Arranged in two sections, this guide provides materials for adapting the "Learning About Social Behavior" program for learning disabled elementary school students. Section 1 contains the following specialized test instruments: the School Observation Scale, Cognition of Behavioral Relations, Cognition of Behavioral Systems, Cognition of…

Designed for teaching students in regular and special education classes, the guide provides an instructional approach (as opposed to a counseling approach) to teaching social and behavioral skills. This approach, based on the premise that behavioral skills can be developed through instruction, drills, and applied practice, employs concepts from…

This guidebook is designed to allow individuals to connect, sense and discover their feelings about the natural world and the environment. The guide may be used as a project or independent study in sociology, American studies, environmental studies, psychology, education, or anthropology. To use this material, one is to stop in a natural area,…

This booklet contains materials designed to help teachers and students identify and celebrate affective learning as it is expressed in behavior. First, a brief user's guide explains how teachers and students can use the "Celebration of Learning" materials. Next, five areas of affective learning are listed, with general and specific examples of…

The transition from education into the world of work that leads to career success is in some part dependent on the nontechnical work skills developed by students and the extent to which they can demonstrate those skills on the job. Research by Brauchle, Petty, and Morgan has shown that five important nontechnical work skills can be measured by the…

Chapters in this textbook for college students in introductory psychology courses are: (1) What is Psychology?; (2) Scientific Methods in Psychology; (3) Biological Psychology; (4) Sensation and Perception; (5) Altered States; (6) Learning; (7) Memory; (8) Cognition and Language; (9) Intelligence and Its Measurement; (10) Development; (11)…

This workbook is designed to help children deal with issues they might be forced to confront because of certain circumstances in their lives. These are often tough issues that deal with strong emotions. Children who are hurting emotionally often have to deal with life issues before they have attained the developmental level where they would…