Previous research has shown that thinking about some attitude object results in more polarized attitudes than being distracted from thinking about the object. In this study, 64 subjects indicate their attitudes toward fictitious persons. After thinking about the person or being distracted from thinking about the person, they again scaled their…

Data consisting of 79 cognitive measures from Project TALENT for 100,000 white and black high school students were analyzed for possible race by sex interactions. (Editor/RK)

In this article, the nature of adolescent judgement was investigated by means of two components: the maturation of adolescent mental processes and the interaction of poetry in that maturation. (Author/RK)

A type of examination in which additional questions are provided was used for Grade 12 Algebra and College 1 Introductory Calculus. An hypothesis was formulated that this procedure should reveal additional knowledge which whould be reflected in superior average scores for the class group. (Editor)

The aims of this paper are to affirm the importance of developing sequential models of psychological process-particularly of such complex psychological phenomena of prime concern to theory and application as learning, problem solving, and creativity-and to argue that factor analysis has delineated component processes for these sequential models.…

Argues that the adoption of the bureaucratic structure, with its concomitant values, has proven to be incompatible with both intellectual and human development, that a learning environment that promotes simultaneously both intellectual development and humanism must be created, and new forms of organizational structure to achieve goals currently…

Discusses advantages and disadvantages of centralized examination system in assessing affective and other non-cognitive abilities of students in England. Describes three modes of teaching and assessment: (1) syllabus set and examined by Regional Boards; (2) school, or small group of schools, may set syllabus which is examined by the Board; (3)…

Context speeds up the processing of the basic semantic relationships of a sentence. But the presence of context requires an additional process: context-sentence integration. (Author)

Aim of the study is to assess empirically the interrelationships among some of Piaget's and Gesell's behavioral tasks. (Author)

Describes validation procedures used with an individually administered test involving a branching program format to assess students level of cognitive achievement in biology. Reports results of comparisons of classes of teachers with BSCS or non-BSCS backgrounds. (AL)

The results of the present study suggest that clinical cognitive assessment is not influenced by examiner bias as in experimental or nonclinical assessment. A bias effect was not observed as a result of the referral process. The halo effect demonstrated in previous studies was not observed in this study. (Author/BY)

Presents the procedures, results, and conclusions of a study designed to collect data on both affective and cognitive variables as well as the behaviors of teachers and students in several physics classes which followed an integrated multi-media, multi-modal teaching-learning system. Comparison was made with a control group of classes.…

Compared the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) and the WAIS-Revised (WAIS-R) in a sample of college students (N=70). A highly significant test order interaction was found. The WAIS-R will result in significantly higher ability estimates when administered following the WAIS than the WAIS will when following the WAIS-R. (JAC)

A causal modeling system, using confirmatory maximum likelihood factor analysis with the LISREL IV computer program, evaluated the construct validity underlying the higher order factor structure of a given correlation matrix of 46 structure-of-intellect tests emphasizing the product of transformations. (Author/PN)