QUARTERLY EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
Year:2008 | Volume:3 | Issue:10|Papers Count:10

This study aims at comparing the effect of writing assignments on the critical thinking of the first year high school male students of Malayer town in biology and sociology courses. For this purpose a sample size of 105 subjects was assigned into two experiment and two control groups through random selection. A quasi-experimental pre-test post-test design in the control groups and a factorial design (2x2) in the whole experiment were applied. To assess the subject critical thinking in pre-test and post-test the California Critical Thinking Skill test (B form) was applied. Then, writing assignments designed specifically for the afore-mentioned biology and sociology courses were manipulated for 4.5 month in both experimental groups; control groups followed their usual activities without receiving any writing assignment. Data were analyzed through ANOVA and t-test of the independent groups showed no meaningful difference in the subjects' critical thinking pre-test mean scores. Subjects post-test and changed scores analysis showed that the application of the writing assignments for teaching biology and sociology has increased the critical thinking of the students as<1<0/01.However, the effect amount of writing assignments on the critical thinking of the students in biology and sociology was not statistically meaningful.

This study was carried out to investigate the relationship between job characteristics and psychological empowerment and also to predict psychological empowerment by job characteristics among Agriculture Bank employees with a sample of 328 personnel. Hackman and Oldham's and Spreitzer's questionnaires were used. Cronbach's alphas indicated acceptable reliabilities; 0/89 for Hackman and Oldham's scale and 0/90 for Spreitzer's one. Analysis of the data involved Pearson's correlation. coefficients and multiple regression. The results of this study demonstrated that job characteristics were related to psychological empowerment Job characteristics could predict psychological empowerment. Among the subscales of job characteristics, meaningfulness had the most portion (0/69 of 0/71) to predict psychological empowerment.

This research studies the effect of Iranian nonverbal soft music on the reduction of aggression among boy students of mashad guidance school in 2006-2007. statistical population is all of boy students of mashhad guidance schools in 2006-2007. 30 randomly selected students of seven educational districts of mashhad make our statistical sample. Research means are aggression questionnaires of Arnold H. Boss and Mark Perry that studies four aspects of aggression: physical aggression' verbal aggression' anger and hostility. For analyzing the data' we used SPSS and T-test. Results shows that there is a meaningful difference between students ' pre test and post test average scores on the reduction of physical aggression' verbal aggression and anger. But this meaningful difference is notvisible on the reduction of students hostility.

The aim of the present study is to investigate the relationship between personality factors (similarity and complementarities) with marital satisfaction. The sample included all the married students of public universities of Tehran, living in the dormitory, (174 married students and 87 couples) selected by cluster sampling and randomization. ENRICH and NEO-FF-I questionnaires were used in order to collect data. The data were analyzed by correlation coefficient and student T. Four personality factors were revealed to be the similar dimensions.While neuroticism was considered to be the complimentarily factor, extraversion, agreeableness, openness and conscientiousness were revealed to be the similarity factors respectively. The results showed a negative relationship between neuroticism, as a complimentary factor, with marital satisfaction and a positive relationship between extraversion and agreeableness with marital satisfaction. Finally results of T test did not show any significant difference between degree of marital satisfaction with similarities and complementarities in personality factors.

Attention and memory are affected by mood state. So, in the present study, the objective was to compare the style of recognition memory in depressed individuals with healthy participants.200 female students were selected by cluster sampling method among the high school students in Tehran city.All of the participants filled out the Beck depression inventory (BDI) (1978). Ultimately, 60 participants were selected for experiment in 2 group inclouding 30 participants with BDI total score more than 18, 30 participants with BDI<10. Data were analyzed by descriptive and information statistic by t-test method. Results revealed that there is significant difference among depressed in comparsion with healthy students. General conclusion is that depressed people have recognition bias aboutaffective words.

The scale structured on the base on Thurston's theory. The scale consisted of seven domains: verbal ability' verbal fluency 'number ability' deductive reasoning' perceptual speed, memory and spatial comprehension. The scale performed on 513 tehranian high school student’s population. In order to determine the scale reliability, we use test-retest' split, half method' Kuder- Richardson' and to determain validity' we use of content validity 'criterion validity (concurrent validity' predictive validity) construct validity (factorial validity), discriminate validity). Coefficient is 0.85' split method result: Test retest reliability is 0.75' kuder Richardson coefficient is 0.87. All of the reliability coefficent are dependable. The scale is valid to assess intelligence. Concurrent validity is 0.52; predictive validity is 3.91 and has ability to differentiate between borderline, bright and normal individual.

Employees generally spend more than half of their age in working environment and this may affect employees' mental health. This may in turn influence employees' performance and productivity in organization. The present research aims to study the role of internal and external organizational factors on managers and employees' mental health in Shahid Foundation and Isargaran affairs. The sample comprised 184 employees and managers who randomly selected from different part of Shahid Foundation and Isargaran affairs. The collected data were analyzed and the results showed that there is a relationship between mental health and age, so that older people had better mental health in comparison to younger ones. Also, people with more period services and high income had better mental health.Other variables such as gender, academic level and the place of work had no relation with mental health.