The example of a man blinking at a light serves as the starting point for an inquiry into the complex relationship of stimulus and physiological response. Countering the charge of reductionism, the organism in its environment is shown to be a case of energy flow and transformation. (AM)

Studied use of electromyographic (CMG) biofeedback to increase efficacy of cue-controlled relaxation training in treatment of test anxiety. Results indicated cue-controlled relaxation was effective in increasing test performance for test-anxious subjects. EMG biofeedback did not contribute to effectiveness. Self-report measures of anxiety are…

Shows how the visual differential theory provides a model that illuminates the effects of visual manipulation on communication. Includes illustrations. (GT)

Several propositions deduced from the discrepancy hypothesis were tested with four-month-old infants using random shapes in a habituation/discrepancy paradigm. (JMB)

Three experiments investigated seven-month-old infants' ability to discriminate the facial expressions of happiness and fear. (CM)

The ability of three- and four-year-old children to reason about the components of event sequences involving simple transformations was tested in two experiments. In Experiment I children saw picture "stories" of the form object, instrument, and transformed object, with one item deleted. In Experiment II only the instrument item was…

Signal-Detection theory was applied to analysis of automatic data. In one experiment, anxiety surrounding auditory signals was induced; in the other, signals were administered to a psychometrically anxious group. Subjects in both experiments had enhanced automatic activity. (Author/CS)

Four-month-old infants' stimulus preferences were assessed using an operant paradigm with mobile reinforcers of different colors (blue, green). (Author/MP)

Two management approaches for hyperactive children with tactile defensiveness are described. Systematic desensitization uses sensory integration techniques. Implosion uses restraint and intense tactile stimulation implosively to break through the fear and hyperactive resistance. (JMF)

Investigated multiple coding for children of different ages and tested the generality of strategy effects obtained in single code studies for multiple coding. (Author/DB)

A semantic priming procedure was employed to test the hypothesis that children differing in word-decoding skill differentially use context to facilitate word identification. (Author/DB)

Reports three experiments which investigated the discrimination of simple visual arrangements by three-month-old infants. An operant high-amplitude sucking technique was used in a stimulus familiarization-novelty paradigm. (JMB)

Investigates whether five-week-old infants' attention to a schematic face would increase as the velocity of its oscillating eye dots increases. Twenty-four infants served as subjects. (MP)