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Expectations about the future were elicited from a class of 322 South African university students who were divided into four groups. Subjects completed a questionnaire about the near or far future and about the expected influence of either the outside situation or personality. The main
finding was that subjects tilted towards the expectation that their personalities would dominate their futures, whether five or twenty-five years hence.

To develop a theory about any particular problem one must examine the basic concepts which are to be employed, giving definition to those concepts, & think out the relationships between them. The result of this type of analysis is called a 'conceptual scheme' & it is from this type of scheme that hyp's are generated & the process of theory-building begins. This paper seeks to remedy the deficiency that exists of a conceptual scheme in the area of pol'al socialization. It considers the concepts of environment, personality,& behavior, & their interrelationships. Personality is seen as an intervening variable rather than a hyp'al construct, but some notion of it is essential. Empirical generalizations are needed which relate the personality to the environment, & another set of generalizations dealing with the influence environment has on behavior. An adequate explanation is needed of what types of personalities exhibit what kind of pol'ly relevant behavior. IPSA.