EDUCATIONAL TESTING

Behavior Research Methods Instruments & Computers, 1994

1979

1980

American Psychological Association eBooks, 2013

1985

This exploratory cross sectional random survey enumerates 67 types of behavioral reactions observed during psychological testing on 228 children with academic problems. The behaviors are empirically validated and grouped under speech, voice, emotions, motor and social domains. Gender, grade, and type of school emerge as significant variable in influencing during test behaviors that range from nervousness, shyness, timidity, trembling, and fear of making mistakes to teary eyes. Their general demeanor during testing is one of opposition, restless-over activity, avoidance, reluctance to speak or engage in test tasks, withdrawal, poor goal directedness, frequent seeking for reassurance or redirection which are interpreted as cues from the child’s inner mental state indicating a cry for help.

School psychology review

Jewish Bible Quarterly, 2024

This paper outlines an investigation into three instances within the Babylonian Talmud where biblical stories of sexual encounters are interpreted as multi-coital events involving figures like King David, Bathsheba, Zimri, Cozbi, Sisera, and Jael. Despite the absence of explicit descriptions of sexual encounters in the Bible, the Talmud confidently asserts the occurrence of multiple acts of coitus in each case, without explaining how this interpretation contributes to understanding the narratives. The study aims to elucidate a common theme across these episodes, positing that the motif of "sex as power" underpins the Talmud's unconventional assertions. It argues that male biblical characters utilized their supposed multi-coital abilities as a means of showcasing dominance and power over others, circumventing physiological constraints to assert control. The concept of "sex as power" frames sexual activity as a tool for asserting dominance, control, or influence, with individuals leveraging their sexual prowess to achieve specific objectives. In these instances, women serve as passive recipients, while men use sexual performance as a strategic display of status and dominance. By contextualizing these episodes within their broader biblical and rabbinic discourse, the study examines the background of each narrative, introduces Talmudic interpretations of multiple coital acts, and explores their alignment with the motif of "sex as power." It concludes by addressing the inflated nature of the Talmud's assertions within the literary convention of "stock" numbers, providing insight into the interpretive lens through which these stories are understood.

[...] Apesar de boa parte da tradição intelectual brasileira já ter enfrentado e resolvido indagações razoavelmente semelhantes a essas — pois incansavelmente debatera sobre a nossa psique —, convém salientar que em fins dos anos cinqüenta as bases teóricas que poderiam legitimar o nacionalismo e a consciência nacional permaneciam sob suspeição. Considerando-se o movimento editorial da época, percebe-se uma nítida inclinação para publicação de estudos filosóficos, sociológicos ou ensaios históricos acerca do processo de formação do pensamento ou da ideologia nacionalista no Brasil. No entanto, tais estudos não chegaram a contribuir positivamente para a querela da anima brasilis. E, uma vez que examinavam a trajetória de maturação intelectual do nacionalismo brasileiro, ao invés de simplesmente sancionarem o tema do caráter nacional, assumiram uma reflexão indireta e de segunda ordem cujo objetivo crítico resultou justamente na instalação de um topos cognoscente capaz de repensar a brasilidade sob novas bases intelectuais. [...]