Discusses nine senses which constitute a topical system for rhetorical critics. Each suggests a way of assessing the communicative potential of a variety of texts and is represented by the following critics: intentionalists, social critics, Boothians, critics of imitative rhetoric, formalists, genre critics, implicit rhetorical theorists,…

The relationship between intraindividual discrepancy and exceptionality was studied in 248 children in first through sixth grades. Results revealed a significant relationship between discrepancies and exceptionalities, though a relatively low strength of association was found. (Author/SBH)

Instruments based on F. Williams'"cube" model (which deals with cognitive-affective behaviors associated with divergent thinking) were used to select gifted students from a large pool (N=468) of third to ninth graders. Evidence indicated that instruments measuring both cognitive and affective factors of divergent thinking are most favorable for…

Results of study indicate that couples who share a similar definition of their relationship are significantly more in agreement on a variety of relational issues and are more cohesive than couples who do not share a relational definition. (JMF)

Notes problems with cataloging library materials in the small and medium sized public library and suggests interpretations of the Anglo-American cataloging rules, with recommendations for their adaptation to smaller libraries. (CWM)

Taxonomies were generated from theorists in counseling and psychotherapy. Goal clusters included: Transfer of Therapy Learning to Outside Situations, Awareness and Acceptance of Self in Conflict, Specific Symptom Removal, and Awareness of Positive Inner Resources. Process clusters included: Client Acceptance, Active Critical Questioning, and…

The three-year-old system for organizing and classifying materials in career counseling, devised for the Curricular/Career Information Service at Florida State University, is described and critically appraised. This system shows improvement in meeting needs of counselors and clientele. (Author/MBR)

Describes an approach to teaching animal classification by applying a scientific examination of the types and arrangement of the teeth. This approach may be used by high school students. (HM)

A plausible set of concepts useful for theory, research, development, and evaluation concerned with content sequencing is explicated. These concepts provide a framework for discussing sequencing alternatives and their implications. (Author/RC)

Provides a taxonomy of Carib folk music and discusses each in turn, emphasizing their performances within a cultural setting. (Author/AM)

Attempts to determine whether PI (proactive inhibition) release for taxonomic word categories could be observed for chronic schizophrenics. (Author/RK)

Subjects learned meanings for 16 invented words and practiced categorizing each word according to its meaning. Each word appeared consistently in either script or uppercase type. Subsequently subjects categorized words in both versions; at first, categorization was slower for unfamiliar versions. Subjects relied on both configuration information…

Presents a cultural classification of societies: large or small power distance (centralized or decentralized power structure), collective or individual, strong or weak uncertainty avoidance, masculine or feminine, Confucian/non-Confucian, master of destiny or fatalistic, improvement or status quo, personnel selection based on merit or…

Presents an objective quantitative analysis of separate dialect features from the "Linguistic Atlas of the Middle and South Atlantic States." Findings suggest that a mathematical modeling of areal variation of dialect features, combined with a reassessment of traditional notions of dialect, could contribute to knowledge of language and…

Presented 9-month-old infants with slides of drawings of pigs and rabbits, and tested the relative success of two auditory accompaniments in facilitating subsequent categorization of the slides. Found that infants paid more attention to presentations when they were accompanied by sound (words or tones) rather than musical tones, and paid more…