This paper develops some ideas in Matza's Neutralization Theory into a continuum containing four categories ranging from extreme goodness to rebellion. It was hypothesized that involvement in delinquency would increase progressively across these four categories. (Author/KC)

Jackson and Messick present the beginning of a broad theory of creativity which includes four sets of properties by which outcomes of creative processes can be judged. The properties are unusualness, appropriateness, ability to transform the constraints of reality, and ability to condense meaning. Current tests for creativity generally emphasize…

INQUIRY INTO THE PROCESS, AS MEDIATED THROUGH VARIOUS SOCIAL AGENCIES, BY WHICH AN INDIVIDUAL ACQUIRES POLITICALLY RELEVANT ATTITUDINAL DISPOSITIONS AND BEHAVIOR PATTERNS WAS THE PROBLEM OF THE STUDY. THE HYPOTHESIS WAS THAT FAMILY STRUCTURE WOULD HAVE A DIFFERENT EFFECT UPON THE SOCIALIZATION OF THESE ATTITUDES. DATA REGARDING THE SOCIALIZATION…

The primary research emphasis of School to College: Opportunities for Post Secondary Education (SCOPE) is to analyze and report the interrelationships of yearly data in such ways as to help answer questions about why different students behave and believe as they do, and how these actions and attitudes influence the decision-making process. For…

This study, employing inclusion, control, and affection as independent variables, tests empirically Schutz' (1958) three-dimensional theory of group process, using a Prisoner's Dilemma experimental analogue situation with dyads. (Author)

Data revealed a similar pattern of personality, environment, and behavior differences between all nonuser and user groups, suggesting a pervasive social-psychological constancy. The same variables were also predictive of the shift from nonuse to use over time among the high school students but not the college students. (JB)