Comparability of written and oral measures in evaluating counselor effectiveness was examined for trained and untrained participants. Responses were rated on use of reflective skills, verbal following, and general quality. Results support comparability of written and oral assessments of counselor effectiveness, especially for trained participants.…

Investigates net effect of marital satisfaction on morale for a sample of married residents aged 60 and over. Results indicate existence of a positive effect and this effect appears notably stronger for females. (Author)

A comprehensive study was undertaken to investigate the "state of the art" in the training of school psychologists. The data indicate that the rate of growth in the number of programs is increasing, especially at the sixth-year level. Data are presented on student and faculty demographics and characteristics. (Author)

Counselors rated clients seen at a university counseling center on four outcome measures. Improvement was studied as a function of the number of weekly sessions. Results revealed a strong and consistent relationship between treatment length and counselor-assessed outcome. (Author)

To document counselor bias toward females and identify some of its correlates, six short case studies were devised describing either a male or female. When the study described a female, counselors chose occupations that paid less, required less prerequisite education, and were more closely supervised than a study describing a male. (Author)

It was hypothesized that normal community college students could become happier if they could modify their behaviors and attitudes to approximate more closely the characteristics of happier people. The resulting self-study program may be helpful to individuals wishing to increase emotional satisfaction they derive from living. (Author)

Compared two- and three-factor solutions for the 12 subtests of WISC and WISC-R for 164 black, white, and Latino children aged seven to 15 referred to school psychologists because of concerns about their intellectual ability. Factor structures of WISC and WISC-R for same group of subjects are similar. (Author)

Four descriptions of a hypothetical professor were randomly distributed to 320 randomly selected introductory psychology students. Students indicated expected degree of satisfaction with hypothetical professor, responded to a dogmatism scale, and completed a structure or interpersonal directiveness subscale to show profile of professors with whom…

Two experiments were conducted to determine the effect of aging on encoding and response selection stages of a choice reaction time task. Results suggested reducing stimulus discriminability may affect information processing prior to the encoding stage, but the encoding stage is the primary locus of the slowing which accompanied aging. (Author)

Three distinctions are proposed to determine necessary efforts to improve the relationship between police and the public: first whether groups within the public have contrary expectations; second, whether significance of disagreements can be specified; and third, whether negative evaluations of police represent conflicting beliefs about proper…

A total of 72 school psychologists administered both the WISC and WISC-R to 164 black, white and Latino children. These children had been referred to the school psychologist because of concerns about their intellectual ability. Significant WISC/WISC-R differences were found, with the WISC-R yielding lower results. (Author)

The potential undermining effects of a reinforcement program were examined in two studies with kindergarten-first grade children. The procedures were designed to provide an analog to typical classroom incentive programs. The subjects' initial interest was low in one study and high in the other. (Author)

WISC and WISC-R IQs of two groups of normal 10-year-old children from divergent socioeconomic backgrounds were compared in a counter-balanced research design. Significantly higher WISC IQs were obtained on Verbal and Full Scales of low socioeconomic group and on Performance and Full Scales of high socioeconomic group. (Author)

A random sample of all sixth-grade students enrolled in a large urban school district completed the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills. The correspondence of test vectors measured by the test was analyzed. Results suggest that the ITBS does not measure exactly the same constructs across student ethnic groups. (Author)

Children in grades one through three in a rural Maine school (N=99) were administered the Early School Personality Questionnaire (ESPQ). "T" tests were used to compare differences in ESPQ factors between children selected as emotionally handicapped by their teachers, and those not selected. Differences were found on three factors.…