This study examines quantification of the instructional process through the use of Markov chaining, and by considering the transition probabilities within a framework provided by the taxonomy used, attempts to obtain information about behavior sequences common to all lessons. (Author/DLG)

This research studies the effects of censoring a communication, overriding the censor, and the attractiveness of the censor on the potential audience's attitude and desire to hear the communication. The subjects, 144 undergraduate psychology students, were told that a speech which they were to have heard had been censored by a positively,…

This empirical study, concerned with man-environment relationships in the home, identifies similarities and differences among family types; develops a body of normative, descriptive, baseline data about the home environments of a sample of lower middle class American families; and, gathers information regarding patterns of spatial behavior across…

PROBLEM-SOLVING THEORIES IN THREE AREAS - TRADITIONAL (STIMULUS-RESPONSE) LEARNING, COGNITIVE-GESTALT APPROACHES, AND COMPUTER AND MATHEMATICAL MODELS - WERE SUMMARIZED. RECENT EMPIRICAL STUDIES (1960-65) ON PROBLEM SOLVING WERE CATEGORIZED ACCORDING TO TYPE OF BEHAVIOR ELICITED BY PARTICULAR PROBLEM-SOLVING TASKS. ANAGRAM,…

A COMPARATIVE STUDY WAS CONDUCTED OF PARENTS WHOSE SONS WERE SUCCESSFUL IN HIGH SCHOOL TO DETERMINE IF THE ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIORS AMONG THE LOWER WORKING-CLASS PARENTS AND THE UPPER MIDDLE-CLASS PARENTS WERE SIMILAR. FAMILIES LIVING IN TWO MIDWESTERN CITIES WITH AT LEAST ONE SON IN GRADE 11 OR 12 SERVED AS THE POPULATION. "SUCCESS IN…

A 120-item questionnaire measuring sex-role behavior and attitudes, educational expectations, self-assessment, grades, etc. was administered to 3000 students in the 7th through 12th grades in three school districts. "Academic competence" was defined as the discrepancy between actual and predicted grade averages based on the correlation of…

Reported are the results of a series of studies conducted to identify the possible correlates of perceptual curiosity in retarded and normal IQ Ss (13-21 years old), and to determine the modifiability of perceptual curiosity in mentally retarded Ss through training and the possible transfer effects of such training. In a section on general…

The effects of model age and competence on the imitation behavior of 80 educable mentally retarded boys (mean age 12.2 years) were investigated. (Author/PHR)

Contends that the increasing level of educational attendance among Chicago's immigrant groups (1880-1930) was the result of accommodation to the wage labor system. All immigrant groups developed a positive attitude toward education to ensure the economic welfare of their children. Considers implications of research in terms of adequately…

Teachers may want to observe and record differences among students that appear to be ethnically derived--that is, developed prior to the age of ten or twelve, and separate from individual personality traits. Action research is recommended to relate these characteristics to the appropriate learning style for each child. (CTM)

This research showed high assertive and low assertive resident assistants could be differentiated on the basis of their effectiveness as judged by dormitory residents. Results show high assertive assistants are significantly more open and honest, communicate better, handle discipline better, and are generally more effective than their low…

The nature of leisure participation among retirees and the effect of "types" of leisure on life satisfaction were the subject of this study. Isolate activities were found to be most prevalent. Life satisfaction appeared to be influenced by activity "type", number of activities, and participation-enjoyment congruence. (Author)

Young and middle-aged adults contrast with aged adults in their reactions to sudden economic expansion in a small town favored by many as their retirement community. During anthropological research in this community, conflicts between various age strata were noted to be more intense when persons are strangers. (Author)

The study was to obtain information on student attitudes in making administrative plans and decisions reciprocal with the needs and beliefs of students. Results indicated tolerance for private activity, moderate disregard of rules and traditional mores, and rejection of extreme behaviors. Administrative implications were discussed. (Author)