The differences between clients who dropped out of counseling after the intake interview and clients who continued in counseling were examined. Subjects (N=87) were studied in terms of their attitudes and perceptions of counseling and the counseling center. The results indicate that continuers generally had more positive responses than dropouts.…

Author considered the range of questions involved in aesthetic education focusing on the categorization of art works as carriers of meaning in the broadest sense, signs. (Author/RK)

Two previous reports have specified the empirical structure of patients' and therapists' experiences in psychotherapeutic sessions. The present report explores the structure of experience within the therapeutic dyad--conjoint experience. (Author/RC)

Yalom's Q-sort questionnaire was administered to 13 groups and then item analized. Factor analysis identified seven major "curative" factors. Analysis of variance and correlation techniques showed that part of the variation in curative factor perception is related to characteristics of groups and/or their participants. (SE)

Reports two experiments which were designed to establish whether errors in infants' manual searches for objects are caused by changes in the location of an object or by the change in the relation between old and new hiding places. (JMB)

In two experiments subjects were required to compare the meanings of either a word and a picture, or of two words. Implications for models of semantic decision are discussed. (Editor)

Article investigated the pattern of results for three series of tests in which monkeys were deprived of sight of their limbs from birth. (Author/RK)

Examines the degree to which visual perceptual training plus remediation affect the achievement of reading skills of children initially diagnosed as poor perceivers. (RB)

Stories in romance and adventure magazines tend to support traditional American stereotypes about roles and dispositions of men and women. (RB)

A 2X2X2X2 study tested the effect of a) nonverbal communication (NVC), b) verbal communication (VC), 3) race of communicator, and d) sex of perceiver on the perception of leadership. Results indicated that when one pits NVC against VC, NVC proved to be more potent in the perception of leadership. (Author/NQ)

Finds traditional sex roles are reflected in attributes, attitudes, and behavior of male and female characters in 20 cartoon programs. (RB)

Individuals may be able to exert considerable control over their perceptual experience and environmental awareness by deliberately varying their "cognitive sets" - plans for selecting and processing information. This theme is explored and a research project, which included eleven experiments, on the effects of cognitive sets is reported. (BT)

A critical overview is presented of the Stanford Prison Experiment, conducted by Zimbardo and his coinvestigators in which they attempted a structural analysis of the problems of imprisonment. Key assumptions are questioned, primarily on methodological grounds, which casts doubts on the plausibility of the experimenters' final causal inferences.…

The primary reason for good spellers' inability to find spelling errors while proofreading might involve the perceptual factor in reading. (BP)