This study aimed at assessing whether successful therapy outcome is related to positive attitudes towards therapists. Subjects were 93 clients. Those clients who were very satisfied with therapy, as opposed to those who were not very satisfied, described their therapists as warmer, more likable, more active, and more involved. (Author/SE)

A recent study in Michigan has shown that board chairmen and faculty leaders have widely varying expectations of the community college president's role in collective bargaining, that presidents frequently perceive these expectations incorrectly, and that while presidents generally assume the role of Board Agent, all parties prefer the president in…

Current educational instability requires the educational researcher to become an historical actor offering advice for change and innovation rather than merely a neutral actor. (ND)

Three kinds of important and valid educational study are discussed that are needed to provide more research and a better understanding: strict educational research, experimental writing, and policy papers. (ND)

Based on remarks the author made to a United Nations luncheon, this short article relates the role of women in society. (ND)

Adolescent girls simulated the responses of an elderly woman on a personality questionnaire. Later, a group of them received empathy training through getting feedback information on the actual answers of elderly women on the questionnaire. Consequently, the perceptions of the trained group improved compared to the control group. (Author/SE)

This study indicates that more socially desirable characteristics are attributed to physically attractive than unattractive middle-aged persons. It is suggested that this difference in social desirability is greater for female than male stimuli and that elderly persons stereotype middle-aged persons more favorably than young adults do. (JMB)

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The basic disagreement between Humanists and Behaviorists is outlined, and evidence advanced that the two positions are not as mutually exclusive as is often suggested. (Editor)

Provides support for the theory that performance of a scripted play or monologue significantly affects the performers' attitudes. (MH)

Concludes that speed in identifying letters and graphonemes correlates highly with reading achievement. (RB)

The purpose of this study was to identify the interpersonal factors which college students consider important in defining acceptable levels of sexual intimacy. Undergraduates (N=229) were asked to identify the interpersonal factors they considered important in defining acceptable levels of sexual intimacy in both heterosexual friendship and dating…