Focusing on four diverse areas, this paper highlights the contribution of several major schools of thought in the field of psychology to the understanding of the process involved in reading comprehension. (Author/DS)

The hypothesis that multisensory imagery is a specific teacher competency associated with effective pedagogy, particularly in special education, was tested in a study of 63 special education teacher trainees (18-24 years old) who were given a self-report graphic Multisensory Imagery Scale. (Author)

This article explores the legal, ethical, and practical considerations underlying the requirement for acquiring parental consent prior to a psychological assessment of children in school settings, as specified in P.L. 94-142. (Author)

This research explores the relationships between the cognitive variables, as measured by Piagetian tests and standard Raven Matrices, and Witkin's Field-dependence/independence dimension, (FD/FID). The association between sex, social class, and personality variables with the Witkin's dimension is also investigated. (Author)

An orientation course for incoming freshman is proposed that combines some creative writing and thinking exercises with a personalized psychology course. An appendix of writing exercises is included, and a team teaching approach is recommended. (LBH)

Since standardized tests are constructed for the purpose of measuring the intellectual capacity of school children from the diverse sociocultural backgrounds in America, one of the main topics of this article concerns the standardization bias inherent in these tests. (Author/AM)

College students' responses to Rotter's scale were factor analyzed, and smokers' exsmokers', and nonsmokers' factor scores were compared. The findings suggest the usefulness of the concepts of "alienation" and "alienation from one's body" in understanding life-threatening behaviors. (Author)

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the Zax Information Profile (ZIP), a measure of general fund of knowledge, in differentiating college dropouts from continuing students. (MB)

Normal infants were administered the Bayley Scales of Infant Development at 6 months and the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale at 3 years. At 6 months the quality of stimulation found in the early environment was measured. Results indicate that home environment may contribute to instability of performance on infant tests. (GO)

The results of the present study suggested that PPVT and SIT IQs are not directly comparable to the WISC-R IQs when the moderate to low correlation coefficents are considered. In addition, the SIT appears to be more comparable to the WISC-R than does either Form A or Form B of the PPVT. (Author)

Female alcohol and drug addicts (N=86) entering treatment took the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI). Women affirming the item "I believe women ought to have as much sexual freedom as men" were younger, had better visuospatial reasoning skills, and scored less pathologically on MMPI measures of depression, neurotic…

Assessed validity of the Personality Inventory for Children (PIC) using the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) and the Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT) as criterion instruments. The cognitive triad of the PIC was minimally correlated with all intelligence quotient measures and significantly correlated only for reading and…

A followup study of predictions made based on psychiatric tests and psychological interviews of medical students in the 1940s found that neither the interviews nor the tests predicted the participants' mental or physical health or their occupational or marital adjustment as of 1982. (MSE)

Assessed the self-concept level of physical education and recreation students on the Willoughby Schedule. Compared with original Willoughby Schedule validation and Hestand, Howard and Gregory replication data, the study population of physical education and recreation students had significantly more positive self-concept scores. (Author/KS)

Studied comprehension of psychological reports by three groups of educators: school administrators, elementary school teachers, and secondary school teachers. All three groups preferred reports in which both the child description and the recommendations were elaborated with explanations and examples. Elementary teachers and principals comprehended…