Performance on the Digit Span (DSP) and Digit Symbol (DSY) subtests of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) have been said to be vulnerable to the effects of anxiety, seating arrangements, and sex of subject. To determine the effects of these variables on anxiety and test performance on the WAIS-R DSP and DSY subtests, 40 male and 40…

To expose a fundamental conflict in journalism between newsworthiness and objectivity (or novelty and authority) this monograph first examines the parallel between news environment and physical environment. Objectivity is defined here not as a description of the environment, but as symbols in the minds of significant publics, or…

Analogical reasoning and learning applied to the task of constructing qualitative explanations for physical phenomena are the subjects of this investigation. Two issues are addressed. The first is how analogies are elaborated to sanction new inferences about a novel situation. This issue is adddressed by contextual structure-mapping, a…

This report addresses solutions to problems of fungus growth on library materials. The first of four sections--"What Is Mold? Where Does It Come From?"--defines mold, mildew, and fungi, and describes their optimum environment (i.e., generally in conditions with temperatures above 70 degrees and relative humidity above 78%). The second…

Increased levels of carbon dioxide have contributed to the problematic phenomenon known as the greenhouse effect. Evidence has indicated that the rise in carbon dioxide levels could be accurately correlated with a rise in the Earth's mean temperature, a shrinking of the polar icecaps, and a resulting rise in the Earth's mean sea level. The…

This guide is intended for students and teachers who are starting environmental research. It includes: (1) a step-by-step aid to defining a question or problem; (2) an overview of information sources; (3) an index of environmentally related descriptors (key words) for use in locating information; and (4) worksheets to aid in organizing research…

Architects and designers need to discover ways to work with management-users in determining the design and character of a working office. (Author/MLF)

This report investigates the concept of the Quality of Life (QOL) and presents a developmental methodology for constructing a measurement scheme to assess the QOL. A brief synopsis is given of the research that has been done in this area to date including various guidelines and rationale used in attempting to develop a meaningful social indicator…

When photographically reproduced for classroom use, the physical city as a visual tool of the urban past can be a valuable teaching technique. Suggestions for using city photographs in secondary classrooms are included. (Author/JR)

Recent court decisions have pointed out the complexities involved in setting environmental standards. Environmental health is composed of multiple causative agents, most of which work over long periods of time. This makes the cause-and-effect relationship between health statistics and environmental contaminant exposures difficult to prove in…

Reprinted from "Sociological Inquiry, v23 p19-24 1963.

A study replicated Robert Sommer's classic work of library table seat choices, showing that people given defensive instructions chose end seats while people given offensive instructions chose middle seats. In a followup study, defensiveness was measured in college students who were asked where they typically sat at library tables. This study found…

This study tested the hypothesis that the frequency of prosocial behavior of six 5-year-old kindergarten boys could be increased by reinforcing such behavior more powerfully than competing, non-social behavior. A sand-play machine was designed for the study. The machine could be modified to structure contingencies of reinforcement for social…

The objectives of this research effort were 1) to develop a methodology for assessing the impact attenuation performance of surfaces in relation to head injury, and 2) to test surfaces commonly installed under playground equipment to determine which surfacing materials, if any, are capable of providing protection against head injury that might…

This guidebook presents five workshops designed to help train architects to function as resource people for built environment education. These workshops, which were held in 1975 and 1976, are intended as models. Each of them may be followed in its entirety, or ideas may be chosen from some of the workshops presented to create a different kind of…