Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of Canada, Montreal, June 1972; article describes and evaluates the validity of prosopography (investigation of the common background of a specified group of historical actors via a collective study of their lives) as an approach to history. (DD)

This study examined the relationship between the internal-external control and text anxiety constructs, and academic achievement. The hypothesis that internals would be more successful academically than externals was not supported. (Author)

Study demonstrates that the curvilinear relation between age and peripheral learning from films may not be so general a phenomenon as it appeared from previous research. (Author/CB)

Although the performance of American 5- and 8-year-olds was superior to the Guatemalans, the 11-year-olds in both cultures performed at an equally high level. (Authors)

Study not only discovered an association between the value orientations of parents and the generosity of their children but also discovered that when value orientation was held constant, there was no difference in generosity that could be attributed to the parents' discipline emphasis. (Authors)

It is concluded that attentional capacity is independent of intelligence, and that critical changes in this capacity may occur between ages 8 and 9. (Authors)

The intention of this study is to explore the possibility that the leader behaves differently to different subordinates. (Author)

Dimensional analysis, defined as the synthesis of dimensionless variables, is presented in a conceptual framework and is then applied to the modeling of interurban migration. The selection of independent variables, the synthesis of dimensionless groups, and the analysis of data are considered. (Author/DN)

Research supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Health. (DD)

Findings are discussed in terms of traditional personality-trait theory and cognitive development theory. (Authors)

Portions of this paper were read as part of a symposium on The Meaning of Smiling and Vocalizing in Infancy'' at the 1970 meeting of the American Psychological Association, Miami Beach, Florida, September, 1970. (Editor)

The workshop described here was designed to initiate skeptical school personnel to a form of sensitivity training, the T-group approach, while providing a safe and non-threatening atmosphere of exposure. (Authors)

Previous studies have shown that retesting of groups of subnormal pupils does not lead to significant increases in the mean IQ; this present study confirms this for non-immigrant pupils. In contrast, however, there is a significant rise in the mean IQ of a group of immigrants. (Author)

Results clearly demonstrated the existence of perceptual sets in children under 4 years. The interpretation of findings suggests a process whereby the present method was successful in creating the mediating conditions necessary for a perceptual set. (Authors)