Based on the data, young adults regardless of college attended seem to change more in the social area than any other area and they change in the direction of becoming more gregarious. Least change occurs in the degree of traditional beliefs, conformity, domestic habits, and fiscal policies engaged in by young adults. The major conclusion is that…

The present study investigates item susceptibility to attempted faking as related to two item characteristics: (a) objective versus subjective, and (b) continuous versus noncontinuous." (Author)

The Smoking Control Research Project showed that most smokers wish to quit and that many of them can. It is necessary to present these smokers with the opportunities to quit, and then make the environment supportive of nonsmoking. Presented at the University of California Extension Course, "Cigarette Smoking: Insight into a Perplexing Problem,"…

This article offers some specific suggestions for programmed instruction in the teaching of bookkeeping. Prior to his death, Dr. Gibbs was an assistant professor at Arizona State University, Tempe. (Editor)

This study was submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Ph.D. degree at the University of Iowa.

Among Black adolescents in Chicago, Illinois, gang recruiting was more prevalent in depressed communities and was targeted primarily at veteran delinquents. Gang members exhibited higher interpersonal self-confidence but lower societal self-confidence than gang recruits, and members appeared to be less attached to school and have less parental…

Identifies an instrument for measuring learning styles and explains how its usage can help teachers review and improve instructional procedures. (MLF)

Environmental education programs that are limited solely to classroom instruction, occasional field trips, or short outdoor camping experiences may not be achieving their main goal. The author's research suggests that students should regularly play half-day "hooky" in loosely supervised small groups, in the most pristine habitats locally…

Based on data reported in 1978, the study was designed to obtain descriptive data on 474 individuals released from 75 public residential facilities for the mentally retarded. (SW)

Three kinds of athletes are identified: the professional who focuses on objectives that dictate how both mind and body are to act; the idler, an aesthetic being who accepts whatever presents itself; and the true amateurs, private beings who allow a structured situation to determine how they will express themselves. (MLW)