Tongue-in-cheek advice on how to survive the principalship. (Author/MLF)

Describes two experiments which examined the relation between neonatal cry features and obstetric histories. Experiment 1 showed differences in pitch and durational features between the cries of high- and low-complication newborns. Experiment 2 showed differences in the cry ratings of the two groups on dimensions such as aversive, sick, urgent,…

Attempts to account for many of the differences between vowels and consonants and between speech and nonspeech, in terms of the range of the contexts in which they are set. Explanations of the different overall levels of discriminability in vowels and consonants in various tasks in terms of their "encodedness" are replaced by a general model…

Journalists have a public duty to report not only eruptive (and mostly negative) news, but also evolutionary events involved in the making of historical change for the better. (MJB)

Examines the auditory evoked potentials (AEP) in the left and right hemispheres of the brain in response to variations in voice onset time (VOT) differences within and between phoneme categories. Subjects were 12 preschool children. (BD)

A list developed by the Council of Associate Degree Programs, National League for Nursing, presents competencies of graduates of associate degree nursing programs entering practice. Roles of practice defined include provider of care, client teacher, communicator, manager of client care, and member within the profession of nursing. (MF)

A resource teacher describes a word imprinting technique which helped to increase reading and memory skills of an 8-year-old student with auditory perception problems. (CL)

Addressing the study of man/land relationships, this article discusses the following: cultural geography, environmental determinism (a la Friedrich Ratzel), "possibilism" (a la Paul Vidal de la Balche), cultural landscapes (a distinction is made between cultural and natural landscapes), and environmental perception. (JC)

Studies of the psychology of hindsight have shown that reporting the outcome of a historical event increases the perceived likelihood of that outcome. Three experiments show that similar hindsight effects occur when people evaluate the predictability of scientific results. Implications for the evaluation of scientific research by lay observers are…

How often are people wrong when they are certain that they know the answer to a question? The studies reported here suggest that the answer is "too often". The psychological bases for unwarranted certainty are discussed in terms of the inferential processes whereby knowledge is constructed from perceptions and memories. (Editor/RK)

The relationship between auditory perceptual test performance and Kagan's Reflection-Impulsivity Dimension was explored with 44 white, middle class kindergarteners. (Author/GW)

The author discusses how nurses in the health care center of a community college can serve the college population in a meaningful way. (MJB)

The objective of this study was to test the cognitive identity of older male and female populations with reference to raw score, component structure, and component score measures of spatial and verbal performance. Women (N=100) and 96 men were administered three verbal and six nonverbal cognitive subtests. (Author)

This article differentiates between curriculum development and instructional development and discusses the media specialist's role in these activities. (STS)