Wallace H Maw

Biographic Data

ID134923
NAMEWallace H Maw
GIVEN NAMESWallace H
FAMILY NAMEMaw
SIGNATUREMAW W H
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Delaware
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS3
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1966
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1976
H-INDEX1

  • Contrasting Proverbs as a Measure of Attitudes toward Curiosity-Related Behavior of Black and White College Students

    Open AccessWallace H Maw, Ethel W Maw et al.ARTICLEPsychological Reports1976

    To gain information on a test composed of pairs of contrasting proverbs and designed to measure attitudes toward curiosity-related behavior, the test was administered to 72 black and 46 white college students. The instrument has a test-retest estimated reliability of .91. Its validity was established using high and low curiosity groups and by correlating scores with the Ontario Test of intrinsic Motivation. Data showed the black college students …

  • Contrasting Proverbs as a Measure of Attitudes of College Students toward Curiosity-Related Behaviors

    Open AccessWallace H Maw, Ethel W MawARTICLEPsychological Reports1975

    42 pairs of contrasting proverbs chosen to measure attitudes toward curiosity-related behavior were administered to 70 college students along with the Ontario Test of Motivation, purported to measure attitudes toward ambiguity, complexity, novelty, and specific curiosity. The proverbs test yielded an index of stability of .91; scores correlated positively and significantly with each of the variables measured by the Ontario scale. As correlations …

  • Note on Curiosity and Intelligence of School Children

    Open AccessWallace H Maw, Ethel W MawARTICLEPsychological Reports1975

  • Nature of creativity in high- and low-curiosity boys

    Wallace H Maw, Ethel W MawARTICLEDevelopmental Psychology1970Cited by: 3References: 1

  • An Attempt to Measure Curiosity in Elementary School Children

    Wallace H Maw, Ethel W MawARTICLEAmerican Educational Research…1966References: 5

    This article describes an attempt to find ways to measure the curiosity of elementary-school children with paper-and-pencil instruments.* The need for the study of children's curiosity is indicated by statements claiming that curiosity is important in creativity, problem solving, and some types of learning. It is essential that the nature of curiosity in children be empirically investigated. Studying this attribute in school children, however, is…

  • Children's Curiosity and Parental Attitudes

    Wallace H Maw, Ethel W MawARTICLEJournal of Marriage and the Family1966

    It was the purpose of this study to determine the differences in the attitudes regarding childrearing practices and family relationships held by parents whose children differed in curiosity level. The results of the investigation indicated that neither mothers nor fathers of highand low-curiosity girls differed significantly in their attitudes in these areas. The findings did show, however, that both mothers and fathers of highand low-curiosity b…