Reports on the investigation of superior-subordinate dyads to determine relations among perceptions and meta perceptions of selected traits, subordinate participation in decision making, degree of supervision, and after hours work. (JMF)

The author shares his views and insights regarding the role and responsibility of an advocate and discusses whether school board negotiators are prepared to act as a group to protect the interests of their clients as a group. (Author/MLF)

Three experiments investigated the effects of context on the use of limited processing resources in word recognition. The effect of context on the resources consumed in word recognition is restricted to aspects of processing that can be delayed until the subject is required to select an overt response. (Author/RD)

The death of one's spouse brings trauma, grief, and the necessity of restructuring one's life. Some widowed persons experience economic hardships, emotional and social problems, and ill health. Help should be offered to widowed persons in such a way that they are not made to feel dependent. (Author)

Data from a study of spatial representation in blind children were subjected to two stepwise regression analyses to determine the relationships between several subject related variables and responses to "map" (cognitive map) and "route" (sequential memory) questions about the position of furniture in a recently explored room. (Author/SBH)

The relationships of varying degrees of auditory processing impairments to vocational interest and social behavior were examined in 43 adolescents (CA 13-6 to 18-6), including 15 learning disabled students; 14 mildly to severely hearing impaired adolescents; and 14 profoundly hearing impaired adolescents. (Author)

Discusses research regarding the development of infants' smiling at, gazing at, and interest in faces. (Author/DB)

Reports that children's beliefs concerning the different characteristics of males and females vary according to the age and sex of the child. (ST)

Examined correlates of role (discloser vs facilitator) and personality characteristics of sensitivity to rejection and affiliative tendency in self-disclosing behaviors and partner evaluations following self-disclosure. Results indicated that facilitators were less open and more authoritative than disclosers. Persons scoring higher on sensitivity…

Describes some of the different roles an instructional consultant may fill and their implications for both clients and consultants. The focus is on the differences between consultants as generalists and as specialists, and between consultants as advisors to others and as direct providers of products or services. (Author)

The time course of kindergarten children's memory for left-right orientation during the first 2 l/2 seconds after receptor stimulation was investigated by means of a successive matching-to-sample task with tachistoscopically presented abstract figures. (Author/DB)

Describes an experiment designed to determine the effect of missing syntactic cues on listeners' comprehension of grammatical sentences heard through noise. Comparison between sentences containing function word deletions and sentences with a more clearly displayed syntactic structure suggests that deletion of minor cues hinders comprehension under…

Administering a semantic differential to 53 early childhood, elementary, and middle school majors at the University of Georgia, this study analyzed the affective regard of preservice teachers when they perceived having one vs several exceptional children in their regular classrooms. (JC)

Discusses human ability to perceive repeated sensory stimuli in the visual system, and explains that its frequency fc has a critical value, under normal conditions, about 40 Hz. (GA)

Introduces a concept into the theoretical arena of humanistic educational philosophy, i.e., acknowledgment. Defines acknowledgment, points out its characteristics, cites examples of its manifestations, and suggests its importance in teaching and building relationships with children and young people in schools. (Author)