Planning For Success.

Duration: 11 min.

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1951

Creator: David A. Smart

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Credits: David A. Smart (producer); Ted Peshak; consultant: Clifford R. Adams

Description: Points out how to set realizable immediate and longrange goals. Stresses matching standards to ability.Produced by Coronet Films. Educational collaborator: Clifford R. Adams, Ph. D., Professor of Psychology, the Pennsylvania State College. Synopsis: The film shows how a boy reacted to his sense of failure; how good, wise and sympathetic counseling helped him establish his own goals realis- tically; and finally how this change in basic orientation altered the boy's outlook and total approach to problems. Bill Madison likes track and would have gone out for the team, but he kept comparing his abilities with those of his older brother who had been a star on the same team a year or so ago. One of his teachers explained that he should not feel that he is unsuccessful merely because he can not do as well as his brother did, but that he should set goals that he can prob- ably reach. She suggested that he set goals for 6 months, one year and then a final goal. This change in basic orientation altered the boy's outlook and total approach to problems.

Complete Record: PLANNING FOR SUCCESS. Coronet, 1951. 11 min., sd., b&w, 16mm. © David A. Smart; 2Jan51 in notice: 1950); MP819., Points out how to set realizable immediate and longrange goals. Stresses matching standards to ability.Produced by Coronet Films. Educational collaborator: Clifford R. Adams, Ph. D., Professor of Psychology, the Pennsylvania State College. Synopsis: The film shows how a boy reacted to his sense of failure; how good, wise and sympathetic counseling helped him establish his own goals realis- tically; and finally how this change in basic orientation altered the boy's outlook and total approach to problems. Bill Madison likes track and would have gone out for the team, but he kept comparing his abilities with those of his older brother who had been a star on the same team a year or so ago. One of his teachers explained that he should not feel that he is unsuccessful merely because he can not do as well as his brother did, but that he should set goals that he can prob- ably reach. She suggested that he set goals for 6 months, one year and then a final goal. This change in basic orientation altered the boy's outlook and total approach to problems. NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

Metadata Source:Wikipedia — List of Coronet Films