To survive in the 21st century, today's student must develop the thinking skills necessary to adapt to a transforming world and learn how to be a creative problem solver. Future Problem Solving (FPS) prepares the student of today for tomorrow through an educational program that enables students to apply a constructive, deliberate process for…

Anger is probably the most misunderstood and least expressed feeling. To understand anger, it is necessary to explore the process. Anger usually follows an experience of frustration, unmet expectations, loss of self-respect, and fear. The next stage seems to be anxiety, which may be interpreted as a disappointment, discomfort, or powerlessness.…

Many couples suffer a decline in marital satisfaction over the transition to parenthood. Previous research indicated that a couple's relational efficacy (a measure of a couple's belief in their ability to solve problems) before the birth of their first child was one of the strongest predictors of their marital satisfaction after the birth. This…

Describes the sequences of Geneva middle-class school children in a block balancing task. It attempts to pave the way towards understanding the general processes of cognitive behavior. Analysis focuses on the interplay between the child's action sequences and his implicit theories which the observer infers from the sequences rather than from his…

Second and sixth grade children solved a series of four-and eight-dimensional discrimination learning problems dictating selection of hypotheses which could be monitored by means of blank trials. Differential effects of stimulus complexity upon the performance of the two age groups are discussed. (GO)

Studied infants' reactions to a Plexiglas box placed over a toy by their mothers. (JMB)

Of the three aspects of moral development--the development of empathy, moral reasoning and related problem-solving strategies--we know least about empathy. Possible reasons for this are explored. (Editor)

Article described an attempt to end registration confusion through use of a well-organized registration procedure. (Author)

A school psychologist recommends that programs for the gifted be improved by offering students opportunities to develop creative thinking and problem solving skills and by surveying community resources to locate facilities and people who can aid in developing enrichment activities. (LH)

Described a computer program and how it might help solve problems in the humanities. (RK)

The purpose of this article was to narrow the focus of the most commonly used evaluation procedures in such a way as to attain greater precision. (Author/RK)

Results of a 10-item mathematical word problem test taken by 80 preservice elementary teachers showed that those receiving accurate pictures accompanying each problem scored significantly higher than both those receiving no pictures and those having inaccurate diagrams; the "no picture" group scored significantly higher than the "inaccurate…

An examination of the effectiveness of a group leader given varying levels of leader-to-group agreement on issues. (CH)

The notion of generic design, while it has been around for 25 years, is not often articulated, especially within Newell and Simon's (1972) Information Processing Theory framework. Design is merely lumped in with other forms of problem solving activity. Intuitively it is felt that there should be a level of description of the phenomenon which…