Distressed research participants were identified and contacted to investigate their experiences. Anxiety due to physical discomfort was the primary complaint. However, the experiments had very mild distress effects on the subjects. Anonymity did not influence responses. (CS)

Research on children's sport participation motives is examined to provide insight about potential sources of stress in organized youth sports. A four-stage model of stress is outlined, and topics that deserve further research are discussed. (CJ)

Sternberg (1981) presented correlations based on independent samples of about 25 cases each with a statistical comparison in a population parameter of zero and interpreted his results as if with appropriate tests. He needed to use a nonzero population parameter and compare for the difference between the z transformations. (Author/CM)

Sternberg's reply to paper Humphrey criticizes (see TM 507 045) includes: (1) invited position paper and detailed statistical testing would have been inappropriate; (2) Humphrey commits some of "misdeeds" of which he accuses Sternberg; (3) number of cases in the three nonentrenchment experiments are more than adequate for drawing conclusions; and…

The Adjective Generation Technique (AGT) was useful for counteracting the clinical bias prevalent among undergraduate psychology majors. It stimulated student discussion and provided quantifiable evidence to support the hypothesis that there are systematic differences in student perceptions of scientists and psychologists. (SR)

Describes a study which investigated whether college students enrolled in introductory psychology of aging courses believe 10 common myths about aging. Results showed that students did not subscribe to the myths. (AM)

Describes a study which examined differences in the experience of joy between Israeli Jewish, Israeli Arab, and American adolescents. The interpersonal experience was the most common source of joy in all three cultures. The data also showed greater differences between males and females than between cultures. (AM)

Right-handed subjects listened to music with one ear and received subliminal words in the other. The words emerged in subjects' reported imagery of the music more when the words were presented to the right ear (left brain hemisphere). A second experiment eliminated the music. (SJL)

Reports that schizophrenic-labeled persons consistently rated television programs as closer to reality than did a sample of nonschizophrenic respondents. (FL)

A careful review of methodological principles provides a reasonable framework for beginning to sort out the apparently contradictory studies of the psychological consequences of natural disasters. (Author)

Discusses ways in which psychological researchers can aggregate behavior over situations and occasions, thereby reducing variations that negatively affect replicability. (MK)