Satisfaction with professional-client encounters was ascertained from 173 genetic counselors. Professional satisfaction was not associated with client learning of medical information or with discussion of items of greatest concern to clients. The major correlates were perceptions that they were communicating knowledge successfully. (Author/JOW)

Argues for unifying the conceptual frameworks of theories of evolution so that problems and their solutions in one theory may be transposed and explored in the others. The argument is used to reconsider the mutationist and Darwinian theories of evolution in the light of Piaget's nonstandard theory of evolution. (Author/RH)

The author responds to a review of replicated findings about stuttering and examines issues related to its possible genetic source, the role of hemispheric assymetries, and fluency-inducing conditions. A theoretical framework for the replicated findings is explored. (CL)

This document explores the history of cloning by focusing on Dolly the Sheep, one of the first large animal clonings. The disadvantages and advantages of transgenic clones are discussed as well as the future implications of cloning from the perspective of human health. (Contains 10 resources.) (YDS)

More and more people are touched daily by genetic information. Even with the technological accomplishments generated by the Human Genome Initiative, genetic information will continue to produce uncertainty. It is this uncertainty that gives rise to many of the complex clinical dilemmas facing genetic and psychology professionals today. Some of the…

Research in manipulation of genetic inheritance opens new vistas. Biologically-styled industrial synthesis is better in many respects than chemical engineering practices now in use. An approach for improving hereditary characters in living organisms without considering social implications is unwise. (PS)

A cytogeneticist discusses the hypothesized connection between XYY chromosome makeup and characteristics of aggressiveness, proneness to violence, and tallness in relation to the case of a man who murdered eight women in a Chicago apartment. (GW)

Environmental influences were important determiners of aptitude and ability as measured by the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills in a twin study using black and white students. There were insufficient data to determine the relative contribution of environmental and genetic variance between races. (AL)