Presents a theory of personal change and analyzes growth-producing interventions using examples from the film, "Three Approaches to Psychotherapy". Compares the styles of Carl Rogers, Frttz Perls, and Albert Ellis to illustrate the theory. (Editor/RK)

Attempts to determine how the ability of African secondary students to understand pictures three-dimensionally changes, as the number of different types of depth cue increases in carefully stages. Also investigates the existence of interactions involving the different types of picture and differences in amount of formal training which people have…

Tests of cognitive and perceptual abilities were given to 140 college students. These subjects then participated on two word-recognition tasks in which their recognition thresholds to both English and artificial words were obtained. (Editor)

This research used tasks analogous to Delayed Matching-to-Sample tasks to study pigeons' Short Term Memory for responses and reinforcers, as well as for more conventional stimuli. The broad question is whether stimulus, response, and reinforcer memories are all influenced in the same way by the same independent variables. (Author/RK)

This experiment examined the learning of affective and neutral words in a paired-associate list for chronic schizophrenics and normals. It was predicted that, relative to normals, the chronic schizophrenics would learn much fewer affective words than neutral words. (Author)

To examine some of the more menacing aspects of a pursuit of self-actualization that disregards politics and ethical matters, the author discusses the dominant social pattern of the hippie movement in its early days. (Author/RK)

Three experiments examined the role of various sources of feedback in the development and maintenance of a complex ballistic skill, dart throwing, using extended practice. (Editor)

Reading reaction time (RT) to visual stimuli was shown to vary according to the nature of simultaneous auditory stimuli. A two-stage model was proposed to explain the results in which parallel processing of simultaneous input occurs prior to a decision-making stage. (Editor)

In recent years several models of human-information processing have been proposed in which the central component is a limited-capacity processing system. One line of research has focused on the question of which stages in the processing sequence require capacity in this system. This research is concerned with time and capacity demands in…

There are many tasks in which people are called on to disregard information that they have already processed. Dealing with inadmissible evidence in a courtroom setting, second-guessing the past, etc. This research investigates such difficulties in a general form, using almanac-type questions. (Editor/RK)

Charts compiled by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching show the pattern of support by foundations and how foundation support compares with support from the federal government. American foundations are seen as an important counterweight to government influence in higher education. (MLW)

Discusses the use and interpretation of multiple regression analysis with computer programs and presents a flow chart of the process. A general explanation of the flow chart is provided, followed by an example showing the development of a linear equation which could be used in estimating manufacturing overhead cost. (Author/LRW)

Provides practical counsel for high school librarians for instructing students in basic research methods. Librarians are urged to use a vivid search strategy such as a flow chart and to provide hands-on experience in the classroom. Sample flow charts and a bibliographic search exercise are included. (CDD)

A compact atlas--"Information Highways: Mapping Information Delivery Networks in the Pacific Northwest"--provides a model for assimilating large volumes of information dealing with generic topics. It combines data and information blocks with information technology graphics blocks and maps showing the actual locations of information…

Enrollments, it is suggested, have not dropped, in part because the decline in the total pool from which colleges enroll their students has been compensated for by increased enrollments of older students. (MLW)