Results of 5 experiments supported the hypothesis that many nonlearners in a multipair visual discrimination learning task were following position rather than object strategies and that it was possible to predict individual subjects' strategies from previous performances. (Authors)

The findings to date of a three year study conducted by the American Council on Education imply that some institutions attract, recruit, retain, and encourage faculty who are themselves activists or who approve of activism. Other possible causes of campus unrest are also being investigated. (Author/DB)

The present study shows teacher characteristics and measured characteristics of students as these are related to classifications of maturity and style of achievement. (Author)

The author argues that much of the evidence utilized by sociologists is of questionable validity; that the relationships between major independent and dependent variables are generally quite weak; and that even if valid measures and strong relationships existed, the problems of interpretation are extremely formidable. (Author/MB)

Analyzes the interaction of commitment to a decision with three aspects of a subsequent message--familiarity, utility, and supportiveness. The data suggested thatcommitted subjects preferred supportive, novel information. Tables and bibliography. (RW)

Suggests that situational uncertainty heightens the effect of success and failure on the anxious individual. Tables, graphs, and bibliography. (RW)