Investigation of extent of commitment to client through evolution of counselor verbal actions indicates that high commitment and expectancy are crucial to the helping relationship. (CJ)

Junior high school students, particularly Negroes, experience an excessive amount of inner conflict because they are lacking in social skills and confidence. These feelings of insecurity stem mainly from an awareness of social ostracism. (CK)

Reprints from: E.H. Fischer, Department of Psychology, Connecticut Valley Hospital, Middletown, Connecticut 06457.

Paper based on a doctoral dissertation submitted to the University of the Pacific.

Research supported in part by VRA grant 2569-P.

The view that poverty and riches are caused by two distinct personality traits is perpetuated through educational materials. Examples drawn from secondary social studies texts and adult education programs in India illustrate how an educational system is a medium of cultural dissemination and political control. (AM)

Subjects with higher verbal than performance IQ's achieved significantly poorer Pascal-Suttell Bender-Gestalt scores than subjects with higher performance over verbal IQ's. The latter subjects were more likely to have dropped out of high school and to have spent some time in prison. (Author/RD)