Article investigated managerial decision making and the cultural differences in preferences for decision making styles. (Author/RK)

This study examines the role of verb imagery and noun phrase concreteness in the recognition and recall of sentences. The results indicate that concrete noun phrases are more easily remembered while verb imagery had no effect. (DE)

The amount read from the second of two successive fixations was examined in adults before and after a 'speed reading' course and in fast and slow 11 year old readers, as a function of contextual constraint. (Editor)

Article investigated two new, parallel, multiple-choice group tests of reasoning, suitable for literate subjects from 10 years to adulthood. (Author/RK)

Subjects classified according to degree of hand preference were tested with both hands on two tasks of controlled movement. (Editor)

A theoretical framework which makes possible the correlation of grammatical meaning with the structure of sensory experience is explored. (RM)

Author severely criticized a book on encounter groups by Lieberman, Yalom, and Miles (1973) and stated that it was a methodological morass, theroetically obsolescent, and almost totally unjustified in its conclusions. (Author/RK)

Two paired-associate (PA) learning studies observed the acquisition performance of 85 college students with either odors or abstract figures as stimuli and numbers as responses. (Editor)

An overview of the state of the art in psychological research is presented, with an emphasis on the attention given to effect sizes. The acceptance of small effect sizes for biomedical research is contrasted with the rejection of similar effect sizes for psychological research. The Binomial Effect Size Display is used to depict the practical…

Ten individuals in the Educational Technology Program at the University of Northern Colorado served as subjects for this study, which was designed to: (1) identify cognitive networks of concepts within components of a system design model for expert and novice instructional developers, and (2) determine cognitive networks of concepts between…

This paper is the introduction to an inquiry into the relationship of post-structural reader theories to cognitive theories in the study of educational media. Basic concepts in reader and cognitive theories are defined, including the notions of "meaning" and "learners." Similarities and differences in the theories are…

Focusing on the psychological processing of audiovisual materials by learners, this chapter presents and analyzes recent research on human perception, its relation to memory, and how perception is best represented in an information processing model. Topics discussed include pictorial and verbal memory, information system capacity, filtering and…

This address stresses the idea that selected findings from research in neuropsychology can be of use in courses in diagnostic and prescriptive teaching and in clinical work with children and adults. A short history of psychological theories from faculty psychology through Piagetian techniques is given. Then efforts in neurospsychology are…

David H. Olson's circumplex model identifies 16 types of family systems based on the dimensions of cohesion, adaptability, and communication. This paper relates the circumplex model to Native American familial structures. The historical Native American family was a multigenerational extended family with no desire for change, a description…

The 46 papers is this volume represent some of the most current thinking in educational communications and technology. Individual papers address the following topics: gender differences in the selection of elective computer science courses and in the selection of non-traditional careers; instruction for individuals with different cognitive styles;…