Indicates a difference between animate/inanimate subjects and objects in reversible sentences. Suggests that animatedness may be an important variable in children's early comprehension of speech, and that the traditional definition of reversibility should be modified to clarify the effects of probability and animatedness. (Author/RL)

The purpose of the research reported here was to expand upon past studies of attitudes toward business in a student population. Objectives were to extend the Ward and Reale study to investigate whether or not certain personality traits also influence students' attitudes toward business. (Author)

Colleges should look at themselves to discover why enrollments are declining. (MM)

The determination of the cost/effectiveness or cost/benefit figures for training should be the responsibility of training specialists. If training specialists are any good, they ought to be able to prove it; they should show how job performance requirements are determined, how instruction is developed and implemented, and how accountability is…

Discusses potential obstacles involved when interviewing child victims of sexual abuse, including risks of false allegations and the interviewer's difficulty in maintaining true objectivity. Underlines importance of tailoring whole procedure to child's developmental level. Examines Statement Validity Analysis, advocating the need to approach this…

In interviews with 10 nurse teachers and 10 clinicians, respondents could describe clinical competence more fluently than clinical credibility. Responses raised the question of whether nursing teachers must be clinically competent/credible to teach nursing. (SK)

Guidelines are proposed to ensure rigor in case studies. Problem representation should be clear and consistent with the original intent of the research. The reader should be able to determine how the evidence was interpreted, conclusions reached, and judgments made. To increase the believability of the case study, the underlying assumptions must…

Concludes that media educators and editors of daily newspapers in the United States had similar concerns about public trust and media responsibility, and both groups saw public journalism as a potential means for improving media credibility. Suggests that educators, however, were significantly more likely to state that the media are contributing…

Finds that three indices combining measures of source credibility and message apparent reality emerge from a factor analysis, comprising undergraduate students' judgments of source truthfulness and message accuracy; source expertise and message representativeness; and source bias and personal perspective. Concludes that some publics base judgments…

Finds that (1) under certain conditions, females (uninvolved third-party observers) appear to be more sensitive to relational deception than males and report more negative attitudes and perceptions of the deceiver's character, competence, and sociability; and (2) the consequence for the target impacted both observer attitude toward the specific…

The issues raised by Jonker and Jonker-Bakker and Young et al (EC 601 187-188) illustrate a major controversy dividing the child abuse community, the alleged existence of a conspiracy of satanic, ritual, sexual abuse of children. No evidence is found to support claims that large numbers of babies and children are being sacrificed or abused in…

Studies how male Saudi Arabians sought and placed credibility in information sources about the Gulf War. Finds two groups: global-oriented, who were international radio-oriented; and village-oriented, primarily rural, who placed more trust in domestic media. Shows that all relied more heavily on broadcast media than on print media. (SR)

Presents 10 criteria for evaluating Internet resources, including content, credibility, critical thinking, copyright, citation, continuity, censorship, connectivity, comparability, and context. (LRW)

Interviews with 118 rural and urban physicians revealed their belief that pharmaceutical information provided in response to their questions was more credible than that offered spontaneously by sales representatives. Information must satisfy an existing need and must be verified as a possible solution to practice problems. (SK)