Sorting of animal terms and ratings of animal pair dissimilarities yielded a dominant dimension of size for grades seven, eleven, and undergraduate groups. The dominant dimension for zoologists, however, was based on food habits. Implications are discussed. (Author/RH)

Reviews several experiments which examined the cognitive function of finger writing, an activity widely used by Japanese people and thought to be related to Kanji learning. Children and university students performed either Kanji anagram tasks or English word tasks. Finger writing appears to originate from the existence of motoric or action-based…

Within Triandis's (1994) theoretical framework, two studies are reported that deal with the developmental course for subjective perceptions of cultural dimensions in Dutch society (i.e., vertical and horizontal individualism and collectivism). While perceptions of society are always subjectively determined, the perceived dimensions that are…