The authors encourage those in the field of school psychology to consider the use of learning disabilities assessment practices in relation to specific American Psychological Association and National Association of School Psychologists ethical codes and in regard to the American Educational Research Association, American Psychological Association,…

Appraises current explanations of how visual processing occurs. Highlights the basics of simultaneous and serial levels of processing. Discusses the results of a series of experiments on visual-search tasks and also on the role of prior knowledge in processing. (ML)

Describes experiments which focus on the perception of three dimensions. Discusses the cues about distance and depth and the role they have in perceptions of three dimensions. Evaluates the effect of color on the illusion on depth. (ML)

Discusses research that may broaden understanding of how music of other styles and cultures is perceived and remembered. Experiments examined serve to isolate similarities and differences that exist across musical cultures and characterize their psychological effects and to study perception of compositional styles in Western music outside the…

Notes that people often see what they expect to see, have learned to see, or want to see. Presents theoretical discussion of perception and cognition. Identifies 10 skills for correcting perceptual and cognitive processes involved in dealing with incoming stimuli. Proposes that these skills will increase social workers' accuracy in making…

Addresses the mind/brain relationship in terms of scientific theory based on philosophical inquiry. Examines each of the proposed theories about mind/brain relationship--such as identity, dualism, interactionism, materialism, physicalism, and mentalism--not only in terms of logic, but also in terms of the database to which the theories refer. (PS)

Investigative explanations of how the mind works and elaborates on the research and findings developed from a neurocognitive connectionist model. Presents several examples and illustrations of how the human brain may generate rules, recognize patterns, and adapt. (ML)

Draws from perceptual and cognitive psychology to present a theoretical basis for the principles of interpretation developed by Freeman Tilden. Emphasized is cognitive map theory which holds that information units people receive, code and store are structured into cognitive models intended to represent the environment. (Author/WB)

Examines social relationships between African Americans and Asian Americans living in the same geographical area. Perceptions and the impact of these perceptions on intergroup interaction are examined. Possible cognitive processes linked to interethnic interaction are considered, as are behavioral responses to such cognition. (GR)

When adequately elaborated, the basic method of Gestalt therapy can be traced to the phenomenological field theory of Gestalt psychology. Gestalt therapy differs from Gestalt psychology not because of a difference in philosophy or method, but because of different contexts; the clinical context has different demands than those of basic research.…