Software Reviews : START Reviewed by Carole L. Ricketts,Baptist College at Charleston Publisher: CONDUIT,University of Iowa,Oakdale Campus,Iowa City,IA 52242 (telephone: [phone]) Year of Publication: 1987 Materials: Vol. 1 and vol. 2 diskettes (one copy of each volume,plus a back-up for each volume),user's guide Price: Not available Machine Specificity: Apple II +,IIe,IIc System Requirements: 48K,one disk drive Effectiveness: Excellent User-Friendliness: Excellent Documentation: Excellent

Abstract

The START series of 10 programs contains a broad range of creative problem-solving projects for tasks involving memory, learning cognition, and perceptual learning. Though targeted toward undergraduate, experimental psychological research, this series could be used in part to demonstrate a variety of psychological constructs generally applicable in the social sciences. Careful documentation and notes make the user's guide extremely helpful. The 10 programs may be used separately or as a unit