Using Raven Progressive Matrices Test items, this study developed an empirical measure of subjects' ability to create new problems. The relationship between this ability and problem solving skills was examined. A very low correlation was found between inventing and solving problems. Problem creation was more difficult than problem solving. (BS)

The need for an ecological approach to cognitive assessment of preschool-aged children is discussed. Purposes of and popular approaches for cognitive assessment are presented. Tests and techniques are reviewed, and implications for the practice of psychology in the schools are discussed. (Author/LMO)

Standardized intelligence quotient tests should be supplemented and/or replaced by new tests that (1) emphasize the consequentiality of test material and speed selection rather than speed, (2) minimize demands on prior knowledge and test anxiety, and (3) measure intelligence according to three general classes: problem-solving ability, verbal…

The author discusses three issues related to the understanding of needs assessment in adult education in a critique of Brackhaus's article. These issues are definition of need, measurement of need indicators, and inference of need based on available indicators. The author discusses these issues at length and includes examples. (CT)

Cognitive levels of 48 university students enrolled in humanities were assessed by Piagetian tasks. Three formal abilities were measured: combinatory, probability, control of variables. Results were analyzed according to school training effect and content of tasks. (Author/MLW)

In an attempt to evaluate the psychometric credibility of the Matching Familiar Figures Test (MFFT) as the operational measure of reflection-impulsivity, a study of the short-term (1 week) reliability of different versions of MFFT for boys and girls at kindergarten, second, and fifth grades was conducted. (Author/SB)

Described is a woodlouse problem which provides a biological example for testing the Piagetian level of thinking reached by children. Sample data from administration of the problem is included. (SL)

Presents preliminary findings of results of tests of Piagetian cognitive development to predict success in introductory undergraduate physics courses. Grades were predicted with good success. (SL)

Results indicate that when SES is controlled few significant differences emerge between the two groups, with verbal tests yielding the largest differences. (Author)

Presents the history of psychometrics in terms of the various investigators who worked in this area; the fields of computer utilization, testing, scaling, factor analysis, and learning theory are examined. (JM)

To determine the effect of chronic marihuana smoking on cognitive functions, personality traits, and social values, a group of heavy marihuana smokers was compared with a matched control group. (Author)

Article examines the contradictory results found in replication regarding an earlier study investigating the relationship between counselor level of self-actualization and level of interpersonal functioning with clients. (Author/RK)

Study suggests that an individual's preferred ways of perceiving and thinking reflect an integral aspect of his personality, and that a full knowledge of the one is essential to a full understanding of the other. (Author)

In the present study an examination is made of a relatively new approach to the assessment of learning environments. (Author)