In Early Childhood

As Pre-Law Students

Effects of Law School

As Lawyers

1. Scholastic achievement orientation, reading

Need for achievement

2. Leadership, authoritarian male dominance emphasis

Active approach to life, emphasis on self-discipline instead of submission to authority

Need for dominance, leadership, and attention

Less subordinate and deferent, more authoritarian

Increased aggression and ambition when under stress

Preference for competitive peer relations, failure to rely on peers for social support

Extroversion and sociability

Competitiveness, masculinity, argumentativeness, aggression, dominance, cold and quarrelsome, and less warm and agreeable

3. Low interest in emotions or concern for others’ feelings

Low interest in emotions, interpersonal concerns, and others’ feelings

Increased "rights" focus (justice, rationality, etc.) as opposed to an "ethic of care"

Low interest in people, emotional concerns, and interpersonal matters; disproportionate preference for "Thinking" vs. "Feeling;" conventional, rules/rights-based morality

4.

Higher socioeconomic status; materialistic motives

Decreased interest in public interest work; increased interest in private practice

Materialism; focus on economic bottom-line

5.

Normal levels of psychological distress

Increased psychological distress and substance abuse, increased tension and insecurity

Higher incidence of psychological distress and substance abuse; pessimistic outlook on life