The first objective of the study, conducted with 150 three-, four-, and five-year-olds, was to ascertain whether young children assign occupational and social roles by sex. The results obtained through the use of two newly devised instruments were positive. Children do assign social and occupational roles by sex. The second objective was to…

Ten test films were developed to measure aspects of children's visual perception which are difficult to assess through conventional paper and pencil tests. The film medium was selected because it allows the presentation of temporal, as well as spacial, aspects of the stimuli. Four areas of perceptual performance covered in the films are: (1)…

A survey questionnaire designed to determine whether faculty, students, and administrators were aware of the policies governing student rights, freedoms, and involvements at their college was responded to by 143 students and 142 faculty members from El Centro Junior College in Texas and Santa Fe Junior College in Florida. Data showed that there is…

In this limited study, two areas were of primary concern: the media coordinator's responsibilities and the media coordinator's personality traits. School superintendents and media coordinators were asked to rank the importance of eleven media responsibilities. They were also asked to rank the types of personality traits a media coordinator should…

The description of, or formation of impressions about, persons are viewed as being dependent on situational context and the standard or reference point to which the persons are compared. A study is described in which different subject groups compared a target's score on a "cautiousness-boldness" or a "relaxation-alertness" test with either a…

The author's approach to the conceptualization and measurement of natural cognitions which may have some relevance for the study of values is presented. Research on natural cognitions, or ideas entertained by people before an experimenter comes along to disturb them attempts to assess pre-existing concepts which are grouped initially according to…

Designed to aid in developing auditory perception, this manual provides a program of remediation for children at the fourth through sixth-grade level. The book is divided into two sections. The first consists of seventy-five essays, each written at three levels of difficulty. The level most appropriate for the student is determined and is used for…

The report summarizes the aims of a 3-year program of work concerned with psychological factors in solar observing. Part I identifies several psychological factors which may affect solar observing and outlines a program of research. Part II is a report of a program of studies dealing with the application of visual perceptions in solar flare…

The contention that younger veterans differ from their elders in their attitudes and expectations was shown to be an inaccurate generalization on the basis of this reported inquiry. Three general classes of informational data were collected from both younger and older veterans: (1) perception of hospital services; (2) patient problems and services…

The primary objectives of this research program were the development of a battery of tests to investigate the effects of brain impairment on sensory and perceptual functioning. The Sensory-Perceptual Exam (SPE) contains measures intended to evaluate both relatively "pure" sensory functions, as well as those which involve more integrated…

This descriptive study proposed that students in a living-learning community would be more liberal in their attitudes, less tradiaionally oriented and more frequently hippie and activist in philosophy than a control group from the larger university. Females were anticipated to be more traditional than males. One hundred males and females from a…

Faculty role conflicts with respect to 17 work activities are examined in a rapidly changing university School of Education. Actual and perceived expectations for each activity with respect to the role sets of undergraduate and graduate students, administrators, and faculty themselves are shown. Difficulty in fulfilling expectations is a third…

This book contends that we create the world we perceive because we select and edit reality to conform to our beliefs; that our cultural mind has come to a point where the dissonance between reality and false beliefs is so great that it is impossible to avoid the awareness that the world no longer makes sense; and that only once this awareness…

This primer of ecological principles serves as a practical guide to pleasure and perception in the out-of-doors-pleasure in the simple values and rustic charms of outdoor recreation and in an ecological understanding of the great web of life; and perception of our beautiful yet threatened environment and of the individual practices and policies…

Embodied in this collection of readings in environmental awareness are excerpts, statements, testimony, and personal philosophies presented by national leaders concerned with our environment. Major items include: "Environmental Literacy" by Richard Nixon from his introduction to the First Annual Report of the Council on Environmental Quality,…