Despite the often repeated contention that children's fiction has consistently presented a narrow and stereotypical view of the lives of girls and women, a review of books written in the 1920s and 1930s indicates a degree of female dissatisfaction with the status quo. (HOD)

Stressors in school counseling were researched by surveying 240 school counselors about prevalence of stress experienced, sources of stress, and possible relationship between perceived stress and biographic variables (sex, age, marital status, assigned grade level, years of counseling experience). Counselors indicated moderate stress concerning…

Compared performance of kindergarten children (N=52) on reasoning, visual-motor integration, and verbal development to achievement scores in kindergarten, second grade, and third grade. Results showed relationships between reasoning in kindergarten and achievement on two tests in second grade, but not between kindergarten visual-motor integration…

The role of institutional research and the relationships between institutional researchers and state agencies from the perspective of state agency staff is reviewed. The statutory and pragmatic roles and responsibilities of institutions, state higher education agencies, and legislative and executive agencies are considered. (MLW)

Forty five-year-olds compared two arms of an L-shaped figure on-axis or perpendicular to axis inside circles of different diameters. In making perceptual judgments about the relative length, the children tended to describe the on-axis line as longer. The context model of visual anomalies was supported. (Author/CM)

The relationship between behavior in the home environment and perception of family social climate and personal well-being in a social-ecological perspective is investigated. A strong positive relationship between adolescents' sense of well being and time spent with adults in leisure and recreational activities in the home was identified.…

Discusses physiological and psychological aspects of color. Includes guidelines for using color effectively, especially in the development of computer programs. Indicates that if applied with its limitations and requirements in mind, color can be a powerful manipulator of attention, memory, and understanding. (Author/JN)

The effectiveness of a cost containment curriculum integrated into a required 6-week community health-primary care clerkship at Brown University is described. A computerized patient management problem was administered to half the students in order to assess its discrete effect on the students. (MLW)

Surveys teacher employment applications in a large city in order to identify those characteristics and abilities that school districts look for in beginning teachers. Urges prospective teachers to learn what school districts want in a teacher and become aware of what they themselves have to offer. (FL)

Tested a seven-factor model of situation perception to develop a set of valid and reliable situation perception factors for use in compliance-gaining research. (Factors included personal benefits, intimacy, rights, resistance, dominance, situation apprehension, and relational consequences.) Found that the model fit the data well and was superior…

Caution should be exercised in transporting the concept of locus of control to either Mexico or Japan, and by implication, to other cultures. Careful attention must be given both to the meaning of this concept in the other cultures, and to the behaviors predictable from its measurement within each culture. (Author/NQA)

Measured residents' perceptions of quality care and satisfaction with how well their needs are being met. Found that residents' perceptions of quality care (attitude of staff, food, and social activities) and satisfaction with roommates are significant predictors of perceived needs being met. Stressed that self-selected roommates are more…

Familiar letter sequences in noncued portions of a tachistoscopic display were shown to reduce accuracy of partial report. Findings suggest that familiarity may automatically direct attentional resources to a particular spatial region. Such attentional capture may be disruptive if the material is presented at another location. (Author/RD)

Infants 8.5 and 9.5 months of age were tested for ability to determine the location of an object hidden in one of two covered containers before their left-right positions were reversed. Only the older infants provided with different colored covers to their containers were able to do this task. (Author/DB)

Determined resident assistants' (RA) role perceptions of students, parents, faculty, and administrators, full-time professional residence life staff, and resident assistants. Compared various constituent groups' perceptions of the RA role. (RC)