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The Effects Of Intradimensional Variability On Conceptual Rule Problems, Kay C. Vodarski Jan 1970

The Effects Of Intradimensional Variability On Conceptual Rule Problems, Kay C. Vodarski

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Conceptual ability, which is acquired through a learning process, is of interest to the behavioral scientist. Investigation of task and subject related variables in concept learning should lead to a better understanding of the cognitive processes. Moreover, such knowledge would have implications for educators in their methods of instruction even though results from the laboratory sometimes appear quite remote in their practical application to classroom behavior. The present study was concerned only with the rule learning aspects of conceptual behavior.


Role Of Goal Assessment In Evaluating The Counseling Relationship, Dennis R. Whitney Jan 1970

Role Of Goal Assessment In Evaluating The Counseling Relationship, Dennis R. Whitney

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The primary function of diagnosis in counseling is to enable the counselor to make predictions about behavior from which he in turn constructs his plans for handling the case (Callis, 1965). The writer assumed that all counselors engage in the process of diagnosis whether they do it purposefully and systematically, or implicitly, perhaps with very little awareness. If all counselors engage in diagnosis, then the accuracy of the counselor's predictions, based upon his evaluation of the client's goals is an important determinant in the way he handles the case and presumably affects the outcome of the counseling process. It seems, …