The purpose of this investigation was to explore two related aspects of the associations to compounds, particularly adjectival compounds. (Author/RK)

The recall of categories represented by varied versus repeated pictorial specimens was assessed with mixed and unmixed lists and with a control for the chance conjunction of particular subjects with particularly strong items when the items were varied. (Editor)

Scientific psychology did not begin with Fechner and Wundt in the 19th century; its roots actually stretch back to 18th century Germany. The only detailed account of this period was published by Max Dessoir more than 80 years ago. Dessoir identified some of the crucial figures in early psychology, including Wolff, Bonnet, Kruger, Hissman, and…

This study provides a cross-validation of several control/hostility scales by comparing mental health center patients who later were arrested for felony crimes with those who were not. (Author)

Author talked to Dr. Peter Bryant about his investigation of the psychological theories of Jean Piaget. (Editor/RK)

Teplov's far-reaching ideas on the physiological mechanisms of human individual-psychological differences are presented; in particular, his use of "involuntary" experimental methods to study nervous-system types and the "combinability" of nervous-system characteristics. (CS)

This study investigated the possibility of employing mildly mentally retarded residents to observe the mealtime behaviors of lower level mentally retarded residents. Then these residents were employed as reinforcing agents, to determine if a retarded "trainer" could modify the observed mealtime behaviors within a multiple baseline design.…

The purpose of this research was to study the feasibility of estimating the major CPI factors directly from CPI scale scores and to determine whether such estimates of factor scores could be used to formulate personality types. (Author)

Article considered the thesis that the fiber systems that course throught the hypothalamus may play a more important role in the etiology of the dysfunctions in food and water intake that are seen after hypothalamic lessions and stimulation than the widely accepted model of hypothalamic regulation implies. (Author/RK)

THIS STUDY CRITICALLY EVALUATED MAJOR PUBLISHED STUDIES DEALING WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EDUCATIONAL ASPECTS OF MENTAL RETARDATION AND PREPARED AN EXTENSIVE, DETAILED ANALYSIS OF RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ON THIS SUBJECT. THIS WAS A LIBRARY RESEARCH PROJECT IN WHICH A GREAT BODY OF LITERATURE WAS SURVEYED, ESPECIALLY PERIODICALS. SELECTED CLUSTERS OF…

REPORTED HERE ARE RESULTS OF A STUDY INITIATED TO EXAMINE PRINCIPLES INVOLVED IN THE EXPERIMENTAL MODIFICATION OF VERBAL BEHAVIOR. SIXTEEN UNDERGRADUATE FEMALE VOLUNTEERS WERE REQUIRED TO PRODUCE A VERBAL RESPONSE UNDER MANIPULATED LIGHTING CONDITIONS. BASE LINE SCORES WERE OBTAINED FOR EACH SUBJECT UNDER DIMLIGHT CONDITIONS. PUSHBUTTON SCORES…

This paper was concerned with the perceptions that can result from a change in the length of the retinal image of a line. Conditions that lead either to the perception of a line of changing length and the perception of a line of constant length undergoing covering or uncovering by another object were examined. (Author/RK)