Institutionalized retarded children were reinforced for imitating the same model or three different models. A posttest to assess levels of imitation was then conducted by a new model. Pretest-posttest comparisons indicated that imitation with new models was greater for children trained with multiple as opposed to single models. (Author)

Two experiments are reported: one in which presentation of external information about a stranger evoked significantly higher attraction ratings than available psychological information; and a second where similarity of Subject and Other on external characteristics had greater effects upon attraction scores than did similarity of psychological…

The Training Center conducted three nine hour drug education workshops for selected staff of a large industrial concern of the Northwest. The workshop experience and the data generated during the workshop suggest the usefulness of such non-school drug education programs. (Author)

To obtain national information on current college level drug programs, counseling centers (n=46) on large (10,000+) campuses were surveyed. Results indicated 85 per cent of the centers did not have established programs which responded to specific drug concerns. Other available resources included academic and community-based programs. Trends are…

The absentee-cuing system investigated in this study refers to the use of a wireless microphone by a counselor trainer to transmit messages to a counselor-in-training while she or he is actually engaged in the act of counseling. The system is a rich source for improving counselor training in every regard. (Author)

A study of 265 welfare mothers attending an urban community college found that not only were nearly three-fifths of the group academically successful, but that an older group of mothers (those over age 25) exhibited a high degree of potential for succeeding in and benefiting from college. (Author)

The positive results from two workshop evaluations (N=42), the high return on the follow-up questionnaires, and the spontaneous, enthusiastic responses, both written and verbal, support the hypothesis that a single in-depth workshop experience can be quite effective in facilitating planning and decision making of returning adults, particularly…

A generic model for a Course-In-Oneself was developed for self-assessment on the basis of valuing participant responsibility for self-awareness and using instruments designed to further self-control and enhance generalization of feelings and behaviors. Pre-post research evaluation suggests that such educational assessment experience does…

The study involved designing an instrument on characteristics of a quality student and analyzing the changes in students' self-ratings on these characteristics. The instrument, a self-rating scale consisting of 37 characteristics of a quality student, was devised providing for three ratings during a semester on stamine scales. (Author)

This article concerns a study of students who were admitted and registered in classes during late registration. These students were compared to a control group of students who were admitted and registered regularly. The study showed that the study group performed below the control group. (Author)

Clinical evidence suggests wives of brain-injured men go through a crisis period one year following their husbands' injury. Such women were compared to wives of paraplegics of one year and to wives of normal men. It was predicted that they would report greater and more disturbing changes in their lives. (Author)

This study assessed individual psychotherapy outcome after systematically matching patients and therapists on a set of 11 psychological variables selected by factor-analytic techniques. Using therapists' ratings of therapy outcome as the criterion, five regression equations evolved that validly and reliably predict outcome for certain patient or…

A 190-item survey instrument, designed to assess subgroup differences in the behavioral criteria for mental illness labeling, was administered to 241 adults from two populations. The 190 items comprised 25 content homogeneous scales. The instrument was found to compress into 13 separate areas of attributed psychopathology. (Author)

This study examines Hall's model of the development of work involvement. More evidence for the success cycle was found in the high-support school. In the high-support organization, the person's own goals correlated with success, while in the lower-support school, the person's self-image was the main correlate of success. (Author)

This study: (1) compares counselor attitudes toward male and female clients; (2) examines whether significant changes are occurring in counselor attitudes since the advent of the women's movement; and, (3) examines the relationship among attitudes, counselor gender and experience. (Author)