The present investigation examines interactions among components of coherent pictorial stimuli. One purpose of the investigation was to establish whether components contribute independently and additively to the effectiveness of the compound stimulus, or whether the effectiveness of components is interdependent, that is, positively or negatively…

Authors questioned whether the familiarity effect in the processing of words is a "perceptual" phenomenon or whether it is produced by visual rather than verbal mechanisms. (Author/RK)

The importance of awareness of the pictorial surface and point of observation was investigated in children and adults. The effect of station point was found to interact with pictorial surface and age, thus suggesting the development of a mechanism of compensation for the perspective distortion of oblique view. (JMB)

Two studies investigated memory processes involved in the Visual-Sequential Memory subtest of the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities. In study 1, differences between second and fourth graders were due to greater use of stimulus labeling strategies by fourth graders. In study 2, labeling strategies were taught, improving performance.…

The study determined whether eight undergraduate normal listeners, presented with filtered speech, would produce consonant confusions similar to those previously reported for the hearing-impaired listener. (Author/SBH)

Language samples were elicited from seven children (4 to 9 years old) with language disorders in three different stimulus conditions. (SBH)

Recent laboratory work on the recall of pictures has produced a pattern suggesting that memory for certain classes of stimuli may be hypermnesiac rather than amnesiac (Ebbinghaus, 1885/1964), increasing over time and recall attempts. This research tries to determine the magnitude of memory growth over significant time intervals, e.g., a week…

The galvanic skin responses of ten seniors currently completing student teaching assignments and ten freshmen with no prior special education work were measured to neutral, low and high arousal special education words. Seniors were significantly more responsive than the freshmen to all word types. (Author)

The first aim of this study was to assess the proportion of students at different levels in a Nigerian secondary school who interpret selected diagrams in 3 or 2 dimensional terms and to see if there are differences between these interpretations and those of English students. (Author/AM)

Fifth grade students completed ten trials of recalling familiar nouns plus two summary trials. Alpha factor analysis indicated that the measurement procedures may be conceived of as derived from a single domain and the use of a summary trial was a simple way to increase the generalizability of a particular measurement procedure. (Author/DEP)

A program designed to test the visual literacy of fourth grade students was described. Its basic purpose was to provide many experiences in which children must arrive at evaluative decisions, make comparisons, and use their imaginations. (Author/RK)

The instigative aggression paradigm, in which male and female subjects instructed a female confederate which shock to set for an opponent in a competitive reaction time task, was employed. Results were discussed in terms of violation of task role and sex role expectations. (Editor/RL)

Seven children aged 7 to 9 years were auditorily presented five-digit numbers for retention intervals of 0 to 10 seconds. Pupil size was recorded during stimulus presentation, retention interval, and recall of items. (Author/SB)