This discussion is one aspect of a larger study supported by the Office of Education and allocated to the College of Education, Institute for Research on Exceptional Children, University of Illinois.

Paper prepared for seminar in program of the Danforth Liberal Arts Workshop, Colorado College (June 17-July 3, 1968)

Reprinted from "New Generation . Research supported by Public Health Service Grant HD-02257 and General Research Support Grant FR-05666-02 from the National Institutes of Health.

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