It Scale performance of second-born Ss appeared to reflect the influence of the sex of the older sibling. Age-spacing between siblings did not appear to influence sex-role preference, except for males who had an older sister. (Author)

A subsidiary purpose of this study was to initially explore the value of visual representations of family life as tools to improve the family perceptions of preschool disadvantaged children. (Authors)

Author examines the implications of a major scientific work of behavioral ressearch and concludes that positive reinforcement techniques will make possible the creation of an open classroom, that, in itself, will minimize the negative effects of control. (Author/RK)

The present study was designed to examine the relationship of certain personality factors to certain reading and reading related scores of children referred to a reading clinic because of presumed reading difficulties. (Authors)

The primary teacher here appears a more rigid,' insensitive' type coming from a more densely populated area, with overtones of suspiciousness' and conventionality' distinguishing his behavior. The secondary teacher is more sensitive,' more satisfied with his work and has more progressive' educational attitudes than his primary counterpart.…

Presented were case studies of two similarly handicapped children of the same chronological (6-years-old) and mental ages, one of whom has been institutionalized since birth while the other S was cared for by his parents until he was 2-years-old. (GW)

Results argue against the too frequent use of human figure drawings as a single, stable, and accurate measure of intellectual ability. (Authors/CB)

A surprising aspect encountered in this study was the reluctance of parents of daughters to complete the MMPI as compared to the willingness of parents of sons to complete the same form. (Author)

Significant differences in this study were found an the Deference and Affiliation scales of the EPPS. Similarities were not accounted for by sex or socioeconomic variables. (BY)

Parents' teaching behavior was observed in a structured interaction task designed both to explore a different method for observing parental behavior, and to investigate the relationship between parental behavior and personality. (Authors)