The final section speculates about the future of lucid dreaming and its practical applications. The present study examined the attitudes of Introductory Psychology students toward the insanity defense. An extensive survey was developed to guage these attitudes and myths. One group was given the survey alone while another group was shown a controversial video on MPD as an insanity defense, then administered the survey. Those given the survey decided it could be done most of the time while those who saw the video felt they could decide the question only some of the time.
Further research is warranted in order to decide if the video had any effect over the judgments.
The GEI-Loss Version was used to assess the grief of 62 birthmothers who had relinquished a child through an open or closed adoption. Results indicate that birthmothers who had chosen open adoption plans were better adjusted than birthmothers who had chosen closed adoption plans. Possible reasons for this contradiction are discussed. Results also indicate that post-adoptive counseling is significantly related to birthmothers' satisfaction with their adoption experience. Whether the plan was open or closed, birthmothers who had more post-adoptive counseling reported more satisfaction with their adoption experience than those with fewer counseling sessions.