These four volumes provide a comprehensive survey of the 1,600 factor analytic studies reported in psychological journals between 1941 and 1970. Each study is summarized and indexed using the Psychological Abstracts table of contents. The summaries follow a standard format: purpose, subjects, variables, method, results, and conclusions. The first…

Provides recent lists of both authors and specific articles and books that have stood the test of time and are still influencing the field (classics) and that are frequently cited in the recent counseling research (possible emerging classics). (Author)

This document, the second of two bibliographies, lists Swedish publications and reports written in English for the fields of education and psychology, covering the years 1967-1980. Along with published articles, the bibliography also lists official reports from education and psychology departments. The entries are arranged alphabetically by the…

A careful review of methodological principles provides a reasonable framework for beginning to sort out the apparently contradictory studies of the psychological consequences of natural disasters. (Author)

The author outlines his 25-year attempt to understand the dynamics of humor. He views humor as the sine qua non of self actualization and maturity. The humorist has an adamant sense of his own significance without having to prove himself better than others or to prove his worth through some role performance. Connections with humankind--past,…

Reviews research on sex bias in psychological evaluation and psychotherapy. The experimental analogue continues to dominate the literature and to return a resoundingly negative verdict. This evidence is often discounted on the grounds of the analogue's transparency and clinical impoverishment. (Author)

This bibliography lists publications related to peace education and the psychological aspects of war and peace. The publications are from around the world and the majority are written in English. (DB)

Reviews the literature of the research done in cognitive psychology and linguistics as it relates to psycholinguistics. Suggests that advances in various separate fields have been synthesized with their application to classroom instruction in reading and writing. (TJ)

This is a brief report discussing ways of dealing with aggression in individuals. The author feels that previous approaches, such as catharsis or punishment, have proved inadequate, and that a more successful approach to reducing aggression involves the induction of incompatible reactions among aggressors. In the author's opinion, when angry…

A corrective interactive network between behavioral scientists and educators is developing in the research community. Examples of research generated by this network and projections for research in the 1980s are presented in this article. (RLV)

Attribution Theory has led to predictions that the use of material reward may impair intrinsic motivation in the rewarded activity (decreased play effects). A review of the pertinent literature reveals, however, (a) that attribution research has failed to reliably demonstrate that decreased play effects occur in minimal-trial studies (b) that for…

An extensive list of literature sources on the psychological and mental health literature of the Latino community in the United States is presented in this annotated bibliography. The intent of this work is to provide the mental health practitioner, researcher and student with a bibliography of literature related to the mental health, directly or…

This selective bibliography of recent publications by Rand researchers in the Information Processing Systems research program includes only those papers concerned with the broad range of topics in cognitive science. These topics include the modeling of complex human behavior, the construction of intelligent computer systems, and the representation…

This publication is an annual catalog of abstracts of research reports published by the institutes of psychology and education at teacher training colleges and universities in Sweden, complete to June 1, 1976. The reports are grouped into twenty-seven broad subject fields according to the rules of PSYCHOLOGICAL ABSTRACTS and EUDISED THESAURUS.…

This bibliography on the psychological status of black females in America includes references to 2,503 journal articles and dissertations published between 1967 and 1987. The bibliography was compiled from a search of PsycINFO, the computerized version of "Psychological Abstracts." Section 1 contains annotated citations to journal…