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Petty, Nancy E. , Programmed Instruction as a Means of
Enhancing Group Intelligence Test Performance of Externaliz-
ing Children, Doctor of Philosophy (Clinical Psychology),
August, 1980, 107 pp., 21 tables, 4 illustrations, references,
73 titles.
This study focused on two major areas of investigation:
(1) locus of control and (2) the influence on test
performance of anxiety and motivation. The purpose of the
study was to evaluate the efficacy of programmed instruction
dealing with motivation, anxiety, and test-wiseness as a
means of enhancing group intelligence test performance of
externalizing children. While earlier research demonstrated
the viability of this technique x^ith a heterogeneous sample,
no studies have utilized any kind of instruction to facilitate
the performance of externalizers on standardized tests. It
was hypothesized that intelligence test performance would be
enhanced by programmed instruction. Furthermore,
externalizers were expected to demonstrate greater gains than
internalizers, which would thereby suggest that locus of
control provides a source of variance in intellectual assess-
ment .
Subjects were 85 students from five different fifth
grade classes. Locus of control was determined by grouping
children by tertiles based on Intellectual Achievement