摘要:

Despite favorable natural resources, Brazil's economic growth has not kept pace with the needs of its expanding population. A partial explanation for this situation was sought in an examination of the prevalence of two psychosocial factors—achievement motivation and achievement values—among the people of Brazil. It was hypothesized that these psychosocial factors are less characteristic of the people of Brazil than of the United States and that their relative absence has been an adverse factor in Brazil's economic development. Data were obtained from subjects in Brazil and the United States by means of a Thematic Apperception Test, questionnaires, interviews and observation over an extended period. It was found that Brazilians had lower achievement motivation, were less activistic and future-oriented, placed less emphasis on planning and the postponement of gratifications, put a lower evaluation on work and were less willing to be physically mobile than their American counterparts.

ISSN:0430-0696    

DOI:10.1093/sf/42.3.341

出版商:The University of North Carolina Press    

年代:1964

数据来源: OUP

摘要:

Data from the Censuses of Agriculture and Censuses of Population and Housing are used to compare the socioeconomic status of the white and nonwhite farm population of 14 southern states in 1950 and 1960. The farm operator level-of-living index, and measures of income, educational attainment, and housing are used as indicators of socioeconomic status. Each indicator shows an improvement for both whites and nonwhites over the decade, but also shows that socioeconomic differences between whites and nonwhites had widened over the period.

ISSN:0430-0696    

DOI:10.1093/sf/42.3.354

出版商:The University of North Carolina Press    

年代:1964

数据来源: OUP

摘要:

Following the example of other scientists, the social scientists are indicating concern about the state of their disciplines in the secondary schools. In seeking to introduce their subject into the high school sociologists should encourage experimentation in respect to the content and the type of student for whom it will be offered. Upgrading of high school social studies teachers will, of course, be necessary, but an alternative approach to the problem of providing adequate instruction is possible. Teaching sociology in high school raises questions regarding its effect on adolescents, and it is likely to have a variety of consequences for the social system of the high school and the sociological profession.

ISSN:0430-0696    

DOI:10.1093/sf/42.3.363

出版商:The University of North Carolina Press    

年代:1964

数据来源: OUP

ISSN:0430-0696    

DOI:10.1093/sf/42.3.375

出版商:The University of North Carolina Press    

年代:1964

数据来源: OUP

ISSN:0430-0696    

DOI:10.1093/sf/42.3.376

出版商:The University of North Carolina Press    

年代:1964

数据来源: OUP

ISSN:0430-0696    

DOI:10.1093/sf/42.3.378

出版商:The University of North Carolina Press    

年代:1964

数据来源: OUP

ISSN:0430-0696    

DOI:10.1093/sf/42.3.379

出版商:The University of North Carolina Press    

年代:1964

数据来源: OUP

ISSN:0430-0696    

DOI:10.1093/sf/42.3.380-a

出版商:The University of North Carolina Press    

年代:1964

数据来源: OUP

ISSN:0430-0696    

DOI:10.1093/sf/42.3.381

出版商:The University of North Carolina Press    

年代:1964

数据来源: OUP

ISSN:0430-0696    

DOI:10.1093/sf/42.3.382

出版商:The University of North Carolina Press    

年代:1964

数据来源: OUP