of level of creativity and type of verbal stimulus
Incubation of creative performance and specific associative priming
Relationship of the Ammons Quick Test of Intelligence to other Ability Measures
The Quick Test (QT), a brief test of general intelligence, was administered to 98 tenth grade high school boys. A group test battery containing several measures of intellectual ability and achievement was also given to this sample. The correlations of the QT and the other ability measures are presented
Comparison of Two Administration Times for the Remote Associates Test
The Remote Associates Test (RAT) was administered to 41 graduate students in psychology and 26 graduate nurses; 30-min. and 40-min. scores were obtained from all Ss. Miller Analogies Test scores and graduate school grade point averages were available on most Ss. No significant change in the correlation between GPA and RAT resulted from shortened administration time, although the slight change was in the direction of a more positive relationship. …
The Validity of the Ammons' Quick Test of Intelligence
The validity of the Quick Test was shown to be robust even though test administrators were relatively untrained
Comparison of Two Administration Times for the Remote Associates Test: An Attempt at Partial Replication
Mednick and Halpern (1969) studied the effects of rwo administration times on Remote Associates Test (RAT) performance of graduate students. It was found that a reduced time limit on the RAT lowered the degree of correlation with the Miller Analogies Test, even though the correlation of students' scores on the short and long versions was high (Pearson T = .866, N of 26) . Thus, while test performance in the first 30 min. was highly related to wha…
Race, Social Class and the Motive to Avoid Success in Women
This study sought to examine race and social class differences in the expression of fear of success in women. This concept, termed the Motive to Avoid Success (M-s), was developed and utilized by Horner (1968) to explain sex differences in achievement motivation. In our study, M-s imagery expressed in response to TAT-verbal cues was compared for black and white college women and two social class levels. The hypothesis that black women would show …
Youth in Transition: Blueprint for a Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Boys. Volume 1
Brief Reviews
Some Thoughts on the Psychology of Women: Comment on Mary Brown Parlee's "Review Essay: Psychology" (Vol. 1, No. 1)
Black Women's Achievement Orientation: Motivational and Cognitive Factors
The literature on motivational and cognitive factors related to the achievement orientation of black women is reviewed. Achievement motivation and fear of success are discussed, and the inconclusiveness of the findings for black women is noted. The limited data concerning black women's expectations for and causal attributions about achievement outcomes are also examined. Directions for future research are discussed with emphasis on the necessity …
Brief Reviews
Brief Reviews
Women and Achievement: Social and Motivational Analyses
Women and Achievement
Brief Reviews
Now We Are Four: What Should We Be When We Grow Up
Soon after the beginning of my presidential year I concluded that I needed to devote my presidential address to the state of the division. This is not the traditional thing to do. What is customary, of course, is a substantive presentation, preferably one that revolutionizes the field. Indeed, our previous presidents followed tradition and spoke about role models, about continuing education, and about leadership styles. These are all important an…
Brief Reviews
Causal Attributions for Achievement Outcomes: Sex-Role Identity, Sex and Outcome Comparisons
White male and female subjects completed a digit guessing task, an instrument assessing perceived outcome and causal attributions, and the Personal Attributes Questionnaire (PAQ), a measure of sex-identity. Men generally used more ability attributions than women, though women stressed ability for failure more than men did. Those who saw themselves as successful on the task reported using more ability, effort, and luck ascriptions than those with …
Obituary Carolyn Wood Sherif: Brilliant Scholar, Gifted Teacher, Cherished Friend 1922–1982
SPSSI, Advocacy for Social Change, and the Future: A Historical Look
Major events in the life of SPSSI, an organization dedicated to the application of psychological research to the understanding and solution of major social problems, are reviewed. The current status of the organization is examined and new approaches are suggested
Evaluation of sex-typed tasks by black men and women
Psychology (34 works) · Social Psychology (16 works) · Social Psychology (14 works) · Psychoanalysis (12 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (11 works) · Developmental psychology (11 works) · Political science (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Law (6 works)