The influence of parental alcoholism on the personalities of the children was studied by use of the Devereux Rating Scales to delineate problem behavior patterns. The subjects for the investigation were identified as a result of their parents being in treatment for alcoholism, and a control group matched for age, sex, race, family size, and socioeconomic status was utilized. The findings suggest that the presence of parental alcoholism acts as a serious deterrent to healthy personality development in the children, and the degree of disturbance in these individuals might be greater than previously suspected. Several implications of these observations are discussed, including the importance of considering alcohol abuse as a total family problem.
The purpose of this experiment was to determine if concept attainment efficiency and strategies were related to adolescent development and method of presenting information. There were 40 Ss at the 12-yr., 14-yr., and 16-yr., levels, respectively, all of average intelligence. 4 groups of 30 Ss, 10 from each age level, solved 6 concept problems. Each group was given a different presentation of information. The 1st hypothesis was supported. The 14-and 16-year-old Ss were not different from each other and were superior to the 12-year-old Ss on efficiency and strategies. The 2nd hypothesis was not supported. Positive or negative series, transmitting equal information, appeared to have no different effects upon efficiency and strategies
The purpose was to investigate concept attainment by deaf and hearing adolescents. There were 30 deaf Ss matched first with 30 hearing Ss on sex, age, and IQ and then with 30 hearing Ss on sex, school achievement, and IQ. All Ss were tested individually on 6 concept problems. The conclusions were: (a) deaf Ss manifest capability equal to hearing Ss in tying together sensory impressions and in making use of these integrated sensory impressions to classify new objects, (b) deaf Ss show greater cautiousness in taking the initial step in problem solving, (c) deaf and hearing Ss proceed in concept attainment tasks by the use of similar strategies.
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