One- and two-month-old infants were shown schematic drawings of a human face with features arranged (1) naturally, (2) symmetrically but scrambled, and (3) asymmetrically and scrambled. Two-month-olds discriminated among all arangements and preferred the natural arrangement; one-month-olds showed no discrimination or preference. (Author/DB)

Reviews empirical research on role variables in various professional groups and describes an empirical study that investigates the relationship between certain role and job satisfaction variables for a sample of 68 professional librarians. Thirty-three references are listed. (FM)

Examines some basic principles underlying success or failure in classroom management and suggests activities to promote cooperative awareness among students. (CM)

Using 60 subjects, aged five to eight, this study assessed the magnitude of relation between deaf children's perceptual motor development, measured by the Developmental Test of Visual Perception, and their language development. The relationship was positive and significant, but the value too small to indicate reliable association for individuals.…

Thirty-four children (6 to 7 and 10 to 11 years old) diagnosed as brain injured and enrolled in a school for brain injured children and 40 children in regular classes took part in a study of variability and instability in perceptual and reading functions. (Author/SBH)

Tests of the mediational function of self-disclosure indicated a positive relationship between the target's level of self-disclosure and the "meaningfulness" rating based on each subject's psychological characteristics. (Author)

Investigated three acoustical features of word boundaries between French nouns and adjectives. Found that fundamental frequency, duration, and intensity all appeared to be acoustical correlates of word boundaries. Indicated that the temporal structure of the speech material was the most important cue for the detection of the word boundaries.…

Shows that vowel duration is a cue to voicing of syllable-final consonants. Notes that the effective duration of a vowel apparently extends over all parts of the acoustic signal, including the transitions reflecting the consequences of the coarticulation of vowel and consonant. (Author/RL)

Assessed effects of an individual's temporal pattern of success on attributions of responsibility for winning or losing simulated free throw contests. The player on a winning team who scored at the end was judged responsible for the outcome. (Author/BEF)

Reports that teachers' perceptions of children's reading ability are more closely related to how they view the children's behavior in class than to actual reading performance as measured by tests. (Author/FL)

Reports on a study in which a display system controlled by eye movements of the reader was used to identify the area in a text from which information is collected during silent reading. Results indicated a perceptual span of 25 to 31 character positions for adult subjects. (MKM)

According to the results, a hierarchy of motor performance exists among older children: Sighted 12 to 14 year olds performed best, followed by the totally blind, blindfolded legally blind, and finally, sighted blindfolded children. (Author)

Results of the study indicated that LD and normal children (mean age 111.4 months) process letters in words in either perceptual or imaginal modes for the attribute letter height. (Author)

A simple auditory test has been developed to assist in determining whether a young hearing impaired child can perceive spectral aspects of speech or only gross temporal acoustic patterns. The test is recommended to aid in the planning of an aural habilitation program. (Author/CL)

Black and White preadolescents rated ambiguously aggressive behaviors (AABs) as more mean and threatening when perpetrators were Black. Ratings of personal characteristics were generally determined by individual behavior, not by stereotypes. Blacks were rated as stronger than Whites. Whites tended to read threat into AABs and assume perpetrators…