The results of this study suggest that instructions are a source of information to students about the testing environment that modifies their test-taking behavior. Individual students interpret the same instructions in different ways, and these differences, in turn, result in variations in behavior reflected in test scores. (Author)

Members of a longitudinal study were classified on the basis of their drinking behavior. The core of traits which described the cohorts of each category of women drinkers were discernible to raters in the early adolescent period. Problem drinkers and abstainers had in common certain traits which suggested inadequate coping devices. (Author)

In a recent study, Levine concluded that there was a lack of support for the concept of constricted versus flexible cognitive control. It is suggested that this conclusion is misleading in view of issues concerning the logic of the derived predictions and the statistical power of the study. (Author)

In a Rosenthal-type experimental situation, this study found that Ss high in need for approval demonstrated a significant susceptibility to E expectancy effects, while low-approval motivation Ss did not. (Author)

Among the effects of trainers on their T Groups was that trainer empathy and security were related to liking for the trainer and perceived member learning. Trainer affection, tendencies to reward and punish, and openess showed no or little relationship to participant learning. (Author)

Decision making patterns of college students are, in large measure, responsible for increasing use of tobacco through the undergraduate years. This behavioral information should help health personnel and behavioral researchers to understand risk taking behaviors of young people. Presented at National Interagency Council on Smoking and Health,…

Complete analysis of the literature identified only six studies of empathy and counseling outcomes. This article discusses reasons why empathy does not appear important in counseling as well as implications for practice, theory, and research. (Author)

Based on papers presented at Convention of American Association on Mental Deficiency (1967) and Annual Convention of American Speech and Hearing Association (44th, Denver, Nov. 15-18, 1968.) (Author)