Results show that continuous stimulation reduced arousal level both behaviorally and physiologically, that this effect occurred quite rapidly, and that it endured relatively unchanged over time. (Author)

Live behavioral and televised behavioral models were the most effective, and live verbal models were the least effective. The effects of the deviant models were more stable over time than the effects of the conforming models. (Authors)

A developmental model for paranoid behavior has been proposed which postulates that the attempt to adapt to sustained aversive maternal control by manipulative social approach behaviors (open adaptive style) leaves the person vulnerable to emerging paranoid tendencies. (Author)

Behavioral pattern of deficits observed in dyslexic children is quite similar to adults who have sustained damage to the left cerebral hemisphere. (Authors)

Distinctions between psychological versus task helping and attempted versus achieved help were applied to the helping behaviors of normal and retarded children of 2 age groups observed in natural settings. (Authors)

Major results indicated that (a) mothers who had not attended college were markedly more prohibitive and intrusive than college-educated mothers; (b) mothers were more intrusive with sons than with daughters; and (c) the children were generally obedient. (Authors)

Findings are discussed in the light of social-learning theory. (Authors)

It was suggested that working-class mothers less frequently believed that their infants were capable of communicating with other people, and hence felt it was futile to attempt to interact with them verbally. (Authors)