This paper suggests that in addition to the recent work indicating that crowding is a subjective phenomenon, an adequate definition of density must also include a subjective component since density is a complex phenomenon in itself. Included is a discussion of both physical density and perceived density. (Author/MA)

The present study used a variety of personality tests to compare long- and short-sleeping college students and a stepwise multiple regression analysis in order to arrive at a pattern analysis and to include a test for the effect of possible repressor variables. (Author)

This study concerned discriminating between ear of entry and apparent spatial position as possible determinants of lateral asymmetries in the recall of simultaneous speech messages. (Editor/RK)

The purpose of this study was to determine whether previous research in the area of premature termination had confounded personality with social class variables. (Author)

Four field experiments were carried out to examine the effects of a violation of personal space on the "victims" subsequent behavior. (Editor)

One of the major tenets of relationship psychotherapy is that the client and therapist have a reciprocal impact on each other's behavior. This study was designed to investigate the relationship between client-therapist interaction patterns and therapeutic outcome. (Author)

This study deals with the problem of relating externally developed assessment procedures to the requirements to one company. (Author)

Paivio's conceptual peg hypothesis was re-evaluated, intending to take proper account of the integrating image. (Editor/RK)

Preparation of this paper facilitated by Grant GS-1741 from the Division of Social Sciences of the National Science Foundation.

A two-phase study was conducted to compare individuals' perceptions of American life with their perceptions of Robert Frank's "The Americans," a book of photographs. In the first phase, a projective technique was used to elicit verbal responses about a sample of Frank's photographs. In the second phase, a representative sample of opinion…

A study designed to serve as an initial step in building a theory of computer literacy was conducted to provide new information concerning how humans think about calculators and to determine how individual differences in students' intuitions affect their understanding and use of the calculator. Thirty-three expert and 33 novice calculator users…

This study examined the effects of message valence, familiarity, and communicator sex on the perceptual distortion of height. Additionally, the relationships of self-esteem and independence of judgment to perceptual distortion were studied. A group of 139 volunteers from a basic communication course were randomly assigned to one of the eight…