Children were tested on the WPPSI and Stanford-Binet and after three years they were tested on the WISC. Results indicate that the WISC scores were significantly higher than the two other tests. The results of the various subtests of the three tests are compared and discussed. (SE)

This study sought to determine whether or not job affiliation, life orientation, or biographical factors correlated with ability to predict public opinion on educational issues. When a group of trustees and four groups of professional educators were compared it was discovered that school counsellors were better predictors of public opinion.…

A technique was devised to estimate age specific remarriage probabilities for newly widowed persons utilizing North Carolina marriage certificates plus information from the 1970 U.S. Census. Remarriage probabilities are very high for persons widowed before age 35. Remarriage probabilities decrease faster for widows than widowers. Age specific…

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Programs designed to benefit handicapped children and youth with the support of the Bureau of Education for the handicapped were described with an accompanying chart listing BEH priorities correlated with different types of handicaps. (RK)

Procedures employed in and products resulting from an Office of Education-sponsored project to identify, study, and disseminate information about cooperative programs for adults with less than a high school education are reported. The availability of the products at the Center for Vocational Education, which conducted the study, is specified. (AG)

A survey was conducted by a mental health center to evaluate the effects of a nursing home education project which attempted 1) to teach mental health professionals and nursing home staff how to set up in-service education programs in nursing homes, and 2) to teach nursing home staff mental health principles. (Author/EJT)

The Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) was used to predict the major field choices of students at four large universities. Results strongly suggested that (a) mathematical ability is an important determinant of major field choice, and (b) the male-female difference in major field choice is largely mediated by the sex difference in mathematical…

A preparatory method for clarifying individual expectations of group counseling and therapy was developed. The preparatory method developed was a 17-minute motion picture film entitled Groups. Results indicate that the film was effective in reducing the number of unclarified expectations these subjects had about group counseling and therapy.…

A comparison was made between the traditional counterconditioning paradigm and a self-control paradigm of systematic desensitization. College students reporting high test anxiety and indicating interest in receiving treatment were assigned to counterconditioning, self-control, or wait-list control conditions. As predicted, self-control procedures…

Restricted sampling with which the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities was standardized was investigated by simulating a multivariate population comprised of four variables and having specified means, standard deviations, and intercorrelations. (Author/CL)

Although voluntarily childless couples perceive that their antinatalist sentiments result in a variety of negative sanctions, they remain relatively unperturbed by social pressure. This paradoxical situation is achieved and maintained through adherence to a variant world view which is essentially the obverse of the motherhood mystique. (Author)

The ability of preretirement programs to generate changes facilitating the transition to retirement was investigated. A research design was employed to evaluate a group discussion program and an individual briefing program. Group discussion program was effective in increasing knowledge of retirement issues. Effectiveness of individual briefing…

The relationship between sponsorship, community size, building size (number of dwelling units) and height of building, on the one hand, and six indices of well-being of elderly tenants, on the other, was examined in a study of 2457 subjects from 154 federally-assisted housing projects. (Author)

This study tests two hypotheses: (1) women choosing traditionally feminine occupations are more conservative concerning feminine role than are women selecting traditionally masculine occupations; and (2) men entering traditionally masculine occupations are more conservative in sex-role attitudes than are men entering traditionally feminine…