The relationship between word recognition subtests of the Wide Range Achievement Test and Peabody Individual Achievement Test with Bender-Gestalt and the Berry-Buktencia Test of Visual Motor Integration was examined with 27 children (7-14 years old) referred for psychological services. The Bender and Berry tests are among the most popular…

Young infants discriminate both native and nonnative phonetic contrasts, but 10- to 12-month-olds and adults fail to discriminate some nonnative contrasts. To explain this, Best, McRoberts, and Sithole (1988) hypothesized that at the age of 10-12 months, a phonological influence begins by means of which nonnative sounds are assimilated to native…

While it is clear that health status is important in determining morale, and that social contact also contributes to morale, the interaction of health status and social contact on morale is not well understood. Elderly frail community residents (N=40) were interviewed twice in a 1-year period about their contact with friends, grandchildren,…

An appoach to the use of sound in computer interfaces, proposed in this article, emphasizes the role of sound in conveying information about the world to the listener. This approach argues that auditory icons, i.e., caricatures of naturally occurring sounds, provide a natural way to represent dimensional data as well as conceptual objects in a…

A review of the literature and a detailed analysis of five specific studies on placement team functioning is presented. Among findings are a strong positive relation between staff role and participation (school psychologists were ranked highest on both variables while regular education teachers were ranked lowest) and a very powerful set of role…

A series of studies on tangible pictures and their application to blind persons are reviewed and possible explanations for the suggestion of depth offered by outline drawings are discussed. Findings from ancient cave and rock art, together with drawings made by blind children and adults suggest that outline drawings contain some elements that are…

To compare hearing and hearing impaired subjects on the certainty of their attributions in relation to unitization and role behavior, 48 hearing impaired and 48 non hearing impaired college students were randomly assigned to one of four conditions: unitization level (fine or gross) and role (in-role or out-of-role). All subjects were given…

Many clients experience chronic anxiety, procrastination, indecisiveness, and a lack of commitment in their lives. In a number of these cases, the dynamic underlying the distress of these individuals is that of perfectionism, an exceedingly strong internal demand to perform constantly without flaw. Many social and familial factors set the stage…

This article is the second, and last, part of a lecture in which the author indicates a number of ways that various aspects of perception could be incorporated into the traditional physics curricula. See the December, 1973 issue for Part I on general aspects of teaching and learning. (DT)

Two studies conducted around 1950 provided data on college students' attribution of characteristics to men or women (sex-role sterotypes). Replications of these studies were conducted during the 1970 school year to assess changes in sex-role sterotypes. Results indicated either no change or more polarized sterotypes. (Author/BB)

The primary purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between the teacher's perception of pupil control and three particular variables, namely, the socioeconomic status of the school's clientele, the teacher's sense of efficacy, and the bureaucratic level of the school (elementary, junior, or senior).

Examines ten functions which are an essential part of the faculty advisor's role on a school newspaper at the college level. (RB)

The aim of this article is to review Cronbach and Gage's discussion of the artifacts in accuracy experiments, to suggest that they are not such serious obstacles as has been thought, to outline a method of studying the problem, and to present some data showing how the method works. (Author)

Author devoted himself primarily to a discussion of Beardsley's view of aesthetic experience and attempted to see what conclusions about aesthetic experience could be drawn as a result of reflection on the strengths and weaknesses of Beardsley's theory. (Author/RK)