This third report in the Language Research in Progress (LRIP) series summarizes information received on research current between December 1965 and June 1966. LRIP classifies documented language research activities in the U.S. and abroad and disseminates information concerning them. The information is stored at the Center for Applied Linguistics,…

Student dissatisfaction in residence hall living has prompted university officials to seek variations in residence hall design and staff. The purpose of this study was to investigate the utility of one of these variations--the all-freshman women's residence hall. Freshman women in two types of residence halls (all freshman women, and a mixed…

This is part of the Arkansas Rehabilitation and Training Center's effort to study Counselor Performance and client outcome. It examines client demography, personality variables, counselor characteristics and agency service variables, as possible predictors of client outcome in rehabilitation. Data were collected between January 1970 and December…

The Counseling Appropriateness Check List (CACL) was administered to 314 Ss under two instruction sets in order to measure perceptions of the role of the counselor, as well as counselor's perceived role. The results suggest that discrepancies exist between the perception of counselor's role and views of the counselor's perceived role, and that…

Adjustment to retirement from gainful employment has long been recognized as one of the major adaptive tasks of later life. The degree to which this adjustment is successful often plays a major role in determining the extent to which an individual finds his later years satisfying and rewarding. In a complex technical society retirement does not…

This paper examines the relationship between the extent of shared participation of husbands and wives in leisure activities and the extent of communication and task sharing in the marriage. Because marriage is an interactional system and leisure activities vary in their interactional requirements, a theory is proposed linking leisure activity…

The early 1970's was a period of rapid decline for all fertility indicators in the United States. This paper explores some of the reasons for this decline. Data from a National longitudinal survey of young women are used to examine changes in expectations for lifetime births from 1971 to 1973. These young women decreased their birth expectations…

The purpose of this research was to assess the relative effectiveness in changing attitudes of (a) a lecture method versus a discussion method of presenting drug information, and (b) large groups versus small groups as recipients of drug education efforts. A total of 475 basic trainees at Fort Knox, Kentucky were given a drug attitude and…

Investigated was the effectiveness of three techniques - lecture, written presentation, and modeling via videotape - in teaching task analysis skills to 64 elementary school teachers enrolled in graduate special education courses. Ss participated in one of the three treatment groups or a control group, and were administered two response measures:…

Indirect costs of sponsored research projects and educational programs are as necessary as are the direct costs. This report demonstrates that they are real costs and that sponsors such as the Federal Government receive more than equitable treatment in the computation and application of indirect costs. The areas discussed include: the computation…

This book contains the formal presentations and discussions of a public forum organized by the National Academy of Sciences and held in February 1975. The topics discussed include informed consent by the research subject based on a full explanation of what will be done, the workings of the process, and the potential risks and benefits; research on…

The Human Resources Research Office (HumRRO) has undertaken research and development activities to improve Army training. Factors involved in the Army climate for training research relate to the structural characteristics of the Army itself. The several kinds of effort and the wide variety of subject matter covered by HumRRO for the Army include…

Current and projected manpower shortages within the field of mental health suggest a greater role for paraprofessionals. But, without careful evaluation and precise training, added manpower will not solve any of the problems facing psychology in overcoming the limits to the delivery of services. These two papers review several attempts to evaluate…

Only by examining the motion picture as a mass medium, shaped and defined within a specific socio-cultural period in history, can we increase our understanding of the function and contribution of this entertainment form. This paper offers several suggestions for further research into early motion picture history. One glaring deficiency among…

The primary purpose of this study was to determine empirically whether an individual's cognitive style differentially influences his hypothesizing behavior within a relatively simple information processing task. A characteristic of cognitive style explored is the manner in which an individual perceives and analyzes a stimulus configuration;…