In an initial test of a theory of increasing content, forty experimental dyads ranging from compatibility to incompatibility were composed and studied. The three channels are identified as the motivation, delivery, and information channels. A linear relationship between intra-group compatibility and a set of five dependent variables was…

The purpose of this study was to determine how rehabilitation counselors would process materials of a seemingly controversial nature in a referral recommendation. Results indicate that counselors in rehabilitation settings are biased in making referral recommendations. Implications for the profession are discussed. (Author)

In this study, freshmen who appointed themselves to each of the four Clark-Trow subgroups (vocational, academic, collegiate, and nonconformist) are compared with a freshman class distribution five years earlier. Reliability of the model is affirmed, and evidence of its validity is provided. (Author)

The setting of behavioral goals represents the key in treatment of the reticent child. In speech therapy the concentration upon specific language phrasing provides a specific behavioral test for subjects. Clinicians report success with this method, but more precise measures of effectiveness are needed. (CH)

The author describes an action model for counseling and reports on a study in which the action model was compared to the nondirective approach. The action model is designed to meet the special needs of black students. (RP)

Results from data samples in five nations suggest that the widowed have lower morale, generally, and are less affiliated than the married because of socioeconomic deprivation. (Author/CJ)

Four self-report measures of personal maladjustment and three self-report measures of academic maladjustment were administered to university students in three countries. The first set significantly correlated with ratings on neuroticism obtained from the subject's friends, while the second set significantly correlated with the subject's grades in…

A controlled study involving group selection of content material to be role-played, videotape feedback of the role-playing situation, and effects on the self-image of disturbed marital couples is presented. A follow-up gives evidence that such a procedure may produce a high "casualty" rate in disturbed married couples.

The development of the field of environmental psychology and its research methods are reviewed. Trends in areas of study -- perception, space, personality, learning, and building design -- are noted. (KM)

The application of nominally identical transfer paradigms within short- and long-term memory contexts may, for whatever reason, yield strikingly different outcomes. (Author)

An expected interaction of feedback with retention interval was found only in the conditional probability intrusion and recognition data. This supported assumptions concerning the adequacy of the conditional probability measure as a relatively unbiased strength measure. (Editor)

Authors note that Fehrer and Biederman's two statistical tests were not of equal power and that their conclusion could be a statistical artifact of both the lesser power of the verbal report comparison and the insensitivity of their particular verbal report indicator. (Editor)

The present study was designed to assess some of the attitudinal and ideological factors associated with varying degrees of activism, or participation in political and social protest activities. (Author/JB)

This paper considers what the author believes to be weaknesses in Donald Cushman's and Gordon Whiting's analysis of rules, which represent an important movement from monadic to dyadic concepts in explaining patterns of communication behavior. (Author/RK)