The Affective Involvement Instrument (AII) describes and classifies affective involvement in the process of decision-making as it occurs during classroom activities such as role-playing or group discussions. The thirty-celled instrument behaviorizes the six processes involved in decision-making and combines them with the taxonomic levels of the…

Author attempted to draw crucial distinctions between creativity in the growing child and in the mature artists, and to suggest ways in which current developmental theory can illuminate our understanding of the processes of the development of creativity. (Author/RK)

Describes two BASIC computer programs to elicit and analyze grids easily and clearly. FOCUS uses a two-way cluster analytic method to re-order the constructs and the elements, and to highlight similarities and differences in the grid. PEGASUS is an interactive program which conversationally elicits a grid, and processes and offers real-time…

Examined "sentiment-override" hypothesis that couple members' cognitive/affective reactions to their partners' behaviors are insensitive to communication quality of those behaviors, and that cognitive/affective insensitivity obstructs interventions to improve communication. In 40 couples, found that only males displayed pattern of results…

Discusses the role of affect in cognitive processes. Concludes that to study the affective as well as cognitive components of composing is to acknowledge their true interrelatedness. (MS)

Offers seven lesson plans to help blend the affective and cognitive realms of children's learning, connecting an emotional lexicon with written and spoken dialogs, photographs, arguments, and movements. (DMM)

Investigates the attitudes of 340 Israeli government employees toward their work and the introduction of the computer. Three behavior modalities--affective, cognitive, and instrumental--of five referent groups are examined both for work and for computer introduction. (Author/IRT)

For millennia, emotional states have been viewed as avoidable impediments to rational thinking (Ellis & Newton, 2000). Several reasons have been pointed out. The lack of consensus of the definition on emotion that tend to conflict with each other was suggested as a main reason (Price, 1998). Also the difficulty of research methodology such as…

Counselors, psychotherapists, and counselor educators completed a modified repertory test. Contrary to previous findings, presumed positive and negative affect role constructs of significant others did not produce significant differences. The role constructs--boss and person you'd like to help--previously presumed to be negative affect role…

The third paper of a series on intellective factors in learning mathematics, critical reviews of research concerned with variables that influence mathematical ability are presented here. (Author/KM)

To determine the extent to which the cognitive and affective domains interact, the question is asked whether or not an increase in student understanding in the content area of international trade is correlated with a change in attitude toward policy issues surrounding that subject. (JB)

Changes in the student subculture are seen as changes from affective predominance to cognitive predominance. The article examines the implications these changes have for counseling and counseling techniques, i.e., that the counselor is a translator of one cultural style to the other, and his tools are different in an affectively based culture from…

Compared primary induction methods that have cognitive bases by assessing their effectiveness in inducing depression and elation moods, respectively. Results generally confirmed hypotheses that autobiographical recollections was the superior method for inducing and altering depression and anxiety in a population that included both sexes. (Author)

Choice Awareness is a cognitive-affective-behavioral system designed to help young people and adults understand the continuous nature of their choices and to take more effective control in their own lives. (Author)