The relationship between locus of control and extreme behavior in regard to risk taking, persistence, shifts in level of aspiration, and estimation of success is explored. (Author)

The results of the current study, as well as the Zimmer and Cowles (1972) study using quite different procedures, involved a comparison of client-centered, gestalt, and rational therapies and do not support the conclusion that therapeutic relationships tend to be characteristically the same. Theoretical orientation as operationalized by…

This research illustrates one of the facets of the cognitive system of repressors and sensitizers and confirms Byrne's hypotheses concerning differential perceptual systems at the respective R-S levels. (Author)

The author suggests that to be accountable counselors need not only restrict themselves to precise observations of behavioral change. Subjective reality can also be a valid measure of a counselor's effectiveness. (Author)

Author defends the need for the indoctrination of those values that can be defended and lived honestly." (MB)

Results indicate significant differences between children and adults, and among three levels of information about subjects affecting the accuracy of predictive judgment. The effect of instruction approaches significance. Reprints available from James L. Knestrick, 270E North Arlington Avenue, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17107. (Author)

People may be overreacting when they condemn all violence in children's literature. (MF)

Discussed briefly is the need for a better means of evaluating mental institutional personnel behavior. (CB)

A study is reported of the relationships between an abbreviated dogmatism scale, two dogmatism subscales, and perceptions of time. Among the conclusions, it was found that for men and women, dogmatism relates to anxiety about time, a reduction in the present's and future's importance, and an emphasis on the past. (Author)