Role Anticipation for Third-Grade Boys and Girls Questionnaire

Role Anticipation for Third-Grade Boys and Girls Questionnaire

Materials

• 1. A response booklet for each S . The booklet consists of three pages, Pages 1 and 3 each having 35 Yes
  No response choices and Page 2 being blank for the HTP (Buck, 1948) drawing.
• 2. One of the four forms of instructions and items. Forms Abg and Agb have items from the A pool; Bbg
  and Bgb have items from the B pool. Abg and Bbg ask “Do boys . . . ?” first, a modified HTP procedure
  comes second, and then the “Do girls . . . ?” questions follow. Agb and Bgb ask about girls first, then
  the HTP, and finally ask about boys. Forms Agb and Bbg are given here to illustrate how the forms are
  constituted and to present the items.
• 3. A prize for each S.

Procedure

Form Agb instructions.–“Look at the front page. Write your name on the line at the top, your first
name and your last name. I’m going to ask you some more question games. This time the questions
are about what you think girls your own age do and do not do. Do you see all the numbers, X1, and Al,
A2, A3, and so on, with the words YES and NO after every number? For each question you will answer
YES if you think girls your age do what I ask you; you will answer NO if you do not think girls your age
do what I ask you.
“No one but myself will see your answers to these questions, not your teacher or your principal or
your parents. It’s a secret between you and me. They are different from other questions you are
asked in school because there are no answers which are right for everybody. Listen to each question
and then make a line through either the YES or the NO that comes after the number.” (E
demonstrates a horizontal line through a YES and a NO at the blackboard.)
“Do you see the numbers after your name? X1 is all alone off to one side. Put your finger under XI. I
shall read you Question X1: Do girls run around a lot? If you think girls your age do run around a lot,
make a line through the word YES after the number XI. If you do not think girls your age run around a
lot, make a line through the word NO. Has everybody made a line through either YES or NO?
“People have different ideas. Some people think girls your age do run around a lot, while other
people think girls your age do not run around a lot. So the person sitting next to you may have made
a line through NO, but you may have made a line through YES. You could both be right. You would be
right if you made a line through YES because you think girls your age do the thing I ask about. The
other person would also be right if he made a line through NO because he does not think girls your
age do the thing I ask about.
“For all the questions I will ask you, make a line through either YES or NO-whichever is right for you.
“If you make a mistake and want to change your mark make a big wavy line through your old mark
and then make another mark.” (E demonstrates at blackboard.)
“You know the rules by now: Do not look at your neighbor’s game. Do not answer out loud and
remember, shaking your head is just as bad as answering out loud. Mark either YES or NO. Follow
these easy rules and get a good prize.

“Now put your finger on A1. A1 is at the top of the first big column next to X1. Here is Question A1.”
[The following items have the same transitional instructions after A10, B10, and C10 as in Appendix C.
Questions A1-C6 are Aggression items.]

• A 1. Are girls smart alecks?
• A 2. Do girls start a fight over nothing?
• A 3. Do girls say mean things?
• A 4. Do girls try to take other children’s things?
• A 5. Do girls make it hard for children to get things done?
• A 6. Do girls always scold when playing a game with other children?
• A 7. Do girls always fight back if someone else hits them first?
• A 8. Do girls take things ahead of their turns?
• A 9. Do girls bother children?
• A 10. Do girls push or shove children?
• B 1. Do girls say things about a child chat make other children laugh?
• B 2. Do girls complain to the teacher when she tells them what to do?
• B 3. Do girls trade unfairly?
• B 4. Do girls get very, very mad at times?
• B 5. Do girls make their own rules?
• B 6. Do girls throw things at children?
• B 7. Do girls often say something like, “I know something you don’t know?”
• B 8. Do girls grab things from other children?
• B 9. Do girls do things that bother others?
• B 10. Do girls use bad words when another child bothers them?
• C 1. Do girls spill things on children?
• C 2. Do girls get angry easily?
• C 3. Do girls whine or complain?
• C 4. Do girls ever steal?
• C 5. Do girls call children names?
• C 6. Do girls throw dirt at children?

