Achievement in American SocietyBernard Carl Rosen, Harry J. Crockett, Clyde Z. Nunn |
Contents
THE SOCIAL CONTEXT | 3 |
ACHIEVEMENT AND SUCCESS AS VALUE ORIENTATIONS | 13 |
THE GREAT TALENT HUNT | 33 |
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Achievement in American Society Bernard Carl Rosen,Harry J. Crockett,Clyde Z. Nunn Snippet view - 1969 |
Achievement in American Society Bernard Carl Rosen,Harry J. Crockett,Clyde Z.. Nunn Snippet view - 1969 |
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A. H. Halsey ability academic achievement Achievement boys achievement motivation adolescents adult ambition American Sociological Review attitudes autonomy average background behavior career cent child choice cognitive correlation creative culture differences differential effects ego-involvement ethnic expectations experience factors fathers French-Canadians function girls go to college goals grade graduate high n Achievement high school higher hypothesis important independent individual influence intellectual intelligence interaction Jews learning less low n Achievement lower lower-class mean measure ment middle class mothers Negroes norm occupational achievement orientation parents patterns peer group performance persons position present problem psychological quit school Reinhard Bendix relationship rewards role sample scores self-concept Seymour Martin Lipset siblings significant situation skills social class social mobility society socio-economic status structure success Table talent task teacher tend tion truancy truants values variables white-collar women workers York