Books in the Psychological Studies series

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Table Of Contents -- 1. The Empirical Cycle In Science -- 2. Designing Theories And Hypotheses -- 3. Formulation Of Theories And Hypotheses: A. The Deductive Process -- 4. Formulation Of Theories And Hypotheses: B. Confirmation -- 5. From Formulation To Testing And Evaluation -- 6. Objectivity: A. Through The Empirical Cycle -- 7. Objectivity: B. Data Collection And Analysis -- 8. Criteria For Empirical Variables And Instruments -- 9. Diversity And Unity In Scientific Research -- Bibliography -- Index Of Names -- Index Of Subjects

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Part One. Clinical Prediction, A Valediction -- Introduction -- I. Clinical predictions based on accumulating data -- II. An Investigation of the value of clinical predictions of 'free' criteria -- III. The Rorschach test as a means of testing the hypothesis of psychosomatic specificity; a cross validation study -- IV. An experimental study of the halo effect -- V. An investigation of the relation between accuracy of and confidence in judgment -- VI. Individual differences in predictability of behaviour -- Part Two. Contributions To And Applications Of Nomological Nets -- Introduction -- VII. A contribution to the nomological net surrounding 'neuroticism` -- VIII. Psychological variables correlated with psychosomatic diseases -- IX. Allergy and neurosis in asthma -- X. Intercorrelations of three measures of conditioning -- XI. A psychological investigation of the effect of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy -- XII. Prediction of the degree of reaction to L.S.D.-25 -- XIII. Prediction of the nature of reaction to L.S.D.-25 -- Author Index -- Subject Index

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- General Introduction -- Part I. Power And Satisfaction In Task-Oriented Groups -- Part II. Group Structure And Group Performance

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE. ACCIDENT LIABILITY AND ACCIDENT PREVENTION -- Psychological Mechanisms in Pilot Error -- The Prediction of Liability to Flying Accidents -- PART TWO. TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT OF TRAINING-ACHIEVEMENT -- Psychological Factors in the Training of Student Pilots -- Some Studies of Flying Proficiency -- Assessment of Flying Skill -- PART THREE. SELECTION METHODS -- A Fundamental Point of View for the Psychological Examination and Selection of Pilot Trainees for the Royal Danish Air Force -- Results of the Selection of R.N.A.F. Air Traffic and Fighter Control Officers -- Prediction of Performance in the Early Stages of Flying-Training -- Aviation Psychology in the French Air Force -- An Experiment in Psychiatric Selection of Flying Personnel -- PART FOUR. MISCELLANEOUS -- Psychological Correlations of Hypoxia-Stress Tolerance -- Visual Presentation of Aircraft Information

Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Contents -- Introduction / Crònbach, Lee J. -- Development of psychology and mental testing in Turkey / Tan, Hasan -- PART I: Testing in its social framework -- 1. Laying the groundwork for test application in less-developed countries / Arici, Hüsnü -- 2. Implications of testing for individual and society / Drenth, Pieter J. D. -- 3. Industrial application of tests developed for illiterate and semiliterate people / Blake, R. Hilton -- 4. Adaptability: its measurement and determinants / Biesheuvel, S. -- 5. Development, application and interpretation of tests for use in French-speaking black Africa and Madagascar / Dague, Pierre -- PART II: Crosscultural research strategy -- 6. Radical cultural relativism and the concept of intelligence / Berry, J. W. -- 7. A model for the analysis of cultural determinants of between-groups variation in measured intelligence / Sanday, Peggy R. -- 8. The necessity of a theory for applied crosscultural research / Eckensberger, Lutz H. -- PART III: Testing procedure -- 9. Some principles for adaptation of psychological tests / Ortar, Gina -- 10. Test construction and standardization in different cultural settings / Kohan, Nuria Cortada De -- 11. Why certain tasks from mental tests must be adapted whereas operational tasks need not / Semin, Refia -- 12. Procedure for group test administration in developing countries / Cho, Sam -- 13. Three handbooks on crosscultural testing / Cronbach, Lee J. / Drenth, Pieter J.D. -- 14. Attitude to multiple-choice tests in West Africa / Akeju, S.S.A. -- 15. Instructions as determinants of performance: the effect of information about the task / Gitmez, Ali S. -- 16. Effects of incentives on the test-taking behavior of Botswana primary-school children / Cook, Paul F. / Molomo, Matlapeng Ray -- PART IV: Testing devices -- 17. Psychological studies of Kalahari Bushmen / Reuning, H. -- 18. Assessing cognitive capacities of nonliterate New Guinea adults and children / Ord, I. G. -- 19. Tests of general cognitive ability for use with Maori and European children of New Zealand / George, Ross St. -- 20. Patterns of reasoning test responses in the South Pacific / Bennett, Mick -- 21. Remarks on testing in the Pacific / McElwain, D. W. -- 22. A children's intelligence test for Greece / Georgas, James G. / Georgas, Catherine -- 23. Application of the D 48 test in Turkey / Kagitçibaçi, Cicdem -- 24. Application of Progressive Matrices in Iraq / Abul-Hubb, Dhia -- 25. The Purdue motion-picture tests of visual perception / McDaniel, Ernest -- 26. A search for tests of practical intelligence / Rimland, Bernard -- 27. A culture-assimilation measure and its relationship to intellectual performance / Pauker, Jerome D. -- 28. Self-perceived abilities and on-the-job performance of culturally disadvantaged workers / Wickert, Frederic R. -- PART V: Educational intervention and educational influence -- 29. Cognitive assessment of the socioculturally deprived child and adolescent / Feuerstein, Reuven -- 30. Consequences of attending elementary school in a second language / Lambert, W.E. -- 31. Continuities in observational field methods and mental testing / Smith, Louis M. -- 32. The abilities and problems of immigrants in learning to drive busses / Belbin, Eunice / Belbin, R. Meredith -- 33. Divergence among school beginners caused by different cultural influences / Kyostio, O.K. -- 34. Adolescent changes in ability in relation to schooling / Thrane, Vidkunn Coucheron -- PART VI: Correlates and determinants of test performance -- 35. Intergenerational mobility as a function of social origin and mental test results / Levy-Leboyer, Claude -- 36. Cognitive development of children from selected ethnic, educational and language backgrounds in Malaysia / Harrold-Stroebe, M.S. -- 37. Age, socioeconomic status and classificatory behavior among Turkish children / Ataman, Isik / Epir, Shirley -- 38. Genetic and environmental influences on language abilities / Mittler, P. -- 39. A comparison of African and European students in simple auditory and visual tasks / Poortinga, Ype -- 40. Social-class differences in the performance o / Bakare, Christopher G. M -- 41. A normative study of the Goodenough-Harris Drawing test on a Turkish sample / Ucman, Perin -- 42. Long-range prediction of educability and its determinants in East Africa / Silvey, Jonathan -- PART VII: Factor-analytic studies -- 43. The factor structure of intelligence among teachers in the Congo / Claeys, W. -- 44. The organization of intellectual abilities of an African ethnic group in cultural transition / Grant, G.V. -- 45. The influence of maturation and education on the development of mental abilities / Fatouros, Mika -- PART VIII: Technical issues and proposals -- 46. Judging how well a test measures / Cronbach, Lee J. -- 47. Logic, language and method in construct identification across cultures / Irvine, S.H. / Sanders, J.T. -- 48. Evaluating environmental influences on test scores / Flier, Henk van der -- 49. Applicability of the Rasch model in two cultures / Mellenbergh, Gideon J. -- 50. Cultural influence on the development of Number and Flexibility-of-closure factors / Hürsch, L. -- Summary and commentary / Cronbach, Lee J. / Drenth, Pieter J.D. -- Roster of Conference Participants -- Index

Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- 1. PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS AND INVESTIGATIONS -- 2. EXPERIMENT I: A PILOT INVESTIGATION -- 3. EXPERIMENT II -- 4. CRITERION ANALYSIS AND SELECTION OF SCRIPT MATERIAL FOR EXPERIMENTS III AND IV -- 5. EXPERIMENT III -- 6. EXPERIMENT IV -- 7. SUMMARY AND FINAL OBSERVATIONS -- APPENDICES

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- 1. The study of aggression: Determinants, consequences, goals and functions / A. Hinde, Robert -- 2. Phylogenetic adaptation as determinants of aggressive behavior in man / Eibl-Eibesfeldt, Irenaus -- 3. Factors facilitating development of aggressive behavior in chimpanzees and humans / A. Hamburg, David / van Lawick-Goodall, Jane -- 4. Aggressive behavior and its brain mechanisms (as exemplified by an experimental analysis of the rat's mouse-killing behavior) / Karli, Pierre -- 5. The genesis of aggressive criminality: Implications of a study of crime in a Danish twin study / O. Christiansen, Karl -- 6. The hostile and instrumental functions of human aggression / Gail Rule, Brendan -- 7. External determinants of impulsive aggression / Berkowitz, Leonard -- 8. The development and regulation of aggression: Some research gaps and a proposed cognitive approach / Feshbach, Seymour -- 9. Promise and problems of cross-cultural exploration of children's aggressive strategies / W. Lambert, William -- 10. The convergence of laboratory and field studies of the development of aggression / D. Eron, Leonard / O. Walder, Leopold / Rowell Huesmann, L. / M. Lefkowitz, Monroe -- 11. Personality factors and aggression: With special reference to violence within the peer group / Olweus, Dan -- 12. The development of aggression: Problems and perspectives / W. Hartup, Willard / de Wit, Jan -- 13. Origins of aggressive behavior: A selected bibliography / B. Sawin, Douglas / Sawin, Linda -- Author index -- Subject index -- Backmatter

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements / Lack, L. C. -- Contents -- Chapter I. Introduction -- Chapter II. The Effect of Practice on the Extent of Voluntary Control of Binocular Rivalry -- Chapter III. The Development of an Objective Measure of the Control of Binocular Rivalry -- Chapter IV. The Role of Peripheral Mechanisms in the Control of Binocular Rivalry -- Chapter V. The Strength of Afterimages and Movement Aftereffects following Induction Periods with Binocular Rivalry -- Chapter VI. The Effect of the Voluntary Control on the Mean Phase Durations of Binocular Rivalry -- Chapter VII. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Backmatter