According to the results, a hierarchy of motor performance exists among older children: Sighted 12 to 14 year olds performed best, followed by the totally blind, blindfolded legally blind, and finally, sighted blindfolded children. (Author)

Results of the study indicated that LD and normal children (mean age 111.4 months) process letters in words in either perceptual or imaginal modes for the attribute letter height. (Author)

A simple auditory test has been developed to assist in determining whether a young hearing impaired child can perceive spectral aspects of speech or only gross temporal acoustic patterns. The test is recommended to aid in the planning of an aural habilitation program. (Author/CL)

Black and White preadolescents rated ambiguously aggressive behaviors (AABs) as more mean and threatening when perpetrators were Black. Ratings of personal characteristics were generally determined by individual behavior, not by stereotypes. Blacks were rated as stronger than Whites. Whites tended to read threat into AABs and assume perpetrators…

Shows how to use Rudolf Arnheim's theory of visual thinking in technical writing classes. (RL)

A study investigated the effects of socialization experiences on the attitudinal perceptions of a sample of 333 home economics teachers regarding their work as a profession. A majority of the respondents indicated that they believed that home economics teaching is a profession. (JH)

Investigates the type of individual who works and learns most effectively in a group setting. Results indicate that people who fit into Robert Bales' Upward-Positive-Forward personality type perceive the group and group activities to be more effective than do other personality types. (Author)

Responsivity to graded tactile stimuli was examined in human newborns in successive epochs of active and quiet sleep. Heart rate and behavior were both used as response indices. (Author/SS)

Investigates the magnitude of the over- and under-estimated portions of the Ebbinghaus (Titchner's circles) illusion in 688 subjects ranging in age from 5 to 70 years. (Author/SS)

Presented is experimental evidence that humans develop strong preferences for objects that become familiar through repeated exposure, even when the exposures are so degraded that they cannot be discriminated as stimuli previously seen. Implications are made regarding other studies where affective discriminations are made with very little stimulus…

Even though the role of the school psychologist has become more diversified in recent years, many public school systems remain unaware of the range of potential competencies available. Suggestions are made pertaining to practitioner-initiated activities that can serve to facilitate implementation of the desired role. (Author)

Because it offers a means for examining the change in perception of key concepts as a result of learning, the similarity judgment task can be used to evaluate instruction effectiveness. Results of this study indicated graduate students had successfully employed the similarity judgment task and had established effectiveness of similarity judgment…

Analyzes the characteristics of counselors' and psychologists' socioprofessional identity, the competencies they value, their perception of themselves as competent professionals, and their value systems. (Author/BEF)

Explores sensory experiences, both real and imagined, that occur while reading. (MKM)

Three experiments investigated four-month-old infants' capacity to perceive bimodally specified events by detecting the temporal synchrony of sound bursts with the visable impacts of surfaces. (Author/SS)