Neither a "preperceiver" explanation (e.g., "perceptual defense") nor a "response hierarchy" explanation alone appears to be adequate for clarifying the personality-perception relationship in the recognition threshold paradigm. An alternative theoretical model is suggested in which "recognition" is held to be a function of the S's characteristic response to the supraliminal part-cues available to him on each exposure trial. The several theoretical formulations which include the part-cue notion are reviewed. The proposed reformulation requires that cues available to S be identified and systematically controlled, and that differences in response characteristics both within and between Ss be specified independently of the experimental recognition response. Possible experimental methodologies are suggested.
Fifty-nine children from the first, third, fifth, and seventh grades made "large-small" judgments of the areas of 100 rectangles differing systematically from each other in heights and widths. The method of single stimuli was used and the subjects were retested 1 week after their first session. The results were (a) all four age groups applied the term large to about the same number of stimuli; (b) there was a significant increase in the mean width of the large category between Grades 1 and 3; (c) linear discriminant weights for heights and widths showed a shift with age from an overemphasis on height to an approximately equal weighting of height and width. The results support Piaget's theory of "decentration" in perceptual development, that is, the increasing attention to and coordination of multiple attributes of stimuli. It is suggested that research into the simulus correlates of quantity judgments is a valuable added dimension to current studies of the conservation of quantity.
The author, having through hiding and disguise survived the Holocaust in Poland, discusses the risks and potential negative consequences of uncritical self-disclosure. Developmentally, most of us have had adequate reasons to learn to protect central parts of ourselves, not only from others but also from our own consciousness. Uncritical self-disclosure can be harmful to ourselves as well as to others. At times, too early self-disclosure of fresh and still new inner movements can abort their growth. The author argues that responsible self-disclosure, that carefully considers "what, to whom, and for what purpose," is a mark of maturity, and needs to be validated and respected even in the context of psychotherapy.
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