Psychometric Test Scores and School Behavior of Girls Identified as Daydreamers by Their Teachers

14 daydreaming Ss were compared to 14 nondaydreaming Ss according to the results obtained from psychometric tests and school questionnaires. The daydreamers' scores on the Bender-Gestalt test and on the performance section of the WISC were appreciably more variable than those of the nondaydreamers. This implies heterogeneity within the group of daydreamers. According to their classroom teachers, daydreamers were more likely to have problems with flexibility, distraction, ability to persist at a task, peer relations, and arithmetic. These findings suggest that daydreaming does not occur as an isolated entity. </jats:p

"Blessed is He who has not made me a woman": ambivalent sexism and Jewish religiosity

This study explored the relationships between Jewish religiosity and ambivalent sexist attitudes toward men and women. Drawing on ambivalent sexism theory and Judaism's views of gender relations, it was hypothesized that religiosity would be positively related to benevolent sexism and benevolent attitudes toward men. The hypotheses were tested in a convenience sample of 854 Israeli Jews (471 women, 355 men) who completed measures of ambivalent sexism, ambivalence toward men and religiosity. Controlling for the effects of age, education and marital status, religiosity predicted more benevolent sexist attitudes for both men and women. The findings also revealed negative associations between Jewish religiosity and hostile attitudes, mainly among men. That is, more religious men were less likely to express hostile attitudes toward men and women. These findings attest to the complex relationships between religiosity and sexist attitudes, and underscore the importance of investigating the impact of diverse religious traditions on gender attitudes