This 1989 American Association of Suicidology presidential address focuses on statistics of 3.6 male suicide completions for each female completion, exploring hypothesis that different socialization and the concomitant differential expectations of males and females are responsible for the increased likelihood of suicide among males. (NB)

Five groups of subjects (n=54, ages 15-43) were assigned a repair strategy to use after misperceiving a sentence through lipreading. Strategies included asking the talker to repeat a sentence, rephrasing it, simplifying it, saying an important keyword, and speaking two sentences. Compared to controls, subjects demonstrated significantly greater…

A total of 45 3-month-olds were observed for stability in forming visual expectations. Findings indicate that infant performance in the Visual Expectation Paradigm is reliable as early as 3 months. Individual differences exist in infants' tendency to form visual expectations. (RH)

It is argued that the visual knowledge of smoothly curved surfaces can be defined in terms of local, non-metric order relations as well as point-by-point mappings of metric depth and/or orientation relative to the observer. A series of experiments with eight graduate students supports this theory. (SLD)

Describes six roles (advocate, mediator, missionary, intergenerational specialist, religious educator, encourager) illustrating type of intramural and extramural contributions older congregational members can make to church or synagogue. Identifies three structural barriers to productive role expression in later life and suggests concept of career…

A series of experiments indicated that by 1 year of age, infants' perceptual categories correspond to linguistically significant categories. Developmental change between 6 and 12 months shows that perceptual abilities of the 1-year-old are not arbitrary, do not reflect all the discriminatory capabilities of the infant, and are similar to phonemic…

A sample of 44 infants of five months of age showed a significant reaching preference for the apparently nearer region of a computer-generated display. This indicated that the infants were sensitive to boundary flow information for depth at an edge. (RH)

A study looked at the psychological characteristics of members of the Ohio Young Farmers' Association and the Ohio Young Farmers' Wives Association and their perceptions of the effectiveness of the associations. The 240 responses provided demographic evidence that the clientele of these organizations is changing. (JOW)

An international expert group met in February 1988 to focus on "Strategies for the Participation of the Elderly in Development." The group agreed that the elderly are an overlooked but significant national resource. Strategies to make better use of this resource for economic development were created. (CH)

Discusses roles of various mental health professionals employed in behavioral medicine settings and describes issues related to interdisciplinary collaboration between mental health counselors and medical personnel. Considers ethical dilemmas related to such collaboration and looks to future trends in the field. (Author/NB)

An experiment with 4-, 7-, and 18-year olds investigated classifications of multidimensional objects to test whether the valuing of identity as a classification criterion occurs early in development; the distribution of attention to multiple relations increases with development; and the role of separate, component relations in solving…

Examined rate-based intersensory matching in infants by habituating them to concordant or discordant auditory-visual stimuli. Found a preference for the visual stimulus that moved at a novel velocity, indicating that the temporal attributes of the visual component dominated responsiveness. Found only limited evidence of intersensory matching. (WP)

This study examined the effects of speechreading sentence perception across three speaker viewing angles: front view, quarter view, and side view. The performance of a female adult with postlingual hearing loss was measured at each angle. Results indicated that the side view angle was the most effective, though performance at the other angles was…

This preliminary study examined effects of word visibility and prime association factors on visual spoken word recognition in lipreading, using a related/unrelated prime-target paradigm with 20 hearing adults. In related prime-target pairings, more targets with a high than low prime association were identified. In unrelated prime-target pairings,…

Examined roles and functions of 52 school psychologists from Iowa and Tennessee. Examined time spent on prereferral, assessment, intervention, consultation, and curriculum-based assessment. Found significant differences for time spent in all areas. Findings suggest that Tennessee psychologists spend majority of time on assessment and Iowa…