Compared were the effects of lighting on the short term retention of color information in a total of 97 Down's Syndrome children. (DB)

Counselors retrospectively rated the attractiveness of students seen for personal problems at a university counseling center. Counselors' retrospective ratings were related to interview performance, initial clinical status, and prognosis. Regardless of sex of counselor or client, attractiveness ratings by counselors were significantly related to…

Study assesses the relative strength and quality, that is, the richness" of the attributions of individual subjects. (Author/MB)

Reported was the medical case history of a young man with Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome of mental deficiency with characteristic physical features. (CB)

Discusses the results of a memory experiment at the University of Chicago Graduate Library School to test the memorability of various types of nonstandard information about documents. A ranking according to relative memorability and potential retrieval usefulness of various nonstandard book features is given. (Author/JB)

The purposes of this study were (1) to replicate research regarding preschoolers' attitudes toward young, middle-aged, and elderly adults; (2) to examine sex differences in responses to male and female adults; and (3) to study the degree to which physical attractiveness influences children's reactions toward adults. (Author/DB)

Investigated influences of physical attractiveness and self-disclosures of nonprofessional counselors in initial counseling interviews. College females saw audiotaped interviews in which an unidentified male counselor revealed no self-information or expressed demographic or personal similarity self-disclosures. Nondisclosing, unattractive…

In a dating decision-making experiment, subjects rated those potential partners more favorably who were more physically attractive and had higher social status. Female subjects ratings of potential partners were significantly lower than those of male subjects. (Author)

Attractive condidates were evaluated more favorably than unattractive candidates. However, this effect was qualified by type of job: attractive candidates were preferred over unattractive candidates only when they were interviewed for a sex-appropriate position. (Author)

Sources of error in body composition assessment by laboratory and field methods can be found in hydrostatic weighing, residual air volume, skinfolds, and circumferences. Statistical analysis can and should be used in the measurement of body composition. (CJ)

There is a degree of uniqueness in fatigue patterns, particularly between different levels of absolute maximum strength. Caution should be used when analyzing fatigue curves among subjects with unspecified strength levels. (CJ)

Critical factors in the selection of calipers for skinfold measurements to assess body fat percentage in children and considerations for the training of testers in their proper use are highlighted. (JMF)

High school students rated women for attractiveness, occupation, and educational background. A positive correlation was found between women perceived to have taken traditionally masculine courses, those perceived to be in careers generally viewed as masculine, and those perceived as physically attractive. (Author/ST)