A content analysis conducted in two successive years of family role structures and family role interaction patterns of U.S. television families constituted a role-by-role behavior description of family verbal interaction, classified within directional categories of going toward, going against, or going away. All family-role interactions, whether…

The educational process and passionate intensity are forces that are often at odds in society. Passionate intensity is a force that introduces turmoil and threatens those social processes that depend on reason and independent thought. In contrast, the educational process seeks to develop coping skills to limit dependence on others and promote…

One hundred and thirty-six 5- and 6-year-olds participated in this study, which investigated the extent to which cooperative, trusting behavior could be demonstrated between Mexican-American, Negro, and Anglo-American children. Also considered were some of the basic variables which were important in the development of such behavior. Similar and…

A study was made of 200 Cooperative Extension Service workers in New York State to identify appropriate curriculum content for training professional leaders in extension education. The critical incident method was used to discover behavior patterns characteristic of professional extension agents and of key importance in their work. Respondents…

This study examined the effects of functional communication patterns on interpersonal attraction, using a ten-category system of interaction analysis. Eight undergraduates were randomly selected and assigned to four unacquainted male-female pairs. After completing a physical attraction measure of their partners in the pairs, members of two pairs…

This paper presents a review of research on television viewing and child behavior. The first section of the paper presents a brief historical review of television research. This review includes research on the effect of television on people's lives, the effects of violent content on aggressive behavior and the possible harmful effects of…

This investigation was undertaken to determine what relationships exist between the teacher's personal response to a literary selection, behavior when teaching the story, and response to student essays on the story. The investigative procedure used was that of a modified case study involving eight teachers. Findings indicated that teachers…

This bibliography includes annotations of 122 selected research articles and reports on teacher candidates which have appeared in the literature from 1968 to 1972. The entries are numbered and are arranged alphabetically by author in the body of the bibliography. Code letters identify descriptor categories by which each entry is classified. A…

This study investigates the factors that have a bearing on the elementary urban child's standardized reading test scores. Three areas were investigated: parental contact with the school, supportive services that the child received, and the teacher's perception of the child's behavior and the behavior of the child's class. The study included 637…

A study involving 45 physically handicapped brain injured children (including Ss diagnosed with cerebral palsy, spina bifida, and other types of brain injury) and 10 physically handicapped non-brain injured children ranging in age from 2-8 years was conducted to determine if there is something distinctive about a brain injured child which suggests…

Using stepwise multiple regression, voting behavior was predicted from semantic differential scale evaluations of the winning candidate in four voting situations: the 1972 Presidential race in Illinois and Missouri and the gubernatorial races in the two states. "Image" was defined in terms of the semantic differential scales, and "image voters"…

This study examined the effects of two different training techniques, with and without behavioral feedback, on the acquisition and use of four interviewer behaviors: head nods, minimal verbal stimuli, probes, and confrontations. Sixty subjects classified as field-independent or field-dependent were randomly assigned to one of five experimental…

This experiment determined relationships between Machiavellianism, locus of control, and cognitive style. One hundred fifteen subjects, 56 males and 59 females, ages 18 to 21, were selected from Interim students at Texas Lutheran College, Sequin, Texas. The Mach IV test measured Machiavellian tendencies. The I-E scale measured external attitudes.…

The research reported here is an attempt to explore the attitudes of students in high schools and to take a look at the hidden curriculum and its political dimensions. The analysis is divided into an exploration and categorization of different types of schools, a definition of different kinds of attitudes and behavior on the part of students, and…

The Contact Action Space (CAS) of an individual, or group of individuals, has a significant impact on the location of activities and the organization of the use of space. Beginning with the most basic components of a CAS, the individual behavior pattern element is developed, and operational variations affecting alignment and configuration are…