Twenty-four children, from classes of emotionally disturbed children, were observed for behaviors of inattention, distractibility, and impulsivity. Each child was seen in either a distractive room or a distraction-free room while engaging in both a structured and an unstructured activity. The children seen in a distraction-free room displayed significantly less inattention (length of time off t...

Twenty-four disturbed and 24 normal boys with a mean age of 10.5 years were asked to construe 12 persons known personally to them and 12 familiar inanimate objects on two sets of 12 S-point bipolar constructs. Subjects were also asked to arrange the people and inanimate objects into personally meaningful groups. There was significantly lower differentiation and articulation but not integration ...

L is as vital to the child as any other ' basic process of survival; in fact, it is his natural means of survival. Only through knowl. edge and awareness is he able to master his environment. It is through knowledge that he seeks power and influence, not only over his fellows, but also over the elements in the universe. How the child learns, and what he deems most impor. tant in the myriad of t...