This book defines and examines assumptions about children who were prenatally exposed to crack/cocaine and who have other risk factors that may negatively affect their literacy development. It suggests the 26 children in the study disproved the labels attached to them; they were inquisitive about learning and in most cases were at grade level or…

Subjects interacted with a counselor using either a cognitively or an affectively oriented style. Analysis revealed significant generalization effects on self-attribute ratings resulting from counseling approach and a significant interaction of defensive style with counseling approach. No significant generalization effects were found on analysis…

The findings supported hypothesis that these two ethnic groups differ from all other students in the same direction because of similar cultural values. However, Japanese-American students consistently occupied an intermediate position between the two other groups on all three measures. Some form of differential acculturation due to historical and…

The purposes of this study were to test the validity of the item-pair dipolarity assumption, to change the format to avoid bipolar item pairing should the assumption prove untenable, establish a more definitive factor structure and explore its validity by relating it to other personality variables. (Author/RK)

The counselor deepens his therapeutic work by analyzing what happens during the counseling session. Subtle details in the office interactions are used to refer to personality traits and behavioral patterns manifesting themselves in the client's daily life. The counselor must also be sensitive to his own feelings and reactions and employ these as…

This paper describes the evolution of the helper therapy principle into a popular idea in community psychology and argues for the increased use of helping by the client as a therapeutic tool. Further, the paper attempts to explain the helper therapy principle by use of current psychological theory and research. (Author)

This study compared personality characteristics of junior and senior high school counselors serving economically disadvantaged and advantaged males. A Counseling Evaluation Inventory composite client-rating score (derived from seven clients) for each counselor was the effectiveness criterion. Clients from both economic populations perceived as…

Proposes a tentative list of criteria, which on the whole characterize competent mathematics teachers of the disadvantaged, including academic preparation, pre-service internship, personality, and continuous professional growth. (Author/JM)

This paper attempts to illustrate the usefulness of simulated test taking (STT) in personality and abnormal psychology courses. (Author)

The effects of room density, type of ongoing activity (party vs studying), and a personality variable ( personal space'' or the distance which subjects place between themselves and others) on room liking were investigated. (Author)

Argues that while freedom and control are both illusions, inventions of man to make sense of his experience, they do have consequences; and presents research evidence that the loss of the illusion of freedom may have untoward consequences for the way men live. (Author/JM)

Focuses attention on social disability'' as a unitary disorder; provides a rationale for an environmental view of it; suggests a theoretical framework within which etiological hypotheses can be tested; and relates the concept to conventional psychiatric classification. (Author/JM)

Article investigated the amount of information that could be used in making decisions and communicating. College students were part of an experiment, which measured information with information-theoretic concepts. (Author/RK)