In the field of organizational development, it is almost self-evident that an intervention or change action comes after a period of data gathering and/or analysis of the organization. This article explores how a manager can determine what actions to take following an organizational diagnosis. (LRA)

College students viewed religion as a useful "crutch" for relieving anxiety but not as an adaptive solution. Religious solutions were preferred for physical problems. Counselors should use caution in introducing religion as a solution to problems. (JAC)

Investigated the ability of kindergarten, first-grade and third-grade boys and girls to use a mnemonic strategy in a spatial task. (Author/DB)

Several in-service models are presented including a provision of services model, job maintenance model, personal development model, and three problem-solving models. (JMF)

Discusses some prominent applications available today for most microcomputer systems, including: teaching computing to all students, the computer as a problem solving tool, games, drill and practice, simulation, and testing. (Author)

Discusses what really becomes important in family life. It is not the ability to stay out of trouble, but to get out of trouble, that is, the ability to process conflicts and dilemmas and unfairness constructively. (Author)

Results yielded three hierarchical factors, two that were moderately related to IQ and MA and one that was independent of IQ and MA. Explanation of the findings was based on a consideration of the differences between divergent and convergent production abilities. (Author)

Explores the relationship of an individual's reliance or nonreliance upon concrete cues in problem solving and performance on a model-based measure of hierarchical classification. Level of cognitive development, as determined by performance on Piaget-type tasks, generally predicted hierarchical classification ability of junior- and senior-high…

A group of unsolved geometry problems is presented. Several problems that were unsolved for a length of time and then solved are also discussed. (MK)

The conditions necessary for a circumscribable quadrilateral also to be inscribable are discussed. Three propositions are presented and proved. (MK)

Describes a simulation, "Ethics for Administrators," which is designed to help the student understand why he takes certain ethical positions and not others, and to challenge him to identify the systematic elements within his professional ethics. (Author/CK)

Married couples engaged in discussion of actual problems. No effects of experimental instructions on communication styles were discovered. Results are compared with another study, suggesting the "fakability" of marital interaction data. (Author/BEF)

The interrogative strategies of 20 institutionalized mentally retarded young adults and 38 nonretarded first and fourth graders were investigated using a 20-questions-type task. (Author)

Married Australian couples possessing heterogeneous values involving religious principles and family relationship v vocational priorities were disadvantaged when solving problems for which such values were relevant. Data indicated that effects of dyad authority role expectations and value patterns were modified upon interaction by sex and…

The article presents a coping model for helping gifted children which includes six steps, such as recognizing the problem, designing and investigation, and finding a possible solution for use in helping gifted children deal with stress. (PHR)