A review of Principles of Educational and Psychological Testing (Drydens Press, 1970) (by Frederick G. Brown) and Study Guide to Accompany Principles of Education and Psychological Testing. (DS)

Research supports previous findings in which situation-specific anxiety trait instruments have been shown to be better predictors of behavior than general anxiety trait instruments or coaches' subjective ratings, and it support the predictive and construct validity of the Sport Competition Anxiety Test (SCAT). (MB)

Testing has been perceived as a panacea, an elixir for obtaining data on innate human abilities. Since the empirical research and the experience of clinicians has not been fully able to meet this expectation adequately, assessment has been ascribed the quality of having an illusionary nature. Hence, it has been proposed by various factions in the…

This compilation is comprised of descriptions of instruments for measuring self-concept. The instruments were chosen on the basis of the following criteria: they should be suitable for and reflect the full age range of children in school; each of the categories in Coller's model--self report, projective, behavior trace, and direct…

Presents theoretical comment concerning the interpretation and meaning of the results derived from the semantic differential method as he replies to the paper presented by Jorma Kuusinen. (MB)

Responds to the ideas presented by Kuusinen and Miron and emphasizes that the semantic differential technique measures certain apparently universal affective features of total meaning closely linked to human emotion and feeling. (MB)

J. F. Bugental's (1965) theory that the avoidance of existential confrontation is a central dynamic in neurosis was tested in two university research samples totalling 544 individuals. (Author/RK)