Schedules of reinforcement typically produce reliable patterns of behaviour, and one factor that can cause deviations from these normally reliable patterns is schizotypy. Low scorers on the unusual experiences subscale of the Oxford-Liverpool Inventory of Feelings and Experiences performed as expected on a yoked random-ratio (RR), random-interval…

Background: Restricted repetitive behaviors (RRBs) are a core feature of autism and consist of a variety of behaviors, ranging from motor stereotypies to complex circumscribed interests. The objective of the current study was to examine the structure of RRBs in autism using relevant items from the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised in a sample of…

Suggests that silence--avoidance or termination of talk in problematic and face-threatening situations-is used by hard-of-hearing people as a face-saving strategy in communication with hearing people. One hundred hearing-impaired people were asked to list situations in which they refrain from conversation due to embarrassment. (Author/JL)

Two-way communication was, as predicted, more accurate, more satisfying, and more time consuming than was one-way communication, but significant transfer occurred in the reversed condition. (Author)

Outlines an attempt to use consultative and training skills in combination with pastoral skills to achieve a more creative mix in a conflicted, alienated congregation in the Midwest. (Author/LF)

A study investigated whether receivers who detect senders behaving deceitfully will automatically become more resistent to the message being presented. By developing predictions derived from the Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM), the study hypothesized that only noninvolved receivers would respond negatively to deceptive nonverbal cues in a…

Certain characteristics of a Taylor (1965) competitive reaction time task contribute to a lack of awareness of contingencies that exist between two aggressors. The opponent's contingent response to the subject's specific shock setting may be obscured by the reaction time competition, thus concealing the matching contingency. Nine separate steps…

Nonverbal behaviors as part of the communication process in interpersonal relationships has recently become of interest to therapists. Usual investigations of nonverbal behavior have involved observations and ratings of the subjects' behaviors in interview and conventional treatment situations. The author's interest is in: (1) teaching people…

Clarifies the nature of communication avoidance through a structural analysis grounded in facet theory. Presents evidence for a duplex model of avoidance in which theoretical distinctions among modalities of approach-avoidance and context proved empirically relevant. Discusses implications of these findings for the explication, treatment, and…

Despite the fact that the theory is good, the personnel officer must accept the disappointment that not all employees are yet able to accept its blessings and that not all managers are yet able to dispense it. (Author/EK)

Reprinted from The Lancet, August 1969. (JJ)

Suggests that "mass effect" arises when one's channels of communication are inadequate for the number of people one must deal with. Defines current "masses" as intricate systems of group-sets evolving from an effort to avoid "mass effect". (MH)

To investigate the development of prevocational behavior in adolescents enrolled in schools for the deaf, and to determine some of the major variables related to the prevocational behavior of deaf adolescents, 240 students from four schools for the deaf were studied. Information required for the study was obtained in three ways: a personal data…