Lists potential reinforcers that may be employed with various motivational tactics, and groups them into ten categories with specific examples of each. Most of these reinforcers may be used in manager-evaluated contingencies, with the exception of a few, which are listed because of their value in self-control tactics. (Author/VT)

Although publications of conferences may be handled as either serials or monographs, at present there are no definitive guidelines. The Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, International Standard Bibliographic Description for monographic publications, and practices at the Library of Congress, and the University of Iowa Libraries are discussed.…

Fifth- and sixth-grade students were asked to sort cards by one of three possible sorting methods. Subjects received either general praise, descriptive praise, or no praise. The extent to which the two praise groups sorted by the method for which they were reinforced was assessed. (Author/JMB)

Functional relationships among domains of learning and a process of diagramming relationships between instructionally significant behaviors are discussed. (RAO)

Assumptions that learning is basically concept development and that it is also a process of successive approximations of a terminal behavior lead the author to a definition of concept and a hierarchy of concept development. The nine-stage model of cognitive development is presented in a chart with sample items and instrumentation for each state.…

This paper is written to propose and describe a set of four criteria for the empirical evaluation of psychiatric classification. (Author)

The merit of exploring an intertidal jetty sound is described in terms of the marine organisms living in the jetty's algal zones: calothrix, enteromorpha, and fucus zones. (JC)

The activities and interests of library science are placed in four categories: institutional (the library), professional (librarianship), functional (information exchange), and library-related (associated fields). Library science dissertations are classified into the four areas by year of publication, and changes in subject perspective over time…

Presents a typology of the teaching roles (cognitive knowledge, affect, cognitive skills and strategies, motor skills) and programmatic roles (student support, public access, program support) that television can play in an adult educational program utilizing television as an instructional component. (VT)

The study examined the classification scheme of the Ainsworth Strange Situation measure of attachment security with 44 insecurely attached 13-month olds from a high-social-risk sample. Results supported the existence of an additional category of infants whose attachment behavior was "avoidant/ambivalent" and whose families were…

The study sought to identify and describe life-style classifications that exist among adult high school noncompleters and to analyze significant differences that exist among categories. Findings suggest six broad classifications: (1) Entrepreneurs, (2) Superiors, (3) Regulars, (4) Suppliants, (5) Marginals, and (6) Underclass. (Author/CH)

Presents a model which integrates design and hardware attributes for both videotape and videodisc technologies and incorporates a wider range of equipment and presentation/testing strategies than taxonomies dealing with hardware only. Model is designed to aid potential designers/users in categorizing and selecting appropriate hardware/software…

Examines the extent to which subjects discriminate among their equal, unequal, and best friendships on the basis of values exchanged--stimulation, ego support, and utility--and perceived attraction of the other--physical, task, and intimate. Discusses implications of the results for communication research. (NKA)

Clarifies the idea of information by dividing the range of definitions into different parts and identifying several points of misunderstanding. The discussion covers the sciences relating to the concept of information; the nomenclatures of informatics, informatology, information science, and information sciences; and the multidimensional…

A modified automatic interaction detector (MAID) was combined with discriminant analysis (DA) to form MAIDDA and to determine whether it might improve classification results over classical DA methods. Application of MAIDDA to the 1983 and 1984 Air Force Academy's graduating classes (N = 3,012) showed that it is a promising clustering technique.…