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Direct linkArmstrong, Todd A. – Crime & Delinquency, 2008
Stander and colleagues, in 1989, noted that change in specialization may be caused by two distinct but potentially complementary processes: (a) a change in group composition, where change in specialization is the product of the attrition of offenders who vary systematically in their tendency to specialize; and (b) a change in the tendency to…
Descriptors: Specialization, Change, Group Structure, Crime
Download full textWilliams, Richard C. – 1975
A stable, ordered dominance hierarchy was found via observational and sociometric methods for a group of 13-year-old boys during a five-week summer camp. This group structure was formed early in camp and was stable across settings, time, and types of dominance interactions. The hierarchy correlated significantly with the rank-orderings bed…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Group Structure, Organization
Peer reviewedJorgenson, Christabel – Psychology in the Schools, 1981
In order for teacher education students to assess children's performance related to environment, data that might influence learning was collected. Relationships emerged between contextual variables as well as between child variables. (RC)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Children, Cultural Background, Educational Environment
Segal, Mady Wechsler – 1974
This paper tests four models of the effect of the size of a subgroup of an organization on the proportion of attraction choices made by members of the subgroup that are given to other members of the subgroup. The data base consists of friendship and respect choices made by members of the Maryland State Police force. The four models are: simple…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Friendship, Group Membership, Group Structure
Rothenberg, James – 1979
The ecological theory of teaching views the classroom as a unit within which social and psychological interactions determine the learning patterns that will take place. Three fourth-grade classrooms were observed to test and clarify this theory. A description is given of the characteristics of the pupils in each class, the teacher's instructional…
Descriptors: Assignments, Behavior Patterns, Class Organization, Classroom Environment
Missakian, Elizabeth; Hamer, Karen – 1974
This study is an attempt to apply ethological tools of observation and analysis to the social behavior of 25 communally-reared children, ages 6 months to 4 years. The focus of this analysis is aggression and dominance relations. Findings indicate that: (1) agonistic behavior reveals stable and linear dominance hierarchies for children from 6…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Aggression, Animal Behavior, Antisocial Behavior
Roberts, William B.
The study presents the results of testing an original obersvation instrument designed to identify a power elite in multiple sessions of two eight-member adult discussion groups. Two questions guided the development of the study: (1) Can a power elite be identified in participation training groups? (2) Can an effective observation instrument with…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Decision Making, Evaluation Methods
