The 1983 definition and classification of mental retardation of the American Association on Mental Deficiency reflects positions of the Council for Exceptional Children's Mental Retardation division by raising the ceiling IQ for classification, abandoning the standard deviation as a measurement criterion, and providing flexibility in IQ scores at…

The author considers problems in the conceptualization of children's speech sound disorders and terminology changes related to use of "articulation" and "phonology." He suggests that clinical phonology must use scientific methods to explain phonological disorders. (CL)

This activity and answer book is designed for children who will be serving as witnesses in court cases. It uses three child characters. The book defines the role of each of the following: judge, prosecutor, victim's advocate, defense attorney, witness, court reporter, clerk of court, and jury. Also explained is the courthouse itself; a drawing of…

An editor for Merriam-Webster relates etymological anecdotes. (SP)

This article gives humorous interpretations of educational terms in vogue in the professional community. (CJ)

Defines terminology relevant to microcomputers. (RAO)

Problems of the interchangeable and incorrect use of terms like impairment, handicap, and disability are examined. The authors conclude that handicap is "a condition created by the interaction of physical and/or mental disability and the social barrier to participate in appropriate life activities." (PHR)

Maintains that widening the study of argumentation to include the visual unjustifiably expands common understandings of argument, particularly those that define argument as a two-part, two-sided act. Contends that by calling pictures "arguments," it is possible that attention will be diverted away from the rhetorical functions pictures…

Presents a generalization and improvement for the definition proposed by E. Dzhafarov (2001) for selectiveness in the dependence of several random variables on several (sets of) external factors. This generalization links the notion of selective influence with that of conditional independence. (SLD)

Makes explicit a reconceptualization of the nature of emotion that over the past decade has fostered the study of emotion regulation. Documents the stability of two emotional dispositions: irritability and inhibition. (RH)

Power, the capacity to ensure desired outcomes and prevent undesirable ones, should not be confused with status or prestige. Whereas leaders always have a measure of power, many powerholders have no trace of leadership. Although leaders' roles tend to be overemphasized, society cannot run without leadership. (MLH)

Defines general semantics in accordance with the personal views of the author. Describes some guidelines, including tunnel vision, labels that limit, success and survival, beyond Aristotle, separation of word and thing, time-binding, abstracting, from experience to symbols, non-allness, and consciousness of context. Uses definitions and guidelines…