Accounts from 205 persons who had encountered life-threatening danger were analyzed and among them 60 were found that included descriptions of panoramic memory. It involved vivid recall of significant past experiences often spanning a lifetime. This brief, life review appeared meaningful in terms of a perceived threat to life. (Author)

Discusses developments in earthquake prediction programs. (SL)

The results of a survey of family studies faculty concerning the inclusion of family law topics in family studies courses are discussed. The professor's needs for training and resources in the area of family and the law are identified and recommendations for meeting these needs are suggested. (Author)

Tabular analysis of responses from 595 elderly parents showed their filial responsibility expectations to be inversely associated with morale. Although the low income sample restricts generalizability, the findings suggest that in modern, urban settings high FR expectancies are inconsistent with high levels of morale. Implications for social…

A description is presented of a file of data, derived from a longitudinal study of the biological and behavioral functioning, of a group of 47 healthy aged males. The background of the investigation is summarized, along with the procedures followed in developing the file and setting it up for access. (Author)

The purpose of this paper is twofold: to describe the distribution of a selected set of sociodemographic variables among a random sample of inmates of a relatively large southern state penitentiary, and to correlate the inmates' drinking careers to patterns of deviant acts. (Author)

Participating in the child custody proceedings requires that the counselor delineate and understand the relevant criteria for determinations, maintain an academic rationale in the evaluation, and control bias and unjustified subjectivity. It is only through this route that sexism can be avoided. (Author)

Public pressure, political, and bureaucratic imperatives create a tension between the federal government and the research community in pursuing their mutual goal of improving education. (Author/JP)

Reports on two research projects are presented, one on the compilation of an Indonesian dictionary and the other on developing the reading skills of science students in Thailand. (Author)

Classroom research projects are useful as a student learning activity and as a way of helping students learn critical examination. (MB)

Test-anxious students were assigned to four treatment groups, a placebo group, or an untreated control group. Four treatment groups resulted from combinations of two treatment rationales (active coping and passive reciprocal inhibition) and two treatment procedures (self-control and standard). Treatment groups were equally effective in reducing…

High and low defensive subjects were given reenacted videotape and videotape feedback of an earlier stressful interview. All subjects had more negative feelings when viewing actor/actress self-portrayals. Low defensive subjects viewed both themselves and the actor/actress portrayals more negatively than did high defensive subjects. (Author)

The study involving 10 normal hearing young adults was designed to determine to what extent onset times of overlapping spondaic words were controlled in the development of the Staggered Spondaic Word Test (List EC), a measure which is used to detect perceptual processing problems associated with central auditory dysfunction. (Author/SBH)

The timbre of various Sonicguide (an ultar-sonic binaural device mounted in a spectacle frame) signals was measured and analyzed by a "Sona-Graph" (sound spectral analyzer) to aid/mobility training of blind Ss. (Author/MH)

Investigated was the acquisition of compund words in relation to receptive vocabulary and grade level of 50 students (5-10 years old). (CL)