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School of Arts and Sciences September 22, 1965Psychology DepartmentANNUAL REPORT OF SCHOOLS AND DEPARTMENTSReporting Period: from September, 1964 to September, 1965I. Faculty7Faculty HonorsDr. John R. Clarke has been appointed consultant to several mentalhygiene facilities in Eastern North Carolina.Dr. Monnie Hedges is psychological consultant to Greenville CitySchool System.Dr. Clinton R. Prewett has been named to the Executive Committee of theNorth Carolina Psychological Association.Dr. Charles Mitchell presented a paper at the Southeastern PsychologicalAssociation meeting on the effects of non-verbal visual training andmotivation on reading achievement and perception.Faculty PublicationsDr. Richard H. Williams:Effect of chance success due to guessing on error of measurementin multiple-choice tests. Psychol. Rep., 1965, 16, 1193-1196.(Published)Chance success due to guessing and non-independence of true scoresand error scores in multiple-choice tests: computer trials withprepared distributions. Psychol. Rep., 1965, 17, 159-165. (Published)Test reliability when error of measurement consists of independentand non-independent components. J. exp. Educ. (Accepted forpublication)Dr. John R. Clarke:Clarke, J. R. & Long, T. E. On the lack of relationship betweenhypnotizability and response to verbal conditioning. PsychologicalReports, 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 inmultiple-choice tests. Psychol. Rep., 1965, 16, 1193-1196. (Published)Chance success due to guessing and non-independence of true scores anderror scores in multiple-choice tests: computer trials with prepareddistributions. Psychol. Rep., 1965, 17, 159-165. (Published)

Dr. Donald W. Zimmerman (Continued):Test reliability when error of measurement consists of independent andnon-independent components. J. exp. Educ. (Accepted for publication)Dr. Thomas E. Long:Clarke, J. R. & Long, T. E. On the lack of relationship betweenhypnotizability 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 SchoolJournal, Vol. 49, Number 1, October, 1965. (Accepted for publication)Faculty on leaveNoneFaculty Summer Activity1. Further StudyNone2. ResearchNone3. Other purposesNoneFaculty members not on tenure:Mrs. Hazel StapletonMiss Nannette McLainDr. Donald W. ZimmermanDr. Thomas E. LongDr. W. F. GrossnickleDr. Charles MitchellDr. Granville JohnsonMr. Franklin SadlackDr. Monnie HedgesFaculty members awarded degrees since last report:NoneFaculty members within two years of retirement:NoneFaculty members with released time and note the reason therefore:NoneFaculty members whose highest degree is outside their teaching field:None

II.Iil.IV.J. Faculty members on one-year appointment:NoneK. Additional comment to the qualifications and the effectiveness ofindividual faculty members.NoneStudentsA. Departmental Majors:1. Number of majors:Fall, 1964--261Winter, 1964/65--243Spring, 1965--2512. Number of majors in Departmental Honors Programs~--None3. Total number of majors on probation during period covered--1154. Total number of majors on probation in Spring--965. Student honors--noneCurriculumA. New degree programs added or deleted--NoneB. New major or minor requirements--NoneC. New courses added or deleted since last report--NoneD. Courses not taught for the past two years that are still listed incatalog--NoneE. Special lectures or special academic programs sponsored by theDepartment--NoneInstructionA. 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 strongconsistent faculty demand for higher quality student performance.In spite of the fact that we have had a good many students to electpsychology as a major not many students have ever graduated with arecord of successful completion of the program. It is rather wellknown that the quality of work is demanding in several of our courses.Also, the experimental design problem and the statistics work havebeen helpful in upgrading student performance.

V. Departmental DevelopmentA. List areas of specialty within the field that are thought to be necessaryor 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 yearsof retirement:We desire actually to have a Master's Degree in Industrial Psychology andwe are not handicapped by the limitation implied in this question (wehave qualified faculty members). We also would like to process a schoolpsychologist degree which is being held up by the State Board of Education.B. List national honor society or societies in which Department is affiliatednoting new affiliations since last report:The only affiliation which we would ultimately desire would be approvalby the American Psychological Association for internship in clinicalpsychology. Since this is offered only to institutions granting adoctor's degree we cannot obtain this affiliation.C. If Department is not affiliated with a national honor society list anysteps being taken to gain affiliation--noneD. List any honors or awards given to the Department since the last report:Ten of our students have been accepted for doctoral work at variousDepartments of Psychology throughout the country including the Universityof Georgia, the University of South Carolina, the University of NorthCarolina, John Hopkins University, and Bryn Mawr College. All of thesestudents have obtained substantial scholarship subsidies.E. Grants and Subsidies1. List all grants and subsidies to the Department or to faculty memberswithin the Department including the following information for eachsuch grant or subsidy.ae Source of funds:North Carolina Department of Mental Health.......-...$7200North Carolina Medical Care Commission. ..oseeseseeees 2900002. List proposals made during the reporting period and note the currentdisposition.Undergraduate Instructional Scientific Equipment (National ScienceFoundation) PendingLearning in the Absence of Primary Reinforcement (National ScienceFoundation) PendingLearning in the Absence of Primary Reinforcement (National Instituteof Mental Health) PendingSummer Institute for Forty-two School Teachers from Fields ofGeneral Learning (U. S. Office of Education) Being revised forsubmission this year.

Special Study Institute (U. S. Office of Education) Beingrevised for submission this year.A Stimulation Grant for the Preparation of Professional Personnel inthe Education of Handicapped Children (U. S. Office of Education)Being revised for submission this year.Request for Ten (10) Scholarships for the Preparation of Personnelto Work With Handicapped Children (U. S. Office of Education)Being revised for submission this year.