Postmodern, multicultural, and feminist critiques of psychology have changed how longitudinal researchers construct their inquiries and frame their data. Also the new scholarship brings to the longitudinal investigation perspectives from other disciplines including sociology, anthropology, and history, among others. The book used as a framework…

Information processing theories have been very useful in psychology. The application of information processing literature to communication, however, requires definitions of audiences and definitions of messages relevant to information-processing theories. In order to establish the relevant aspect of audiences, a multiple-stage model of audiences…

Today, in a rapidly changing society, many people are searching for ways to change the patterns of their lives. Article considered the conditions that must surround the individual seeking change and three stages in the process of change. (Editor/RK)

The three studies described in this section were undertaken to examine further aspects of depth of processing and to throw more light on the factors underlying good memory performance. (Author)

The role of differential processing opportunities in directed forgetting was investigated in two free-recall experiments. (Editor)

The purpose of this investigation was to determine more clearly whether the phenomenon of language retention is found at higher levels of complexity. (Author)

Authors argued that equal status for women need not deprive us of the traditional feminine virtues and compared male and female traits as indicators of individual self concept. (Editor/RK)

Noting that one would expect that members of cultural groups whose modes of child rearing foster individual autonomy would achieve more articulated perceptual functioning rather than persons reared in societies where conformity and emotional dependence are stressed, this article discusses a study which compared two Israeli sub-groups and two…

This study indicates that the vertical ordering of self-social others is a potent measure of individual differences in social orientations. (Author)

Based upon assumptions of Gestalt Therapy, an objective, reliable scoring system for analyzing a specific aspect of verbal behavior, avoidant verbalization, was developed. (Author)

Article considered whether one should be able to obtain - by selecting the appropriate orienting task - incidental learning that is superior to ordinary intentional learning. (Author/RK)

Article considered newly emerging evidence regarding the character of delinquency in general and modifications of female sex roles which challenge popular notions about the quality and quantity of the sexual distribution of delinquent acts. (Author/RK)

Article considered the psychological problems faced by adolescents in accepting a donor kidney as a means of extending their own lives. (RK)

In a short-term free-recall paradigm, Ss presented a list of numbers followed by a list of words were cued after presentation to (a) recall numbers only, (b) recall numbers then words, (c) recall words then numbers, or (d) recall numbers, then perform a word association task. (Editor)