A series of studies on tangible pictures and their application to blind persons are reviewed and possible explanations for the suggestion of depth offered by outline drawings are discussed. Findings from ancient cave and rock art, together with drawings made by blind children and adults suggest that outline drawings contain some elements that are…

To compare hearing and hearing impaired subjects on the certainty of their attributions in relation to unitization and role behavior, 48 hearing impaired and 48 non hearing impaired college students were randomly assigned to one of four conditions: unitization level (fine or gross) and role (in-role or out-of-role). All subjects were given…

Many clients experience chronic anxiety, procrastination, indecisiveness, and a lack of commitment in their lives. In a number of these cases, the dynamic underlying the distress of these individuals is that of perfectionism, an exceedingly strong internal demand to perform constantly without flaw. Many social and familial factors set the stage…

This article is the second, and last, part of a lecture in which the author indicates a number of ways that various aspects of perception could be incorporated into the traditional physics curricula. See the December, 1973 issue for Part I on general aspects of teaching and learning. (DT)

Two studies conducted around 1950 provided data on college students' attribution of characteristics to men or women (sex-role sterotypes). Replications of these studies were conducted during the 1970 school year to assess changes in sex-role sterotypes. Results indicated either no change or more polarized sterotypes. (Author/BB)

The primary purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between the teacher's perception of pupil control and three particular variables, namely, the socioeconomic status of the school's clientele, the teacher's sense of efficacy, and the bureaucratic level of the school (elementary, junior, or senior).

Examines ten functions which are an essential part of the faculty advisor's role on a school newspaper at the college level. (RB)

The aim of this article is to review Cronbach and Gage's discussion of the artifacts in accuracy experiments, to suggest that they are not such serious obstacles as has been thought, to outline a method of studying the problem, and to present some data showing how the method works. (Author)

Author devoted himself primarily to a discussion of Beardsley's view of aesthetic experience and attempted to see what conclusions about aesthetic experience could be drawn as a result of reflection on the strengths and weaknesses of Beardsley's theory. (Author/RK)

Developmental changes in interpersonal perceptions in older siblings were studied in children in grades K, 2, 4, 6, 8. Older children used more abstract and more nonegocentric modes of description. (ST)

The development of the ability to selectively oppose fingers to the thumb and to localize digits was studied in preschool children. Competence increased with age. Results are discussed in terms of the development of body schemata and neuropathological conditions. (ST)

Murray's original Thematic Apperception Test (TAT), Cards I to XX, was administered in two sessions to 80 Chinese male and female undergraduate students at the National Taiwan Normal University. The results are compared with American averages. (Author/JH)

Measures differences in types of client needs perceived by various categories of counselors, the types of needs they attempted to help their clients gratify, and the needs that were viewed as gratified. (Author)

This study assesses the effect of labels on clinicians' judgements. Two groups of behavior and analytic therapists viewed an interview of a subject designated as "job applicant" or "patient." Behavior therapists describe the interviewee as fairly well-adjusted regardless of label while psychoanalysts describe "patient" as more disturbed than "job…