The relationship between training history and the distinctiveness of stimulus cues in original learning and in transfer on the learning of intradimensional and extradimensional shifts by 96 adult institutionalized, retarded Ss was investigated. (Author)

Compared were psychomotor test battery scores of 272 institutionalized retarded subjects and 1500 mentally ill institutionalized patients ranging in age from approximately 10 to 60 years. (DB)

A pilot sutdy was conducted at a federal correctional institution to determine the extent to which personality factors, as measured by the MMPI, were related to work release success. The results indicated that only one MMPI scale (Pa) was significantly related to an inmate's success in the work release program. (Author)

The author discusses the neglect and deprivation common in State institutions for the mentally retarded and cites programs and legislation undertaken to alleviate the problem. (BY)

A comparison is made between traditional schools and the school in a county jail and how the jail school copes with a situation in which there is external control over (1) when its students arrive and how long they stay, and (2) what kinds and how many students there are. (Author)

A study of the delinquent subculture in large institutions; neither history nor current recidivism rates confirm that any change in the attitudes and values which cause deviant behavioral manifestations take place as a result of purely negative experiences. (Author)

Results of the first class action suit brought against a state's mental health system (Wyatt vs. Stickney, in Alabama); includes standards set by the court for mental health institutions. (SP)

Habituation patterns of the galvanic skin response to auditory stimuli were studied in institutionalized retarded children and nonretarded subjects. (Author)