A STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE IF ONE'S EXPRESSED CONCEPT OF HIS PERFORMANCE OF CERTAIN SELECTED MOTOR SKILLS IS CHANGED THROUGH THE PROCESS OF VIEWING MOTION PICTURES OF HIMSELF PERFORMING THESE SAME SKILLS. SIXTY-FIVE COLLEGE STUDENTS 17 TO 21 YEARS OF AGE, PARTICIPATED. EACH SUBJECT PERFORMED FIVE MOTOR SKILLS IN SEQUENCE (1) WALKED 30 FEET…

A total of 155 nonlabeled, normal adults and 28 labeled, schizophrenic adults were interviewed in a study to determine differences in the two groups' perceptions of television utility and reality. Hypotheses were formulated concerning expected differences in the reported importance of television in interpersonal communication, relaxation, and…

THE IMPORTANCE OF ILLUMINATION TO THE SCHOOL CHILD IS DISCUSSED. VISUAL EFFICIENCY HAS A MARKED EFFECT UPON MANY LEARNING SITUATIONS AND IT IS INFLUENCED BY A NUMBER OF FACTORS--(1) THE STAGE OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHILD'S EYES, (2) THE PRESENCE OF EYE DEFECTS, (3) RELATIVE BRIGHTNESS OF OBJECT AND BACKGROUND (CONTRAST), (4) SIZE OF…

The study undertakes to clarify and redefine some of the concepts underlying the relations between visual perception and thinking. A sample bibliography suggests sources for future research. Psychological and psysiological theory is shown historically to have separated the two mental functions in principle. Correspondingly, present-day education,…

The monograph includes three papers on the provision of school psychological services in secondary schools. "Perspectives in Psychological Services at the Secondary School Level" (by K. Hinkle and S. Sommers) provides a state of the art review of past, present, and future trends. D. McEchron's paper "School Psychological Services in the Secondary…

This document presents a discussion and conceptual derivation of Einstein's postulates of special relativity. The perceptron approach appears to be a fundamentally new manner of regarding physical phenomena and it is hoped that physicists will interest themselves in the concept. (Author)

Twenty normal newborns, approximately 36 hours old, were tested using an auditory temporal conditioning paradigm which consisted of a slow rise, 75 db tone played for five seconds every 25 seconds, ten times. Responses to the tones were measured by instantaneous, beat-to-beat heartrate; and the test trial was designated as the 2 1/2-second period…

This handbook has been compiled to aid concerned individuals and ecology groups more adequately define their goals, initiate good programs, and take effective action. It examines the ways a group of working individuals can become involved in action programs for ecological change. Part 1 deals with organization, preliminary organizing, structuring,…

This paper presents an illustrated tripartite model of communication according to which memory encompasses three overlapping subsets, the cognitive functions of experiencing, thinking, and expressing. It contends that thinking may be an integral part of the selection and experience of stimuli as well as of creating new expressions. No assumption…

A study was conducted with three eighth grade students to determine the separate and joint effects of image size, image brightness, and image contrast on the visibility of projected materials. Twenty-five hundred slides were presented, representing 20 slides each of all possible combinations of values of the independent variables. Telegraph keys…

Psychologists and linguists often suggest that empathy or role-taking ability is important in the communication process because it enables a speaker to consider in advance the informational demands of his audience. Despite the vintage of the empathy-effective communication hypothesis, it has never been directly tested. In this study, empathy was…

In this preliminary study involving 30 police school trainees, Interpersonal Process Recall project stimulus films were used in an effort to sensitize policemen to their aggressive feelings and self-control problems in dealing with riots, demonstrations, and other stressful situations. During six filmed vignettes progressing from mild to intense…

In Fall 1967, Educational Testing Service joined with Morton Rauh, Vice President for Finance at Antioch College, to carry out a large scale survey of members of college and university governing boards. A questionnaire was mailed to trustees of over 500 institutions. From the responses of more than 5,000 board members, extensive data concerning…

The practicum is designed to provide supervised experience in the development of well trained counselors. A study at the University of Illinois using 10 post-master's degree students enrolled in a one semester supervised practicum investigated the relationship between the practicum and: (1) the development of counselor skills of empathy, warmth…

Reading is defined operationally as the cognitive process of perceiving and ordering our environment. As such it is a psychomotor process involving the reorganization of experiences evoked by some stimulus. Thus defined, reading is equated with perception and has several primary functions, including concept building, which begins with perception…