Blood serum uric acid and cholesterol levels in the blood were studied in relation to inner drive and external pressures of college students in the U.S.A. and in Sweden. Subjects for the study included 210 American and 78 Swedish male and female college students and 138 college football players. The blood chemicals were measured by Technicon…

A teaching load measurement formula seeks to equalize the load credit given to teachers of various kinds of classes (such as lectures, laboratories, physical education) in terms of number of preparations, course differences, class size, clerical assistance, student advising, committee work, and overload. The formula expresses each teacher's work…

It would appear that certain body types may be advantageous for championship performance in womens gymnastics. These body types are those with relative fat approaching that of the male, higher than average mesomorphy, and lower than average endomorphy. (MJB)

The author identifies cognitive learning styles of subjects who derived maximum knowledge from simulation game activities. (GW)

Effects of stress-producing conditions on 36 mentally retarded and 36 nonretarded persons (ages 20-53) before performing a counting task were measured. Contrary to stereotypes that predicted retarded subjects' performance would be more vulnerable to stress, results showed that mild but measurable levels of stress improved performance for both…

The profitability of 49 publicly owned companies that have won communications awards was compared to that of nonaward winning companies in the same industries. Results indicate that excellence in communication is an important factor in corporate profitability in that two out of three award winning companies outperformed in their industries. (JOW)

Compares the experience of developing educational indicators with the experience of developing indicators to measure economic performance. Discusses the similar problems in both sectors and explains reasons for differences. (RB)

In three experiments involving sets containing from 2z to 19 objects, preschool children gave the last counted word as the answer to the question "How many objects are there?" The relationship between children's answering with the last counted word to a how-many question and counting accurately varied with set size. (Author/RH)

Across three experiments involving four-, five-, and six-year-olds, the same pattern of ability to sequence events was found: familiar events in forward order were the easiest to sequence, then unfamiliar events in forward order, familiar events in backward order, and finally unfamiliar events in backward order. (Author/RH)

Examined the contributions of Task Uncertainty and Perceptual Cohesiveness to changes in block design performance in older adults (N=83). Results showed performance changed significantly over the age span as a function of Task Uncertainty but after age 49 performance was not affected by Perceptual Cohesiveness. (JAC)

Administered a modified Stroop Color-Word Test to healthy males (N=80) aged 21-90 years as part of a study of neuropsychological functioning. Results showed differences on simple reading tasks; however, significant age effects were observed for the color naming and interference tasks. (LLL)

Used the records of 426 Canadian hockey games to investigate the relationships between crowd size and density, and both player aggression and performance. Results showed crowd size was negatively related to aggression and performance of visiting teams while crowd density was negatively related to the overall performance of both teams. (JAC)

The present investigation sought to determine if the performance of older children with learning disabilities, some of whom do and some of whom do not exhibit patterns of lateralized motor deficits, is similar to that of adults with known cerebral lesions as reported in some previous research. If patterns of performance of these two groups were…

Nigerian students did not display a great deal of group solidarity in an experiment on the use of a communication network. United States students, on the other hand, cooperated with each other to a great extent in a similar experiment, as did Philippine students. (CK)