Future time perspective is defined as the forward expanse of time over which future images of the self are projected. (Author/MB)

Innovation in a Western Civilization course, using reverse chronology to survey historical developments, provides needed relevance and student involvement. Exercises covering eleven themes defined in discussion of post-1945 period are listed which direct students to reorganize data, and which lend themselves to further independent reading and…

Research supported by a Canada Council Leave Fellowship and the President's Research Fund, Simon Fraser University, Canada. (VM)

Paper presented as first public lecture in comparative literature, University of Toronto. Second part of a longer essay, "The Quest for Imagination: Essays in Aesthetic Criticism," to be published by Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. First part appeared in "Modern Language Notes," v78 n5 p471-488 Dec 1963. (DS)

Determined effects of time limits on interview behavior of Type A and B persons. Type A and B participants discussed positive and negative aspects of social life with counselors in time-limited or time-unlimited conditions. Significant differences in both productivity and anxiety emerged. Treatment implications are discussed. (Author)

The differential performance of boys and girls on selected measures of impulse control was examined. No differences were shown between morning and afternoon groups on two Tuesdays. Girls manifested circadian effects more, made fewer delayed-reward choices, and made less accurate time estimations. (Author/CM)

Discusses the use of self-reports written by informants as a complement to observation by anthropologists. Describes a study that used observation to validate self-reported time budgets, in which data gathered in those two ways were found to support usage of the time budget for particular purposes. (Author)

Examined quantification of time remaining and perceived distance from death among 568 older men and women. A substantial proportion (49 percent) didn't quantify the remaining portion of life, and age did not prompt specification of time remaining. Demographic characteristics predicted perceived distance from death better than life changes or sex.…

African children's time perspective and orientation towards the future were analyzed in compositions entitled "Future Prospects in my Life," written by 754 boys and 306 girls in 11 schools, grades 5-12, in Liberia, West Africa. Content analysis indicated that both sexes were most interested in "education and profession" and…

In a study of 10th graders (15 experimentals, 15 controls) and college freshmen (12 and 13), experimentals received the Time Perspective Modification Intervention, which helps link present behavior with future outcomes. Experimentals showed significant increases in future orientation, sense of continuity, and optimism and had more highly developed…

Presents a diachronic, comparative analysis of three expressions of "ever" from English, German, and Dutch and attempts to shed light on the shifts of meaning of these time adverbs by discussing the relation between "always" and "ever," as well as the distinction into "always was" and "always will be". (12 references) (Author/CK)