Comment on "Reaction to 'Increase in assertiveness and actualization as a function of didactic training.' "

Responds to W. G. Darou's (see record 1983-04001-001) suggestion that the elevated scores on the Personal Orientation Inventory (POI) as a result of didactic training reported by the present author (see record 1981-28392-001) reflect a change in knowledge about self-actualization and not a change in self-actualization itself. It is argued that the research clearly indicates that knowledge alone cannot cause POI elevation, and that the instructional and modeling components that constitute didactic training are utilized in such a way that there is an increase in the actual level of self-actualization. (6 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)