This study tested the hypothesis that the reported increase in children's use of prepositional phrases when exposed to novel (inverted) prepositional phrases could be eliminated by discrimination training in two prepositional forms. (Author/MS)

Four experimental conflict situations having theoretical implications have been reported upon with some frequency. The purpose of this study was to compare individual differences on a common measure, response latency, in order to determine the stability of behavior across these four conflict situations using a comparative latency measure. (Editor)

There is in India today a resurgence of interest and research in the area of creative functioning. One of the main problems in creativity research is the scarcity of reliable measuring techniques, which, ultimately, can only be developed by Indian researchers and scientists. (Author/RW)

Investigates the possibility that some schizophrenic behavior results from conformity to a mental patient role. (Author/RK)

It is assumed that parent-infant interaction reflects the operation of a self-regulatory component within each member of the dyad and of an interactive component that affects each member differently. It is shown that behavior models can account for various qualititive features of interaction data. (Editor/RK)

A sample of 42 professional and 46 non-professional men and women reported order of preference for 10 job characteristics (five motivators and five hygienes). Both sexes regarded motivators as personally more important than hygienes but non-professional respondents were significantly more concerned about hygienes than the professional group.…

Presents a detailed critical appraisal of the evidential support for the book's conclusions about sex differences. Criticisms cover data base quality, over-representation of younger age groups, problems of stereotypes, over-emphasis on the null hypothesis, and slippages in the evaluational sequence. (MS)

Describes the Daily Behavior Rating System, a method for applying the principles of behavior theory to the treatment of children with emotional and behavioral problems in a residential setting. (SB)

A study assessed gender differences in confidence for three academic areas of varying gender-type. The study used questions about chemistry (masculine), English (feminine), and art (neutral). Participants were general psychology students (n=361: 229 females, 132 males) who received course credit for their participation. Findings revealed that…

In the formal settings of universities, all academics regulate themselves constantly, including how and when they laugh. This paper considers the matter of pleasure and women's scholastic and pedagogical work, and how it has come to be understood. The paper explores the idea that pleasure is taken "within reason," drawing on Michel…

This investigation studied a range of 68 psychometric, academic, behavioral, demographic, neurological, and developmental phenomena in children who had been diagnosed by a multidisciplinary team, in an attempt to develop diagnostic profiles that could differentiate among discrete neurological, intellectual, emotional and specific learning…