Uses a study of children's understanding of relational terms in conservation tasks to illustrate negligent or inaccurate reading of research reports. (ST)

In this paper a rapid and reliable method is found for estimating the value of the Bivariate Normal Correlation Coefficient, p, given values of the joint probability and the normal deviates, h and k, or the related areas. (Editor)

Two studies were undertaken to determine systematically how preventive behaviors associated with health, accidents, property loss, and financial loss are interrelated. Several dimensions of preventive behavior were found (e.g., checkups, risk taking, dietary patterns), and most of these dimensions were independent. Implications of these findings…

To meet the need for a situational measure of guilt, the Perceived Guilt Index, a self-report measure of experiential guilt, was developed. The index represents an attempt to quantify common verbal labels used to communicate the intensity of emotional relations to guilt. Construct validity studies indicated strong support for the theory underlying…

The present study was designed to investigate the generalizabiltiy of the Broverman et al. findings that there is a difference in the conception of mental health for a male and for a female. (Author)

Attitudes toward homosexuals are more highly associated with support for a double standard for the sexes than with permissive or nonpermissive attitudes regarding premarital sexual intimacy. (Author)

Forty-eight 8-year-old and forty eight 12-year-old Dutch boys evaluated a story of aggression. Both groups judged the act more negatively when the agressor's intentions were bad, but the younger boys relied more on the consequences to determine their judgment than did the older boys. (Author/KM)

This study presents a systematic investigation of three factors which seem necessary to initial success in obtaining recall facilitation when list member cues are presented during free recall. (Author/KM)

The present study observed problem-solving styles with anagrams to see whether observing a model solve anagrams in a rigid or flexible way would affect the types of solutions the subjects used. (Author)

Range of incorporation scores is a potential outcome measure of vocational counseling. Measures of esteem and incorporation for eight professions were obtained from veterans who had just completed 10 hours of group counseling or who were just beginning counseling. High-esteem veterans had higher ranges than low-esteem veterans, and counseled…

Author argues that Piaget's employment of the concept of causality is inconsistent or, at best, confused, and it excludes many relations commonly claimed to be causal relations. (Author/CB)

Results of 3 experiments showed that self-focused attention lowered self esteem given negative feedback, while there was a tendency toward the opposite result given positive feedback.'' (Author)