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Siegel, Jan; Powers, Richard B. – 1975
This paper investigated whether children can learn to cooperate under minimal social conditions. The research also compares the effectiveness of verbal instructions and a training task for teaching subjects the "win-stay/lose-change" rule. This rule has been used to explain the development of cooperation in the minimal social situation. Subjects…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Children, Group Activities

Chelune, Gordon J. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1977
Reactions of observers, classified as either high or low in self-disclosure flexibility, to high and low behavioral samples of self-disclosure to a stranger were examined. Results suggest self-disclosure flexibility reflects perceptual awareness of social-situational norms governing the appropriateness of self-disclosing behavior. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Interaction Process Analysis, Interpersonal Competence
Rawlins, William K. – 1981
A study was conducted to investigate the practical management of interactions sustaining close friendships. Ten pairs of close friends were interviewed individually on two occasions and together on a third occasion. An interpretive analysis of subjects' remarks identified a dialectical principle governing the communicative organization of…
Descriptors: Affiliation Need, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Communication Research

La France, Marianne; Mayo, Clara – Western Journal of Speech Communication, 1979
Review of literature on gender-linked aspects of nonverbal behavior reveals that the differences in nonverbal behavior are in line with societal expectations calling for women to be reactive and for men to be proactive. Communication between the sexes is discussed in terms of smiling, personal space, touch, and talk. (JMF)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Standards, Behavioral Science Research, Individual Characteristics
Hoffman, Susan Freeman – 1980
An exploratory study was conducted to define and differentiate interruptions structurally and tactically. The participants were 60 college students assigned to female-female, female-male, and male-male conversational dyads. The dyadic conversations were recorded for 14 minutes, during a period of "getting to know each other" and during a…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Communication Problems, Communication Research

Barnett, David W.; Zucker, Karl B. – Psychology in the Schools, 1975
Explores the predictability of friendly, cooperative behavior of school children over a 5-week period. The basis for the predictions was the children's others-concept, as measured by the Paired Hands Test. In three tasks out of five the high others-concept children showed a higher frequency and greater proportion of task-related and friendly…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Children, Elementary Education
Rubin, Rebecca B. – 1983
Guided by the belief that impressions of communication competence are based on observations of behavior appropriate to a particular context and on inferences about others' capabilities and motivations, a study was undertaken to (1) examine the relationship between self perceptions and other perceptions, (2) discover the role of motivation in…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Communication Research
Ross, F. Susan Ackerman – 1978
Evidence indicates that a significant number of medical students have pervasive communication problems that affect their interaction with patients, faculty, clinical associates, and hospital staff. This paper describes the dynamics of the communication syndrome (clinically identified as "reticence"), discusses the manifestations and…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Assertiveness, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research
Camden, Carl; Kennedy, Carole – 1981
A study was conducted to examine speech interruption patterns as an index of communication dominance and gender differences in language behavior. Six graduate student groups involving a total of 35 subjects were videotaped. The data extracted for study were 255 transcribed interruption sequences. A category system was developed and used to code…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Communication Research
Flapan, Dorothy – 1968
To investigate children's ability to describe and make inferences about feelings, thoughts, and intentions that occur in interpersonal relationships, 60 middle class girls were divided into three age groups: 6, 9, and 12 years. Each group viewed two sections of a movie portraying episodes of social interaction. After each section, the children…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Child Development