The job clinic described, when integrated with the National Center for the Exploration of Human Potential program, has the potential to create methods which can overcome attitudes which impede job finding success. (Author)

The longitudinal study reported in this article focuses directly upon Gibb's (1964) model. The impact of initial high and low levels of trust upon later group accomplishment is explored in two sets of groups: one set which participated in organizational training laboratories, and one which did not. Results indicate that prelaboratory trust is a…

A book using the college experience as a vehicle for testing a theory of maturity is reviewed. (DB)

Reviews papers presented at the Eighth West Virginia University Biennial Conference on Life-Span Development, which was intended to explore historical and generational (cohort) effects in life-span development.(Author/RH)

The author suggests qualities that a professional must strive for in order to be an actual "professional." These qualities include actively seeking knowledge; being able to accept responsibility; renewing personal vitality; and managing effectively. (CT)

The author discusses recent changes in his thinking about evaluation, decision making, and authority and finds the notion of a logical, rational, synoptic decision process to be hardly defensible. (CTM)

Urges teachers to develop the genius that lies dormant in each child, the child's personal vision and idiosyncratic gift. (DD)

A former Peace Corps volunteer describes the personal and extrapersonal benefits of his two-year tour of duty in West Africa. (MB)

In three studies of infants' ability to perceive partially occluded objects with specific appearances, a screen alternately uncovered and covered either a connected or interrupted rectangle. Pattern of infants' looking times suggests that they perceive the unity of the partially occluded object by 6.5 months but did not perceive the form of the…

The theme of silence is one of the most pervasive themes in the study of girls and women across cultures. Examines the emotional, physical, educational, and behavioral losses that occur for adolescent girls. Results of landmark research studies and the implications for practitioners also are discussed. (Contains 53 references.) (GCP)

Presents an integral, developmental approach to evaluating outcome evaluation training that links individual and collective attributes. Illustrates this framework with examples from Check Points, an outcome evaluation training program of Michigan State University and the United Way of Michigan. (SLD)