Confirms that aftereffects of prism adaptation can be obtained in infants between 5 and 9 months of age and that the magnitude of these aftereffects is comparable to those found in adult studies. Evidence of a shift in hand preference toward the direction of prism displacement was replicated. (Author/RH)

Nine- and 16-month-old infants were presented a manual search problem in which a toy was hidden in one of two inaccessible containers, which were then moved into reach. Older infants performed better than younger infants, performance improved across trials, and more correct searches occurred when containers or trajectories were distinctive.…

The increasing use of various VO2 max expressions as test measures is a problem because the magnitude of sex difference varies considerably with each expression. A valid match of male and female test subjects would consider physical activity history and the amount of endurance exercise done in the previous year. (Author/FG)

Reports two experiments examining the contents and accessibility of a subset of the knowledge represented in long-term memory by preschool-age children. The knowledge domain of object locations in the home was selected for study. Among the results, very young children revealed considerable knowledge in this domain. (Author/RH)

Identifying clients is of prime importance to group leaders. Two variables which have proved useful in understanding therapeutic performance are social risk taking propensity and client expectancy. The present study was concerned with the prediction of group member performance following pretreatment assessment of these two variables. (Author)

The study compared the effectiveness of pictorial and verbal information in printed instructional materials for deaf college age Ss. (Author)

Investigated effects of goal setting on the performance of five moderately retarded adolescents on each of four relatively complex manual tasks. Concluded that feedback tends to increase performance rate over that obtained without feedback, and feedback plus goal setting tends to be superior to feedback alone in some tasks and superior to no…

Problems with the ideological framework of the idea of accountability are discussed in terms of how "technological consciousness" requires that all elements be considered as reducible to objective measurable performance criteria, and that nonmeasurables be considered as "not real." (JMF)

Examined the movement characteristics of 41 meningomyelocele children through administration of 13 items from the Southern California Sensory Integration Test. Three factors of movement ability emerged: one describing a pattern representing both constructional and gestural apraxia; the second indicative of bilateral coordination; and the third…

Two groups of eight young adults (mean IQ=68) were compared under conditions in which Ss were instructed either to respond as quickly and accurately as possible or to respond accurately and were praised each time that a response was slower than their mean reaction time (RT) during the initial session. (Author)

To determine whether or not the Floor Ataxia Test Battery (FATB) is associated with vestibular dysfunction, 31 deaf children (mean age 13 years) were studied. Performance on the FATB and the Heath Railwalking Test were compared to nystagmus reactions induced by the cold water caloric test. (Author/PHR)

Greater body fatness is one characteristic that partly explains why women, on the average, do not perform as well as men in strenuous tasks requiring movement of body weight. (JD)

The complex attitudinal impact on women athletes of receiving or not receiving a scholarship is examined. (JD)

College students who withdrew from a course but continued in other courses resembled dropouts in that their time of withdrawal was related to academic standing. (Editor)

High individual accountability did not show significant positive effects on learning when compared with cooperative reward conditions. (JD)