Birth order and intelligence

In order to determine the effect of birth order on intelligence the Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices test [SPM] was administered to 66 5th grade female students. An analysis of variance was run and significant difference in intellectual performance was found among the first, second and third born children [F=4.58, p<.05]. Mann=Whitney Z test showed statistically significant difference between first and second borns [Mann-Whitney z=2.79, p=.0026] and second and third borns [Mann-Whitney z=1.93, p=.0268] while no significant difference was found between fist and third borns [Mann-Whitney z=1.32, p=.0934]. From the SPM means, it further appeared that the first child in the family of three got the highest score

Anxiety and job satisfaction

The purpose of the present study was to determine the relationship between anxiety and job satisfaction. A job satisfaction questionnaire and IPAT Anxiety Scale were administered to a sample of 25 male and 25 female employees. The Pearson Product Coefficient of Correlation was computed for the whole group, as well as for the males and females separately. Although inverse relation was found for all the 3 groups yet the result was significant only for the male workers. Further the differences between male and female employees was insignificant for job satisfaction as well as for anxiety. When job satisfaction of moderately anxious group was compared with high anxious group, again the result was insignificant

Field dependence: a cross-cultural study

In order to have an objective measure of dependency the well-known Rod-and-Frame Test [RFT] was administered to members of widely differing cultures. A total of 128 subjects from Iran, Palestine, Pakistan, Somalia and Thailand were employed in the present study. An overall significant difference [Kruskal-Wallis H=14. 1, P<.01] was found among various groups. Further analysis revealed significant differences between Iranians and Pakistanis, Pakistanis and Somalians, and between Pakistanis and Palestinians only but for no other groups. Iranians, Palestinians and Somalians were found to be more field-dependent than Pakistanis. So far as the question of correlation between RFT scores and Standard Progressive Matrices scores is concerned the data indicated that field-dependency was not related to general intellectual ability in the same manner among the various cultural groups

effect of a model's feeling on helping behaviour

The study was conducted in a natural setting to ascertain the trend of helping behaviour in a developing country like ours and further to determine the effect of a model's feeling on helping behaviour. A total of 51 subjects were used in the present study. Letters with positive feelings brought significantly more returns than letters depicting negative emotional tone. However there was no significant difference between neutral and positive conditions. Also no significant difference was found between neutral and negative conditions

Helping behaviour: a naturalistic study

A field experiment was performed to investigate the effect of sex and nationality of the help seeker on the helping behaviour of the bystanders. A total of 105 subjects, equally distributed among the three conditions participated in this experiment. The major findings of the study were that a compatriot was more likely to receive help than one who appeared to be a foreigner. Sex of the victim had practically no effects on the helper. Further more behaviour reported on the questionnaire was different from the behaviour actually observed in the field