In finding an accurate method of describing school administrators' behavior patterns, draws on script theory from cognitive psychology and speech act theory from sociolinguistics to supplement the structured observation approach. (JW)

Previous research has shown that thinking about some attitude object results in more polarized attitudes than being distracted from thinking about the object. In this study, 64 subjects indicate their attitudes toward fictitious persons. After thinking about the person or being distracted from thinking about the person, they again scaled their…

This study concerns the reactions of women who have encountered male strangers engaging in what is most often referred to in lay, psychiatric, and legal parlance as "exhibitionism" or "indecent exposure." (Author/AM)

The classic view of traits as dispositions was examined and a number of ambiguities noted. When clarified, implication for predicting social behaviors from personality variables were derived. (Editor)

Differential teacher behavior toward different students was studied in relation to the attitudes teachers held toward those students. (Authors)

This article describes group therapy with exhibitionists and voyeurs in a psychiatric outpatient clinic. With the modest goal of developing a corrective relationship with these men, the therapist helped them increase their ability to control their unacceptable impulses, deal with their passivity and male identity problems, and enhance their…

Two concepts describing human special behavior are delineated. A field experiment was designed to test whether personal belongings left as markers in public areas (i.e. cafeteria setting) function to protect a territory or to maintain a comfortable social distance. It is suggested the term territory" be restricted to situations in which the space…

The findings support the inference that group formation and interpersonal relations are less salient for residents of large halls than for small halls. Apartment residents may be more independent and attach greater value to privacy and quiet than hall residents. (Author)

Article describes how a group of individuals changed their behavioral style while attending U.S. Army Engineering Officer Candidate School. (Author/JB)

A review of Character Structure and Impulsiveness," by David Kipnis. (MB)