On the whole, the personality patterns of more intelligent and academically successful Iranian students would appear to be more like those of younger British pupils than their own age-mates. The study also offers evidence that Eysenck's newly developed psychoticism scale may be a better predictor of academic and intellectual performance.…

Reports on results of the Developmental Hand Function Test administered to 28 educable mentally retarded and 34 normal 12-and 14-year-old girls to show that manual dexterity and functional had skills are compromised in the mentally retarded. (DS)

Weekend activities involving college students and 6 to 9 year olds for a 10-week period effected positive changes in children's IQ, general adjustment, and need nurturance. (Author/SP)

Article is an attempt to clarify some of the issues involved in previous interpretations of data in longitudinal and cross-sectional studies. (MB)

Cognitive style was modified in a sample of 50 impulsive and 50 reflective fourth-grade boys. Subjects viewed a film-mediated model displaying a response style opposite to their own cognitive style. The specific cues in the model's behavior which facilitated shifts in cognitive style varied with the intellectual levels of the subject. (Author/WY)

Weight of the evidence is insufficient to accept the study hypothesis asserting a direct relation between social class and academic achievement in the minor seminary. (Authors)

Development in a child of a sense of his own worth. (CK)