Is object-based attention mandatory or under strategic control? In an adapted spatial cuing paradigm, participants focused initially on a central arrow cue that was part of a perceptual group (Experiment 1) or a uniformly connected object (Experiment 2), encompassing one of the potential target locations. The cue always pointed to an opposite,…

Examined perceived structure of occupations and the occupational aspects underlying it. In first study occupational aspects of 66 social science students were used to predict similarity between occupations. In second study 24 occupations were rated by 44 subjects on aspects identified in first Study. Hierarchical model derived proximity relations…

Examined data from 96 college students and applicants who applied for career counseling. Found that the predictions of the hierarchical model for the structure of occupations regarding the relative proximity between occupational fields were more adequate than were those of the circular model. (NB)

Analyzes the strains that result from an intensive community renewal and development project that was accompanied by intensive process-and-outcome evaluation research. The case study, which took place in an Israeli kibbutz, illustrates a dynamic development of an alternative interaction model with split-role differentiation. (Author)