The remarkable habits of harvester, fungus, honeydew, slave- keeping, and parasitic ants are examined. (KM)

Presents a comparison of Teplovian notions of temperament to Western conceptualizations of temperament concluding that if Russian investigators continue to alter their models to fit their empirical results, they will generate productive research which may lead to practical applications more rapidly than the Western style of research. (CS)

In the past, educators have proceeded from the assumption that every child can learn, though not all children learn in the same way or at the same rate. Despite the naysayers, this old-fashioned idea that children can be taught still represents the most practical as well as the most soundly based element of the educator's creed. (Author/WM)

The portions of Inequality: A Reassessment of the Effect of Family and Schooling in America (Jencks, et al 1972) concerned with inequality in cognitive skills and estimating the heritability of IQ scores are reviewed. For related articles see TM 501 196-200. (MLP)

This pilot study investigated some relationships between tested ability variables and processing parameters obtained from memory search and visual search tasks. The 25 undergraduates who participated had also participated in a previous investigation by Chiang and Atkinson. A battery of traditional ability tests and several film tests were…

Sketches some English class-hours that were observed and offers analysis and criticism. It is pointed out that teaching-plan goals are, in practice, interpreted quite differently by different teachers, and that this fact is reflected in the preparation and performance of the units of instruction. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

The benefits students derive from learning experiences is dependent upon the match between their learning styles and the teaching styles of their instructors. (BJG)

Presents nine experimental studies investigating auditory and visual discrimination in very young infants. Results are discussed in terms of their implications for understanding habituation, cross-modal stimulation, receptive language development, and individual differences. Appendices include data on visual fixation duration and information on…

A scale was prepared for measuring the effects of indirect suggestion upon perception. Three categories were included: 1) distorting the interpretation of presented stimuli, 2) inducing sense-impressions in the absence of adequate stimuli, and 3) producing insensitivity to stimuli that are objectively present. (Author/RC)