This study was concerned with measuring perceptions of a random sample of college students toward the "father role." The Father Role Opinionnaire (FRO) was developed to compile data on five sub-role dimensions of the father role--nuturer, problem solver, provider, societal model, and recreational companion. (Author/KC)

Investigates the difference between the perceived knowledge structure of unified science students and subject-centered students, and their respective teachers' perceived knowledge structures and curriculum content structures at a Massachusetts high school during the 1973-1974 academic year. (HM)

Explains six tasks which require comprehension of words and which can be used to teach beginning readers. (MKM)

Outlines a concentrated in-service visual training program which incorporates (1) perceptual effects of visual stimuli, (2) synthetic and natural stimuli, (3) non-verbal stimuli, (4) pictorial communication, (5) visual persuasion, and (6) creative visualization. (Author/CMV)

Argues that the concept of "librarian as teacher" is an organization fiction, and that this fiction is dysfunctional being both harmful and costly. (Author/CWM)

The study explored the concept of space through the tactual discrimination of household objects in 48 4-to-7-year-old blind, partially sighted, and sighted children. (PHR)

Reports on two experiments, one performed on infants, the other on adults, designed to examine the issue of categorical perception of speech contrasts in infants in relation to linguistic processing and the innateness theory of speech perception. (AM)

Attempts to determine what effect, if any, a color's hue or value has on the elementary school child's perception of apparent weight. (Author/RK)

Two experiments are presented in which lateralization of monaural, auditory input affected the evaluation of verbal passages. Discusses lateral differences in evaluating auditory stimuli in the framework of the left hemisphere's specialization for the holistic processing of objective information and the right hemisphere's specialization for the…

This paper examines black and white female heads of families interviewed in 1967 in a national longitudinal sample of women, age 30-44. Results suggest poor women and women dependent upon AFDC, child support and other stigmatizing, unstable sources of income feel less able to plan for their lives. (Author)

In Poland over 70 percent of married women are gainfully employed. They perform traditional female roles as wives, mothers and housekeepers, as well as the modern role of employee. Coping with both roles at the same time has important social consequences for women, such as family and career conflict. (Author)

This study examines the relationship between lower-class Israeli girls' perceptions (N=53) of various patterns in families of origin and attitudes concerning desirable patterns in their future families. It was found that traditional role allocation is desirable to the girls in the area of household roles. (Author)

Community college counselors were surveyed concerning their perceptions of paraprofessional responsibilities in academic advising, career development, personal/social counseling, recruitment, and other student services. The counselors' responses indicate that guidance and product-oriented services could be functions of paraprofessionals. (Author)

This study sampled used 144 Black and 208 White white-collar employees. It was hypothesized that perceptions of discrimination would vary according to degree of formalization in the organization with respect to selection, advancement procedures, and race of subject. Results supported these hypotheses. (Author)

The effects of television on young viewers has assumed immense importance due to the central role of viewing in the lives of children. Examines the results of an in-depth exposure of young children to television viewing. (Author/RK)