Describes a study that assessed junior high school science teachers' attitudes about differing teaching behaviors and analyzed these responses for their relationship to certain personal characteristics. Concludes that teacher attitudes are more closely related to educational characteristics than to job-related or personal characteristics. (FL)

Undergraduates (N=80) responded to 16 fictional suicide case histories with judgments indicating their perception of the "justifiability" of the suicidal act. Results showed that personal characteristics of the suicidal individual made little difference, but the nature of the crisis confronting the suicidal individual affected judgments…

Examined the relationships among academic, sociometric, and personality variables of 242 children who were selected by their teachers as having behavior problems, learning problems, learning and behavior problems, or no problems. Results were generally supportive of teachers' ability to distinguish between children with problems and children…

Information about personal background, professional activities, job satisfaction, and career appraisal, gathered by a questionnaire administered to a sample of full-time faculty in Minnesota colleges and universities, is presented. Results of the survey are compared to results of earlier surveys in 1956 and 1968. (Author/MLW)

Surveyed the opinions of (N=3,100) 7th- to 12th-grade students regarding the perceived effectiveness of both pro-smoking and anti-smoking messages. Results indicated that most teenagers were exposed to anti-smoking information and materials in schools. Statistically significant differences existed between smokers and nonsmokers in their…

Describes some characteristics of women interested in skilled trades careers. Demonstrates counselor attitudes and responses in counseling women who are interested in nontraditional careers, including the direct-discount approach, the rational protective approach, the subversive-support approach, and the expansive-facilitating approach. (RC)

Human performance on verbal and spatial matching tasks was assessed every 15 minutes for eight hours. Significant 90- to 100-minute oscillations were observed for each task. It was also found that increases in performance on one task are accompanied by decreases on the other. (HM)

The author presents a portrait of one gifted child, six-year-old Michael, and discusses procedures and tests for identifying pupils for an academically gifted program. (SJL)

Investigates the relationship between an observer's familiarity with the normal, truthful communicative behavior of an individual, and the observer's ability to detect deception on the part of that individual. Provides an experimental test of the degree of linearity between familiarity and judgmental accuracy in detecting deception. (JMF)

Found that the family backgrounds of couples who have willingly elected either to have or not to have children are very similar. Though levels of marital satisfaction are also very similar, childless couples tend to have less traditional attitudes toward women and interact more with each other. (Author)

Examined the relationship between sex of client, other client characteristics, and selection as a client by male and female therapists. Results indicated that therapists of both sexes preferred to see young, attractive, verbal, intelligent and successful (YAVIS) clients. Therapists of both sexes also felt more comfortable with same-sex clients.…

Introduces a letter written by Eugene Ionesco in answer to questions on the interpretation of his plays. In his letter Ionesco discusses the creative process as a blend of ideological and emotional motifs, seen, respectively, as the expression of the conscious and the unconscious (or subconscious) mind. (MES)

The author compares research topics, trends, and findings to earlier research on death anxiety correlates. Emphasis is placed on definitions of construct, measurement techniques, concepts of death, variables of sex, age, occupation, socioeconomic status, value orientation, levels of awareness, and relationships between death anxiety and arrays of…

Results of this study of Black college freshmen indicate that usual admission requirements penalize Blacks even though their experiences often build talents not recognized. Academic counselling helps Blacks on White campuses. College enrollment is increasing faster among Blacks than for Whites, particularly in Southern and/or White public…

Concludes that women's section reporters are generally more similar to city editors than to their own section editors, suggesting that they may be influenced by factors external to their immediate role environments. (GT)