A typology of marriages and other intimate relationships is offered based on seven behavioral profiles that partners can exhibit in their interactions with one another. The typology is relatively simple, based upon the main thrust of each partner's behavior in their dyadic system. (Author)

A study examined the topics of 1,645 articles in 20 scholarly journals with an international marketing perspective published from 1987 through 1993. Classification of articles based on content yielded 24 distinct topic categories. Topical trends and frequent contributors in the literature are identified, and implications for future research are…

The ability of the "fake good" indicators on the Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire-4 (PDQ-4) (S. Hyler, 1994) for "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders" Axis II disorders was studied with 99 college students. Overall classification rates of the validity scales of the PDQ-4 were too low for clinical use. (SLD)

Examines the development and refinement of a classification system of family problem-solving interaction in families (N=38) with adolescents. Results indicate that family problem-solving interaction could be classified into one of four family locus of control: individualistic, collaborative, authoritarian, and external. Compares these four types…

Discusses the growth, survival and future of library classification schemes. Concludes that to survive, a scheme must constantly update its policies, and readily adapt itself to accommodate growing disciplines and changing terminology. (AEF)

Theoretical and practical challenges in implementing a 1992 definition of mental retardation developed by the American Association on Mental Retardation are reviewed, focusing on issues pertaining to preschool children. The definition is found to be problematic with this age group due to elimination of classification levels, limited relevance of…

Argues that travelogues can be used in teacher training to demonstrate how representations of other countries are formed. Analysis of travelogues results in an understanding of the typologies of travelers and travel-writers and provides a rich source of materials and ideas to be used as a basis for inservice teacher education. (39 references)…

Discussion of educational technology innovations focuses on some of the behavioral challenges facing the drive toward multimedia instruction and suggests a method by which instructor resistance to technological change can be lessened or eliminated based on the concept of self-efficacy. A typology of instructors is explained. (Author/LRW)

Two experiments studied the impact of the nature of information available at different processing levels on differences in haptic (tactile) and in visual, free classification development. Found that exploration characteristics (involving simultaneous versus independent processing of stimulus dimensions) and presentation of the stimulus dimensions…

Provides sample observation activities to accompany the nursery tale of Chicken Little. Includes five activities that involve the skills of observing, communicating, comparing, ordering, and categorizing to engage students in hands-on science. (DDR)

An earlier bibliography of nearly 300 technical publications about latent variable models is updated to acknowledge the growth of more specialized refinements of structural equation modeling. An additional 320 publications are annotated within a nine-part categorization system designed to group works roughly by topic. (SLD)

This reprint of one chapter from the 1975 text, "Issues in the Classification of Children" by Nicholas Hobbs and others, addresses the theoretical, methodological, and empirical issues involved in the "labeling" approach to the sociology of deviance. It examines the social process of classification, the use of classification in social agencies,…

Examines the developing state of subject access on the Web. Topics include new scholarly research methods; authority control; cataloging and metadata; interoperability and thesauri development; extensibility, including XML and RDF (resource description framework); indexing and information retrieval; flexibility in subject classification; and…

Two studies examined whether infants' category discrimination in an object-examination task was based solely on an ad hoc analysis of perceptual similarities among the experimental stimuli. Findings indicated that 10- to 11-month- olds' responses varied systematically only with the presence of a category change, but not with the degree of…

Argues that the price an individual community college charges for courses is a function of the role and place the institution occupies in the overall market for postsecondary education. Analysis suggests a classification that distinguishes colleges with respect to their emphasis on formal degree programs as opposed to delivery of courses.…