Argues that two different approaches to role theory (structural and interactionist) are compatible and complementary. (Author)

The role of mental age (MA) and visual-perceptual ability in number concept development was examined with 48 nonretarded and retarded children from regular school settings. (Author)

A comparison was made of Japanese subsidiaries in the U.S. and American companies here for purposes of identifying differences in managerial decision making and communication processes. Data indicated fewer differences than expected in volume and/or direction of communication, although Japanese companies did rely more heavily upon consultative…

The efficient management of social service agencies is in part dependent on a clear understanding among board members, executive directors, and staff of their own and one another's role expectations and functions. Concludes that agency personnel showed only a moderate degree of clarity. (Author)

Human visual recognition on the basis of shape but regardless of size was investigated by reaction time methods. Results suggested two processes of size scaling: mental-image transformation and perceptual-scale transformation. Image transformation accounted for matching performance based on visual short-term memory, whereas scale transformation…

An examination of the hearing mechanism and some of the factors involved in helping problems may offer encouragement for a regular schedule of hearing maintenance. It may also help music educators to become more aware and understanding of their own and students' hearing as it affects musical behavior. (Author)

Matching accuracy and strategy utilization in young, middle-aged, and elderly adults was examined in a series of intramodal, haptic match-to-standard problems. Results indicated that elderly adults were less successful in solving the haptic problems. They also displayed less systematic and logical haptic search strategies. (Author)

Two exercises are described for teaching about perception and knowledge in an introductory sociology course. One involves the use of a series of anomalous playing cards; the other uses a series of printed statements. Both force the students to experience perception and knowledge as socially constructed and problematic. (Author)

This paper attempts to reassess the role of grandparent from a social class perspective. The role is analyzed first as a "peculiar noninstitution" for middle-class families in the United States. Grandparenting is shown to differ by degree of "functional centrality" in middle-class families and families of lower socioeconomic status. (Author)

Describes the nature and importance of role taking (taking the perspective of others) and illustrates how students' role-taking ability might be measured. (DD)

The study determined whether eight undergraduate normal listeners, presented with filtered speech, would produce consonant confusions similar to those previously reported for the hearing-impaired listener. (Author/SBH)

Despite the recurring problematic nature of the study of the interrelationships among the arts, "synaethesia" or sensory blending in its ultimate and most absolute sense might be described as the total alliance of the arts. (Author/NQ)

The author describes some physical responses to emotional and psychological stimuli, delineates basic human needs that must be satisfied, and suggests some preventive measures and interventions that the school nurse may initiate. (MJB)