The present study was an attempt to investigate the specific form of the relationship of persistence to academic performance, with a consideration of the information-processing value of persistence. (Author)

The open-field activity of 140 children 3-9 years old was observed. Children were either told to stay in one part of the room and play or were given free play instructions. Findings showed that open-field activity decreased with age; parents' activity ratings were also lower for older children. (CS)

The study revealed the Mexican-American children were less mature. Factor structures for both groups are analyzed. (ST)

The present study is designed to find the dimensions of the elementary school environment and has generated an instrument, the revised Elementary School Environment Survey, which measures elementary school environments along specific dimensions. (Author/RK)

Article explores the idea that exposure to fictional characters on the motion picture screen or on television causes the viewer, expecially young people, to identify with one or more of the characters involved. Suggestions for improvements in research into mass communications are offered. (Author/RK)

Author suggests means to help researchers deal with factor analysis as a tool for construct validation of educational objectives. (HB)

The present study looks primarily at the correlates of drug use among a sample of female undergraduate students at a State University in West Virginia. (Author)

Preliminary factor analyses of predictor tests in advantaged and disadvantaged groups is recommended as a way of forming a priori expectations concerning validities of the predictors to guide both use and research. (Authors)

Study considers similarities in listener reaction to musical compositions. (RK)

This study attempted to test the relationship between optimal total heterophily and communication effectiveness, to identify relevant dimensions of homophily/heterophily in achieving communication effectiveness, and to demonstrate a method for measuring source-receiver heterophily, as well as examining their relationship to the communication…

In the present study two modes of information integration, simultaneous and successive, were proposed as alternatives to reasoning and memory. The generality of these two was tested by factor analyzing the cognitive test scores of 9-11-year-old children from Canada and India. (Editor/RK)

Study investigated the validity of several scales from the Differential Personality Inventory, a personality questionnaire designed to measure a number of variables relevant to psychopathology. (Authors)

Results were interpreted to mean that the rating scales generated data that were more a reflection of the rater's point of view than of a teacher's actual classroom behavior. (Authors)

Two batteries of creativity tests measuring traditional'' creativity and creativity as defined by Wallach and Kogan were factor analyzed along with measures of verbal and non-verbal intelligence. (Authors)

The evidence of this study suggests that it is useful to think of creativity and intelligence as the outgrowths of distinct (although overlapping) sets of influences, even when this is not well indicated by discriminant-convergent validation analyses carried out with respect to tests (in contrast to factors). (Authors)