Subjects studied and were tested for recognition and recall of target words on lists of cue-target word pairs. List-cued recall was higher than non-cued recall, suggesting that recognition failure is independent of subjects' familiarity with task requirements. This contradicts attribution of encoding specificity phenomena to subjects' confusion.…

Findings suggest that impairment in sustained attention is associated with difficulty in learning in second grade children and that such impairment can be identified at an earlier age, and in children with less marked academic underachievement than is commonly believed. (EVH)

The probable dominance of contralateral hand control and contralateral representation of auditory input are important aspects of the study of cerebral function. A musical task involving bimanual coordination allowed investigation of both the above factors in a crossed and uncrossed sensorimotor relationship. (Author)

Paper based on a study reported by the authors in a paper read at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, September 3, 1966.

There is evidence that anticipating continued performance at a task can enhance one's need for control, and will thereby influence the kinds of attributions that are made for one's performance. Causal attributions for performance in an introductory psychology course were examined with respect to students' estimates of the likelihood of their…

This workbook, the fourth in a five-volume series on vocational programs for the handicapped (see note), is an illustrated student guide for a food preparation task in a home economics course. The workbook provides step-by-step procedures, each accompanied by photographs, for making blender cheesecake. (CP)

RESEARCH REVOLUTIONIZES SCHOOL LIGHTING AND BUILDINGS. NEW EDUCATIONAL CONCEPTS DEMAND FLEXIBLE LIGHTING DESIGN. VISUAL AND AUDITORY AIDS MUST BE CONSIDERED. LIGHT REQUIRED ON THE TASK DEPENDS ON THE DETAIL TO BE SEEN INVOLVING ITS CONFIGURATION, SIZE, AND CONTRAST WITH ITS BACKGROUND. THE BRIGHTNESS OF SURROUNDINGS MUST BE DESIGNED TO BALANCE…

HERZBERG'S JOB SATISFACTION MODEL SERVES AS THE BASIS FOR AN ANALYSIS OF OLD AGE. THE PATTERN VARIES AMONG INDIVIDUALS, BUT THE CAPACITY FOR ORGANIZED BEHAVIOR RATHER THAN RANDOM STRESS REDUCTION SUPPLIES EACH INDIVIDUAL WITH A TASK. THE HYPOTHESIS IS THAT IF THE OLDER INDIVIDUAL REALIZES UTILITY IN HIS YEARS BEYOND 70, HE WILL RETAIN COMPETENCE…

A PSYCHOEDUCATIONAL SMALL GROUP APPROACH WAS USED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ELEMENTARY CHILDREN WITH SEVERE LEARNING DISORDERS. SIX CHILDREN WERE SERVED THREE HOURS PER WEEK BY THIS HIGHLY STRUCTURED, TASK-ORIENTED, DAY TREATMENT PROGRAM. TWO BOYS WERE INVOLVED IN ONE-TO-ONE THERAPY AND ALL BUT TWO OF THE CHILDREN WERE ABLE TO ATTEND REGULAR SCHOOL IN…

THIS STUDY WAS DESIGNED TO DETERMINE WHETHER INSTRUMENT FLYING SKILLS ARE AFFECTED BY A FOUR-MONTH INTERVAL OF NONFLYING, AND WHETHER THIS EFFECT DIFFERS AS A FUNCTION OF INITIAL FLYING PROFICIENCY. AFTER EQUAL CLASSROOM TRAINING, TWO MATCHED GROUPS OF ROTC STUDENTS, WITHOUT PREVIOUS FLIGHT INSTRUCTION, WERE GIVEN A HIGH AND AN INTERMEDIATE AMOUNT…

Recognizing that the use of resource sharing capabilities provided by computer networks is inhibited by the requirement that the user become familiar with the varied command languages and protocols of each accessed system, this report presents a general approach to solving the problem using an intermediary system to support a set of common…

THE SIXTH-GRADE STUDENTS OBTAINING THE 80 HIGHEST MEAN SCORES ON THE METROPOLITAN ACHIEVEMENT TEST FORM D WERE RANDOMLY ASSIGNED TO GROUPS OF EASY OR DIFFICULT TASKS WITHIN EACH OF FIVE DECIBEL LEVEL GROUPS. THE LEARNING TASKS WERE TAKEN FROM THE MEANINGFULNESS OF ALL POSSIBLE CVC TRIGRAMS (ARCHER, 1960). THE APPARATUS INCLUDED A TAPE RECORDING OF…

The purpose of this study was to determine if children with warm social contact with their parents (noncaretaking functions) are more responsive to social reinforcement than are children who are deprived of such contact. Data was gathered from interviews with mothers, who described the amount and quality of both parents' contact with the child.…