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School of Arts and Sciences September 22, 1965

Psychology Department

ANNUAL REPORT OF SCHOOLS AND DEPARTMENTS

Reporting Period: from September, 1964 to September, 1965

I. Faculty

7

Faculty Honors

Dr. John R. Clarke has been appointed consultant to several mental
hygiene facilities in Eastern North Carolina.

Dr. Monnie Hedges is psychological consultant to Greenville City
School System.

Dr. Clinton R. Prewett has been named to the Executive Committee of the
North Carolina Psychological Association.

Dr. Charles Mitchell presented a paper at the Southeastern Psychological
Association meeting on the effects of non-verbal visual training and

motivation on reading achievement and perception.

Faculty Publications

Dr. Richard H. Williams:
Effect of chance success due to guessing on error of measurement
in multiple-choice tests. Psychol. Rep., 1965, 16, 1193-1196.
(Published)

Chance success due to guessing and non-independence of true scores
and error scores in multiple-choice tests: computer trials with
prepared distributions. Psychol. Rep., 1965, 17, 159-165. (Published)

Test reliability when error of measurement consists of independent
and non-independent components. J. exp. Educ. (Accepted for
publication)

Dr. John R. Clarke:

Clarke, J. R. & Long, T. E. On the lack of relationship between
hypnotizability and response to verbal conditioning. Psychological
Reports, 1964, 14, 103-105. (Published)

Dr. Donald W. Zimmerman:

A conceptual approach to some problems in mental retardation. Psychol.
Rec., 1965, 15, 175-183. (Published)

Effect of chance success due to guessing on error of measurement in
multiple-choice tests. Psychol. Rep., 1965, 16, 1193-1196. (Published)

Chance success due to guessing and non-independence of true scores and
error scores in multiple-choice tests: computer trials with prepared
distributions. Psychol. Rep., 1965, 17, 159-165. (Published)

Dr. Donald W. Zimmerman (Continued):

Test reliability when error of measurement consists of independent and
non-independent components. J. exp. Educ. (Accepted for publication)

Dr. Thomas E. Long:

Clarke, J. R. & Long, T. E. On the lack of relationship between
hypnotizability and response to verbal conditioning. Psychol. Rep.,
1964, 14, 103-105. (Published)

Dr. Clinton R. Prewett:

The Psychology of Learning Applied to Teaching. B. R. Bugelski.
Bobbs=-Merrill Company, Inc., 1964. A critical review. The High School

Journal, Vol. 49, Number 1, October, 1965. (Accepted for publication)

Faculty on leave

None

Faculty Summer Activity
1. Further Study

None

2. Research
None

3. Other purposes
None

Faculty members not on tenure:

Mrs. Hazel Stapleton
Miss Nannette McLain
Dr. Donald W. Zimmerman
Dr. Thomas E. Long

Dr. W. F. Grossnickle
Dr. Charles Mitchell
Dr. Granville Johnson
Mr. Franklin Sadlack
Dr. Monnie Hedges

Faculty members awarded degrees since last report:

None

Faculty members within two years of retirement:

None

Faculty members with released time and note the reason therefore:

None

Faculty members whose highest degree is outside their teaching field:

None

II.

Iil.

IV.


J. Faculty members on one-year appointment:
None
K. Additional comment to the qualifications and the effectiveness of
individual faculty members.
None
Students
A. Departmental Majors:
1. Number of majors:
Fall, 1964--261
Winter, 1964/65--243
Spring, 1965--251
2. Number of majors in Departmental Honors Programs~--None
3. Total number of majors on probation during period covered--115
4. Total number of majors on probation in Spring--96
5. Student honors--none
Curriculum
A. New degree programs added or deleted--None
B. New major or minor requirements--None
C. New courses added or deleted since last report--None
D. Courses not taught for the past two years that are still listed in
catalog--None
E. Special lectures or special academic programs sponsored by the
Department--None
Instruction
A. Comment on departmental practice in regard to:
1. Freshman and sophomore honors program--none.
2. Uniform grading practices in multiple section courses--none.
B. Average departmental teaching load--13 hours.
C. Comment on what is being done to attain or to maintain a strong

consistent faculty demand for higher quality student performance.

In spite of the fact that we have had a good many students to elect
psychology as a major not many students have ever graduated with a
record of successful completion of the program. It is rather well
known that the quality of work is demanding in several of our courses.
Also, the experimental design problem and the statistics work have
been helpful in upgrading student performance.

V. Departmental Development

A. List areas of specialty within the field that are thought to be necessary
or desirable to the present program or to the early expansion of the pro-
gram in which the Department (1) has no qualified faculty member or (2)
where the qualified faculty member within that field is within two years
of retirement:

We desire actually to have a Master's Degree in Industrial Psychology and
we are not handicapped by the limitation implied in this question (we

have qualified faculty members). We also would like to process a school
psychologist degree which is being held up by the State Board of Education.

B. List national honor society or societies in which Department is affiliated
noting new affiliations since last report:

The only affiliation which we would ultimately desire would be approval
by the American Psychological Association for internship in clinical
psychology. Since this is offered only to institutions granting a
doctor's degree we cannot obtain this affiliation.

C. If Department is not affiliated with a national honor society list any
steps being taken to gain affiliation--none

D. List any honors or awards given to the Department since the last report:

Ten of our students have been accepted for doctoral work at various
Departments of Psychology throughout the country including the University
of Georgia, the University of South Carolina, the University of North
Carolina, John Hopkins University, and Bryn Mawr College. All of these
students have obtained substantial scholarship subsidies.

E. Grants and Subsidies

1. List all grants and subsidies to the Department or to faculty members
within the Department including the following information for each
such grant or subsidy.

ae Source of funds:

North Carolina Department of Mental Health.......-...$7200
North Carolina Medical Care Commission. ..oseeseseeees 290000

2. List proposals made during the reporting period and note the current
disposition.

Undergraduate Instructional Scientific Equipment (National Science
Foundation) Pending

Learning in the Absence of Primary Reinforcement (National Science
Foundation) Pending

Learning in the Absence of Primary Reinforcement (National Institute
of Mental Health) Pending

Summer Institute for Forty-two School Teachers from Fields of
General Learning (U. S. Office of Education) Being revised for
submission this year.

Special Study Institute (U. S. Office of Education) Being

revised for submission this year.
A Stimulation Grant for the Preparation of Professional Personnel in

the Education of Handicapped Children (U. S. Office of Education)
Being revised for submission this year.

Request for Ten (10) Scholarships for the Preparation of Personnel
to Work With Handicapped Children (U. S. Office of Education)
Being revised for submission this year.