Describes the rationale, methodology, and scope of a new form of psychotherapy, Verbal Satiation Therapy, based on assumption that language symbols stand for real objects and events. Verbal symbols may produce emotional responses normally associated with the objects themselves. Verbal Satiation Therapy attempts to reduce the emotional component of…

An experiment with 66 six-year-old children showed that children asked more and better questions about unfamiliar objects (toys) when they had been given an opportunity to manipulate them than when they saw only demonstrations of the toys. (NH)

A physician speaks of the need for people approaching retirement to plan for continued involvement in activities as a preventive measure to ward off the retirement syndrome". Reprinted with permission from Archives of Internal Medicine, volume 124, 1969. (CJ)

To assist educators to develop improved instructional television presentations, research is needed to assess the instructional effects of stimuli emitted by various types of visual illustrations. (IR)

The authors have developed a framework for improving the visual communication element of television. After warning that seeing is not enough to insure learning they discuss the five pre-production components which research indicates should be considered when designing television pictorials." (Editor)