The author posits five general goals of a liberal arts education, describes each briefly, tells how they are implemented in a curriculum, and explains how the attainment of these goals, singly and in combination, contribute a beneficial and humanizing effect to one's life. (Author/SJL)

Compared the level of self-actualization of beginning and advanced students in a master's program in counselor education using the Personal Orientation Inventory (POI). The advanced students scored significantly higher than the beginning students on two POI Scales, Feeling Reactivity and Acceptance of Aggression. (Author)

The issue of early childhood intervention programs is considered, particularly improvement of social competence and respect for biological heterogeniety. (Author/GK)

Course evaluations analyzed to discover factors affecting learning indicate that expectations, learning style, and personality are major factors. It is suggested that learning is strongly influenced by these student characteristics and parallel factors in courses and teachers. (MSE)

Volunteer management is seen as the result of communications and training. The elements of successful volunteer involvement are examined. Techniques for volunteer development available to members of institutions of higher education are identified. Professional staff must know how to work with volunteers and how to locate new volunteers.…

Compared to grade 8 students in intermediate schools, grade 8 students in K-8 schools are more involved with school activities and assume greater responsibility for those activities. K-8 schools apparently serve the needs of young adolescents better than intermediate schools. (SB)

Group gestalt therapy in which the leader facilitates the development of helping capacity in group members is described. The general characteristics of this approach are discussed and ground rules concerning leader and member behaviors are suggested. (RC)

This essay examines some shortcomings of traditional methods of studying and helping children and concludes that teachers need to recognize that the child is able to inform and enlighten the teacher. (JMF)

Hawkin's procedure for testing a sequence of observations for a shift in location could have applicability for assessing change within a single subject. Monte Carlo results suggest that Hawkins' procedure is robust with respect to moderate violations of its underlying assumptions of homogeneity of variance and normality. (Author/GDC)

The clinical phenomenon of young lesbianism is seen as psychologically meaningful in terms of ongoing ego development rather than in terms of arrested psychosexual development. (Author/JD)

Specific applications of early recollections (ERs) within group settings are introductory exercise, an index of social interest, a kind of guided imagery, and an aid in intensive therapy. Additional uses of ERs include vocational decision making, pictorial representations of group perceptions, and a measure of group member's personal growth.…

Examines elements in developing a positive self-image: recognizing personal assets; developing positive beliefs about life; and caring for others. It is not the job that brings satisfaction, but the person you are that you bring to your vocation. You can improve that person and, while doing so, enjoy the experience. (Author)

Studies the relationship between children's developmental profiles and longitudinal measurements of test anxiety. Subjects are 89 10- to 12-year-old children. (CM)

This paper outlines a sequence of age-related developmental stages of the adult years, with a special emphasis on the preretirement period. Age-related life stages are discussed in the context of organizational behavior, the person-organization relationship, and the disengagement processes of retirement. (Author)

Substantiates Piaget's stage theory of moral development, suggesting that, within the retarded population, level of intellectual ability is significantly related to moral judgment. (RL)