Explores program content, instructional organization, and departmental needs of reading departments in community colleges in California. While differences in colleges exist, most follow certain patterns in program management and staffing procedures. The outlook indicates continued expansion as community colleges meet the needs of students entering…

The study was aimed at establishing the prevalence and clinical features of the psychoses of senescence (senile, presenile, and cerebral arteriosclerotic dementias) in 155 mentally retarded patients over the age of 45. (SBH)

The article contains information on selected research and information programs and services for the deaf and hearing impaired. (PHR)

The age of onset for tactual exploration of the fingers, body (torso), knee, foot, and penis by the fingers was determined in 100 normal infants. Journal availability: see EC 113 765. (Author)

Three behavior therapists and three analytically oriented psychotherapists treated a total of 60 neurotic outpatients for four months. It was concluded that patient improvement was more a function of patient characteristics than of specific therapist interventions. (Author)

This study examined the sex role concepts of women (N=150). It was hypothesized that given the growing influence of the women's movement, women would not conceptualize healthy women and men in terms of sex role stereotypes. Results indicated that descriptions of women and men did not correspond to sex role stereotypes. (Author)

The effects of demand characteristics on assertive behavior of unassertive undergraduates was investigated and found to increase the amount of assertiveness. It was proposed that high and low role-playing situations be used to diagnose inadequate learning of assertion skills, as opposed to factors inhibiting assertive performance. (NG)

The relationships between mild hearing losses and cognitive functioning were studied for two samples of aged subjects whose hearing was within normal limits. Hearing losses at various frequency levels were correlated with performance on cognitive tests. Results reveal substantial associations between hearing losses and scores on the intellectual…

A limited literature on the retirement of academics suggests that they do not follow the expected pattern of retirement but may be similar to scientists in retirement. Data collected show that to varying degrees they continue to engage in professional activities after retirement. (Author)

The effects of both vertical and nonvertical dimensions of fathers' work on family relations and vocational socialization are explored through a multivariate analysis of data from several hundred male participants in the 1962-1967 Michigan Student Study. Closeness to father emerged as an important, structurally-related intervening variable.…

Summarized are results of a survey conducted by the President's Committee on Mental Retardation in which 100 members of the American Association on Mental Deficiency completed questionnaires concerning the role of the mental retardation professional in public information. (CL)

Evaluated with a total of 60 primary-grade children was the effectiveness in improving ocular motor control of three training programs: the Bender proprioceptive facilitative feedback exercises, the Marsden ball program, and perceptual exercises. (DB)

Etzioni, one of the most visible of the new genre of policy researchers, is a sociologist at Columbia University who founded the Center for Policy Research in 1968 with a federal grant. He feels that policy research that does not result in policy change can never be accounted wholly successful. (LBH)

Bytheway discusses the problems of representation and sampling methodology found in the Three Generation Family Study directed by Hill at the University of Minnesota. Hill responds to this criticism and challenges Bytheway to provide a better sampling design. (Author/HLM)

Two consecutive and partially overlapping panels measured both maturational and societal changes in the attitudinal and behavioral bases of a double/single-standard of premarital sexual permissiveness. In regard to behavior, both panels consistently moved toward more permissive behavior-maturational effect. (Author)