Article examines the effects of nonreinforced trials during presolution of a concept identification task. (Author/ML)

Scores on tests of temperament, programming aptitude, and critical thinking, together with SCAT scores and a measure of mathematical background, were correlated with achievement on an introductory programming course. (MM)

Game-like and test-like methods of divergent thinking assessment were compared with 10-year olds. Effects of method on score correlates were sufficient to allow the possibility that method may be implicated in outcomes of many studies of divergent thinking. (Author)

Results indicate that factor types in Q-technique studies will be considerably more influenced by ordering preferences than they will be by distribution preferences. (AG)

Alternative scoring methods yield essentially the same information, including scale intercorrelations and validity. Reasons for preferring the traditional psychometric scoring technique are offered. (Author/AG)

Evaluates changes in residual lung volume, underwater weight, and body weight following 10-week physical conditioning. (JB)

Seventy-three subjects tested at grade 4 were retested at grade 7 on five tasks. In addition, 138 seventh graders were tested on these tasks for the first time. Using performance at grade 4 to predict performance on different tasks at grade 7 often was more satisfactory than using seventh-grade predictors. (Author/WY)