Judgements of the behavior of boys and girls in relation to the individual teacher's own standard of Ideal Student shows that female teachers significantly saw the behavior of girls as closer to the Ideal Student than that of boys, while male teachers did not. (Author)

In this study only bias in scoring, controlling for the effect of actual administration, was investigated. Results indicated that scoring the WISC was biased by scorers' expectations, and that the bias effect exists independent of actual administration of the test. (Author)

Realizing that facilitative qualities on the part of the counselor are definitely related to successful therapeutic outcome, this article concentrates on structural procedures for systematic training in these facilitative qualities. (Author/HMV)

Examines the use of nonverbal communication between males and females and counselors and noncounselors, and reports on differences in their ability to read nonverbal cues. (Author)

This study examines attitudes toward those who are stigmatized as mentally ill as a function of this individual's gender. The results contradict the notion that female patients are considered to be less severely ill, given a similarity of symptoms with male patients. (Author)

Examines the relationship between the Perceived Guilt Index, the Mosher Forced Choice Guilt Scale, and the Word Association Test. (Author)

This research was designed to facilitate theory building regarding praise as a generalized reinforcer. (HMV)

Two groups of paid female students were employed in a modified Aronson and Carlsmith (1962) expectancy-performance design. Overall results did not support predictions derived from dissonance theory. (Author)

The paper details the assumptions about learning disabled (LD) adolescents and young adults as well as assumptions about conducting research with this population held by researchers at the Kansas Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities. Several factors and events which have directed the attention of educators and researchers to the needs…

In response to the issues raised by B. Feingold regarding the possible role of food additives as a cause of hyperactivity and learing disability, the Nutrition Foundation organized a critical review of Feinfold's claims by a group of behavioral and medical scientists. Among the cliams made by Feingold was that, when treated with the salicylate and…

A listing of the 1977 projects administered by each state under grants and contracts funded by Section 131(b) of Part C of the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968 is provided. Arranged alphabetically by states, the list shows the title of each project, the name and city of the grantee or contractor, and the amount of Section 131(b) funding…

Performance standards and ethics for project management remain to be firmly established. Research to provide guidelines for externally applied standards has only just begun. The contract serves as an internal standard against which the project may be judged. The author's experience suggests the following items as part of a possible ethical code:…

IN A REPRODUCTION TASK WHICH INCLUDED INSTANCES OF SEVERAL SCHEMATA MIXED TOGETHER, SUBJECTS LEARNED TO DISTINGUISH AMONG THE SCHEMATA WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE OF RESULTS. A BEST FITTING EQUATION DESCRIBING PERFORMANCE AS A FUNCTION OF NUMBER OF REPRODUCTION TRIALS ACCURATELY PREDICTED LEARNING WITH NEW SUBJECTS AND PATTERNS RANDOMLY SAMPLED FROM A…