Presents an overview of the developments and dilemmas related to the cataloging and classification of maps, addressing the areas of online library systems, cooperative cataloging, descriptive cataloging, subject access, and the improvement of network capabilities. Seventeen references are cited. (FM)

A survey of state departments of education revealed wide variations in mental retardation terminology, definition, and classification variables. Demographic characteristics based on summary data for states on variables such as per capita income, educational level, and rate of illiteracy were highly related to school system prevalence. (Author)

Developed a system of tables to facilitate interpretation of the McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities. Presents tables that organize the McCarthy subtests according to three systems of interpretation, and organize McCarthy Scales into categories that reflect factors likely to influence various subtests. (Author/RC)

Reviews early attempts to classify the field of family therapy, including Haley's caricatures, the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry's classification, and others. The new paradigmatic model proposes a classification of the field of family therapy in terms of three therapeutic paradigms: the historical, the structure/process, and the…

Tests the validity of classifying contemporary marriages into one of three types, i.e., wife as equal partner, junior partner, or complement. A sample of younger White wives is categorized by their responses to an item assessing economic provider duties. Results suggest the classification schema possesses a certain degree of validity. (Author)

This article presents the case for the systematic study of music instruction using economic analysis. A taxonomy of four instructional types based on teacher and student choice is derived and hypothetical examples from music instruction are presented. The implications of the analysis for future research are discussed. (Author)

Examines Thomas Reid's philosophy of rhetoric and identifies the principles to which he was committed, including his classification of knowledge, emphasis on artistic expression, and theory of natural signification. (JMF)

Discusses problems associated with the disciplinary status of speech communication stemming from the absence of consensus on the appropriate classification of the field, inadequately specified properties of the concepts on which research is conducted, failure to develop a coherent organizational structure for assessing advances in knowledge, and…

Third and seventh graders (age 9 and 13 years) were randomly assigned to three instructional groups and engaged in a sort/recall task. The instructions emphasized either (1) recall of the items, (2) meaningful organization of the items, or (3) meaningful organization and recall of the items. (Author/MP)

Argues that the item of first priority in general semantics research is to come up with a coherent framework for the overall organization of general semantics studies, and offers a few thoughts on beginning the search for a solution to this problem. (GT)

Argues that human acts are intended to satisfy human needs. A typology of suicidal acts parallels a classification of general human needs. This classification can be found in Murray's "Explorations in Personality" (1938). Twenty-one suicide-need types are defined. (Author)

A large-scale investigation of the development of 18 new teachers has identified six different types of supportive contacts and six types of nonsupportive contacts that new teachers experience. (Author/MLF)

Discusses controversies concerning the use of generalizations in history. Generalizations lead to national stereotypes and confusion over definitions. Concludes, however, that historical understanding requires criteria to determine what in general may be of importance to the human condition. Classificatory or labeling generalizations are…

Results concur with the Thomas-Chess findings in identifying three main temperament groups: difficult, easy, and slow to warm up. Membership in the difficult group predicted later childhood behavior disorder in both sexes. (Author)

The dependence of reliability indices for mastery tests on mean and cutoff scores was examined in the case of three decision-theoretic indices. Dependence of kappa on mean and cutoff scores was opposite to that of the proportion of correct decisions, which was linearly related to average threshold loss. (Author/BW)