Three studies describe the development, psychometric properties, and potential utility of a new self-report measure, the Circumplex Scales of Interpersonal Values (CSIV). The CSIV was designed to complement other interpersonal circumplex measures that assess interpersonal behavior by efficiently assessing a comprehensive set of agentic and communal values. The eight 8-item scales of the CSIV we...

OBJECTIVE This study evaluated the effectiveness of neurocognitive habilitation, a group therapy intervention for foster and adoptive caregivers and their children who were prenatally exposed to alcohol. METHOD Participants were recruited from clients seeking evaluation for fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) and alcohol-related neurodevelopmental disorder (ARND) and were randomly assigned to treatm...

Becoming conscious refers to how new mental content emerges in the mind. To understand this phenomenon, we studied people experience graffiti by thinking aloud. In protocols, found three types of becoming conscious: experiencing emotional and perceptual directly linked a perceivable object, non-perceivable or apperceived information content, transformation restructuring processes. On grounds co...

Indigenous breeds of cattle play a significant role in the livelihood resource poor farmers rural areas India. Nattukuttai are short and stout reared under zero input system North Eastern agro-climatic zone Tamil Nadu. A qualitative tool consisting four projective techniques, viz. Sentence completion test, Verbal projection Story test Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) to measure attitude towards...

This article examines the twofold process involving conceptual estrangement and appropriation of natural world in first 104 lines Exeter Book riddles. Reading these as part one composite three-section riddle, author demonstrates how nature’s otherness is made more accessible by means apperception. The speaking subject (i.e. wind), though not controllable humans creating much discomfort for them...

OBJECTIVES This study was designed to investigate interpretation bias in people with dependent personality traits. METHOD Eight Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) cards were administered to participants (N=56) who scored high or low on DSM-III-R dependent personality pathology. Two independent judges rated the TAT stories using a rating list based on the cognitive model of the dependent and par...