Interpersonal behavior in psychopaths was explored using the Prisoner's Dilemma game. Various personality characteristics frequently cited as distinguishing psychopaths from others were operationalized and studied. (Editor)

Considers two successive stages of processing dichotic lists of items. (Author/RK)

Three experiments were performed using a recognition probe procedure to test the subject's recognition of the order of two items from a dichotically presented list. (Editor)

Measures the phenomenal and the functional durations of visual stimuli differing in informational value. (Author/RK)

To study school realism in young children, a questionnaire in conversation form was administered to thirty 5- and 6-year-olds in a suburban Paris nursery school. Questions concerned the children's perceptions of school-and home-learning. (MS)

Presents data from a survey of senior management personnel that was designed to test the hypothesis that self-actualization will increase the productivity, creativity, job satisfaction, and personal growth of management personnel. Analysis of the survey data supported the hypothesis. (For availability, see EA 507 385.) (Author/JG)

Discusses a study which sought to determine both the extent to which there was a difference between the perception of regional accreditation by chief administrators of traditionally black and white colleges in the same region, and the extent to which there was a difference in the perception of the importance of regional accreditation by chief…

Examined with 48 first graders was the effect of initial instruction in cursive writing on reading, spelling, and perceptual skills and the validity of suggestions that learning disabled children should be taught cursive writing. (DB)

Multidimensional scaling configurations were obtained for the same set of 11 stimuli using data from two different judgmental tasks completed by the same group of subjects. The procedure was felt to be a way of obtaining useful information regarding environmental perception. (RH)

Summarizes two studies that investigated the relationship between the effects of room environment (neat versus messy) and high and low sensation seeker's perception, evaluation, and performance. Elapsed time estimation did not vary as a function of room condition and personality. Sex differences were not found to be critical. (BT)

The role of academic deans with respect to faculty work varies depending on the institution. Some evaluate faculty directly, while others are involved through reporting relationships with department chairs. Deans are in a position to allocate resources and shape institutional policies and structures that create conditions for productive…

Interns at The University of Tampa investigate how perceptions of dialect and regionalism may impact the learning environment and more precisely, the learner. Regionalism is defined as a belief that one's region of origin is a primary determinant of the quality of one's standards of living, social forms, customary beliefs, levels of…

A study of 95 high school principals and assistant principals (59 males and 36 females) in three large urban school districts examined the influence of gender and role on administrative decision-making. Subjects were asked to make decisions (choose from among four possible responses) about how they would respond to five different (gender-related)…