The author provides an overview of the people accepted into the National Program for Educational Leadership (NPEL). The candidates were examined through essays, references, interviews, and a battery of psychological inventories that examined intelligence, interests, and values. The characteristics of program Fellows are discussed, along with each…

Emphasis is placed on the role of legislation and laws as factors in the growth of school psychology, which growth has, by design, paralleled that of special education. The limited functions of the school psychologists are viewed as resulting from the special education legislation which mandated supportive services. The author complains that the…

Over 300 scholarly papers are presented here. The papers are divided into 40 sections covering such topics as memory, sensory development, learning, conditioning, behavior theory, attitude development, clinical assessment, perception, and psychophysiology. Although the papers are in the main aimed at other professionals in psychology, many of them…

SYSTEMS OF EXCHANGE - USING THE EXTINCTION, DISTRACTION, AND SUBSTITUTION EFFECTS SYSTEMS - WERE IMPLEMENTED TO DECREASE AGGRESSION AND PROMOTE COOPERATION AND SCHOLARLY BEHAVIOR, THREE SYSTEMS WERE TESTED USING EXCHANGE THEORY AS A GUIDE. THE SUBJECTS WERE FIVE 4- AND 5-YEAR-OLD BOYS DIAGNOSED AS HYPERAGGRESSIVE. EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS INCLUDED…

Eighty practitioners with varying levels of experience in the administration of the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC)) completed a K-ABC Abilities Matrix to indicate their perceptions of the specific abilities assessed by each of the 10 K-ABC Mental Processing subtests. In only one-half of the judgments did the majority of…

Compared several clinical-behavioral and self-report measures of psychopathy in a sample of 274 male prison inmates. Found much stronger agreement among the clinical-behavioral measures (ratings, checklist, and DSM-III) than among the self-report measures. Agreement between these two measurement domains was, with few exceptions, rather poor. (BH)

Reviews the general classes of biographies written about Shakespeare and suggests that no simple connection between his work and his life can be drawn. (MM)

Reviewed literature and publications pertaining to the role of blacks in school psychology jobs and training. Found that blacks do not have equal access to school psychology educational programs and employment. Noted that the educational potential and needs of black children are not being assessed by people who represent their role models. (MK)

Examined problems in the form "I can't ... (do something)" mentioned by patients beginning psychotherapy. These problems were identified and subjected to a multidimensional scaling and hierarchical clustering scheme. Dimensions yielded were: (1) degree of psychological involvement; (2) nature of involvement; and (3) subject's intention to…

In support of the construct validity of the revised scale, a high correlation was observed between the revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (CMAS) and the trait anxiety inventory, whereas there was no significant correlation with the state anxiety inventory. (Author)