Two possible modifications of the Bousfield et al. (1958) RR-IAR memory model were proposed to explain why backward associations between critical stimulus and experimental words do not result in increased experimental word false positive rates, while forward associations do. (Author)

Schoolboys from the Ivory Coast and from Kenya were tested on a simple task intended to detect the effect of implicit-shape constancy. (Editor)

The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of various attributes of the family in the structure and process of social influence during adolescence. (Author)

Article investigated the effectiveness of a procedure designed to accurately reflect a student's reading level. (Editor/RK)

Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of Canada, Montreal, June 1972; article describes and evaluates the validity of prosopography (investigation of the common background of a specified group of historical actors via a collective study of their lives) as an approach to history. (DD)

The present study was undertaken to gain a better understanding of the relationship between user expectations and actual use of a specific recreational area. (Author)

Attempts to propose a cognitive process model of problem finding, operationally define problem finding, and to present empirical evidence for the proposed model. (Author/RK)

This paper is an attempt toward the goal of developing an integrated quantitative theory of visual stimulus selection. (Author/RK)

In the present study, an attempt was made to determine whether temporal patterning and speach processes comparable to those obtained with categorized materials are involved in the recall of higher order units formed intraexperimentally. (Author)

The present study was designed to provide a finer analysis of the effects of active and passive vocalization vs. silent visual presentation on recall at various retention intervals through the use of the distractor technique. (Author)

Neville Bennett's "Teaching Styles and Pupil Progress" has attracted widespread attention for its major conclusion that formal teaching styles foster greater pupil progress than more informal ones. Examines the adequacy of the research on which this claim is based. (Author/RK)

Investigates student behavior in a situation where no alternative was available; they had to either accept or alter their surroundings. It was hypothesized that in the institutional settings the students would not substantially change an inhospitable arrangement, despite their membership in a relatively high environmental awareness group.…

A lab study was conducted to test the effect of different kinds of instruction in copying tasks, which are considered to be a fundamental function in the area of psycho-motor skills. The study was organized as a two-way design with 24 eight-year-old Ss. (Editor)

Studies the contribution of home and family variables to the degree and type of knowledge of occupations held by children in first grade. The importance of such information to people working on curricular aspects of vocational choice in the elementary school is considerable. (Author/RK)