The high school graduates in four rural southeast Missouri high schools generally viewed the Employment Service (E. S.) Counselor's role as on primarily concerned with vocational counseling, but they perceived the E. S. Counselor as a person who should have given more assistance in the personal problem area. (Author)

Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (12th, San Francisco, California, November 1, 1969). (RJ)

To assess the performance characteristics of synthetic and leather basketballs, individuals were asked to discriminate perceptually between the leather and synthetic basketballs under four treatment conditions. Rebound characteristics on five playing surfaces were measured. Leather basketballs rebounded significantly higher; no significant…

Using data from a random sample of currently married adults (N=316), log-linear techniques were used to examine five aspects of household division of labor between husbands and wives as these relate to sex of respondent, labor-force status of the wife, and other independent variables. (Author)

A revised concept of multimodality, multisensory instruction which minimizes the visual modality is suggested to deal primarily with the severe spelling difficulties of the dyslexic and of others with a similar language problem. (Author/SW)

This investigation of how viewers of daytime serials rate actors playing TV characters of varying age found that the age of a TV character and ratings of that character are not causally related, although a relationship was observed between age and sex--young males, middle-aged females--and ratings. (JVP)

Preponderant reliance on vision may distort one's conception of reality. Brain research indicates that complete integration of the two hemispheres, combining spatialization and language, has the greatest potential for representing external reality. It is therefore suggested that clinical techniques be developed to stimulate utilization of the…

In the impress method, the teacher sits behind the student, reads a selection of material, and points to each word as s/he reads it. The student repeats what the teacher says and follows the teacher's finger. The objective is to cover as much material as possible at a normal pace. Comprehension is not required. Research studies are reviewed. (JN)