Study results support the hypothesis that decision makers take longer to choose from four alternatives when two of the alternatives are easily rejected than when all four alternatives are equal. (Author/LR)

The pros and cons of erotic art are discussed. (CK)

The ideals toward which education should direct itself are analyzed. (CK)

Through maternal interviews and observations of structured doll-play, this study assesses the effects of father absence on the dependency, aggression, and masculinity-femininity of preschool negro children. (MH)

Factor analysis of the 23 I-E item responses (Rotter's I-E scale) given by 159 college males and 157 college females identifies two factors: belief concerning felt mastery over the course of one's life, and a belief concerning the extent to which the individual citizen is deemed capable of exerting an impact on political institutions. Reprints…

Men using counseling experienced more difficulty with their families and had more personal discomfort. Women users had higher scores on quantitative section of School and College Ability Test, lower scores on Impulse Expression scale of Omnibus Personality Inventory, came from families with lower incomes, and were more likely to plan full time…

Supported in part by U.S. Public Health Service Fellowship 5-F1-MH-28,537 and by research grant HD-947 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

Research supported by Rehabilitation Services Administration Grant RD-906 and Social and Rehabilitation Services Grant RT-13.

Examines teaching-style preference as a function of individual differences in physiological arousal/stimulation seeking. Reports responses of 29 teachers to the Sensation Seeking Scale, the Two-Flash Threshold, and a questionnarie. Shows low-arousal teachers tended to prefer a "traditional style" and high-arousal teachers tended to…