Differences in vocational interests, as measured by the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory, between undergraduates having traditional, conservative attitudes towards the roles of women and those having contemporary, liberal attitudes were examined. Results are discussed and implications for future employment patterns are made. (Author)

Male (N=67) and female (N=83) students filled out the Do-It-Yourself Death Certificate (DIYDC), Handal and Templer death concern scales, and a Death Personification Exercise (DPE). Males and females who saw death as being sexless showed less anxiety about death. (Author)

Presents evidence to support contentions that the media influences public acceptance of traditional sex-role and racial stereotypes. (MH)

Gaze at objects, another person, and background was measured for 15 days which constituted five different experimental groups in which task and situational factors were varied. Background stimuli had an unreliable effect on gaze. A simple object attracted a great deal of gaze and reduced gaze at the other person. (Author)

Evaluated with two groups of 35 children (median age 12 years) either having or not having school learning and visual perception problems was the sensitivity of human figure drawings in measuring the emotional effects of visual perceptual training of children with visual perceptual problems. (DB)

High intensity discharge lighting sources share the compactness and beam controllability of incandescent sources, but are far more efficient and longer-lived. They share the efficiency and long life of fluorescent sources, but are compact and optically controllable, and are available in higher wattages. (Author/MLF)

Preschool and third grade children matched the orientation of stimuli tachistoscopically presented at times individually set to achieve about 75 percent correct performance. Preschoolers showed no superiority on left versus right while third graders showed significant top and right superiorities. Results are compared with those for adults on the…

Presents several studies that indicate the ways in which television has a harmful effect on children's perception of reality, including one study that indicated a children's program induced sensory overload in some of its viewers. (IRT)

Discusses a study which focused on adolescents' perception of their local environment by asking 200 15-year-old students to produce free recall maps of their own local areas. Study results indicate that the individual strives towards an adjustive structuring of his environment to self-perceived societal needs. For journal availability, see SO 505…

Various issues peculiar to the management of temporary systems are reviewed, then specific research findings on the three questions of task effectiveness, professional development, and utilization of human resources as related to management style are presented followed by a concluding strategy for the management of such systems. (Author)

School leaders play a pivotal role in keeping schools safe from chemical accidents. Readers of this brochure can help schools develop a chemical cleanout and prevention program and assemble a team of teachers, facilities staff, and administrators with technical expertise to assess chemical safety issues and set policy. Some important team roles…

This family activity book provides information for discovering and demonstrating the science of fire--how firefighters decide which fires to let burn and which to put out, how fires start and spread, and what to do when they flare up. Chapters include: (1) "A Game about Wildfire"; (2) "Create a Fire Safety Commercial"; (3)…

This paper describes a theoretical framework for the investigation of some specific types of visual learning difficulties commonly experienced by biology undergraduates. The framework was developed based on the findings of three simple qualitative pilot studies. A variety of neurological, cognitive and cultural mechanisms can influence what humans…

Due to isolation, lack of resources, and lack of training, rural health care providers lack the knowledge, skills, and attitude to work effectively with patients experiencing family violence. To address this need, a strategy-reported here-was designed and implemented in order to promote more effective intervention with patients experiencing family…