A classroom teacher describes how creative movement helps awareness grow.'' (Editor/SP)

Article discusses strategies used by subjects and the role of Gestalt perception and operational thought in style sensitivity. (Editor)

The ralationship between six demographic characteristics and perceptions of family dependence were investigated for 170 physically disabled adults using Osgood's semantic differential technique. Implications of these findings for rehabilitation practice and further research are presented. (Author)

Predominantly black third-grade children were questioned regarding the relationship of elements in Hudson's Pictorial Depth Perception Task. Performance was significantly affected by the wording of the question. (DM)

Reports the findings of a study of 210 Chilean male and female adolescents on a 12-pont semantic differential scale. Comparisons were made for 7 concepts related to sex roles. Significant differences occurred between the boys' and girls' rating of the traits of men and women, but the differences were no larger than for other national samples.…

Subjects were 359 children divided by grade (3 and 6), culture (U.S. and Indian), and sex. Hypothesis was that developmental, cross-cultural, and sex differences would be found in the perception of situational causality. All cross-cultural and developmental differences were found to be significant for U.S. children but not for Indian children. (RJ)

Exploring the roots of ecological problems through an analysis outline is performed. Constantly searched for are factors with the most ramifications and with the most causal relevance. (BL)

A brief review of selected research on tactual perception was reported to reveal a lack of theoretical perspective, definition problems, and emphasis on applied research. (CB)

Focus in this article is on a taxonomy approach to mental retardation nursing but which could be developed for other clinical specialties as well. (Editor/MB)