In an attempt to evaluate the psychometric credibility of the Matching Familiar Figures Test (MFFT) as the operational measure of reflection-impulsivity, a study of the short-term (1 week) reliability of different versions of MFFT for boys and girls at kindergarten, second, and fifth grades was conducted. (Author/SB)

Described is a woodlouse problem which provides a biological example for testing the Piagetian level of thinking reached by children. Sample data from administration of the problem is included. (SL)

Presents preliminary findings of results of tests of Piagetian cognitive development to predict success in introductory undergraduate physics courses. Grades were predicted with good success. (SL)

Results indicate that when SES is controlled few significant differences emerge between the two groups, with verbal tests yielding the largest differences. (Author)

Presents the history of psychometrics in terms of the various investigators who worked in this area; the fields of computer utilization, testing, scaling, factor analysis, and learning theory are examined. (JM)

To determine the effect of chronic marihuana smoking on cognitive functions, personality traits, and social values, a group of heavy marihuana smokers was compared with a matched control group. (Author)

Article examines the contradictory results found in replication regarding an earlier study investigating the relationship between counselor level of self-actualization and level of interpersonal functioning with clients. (Author/RK)

Study suggests that an individual's preferred ways of perceiving and thinking reflect an integral aspect of his personality, and that a full knowledge of the one is essential to a full understanding of the other. (Author)

In the present study an examination is made of a relatively new approach to the assessment of learning environments. (Author)

Examined and compared the validity of Friedman's Developmental Level (DL) and Exner's Developmental Quality (DQ) as measures of cognitive development in children (N=134). Results supported the convergent and discriminant validity of both DL and DQ. The DL and DQ were most strongly related to different types of cognitive ability. (JAC)

Tests of two coding processes and language measures were administered to 100 institutionalized moderately retarded adults (mean age 24). Results of correlational analyses showed association between use and understanding of language and successive processing, however, analysis of variance indicated both coding dimensions important for establishing…

Relationships between students' affective and cognitive outcomes and their perceptions of classroom psychosocial environment, as measured by the Individualized Classroom Environment Questionnaire and the Classroom Environment Scale, were investigated for a sample of 1,083 junior high school students in 116 classrooms. Sizable environment-outcome…

Significant correlations between measures of cognitive structure and performance were found using a procedure distinguishing between episodic and semantic memory as an heuristic with achievement test items. The design increased the likelihood of indications of semantic memory. Higher-order and lower-order cognitive processes are discussed.…

Investigations of the Inventory of Learning Processes (ILP) with college freshmen revealed satisfactory internal consistency coefficients for two of the four ILP scales but cast doubt on the factor structure of the inventory. As predictors of grade point average of Australian students, the scales were successful. (Author/GK)