This study examined the relationship between (1) attitudes toward an innovative conceptual model and the linear combination of individuals' Level of Knowledge, Self-Esteem; Type of Thinking, and the opportunity to acquire information about the innovation, and (2) Level of Knowledge about this conceptual model and the linear combination of individuals' Self Esteem, Type of Thinking, and the opportunity to acquire information about the innovation, for a sample of 54 public-school guidance counselors. / All subjects completed pre-treatment instruments including an Attitude survey, a Level of Knowledge survey, and the Personal Orientation Inventory (POI--Shostrom, 1974). Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI--Myers, 1962) classifications were already available for each subject. / After the pre-treatment instruments were completed, twenty-nine counselors read Kaufman's Identifying and solving problems: a system approach (3rd ed.--1982) and then completed the Attitude and Level of Knowledge instruments again. The remaining twenty-five counselors completed the Attitude and Level of Knowledge instruments without reading the treatment materials. / The data were analyzed using Multiple Regression Analysis. / The results of the study indicated that posttest Perception Scores (PS--the cognitive measure of the attitude instrument) of subjects who had the opportunity to acquire information about the innovation were higher than posttest Perception Scores of subjects who did not have that opportunity, given the same score on the pretest Perception Scale. Level of Knowledge, Self-Esteem and Type of Thinking, however, did not contribute significantly to the variance in attitude scores. / Both Type of Thinking and the opportunity to acquire information about the innovation contributed significantly to the variance in posttest Level of Knowledge scores. Moreover, a joint and positive significant relationship of Self-Esteem scores and the opportunity to acquire information, with Level of Knowledge, was found. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 44-07, Section: A, page: 1977. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1983.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75129 |
| Contributors | MAYER, HANNA., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 163 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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