Author notes that semantics, originally designed as non-Aristotelian discipline, has become anti-Aristotelian. He outlines six significant areas in which almost no difference can be found between Greek philosopher's ideas and those of modern semanticists; for example: words are symbols, not things; meanings lie within persons, not words. (PD)

An account of a beginning teacher's successful experience with an individualized classroom program in third grade. (WY)

Reviews research concerning the contributions of mathematical models, concept-learning studies and studies in individual differences to experimental methodology in psychology. Includes implications, problems, and basic issues. (MB)

Takes an exploratory look at the relationships between (1) the various fears that develop during infancy, (2) perceptual-cognitive development and the exhibition of specific fears, and (3) individual differences in temperament and the manifestation of specific fears. This paper was presented at the Merrill-Palmer Institute Conference on Research…

Reviews research on individual differences in learning and draws inferences for community college curriculum. (RT)

To become human is to become different and distinguishable. This raises paradoxical questions concerning self-fulfillment and incompleteness for the individual and the race. (JH)

This study was submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Ph.D. degree at the University of Iowa.

The present study, involving 112 sixth graders, explored the effect of self- and other-directed negative affect on the subsequent helping behavior of high- and low-empathic children. (MP)