Performances of 51 gifted and 51 normal intermediate students on 11 subtests of the Iowa Achievement Test indicated that vocabulary, mathematics concepts, spelling and graph interpretation were the areas that best discriminated the gifted Ss from the normal Ss. (CL)

Describes observations on how companies handle decision-making under conditions of uncertainty, based on a study of the influence of computer methods on planning and decision-making in 32 companies. (Author/JG)

Reports a study examining the generality of findings in a previous study which had indicated that the prediction of academic achievement from intelligence scores may be significantly improved when certain classroom behaviors are added to the prediction formula. (BR)

Involved in a study to identify long range predictors of social adjustment were 536 aggressive-disruptive children who were originally evaluated in third or sixth grade and whose social adjustment was measured 6 or 9 years later. (CL)

Examined suicides from 1973 to 1979. Memorial Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas were associated with an unusually low risk of suicide before, during, and after the holiday. New Year's Day, July 4th, and Labor Day were associated with a low risk of suicide before the holiday and a high risk just afterwards. Only white teenagers deviated from this…

The construction of a comprehensive final examination over the basic medical sciences is described. Performance on the exam was a better predictor of NBME-I scores than GPA in basic science or MCAT scores and a better predictor of NBME-II scores than preclinical course performance and MCAT scores. (Author/RH)

Vicarious experience significantly influenced elderly and young people's subjective assessment of, but not their actual, learning. The elderly person's evaluation of learning ability can be lowered or raised by interacting with older models who are performing poorly or well. (JOW)

Developed interval scale to measure deviation from the normative sequencing of first job, marriage, and birth of first child. Scale scores had predictive utility for marital instability and work interruptions. Use of scale score as independent variable provided more information than that provided by Hogan's (1978) temporal sequence categories as…

Comments on E. G. Creamer and Don G. Creamer's article "Predicting Successful Organizational Change: Case Studies." Discusses concerns about article, including the assumptions that planned change is predictable and rational and that the model can be replicated in other settings. (ABL)

This futures study develops three probable alternative corporate health promotion scenarios within the framework of a post-industrial society. Each forecast offers an historical review, a statistical treatment, and a scenario narration. (MT)

Examined Shipley-Hartford Scale effectiveness in predicting Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised Full Scale intelligence quotients (IQ) in hospital patients (N=156). Analyses revealed overestimation of below average Full Scale IQs, underestimation of above average IQs. Advanced age was associated with low conceptual quotients, suggesting that…

Examined patterns of interactive discourse to suggest how client and counselor establish a working alliance in their early interviews. Based on classification of 312 conversational turns from 14 dyads, a stochastic analysis was conducted. Results showed the sequences of talk were highly stable and predictable. (JAC)

In the studies, subjects from different age groups (5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 18-22 years) observed vignettes designed to reveal an actor's abilities or personality traits, and were told about one instance of an actor's behavior, respectively. The subjects were then asked to predict the actor's behavior in related situations. Results focused differences in…

Reviews Tarasoff vs. Regents of University of California (1976) and several important issues that have emerged from that decision. A review of Hedlund vs. Superior Court (1983) asserts that the Hedlund decision has been misread and that many psychologists are misinformed. (Author/NRB)

Undergraduates in interpersonal skills training groups were administered the Kagan Affective Sensitivity Scale. Later they selected peers believed to be able to help another person deal with an emotional or interpersonal problem. Scores for those frequently chosen and those unchosen were compared with a moderately chosen group. (Author/BL)