A comparison of therapeutic activity of A and B therapists obtained from tape recordings of therapy hours suggested that: (1) B therapists tended to be more facilitative; (2) A therapists tended to be somewhat more interpretative and negative. The present findings are consistent with previous research with the A and B scale, which suggested a…

Research supported in part by National Institutes of Health Grant MH-113212-02.

Investigated hand preference using a questionnaire. Respondents were divided into: right-handers (N=523), left-handers (N=412), and impossible to classify (N=42). Items were subjected to a cluster analysis. Results show a clear grouping of items for left-handers and a vaguely similar grouping for right-handers, characterized by the muscle groups…

Four developmentally delayed babies were given semicircular canal stimulation in an effort to facilitate their motor and reflex development. All of the children showed motor and/or reflex changes that were attributable to the vestibular stimulation. In addition, some evidence was obtained linking changes in stereotypic responding to the vestibular…

The authors describe (1) common stresses and problems of older adults; (2) coping strategies used; and (3) relationships among types of stresses, strategies, and perceptions of coping effectiveness. They found that allowing older persons to define stress in terms meaningful to them leads to greater understanding of life in old age. (SK)

Verbal behavior in transcripts of psychotherapy was coded according to Stile's taxonomy of verbal response modes. Therapists of different theoretical persuasions used different mixtures of verbal techniques. Common elements that make verbal interaction psychologically therapeutic lie in client behavior. (Author)

Investigated eye contact patterns during deception in a counseling setting with 28 female college students. Half of the subjects were instructed to deceive the counselor by giving false answers to questions. These subjects looked at the counselor longer than others who had been instructed to tell the truth. (Author)

Reports that prime time network television programing has more than three drinking incidents per hour, with hard liquor the drink of choice. (FL)

Seven functional categories of echolalia were discovered and are discussed in reference to behavioral and linguistic features of each category. It is argued that researchers who propose intervention programs of echo-abatement may be overlooking the important communicative and cognitive functions echolalia may serve for the autistic child. (Author)

Supports the discriminant validity of the Coronary-Prone Behavior Pattern, as assessed by the Jenkins Activity Survey, in relation to trait anxiety. Future research should include measures of trait anxiety to collaborate findings in a laboratory setting. (Author/JAC)

Various aspects of the phonological behavior of three normal speaking and three language disordered children (ages 2 to 4) matched on the basis of mean utterance length, sex, and cognitive development, were compared. While some individual variation was noted, no substantial group differences were revealed. (Author)