Article explores some of the key notions of the construct "concept" from the psychological and educational literature in order to demonstrate the need for standardization of definition and a more unified front in future investigations involving this important element in the study of cognition. (Author)

This article addressed itself to the most important issue which exists for man: how to get in touch with the ground of being, the numinous element, without losing ego-consciousness. The writer discussed terms relating to this experience. (Author/RK)

In this conceptual analysis, the term study skill was used to denote a field of inquiry or a group of phenomena. The basis for the meaning given to the term was the understanding of the common meaning of skill modified by the word study. The term skill refers to the activity by which a task is performed. Further it refers to the quality of that…

Four instructional strategies for promoting the acquisition of infinite concept classes were investigated. Three independent variables were 1) probability level of exemplars and nonexemplars determined by the number of students in a separate sample who correctly classify the instance as an exemplar or a nonexemplar; 2) matching of an exemplar to a…

The purpose of this paper is to describe a method of finding the significant attributes of documents established during the course of research on the automatic classification of documents. The problem was first approached by examining the way in which an existing hierarchical classification system classifies things. The study of biological…

Administrative theory will become characterless and crippled if it continues to indulge in the practice of unqualified borrowing from other disciplines, theories, models, and concepts alien to its specific task. (Author/IRT)

A critical survey of approaches to an information concept for information science, with one or more examples of each approach, is discussed in some detail. (VT)

The author considers Kierkegaard's use of Mozart's Don Juan as an illustration of his concept of man living in the aesthetic sphere of existence, particularly in its erotic aspect. (Author/RK)

First- and third-grade lower-SES children learned perceptual and functional concepts with stimuli either high or low in imagery value. The results showed no differential imagery effects for the acquisition of functional concepts. When the concepts were perceptual in nature, the trends suggested high-imagery facilitation. (Author/JMB)

Examines the development of conceptual preference for complementary versus taxonomic relationships in children, 3 to 17 years of age. The triads procedure was used with picture pairings familiar to the younger age group. The data revealed a preference for complementary pairs for all age groups. (Author/BB)

Focuses on whether 9- and 12-month-old infants understand that an object has been deleted from its initial hiding place as part of its displacement to a new location. (Author/NH)

Heroism means different things to different people. Uncovering individual definitions requires discussion and personal insights. Five brief biographies to stimulate discussion are included. Activities are suggested. (MT)

The influence of referent type (Objects vs. Actions) and within-category referent relationships (functionally similar vs. perceptually similar) upon acquisition of lexical concepts by 12 infants were examined. Ss acquired object words and concepts in greater numbers than action words and concepts, suggestive of differences in the underlying…