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Washington, DC: Institute for the Study of Man, 1987. Side stapled cardstock cover over journal offprint.. 32 pp.; pp 337-367 of the journal. The authors replicate earlier surveys of eminent achievers in Fourteenth Century Florence and Eighteenth Century Scotland, and here present a statistical profile of prominent Jews born in Nineteenth Century Germany. Persons of genius and creativity in all the disciplines named and analyzed; compared to other studies of Achievement.

np: The Gerontologist, 1978. Side stapled off print. Light shelfwear. Very good.. pp. 584-587. From the opening: Old age has generally been overlooked as a period of creative achievement. Instead, intellectual achievement is regarded as something for the young not the old. This paper attempts to disprove this assertion.

np: Bulletin of the History of Medicine, 1971. Side stapled off print. Light shelfwear. Very good.. pp. 13-28. Scottish medical practitioners i the eighteenth century gained a Europe-wide reputation. Prior to the eighteenth century Scotland must be regarded as a medically backward country, yet by the end of the century Edinburgh had become one of Europe's major medical centers, attracting students from all over the English-speaking world. How and why did this happen? This paper attempts an explanation of this sudden renaissance in Scottish medicine.

np: Bulletin of the History of Medicine, 1971. Side stapled off print with blue cardstock cover. Light shelfwear. Very good.. pp. 13-28. Scottish medical practitioners i the eighteenth century gained a Europe-wide reputation. Prior to the eighteenth century Scotland must be regarded as a medically backward country, yet by the end of the century Edinburgh had become one of Europe's major medical centers, attracting students from all over the English-speaking world. How and why did this happen? This paper attempts an explanation of this sudden renaissance in Scottish medicine.

np: Sociometry, 1961. Saddle stapled offprint. Light shelfwear, browning to first page. Good.. pp. 251-269. The study examines effects of parental class in determining who will become research scientists, using a sample of persons employed in research.

np: Greenwood Periodicals, Inc, 1970. Side stapled off print. Light shelfwear. Very good.. pp. 115-119. Researchers such as Terman have noted different ages for peak performances in several sciences and literary performances. This article attempts to show that Terman's fears in this respect were misplaced and looks rather to longevity itself within intellectual achievement. Continual refinement and additions to accomplishments are as important to their long term reputation as the original contribution.

np: International Journal of Contemporary Sociology, 1975. Side stapled off print, with yellow cardstock cover. Readwear, shelf wear. Handwritten note in pen on cover. Very good.. pp. 206-211. Handwritten note from the author addressed to Vern [Bullough], stating "Vern, I believe this article deals with our present investigation and confirms your findings re: the need for 1. formal schoolings 2. with others & 3. leadership." The purpose of this paper is to show that successful symphony conducting depends on Durkheimian "moral density" and concentration of interaction and that the activities associated with achieving success as a conductor are such that they are compatible with traditional male roles and incompatible with traditional female roles.

American Psychological Association, 1960. Saddle-stapled booklet. Light shelfwear. Very good.. 17 pp.

np: Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, 1972. Bound off print, three hole punched. Light shelfwear. Very good.. 9 pp; pp. 157-175. From the abstract: The motive to avoid success is conceptualized within the framework of an expectancy-value theory of motivation. It is identified as an internal psychological representative of the dominant societal stereotype which views competence, independence, competition, and intellectual achievement as qualities basically inconsistent with femininity even though positively related to masculinity and mental health. The expectancy that success in achievement-related situations will be followed by negative consequences arouses fear of success in otherwise achievement-motivated women which then inhibits their performance and levels of aspiration. The incidence of fear of success is considered as a function of the age, sex, and educational and occupational levels of subjects tested between 1964 and 1971. Impairment of the educational and interpersonal… Read More