The author reviews studies supporting the individuality of children and provides guidelines for parents of highly creative children. (SBH)

Appropriate techniques for assessing maximal isotonic strength are explained. Problems of evaluating individual differences in strength because of differences in body weight are discussed, and procedures to adjust for differences are presented. (MT)

Discusses quantification of stimulus variables and analytic versus synthetic strategies relating to the block design task in two articles. Provides commentaries on recent articles by Royer (1984) and Schorr, Bower, and Kiernan (1982). (JAC)

A review of Essentials of Psychological Testing (Harper and Row, 1970) by Lee J. Cronbach. (CK)

Wrenn states his personal beliefs as distilled from his experience, including beliefs about self, the nature of other people, and relationship to God. (SK)

Asserts that if educational technology is to fulfill its promise, educators must look beyond the hardware to the learners. (BD)

Examines on-air television and radio newscasters' traitlike communication dispositions. Finds that television and radio personalities were less apprehensive, less shy, less responsive, more assertive, and more extroverted than the average individual. Indicates that higher-paid personalities were more willing to communicate than their lesser-paid…

Presents five clinical case studies of children with depressed performance on the Expressive One-Word Picture Vocabulary Test (EOWPVT) to illustrate differential performance outcomes that are not attributable to a single causal factor. Proposes that the utility of the EOWPVT may provide more than just a measure of general verbal intelligence.…

Asserts that typological thinking, the belief that individual differences diverge around an underlying type of essence, has persisted regarding mental retardation and prevents the appreciation of individual differences and human dignity in the mental retardation field. Past and present controversies over the definition of mental retardation are…

The executive attention network is involved in regulating emotions and cognitions, forming a neural basis for temperamental self-regulation. New brain imaging and molecular genetics methods can enhance our understanding of common mechanisms of self-regulation and individual differences in their expression.