[Questions C7-D5 are Aggression-Anxiety items.]

• C 7. Do girls always feel bad about saying swear words?
• C 8. Do girls always worry about what teacher will say when she comes back to a noisy room?
• C 9. Do girls ever get angry?
• C 10. Do girls worry about what they said when they were angry?
• D 1. Do girls fight when picked on?
• D 2. Do girls argue when they are right?
• D 3. Do girls run away from a fight?
• D 4. Do girls say, “Excuse me,” even when they have not done anything bad?
• D 5. Are girls always polite?

HTP.-“I have asked you a lot of questions, and I will ask you some more questions soon. But, in the
meantime, let’s do something different. Turn to the next page-it’s a blank page. Does everybody have
a number two at the bottom of the page? Now write your name at the top of the page. You are going
to draw some pictures. First draw a picture of a house, but just take a couple of minutes. As soon as
you finish it, draw a picture of a tree, and then draw a picture of a person (adapted from Buck, 1948).
Just take a few minutes to make each drawing. Do not ask any questions. (No questions aloud
permitted .) I will tell you shortly before you are to stop. Draw a picture of a house, a tree, and a
person.”
If questions are asked abut what kind of drawing, answer: “Any kind of drawing you want so long as it
is a house, tree, and person.” If questions are asked about erasing, permit it. Allow 5 min. for the
drawing. After 4½ minutes say: “You will have to stop soon.”
“Now turn to the last page. Write your name at the top of page three, both your first and your last
names. I am going to ask you the same kinds of questions but this time I’m going to ask about what
you think boys your own age do or do not do. Remember, there are no answer that are right for
everybody. Listen carefully to each question and make a mark through either the YES or the NO after
deciding what is the right answer for you. Here is Question A1.” [The same items are read but with
boys as the subject of each question.]
Form Bbg instructions .-The introductory material is the same as in Agb above except the examples
refer to boys. [Questions A1-C6 are Aggression items.]

• A 1. Are boys pests?
• A 2. Do boys forget to return borrowed things?
• A 3. Do boys disobey the teacher?
• A 4. Do boys spit at children?
• A 5. Do boys get so mad at times that they do not know what they ate doing?
• A 6. Do boys say “please” when taking things?
• A 7. Do boys play too rough?
• A 8. Are boys rude to children?
• A 9. Do boys hit first in a fight?
• A 10. Do boys often say, “Give me that!”?
• B 1. Do boys make marks on the desk?
• B 2. Do boys pull children’s hair?
• B 3. Do boys take the teacher’s things without permission?
• B 4. Are boys always getting into trouble?
• B 5. Do boys say things like, “My father can beat up your father?”
• B 6. Do boys argue over nothing at all?
• B 7. Do boys take other children’s things without asking?
• B 8. Do boys fight a lot with other children?
• B 9. Do boys say cruel things to children?
• B 10. Are boys always looking for a fight?
• C 1. Do boys tattle to the teacher?
• C 2. Are boys rude to the teacher?
• C 3. Do boys hit other children?
• C 4. Do boys give dirty looks or stick out their tongues at other children?
• C 5. Do boys make up stories and lies to get other children into trouble?
• C 6. Do boys say mean things?

[Questions C7-D5 are Aggression-Anxiety items.]

• C 7. Do boys always feel bad about saying swear words?
• C 8. Do boys always worry about what teacher will say when she comes back to a noisy room?
• C 9. Do boys ever get angry?
• C 10. Do boys worry about what they said when they were angry?
• D 1. Do boys fight when picked on?
• D 2. Do boys argue when they are right?
• D 3. Do boys run away from a fight?
• D 4. Do boys say, “Excuse me,” even when they have not done anything bad?
• D 5. Are boys always police?

Following the modified HTP procedure, the same items are read but with girls as the subject of each question.