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Kreitler, Shulamith; Kreitler, Hans – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1990
Two studies with children (n=123) with mild mental retardation were designed to test whether specific clusters of beliefs would predict imitation and persistence behaviors in this population. The studies found that belief scores were significantly related to such behaviors. Implications concerning motivation, the developmental-difference…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Beliefs, Elementary Secondary Education, Imitation
Peer reviewedBorden, Richard J. – Journal of Environmental Education, 1985
Compared attitudes of individuals who engage in such environmentally responsible activities as recycling, energy conservation, or consumer boycotting. Results show that personal commitment to environmentally corrective behaviors is importantly determined by the person's evaluative response to widely publicized environmental topics. Theoretical and…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Beliefs, Conservation (Environment), Ecology
Peer reviewedRotton, James; Kelly, Ivan W. – Mercury, 1986
Discusses the relationship between aberrant human behavior and phases of the moon. Reviews media influence, myth, superstition and pseudoscience. Examines studies purporting to have found relationships between moon phases and behavior. (JM)
Descriptors: Astronomy, Behavior Patterns, Beliefs, College Science
