In comments addressed to the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Miami Beach, 1970, the author proposes that two levels of communication exist between the experimenter and his subjects: (1) the overt or the expected response and (2) the covert level or the guessed intent of the experimenter. (BY)

Factor analyses of ratings received by 617 patients in a state hospital for the mentally retarded, concerning 26 problem behaviors, indicated that five factors describe the behaviors. (Author)

The results showed predictable male and female differences and differences between the sexual behavior of the Norwegian sample and American samples tested by other investigators. The study lent some support to an appetitional theory of sexual motivation. (Author)

A brief look at the use of behavior management techniques in a class for retarded children and in a regular classroom. (AA)

The article concludes that the whole question of sexual life in ancient Mesopotamia is difficult to reconstruct and fraught with many uncertainties. Nevertheless, it seems certain that the ancient Mesopotamians had fewer prohibitions against sex than our own civilization, and regarded as acceptable many practices which later societies condemned.…

While certain forms of sex behavior may serve as a clue to the existence of mental illness, care must be taken not to view such behavior outside the overall context of a person's particular life situation, since sex behavior is a reflection of the totality of human existence. (Author)

Compares hospitalized tuberculosis patients with informative and uninformative physicians as to their use of library books. Finds that the two groups did not differ in general reading, but that those with uninformative physicians tended to seek out books about tuberculosis and its treatment more often. (MB)

The work described in this paper views the Protestant Ethic as a dispositional variable and attempts to characterize its psychological meaning in terms of its relationship with other personality variables and with occupational interests. (Author)

While depression often interferes with sexual feelings, the author suggests that sexual feelings and sexual activity can be used to help prevent or overcome depression. (BY)

The author contends that the capacity to be seductive can be utilized in constructive ways to enhance a loving relationship, or in neurotic ways to oversome doubts about one's capabilities. (Author)

The results indicated that significant main effects for family size and sex indicated that Ss with smaller families showed lower need for approval and that females showed higher n App. Ordinal position was not a significant source of variance, however; these three family structure variables were found to be interacting. (Author)

Over the course of eight months of almost continuous contact, relatively normal speaking patterns were generated. At a one year follow up, the subject's speech was indistinguishable from that of her classmates. (Author)