A principal purpose of this paper is to report systematic data in support of an hypothesized association between noise stress and subsequent behavior. Penetration of traffic sounds into the home was considered as it impaired the child's ability to learn verbal skills. (Author/RK)

Whether there is a direct, significant correlation between occupational stress and work performance remains to be further investigated. (Author)

Expanded version of a lecture given at a meeting of the Teachers of Modern Languages in Colleges of Education (Tagung der Fachdidaktiker fur neuere Sprachen an den Padagogischen Hochschulen), October 1, 1970 in Luneburg, West Germany. (RS)

Correlations between McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities and teachers' ratings of academic achievement were investigated. McCarthy Scales are useful in predicting achievement of normal children, but further research is needed with learning disabled students. Use of teachers' rating scales with low functioning children is discussed in light of…

Subjects with higher verbal than performance IQ's achieved significantly poorer Pascal-Suttell Bender-Gestalt scores than subjects with higher performance over verbal IQ's. The latter subjects were more likely to have dropped out of high school and to have spent some time in prison. (Author/RD)

Obtained evaluations on the communicator style and performance of middle managers of a hospital and insurance company. Found that managers rated as "outstanding" and "definitely above average" in terms of performance were also rated as qualitatively different in certain aspects of their communicator style. (PD)

To develop method for determining adequacy of library reference desk staffing, data on reference transactions, person hours, percent of professional hours, and turnstile count for 1979 were obtained from 71 academic libraries and correlated with library performance measures. Formulas for predicting number of reference transactions and 17…

Reports research into the affective responses of 75 University of Iowa undergraduate students to situations varying in achievement outcome, task importance, and effort. Analysis of variance indicates that the affective component score is dependent mainly on the student's perceptions of his/her academic success or failure. (EAO)

Measures of memory for order were correlated with measures requiring mental manipulation, achievement, and aptitude using college and fifth grade students. A significant relationship was found for fifth graders but not for college students, suggesting that the nature and capacity of short-term memory changes with age. (Author/PN)

A study of early postenrollment wage determinants of White young men in the 1966 to 1971 period is described. The focus is on student labor force status as a determinant of postenrollment wage rates. Results suggest that work while enrolled may mitigate transition problems to full-time work after enrollment. (Author/MLW)