Measures of self-concept, attitudes, and achievement motivation of primary grade children

Semi-projective measures (suitable for small group testing) of Self-Concept and Attitutes toward School, Home, Peers, and Society along with a teachers' rating instrument of Achievement Motivation have been developed for preschool and primary grade children. National norms for disadvantaged children are reported along with correlations of these measures with standardized achievement tests.     

High school psychology in the rocky mountain region

Over 40% of the high schools in a five-state Rocky Mountain region reported offering courses in psychology. A significant portion of students entering college classes have had such courses. With but 15% of teachers claiming a major in psychology and the rest scattered through 20-some other subjects, adequacy of teacher preparation is questioned. Areas for effort are suggested to enhance teacher preparation and to develop high school courses whivh might be appropriatet to advanced placement or enriched introductory study at the college level. These developments should have added benefits for psychology's recruitment efforts and the spread of public knowledge about psychology.     

Books received

Publications Received

Books received     

Homosexuality: Sin or sickness? A dialogue

The [ollozving discussion takes place in what Bernard Shaw, in the Preface to Candida, called an oasis in a desert of unattractiveness—the study of the Executive Secretary of The George W. Henry Foundation in the Parish House of a midtown Episcopal Church. The Foundation, chartered by the State of New York to help those who by reason of their sexual maladjustment are in trouble with themselves, the law or society, was organized in 1948; its staff, board members and officers come from a variety of religious persuasions to serve all who come or are sent to it without regard to race, creed, or color. The participants in the dialogue are Canon Rend Bozarth, the founder and head of the Society of St. Paul, an Anglican monastic community, located in Oregon, and Alfred A. Gross, the Executive Officer of the Foundation, associated with Dr. Henry for more than a quarter of a century.We publish this article particularly at this time because of our selection of an outstanding book by Dr. Gross,Strangers In Our Midst: Problems of the Homosexual in American Society, on this theme—a book in which Dr. Gross deals more thoroughly and more comprehensively with the entire problem of homosexuality. The article may also be seen as a continued discussion of the article on Pastoral Counseling for Homosexuals by Dr. George W. Henry, published inPastoral Psychology, November, 1951.     

人的听觉调谐曲线

听觉系统的频率选择性可以用调谐曲线及其Q值表征。本研究用同时掩蔽法测定了10名正常听者和5名听力衰退者的心理物理调谐曲线和生理调谐曲线。为便于两种曲线的比较,实验用了相同的声刺激,即频率为50DHz和4000Hz的感觉级相同的短音。测定生理调谐曲线所用的电生理指标为脑干反应的P_6—SN_(10)复合波的幅值。实验结果表明:(1)两种调谐曲线的锐度Q没有显著的差异,(2)听力衰退者4000Hz的两种调谐曲线的锐度Q都显著地小于正常听力者相应曲线的锐度Q。本文说明用适当的声刺激和电生理指标,生理调谐曲线能够和心理物理调谐曲线近似等值地、同样灵敏地、具有频率特殊性地反映听系统的频率选择性及其变化。     

8-13岁儿童空间表象发展的研究

本文是通过儿童对空间相对位置关系的辨别和预测实验,进一步地揭示我国儿童空间表象发展的规律性。被试者是8岁至13岁小学生,共240名,分为6个年龄组,每组40名。有4个实验项目,各项目之间难易程度不同。实验结果表明:儿童对空间刺激物的知觉经验是促进他们认识空间能力发展的重要条件;儿童对其左侧方位的空间的预测成绩低于右侧和对面;实验还进一步地验证了在儿童的空间认识发展过程中,存在着快速发展的阶段,在两个快速发展的年龄阶段之间有一个变化不明显的量变过程。这个现象和我们过去的研究结果一致。     

训练对老年人“数字符号”作业的作用

本工作采用“数字符号”及“默写”和“临摹”变式三项测验,对老年,(30例、平均66岁)和青年(20例、平均25岁)训练组进行训练作用的研究。并设两个对照组,在年龄、性别、文化方面和训练组匹配。结果指出:1)老年组各项作业较青年组明显要差;2)训练后作业较训练前有进步,训练后老年组成绩较未训练青年对照组好。这表明功能训练能改善老年人的心智能力,有关记忆的改善比反应速度的改善更为明显。