THE PURPOSE WAS TO SUBSTANTIATE THE HYPOTHESIS THAT TRAINING COLLEGE STUDENTS IN SELF-PERCEPTUAL THEORY, IN OBSERVING CHILD BEHAVIOR, AND IN ANALYZING BEHAVIOR FROM A PERCEPTUAL ORIENTATION INCREASES THEIR ABILITY TO INFER FROM THE BEHAVIOR RECORDS OF A CHILD HIS STATEMENTS ABOUT HIMSELF. THREE GROUPS OF SUBJECTS, ONE EXPERIMENTAL AND TWO…

An experimental test of visual closure based on an information-theory concept of perception was devised to test the ability to discriminate visual stimuli with reduced cues. The test is to be administered in a timed individual situation in which the subject is presented with sets of incomplete drawings of simple objects that he is required to name…

The purpose of this study is to determine whether locus of control scores for students in "open" programs changed significantly over a one-year period and whether there was any change different from change experienced by students in a "traditional" program. The lack of significant group main effects indicated that students in the open programs did…

THE BASIC INTENTION OF THE STUDY WAS TO INVESTIGATE MENTAL RETARDATION IN TERMS OF PERCEPTUAL AND RESPONSE ABILITY DEFINITIONS, TO TEST THESE ABILITY DEFINITIONS OBJECTIVELY, AND TO EVALUATE THEM AS THEY RELATE TO THE INTELLIGENCE FACTOR. BOTH PERCEPTUAL AND RESPONSE FACTORS WERE EXAMINED FROM THE STANDPOINT OF MENTAL DISTURBANCES WITH REFERENCE…