This study examines whether college supervisors who analyze their verbal behavior in supervisory conferences by means of the Blumberg system exhibit a change in proportions of direct and indirect verbal behavior when compared with college supervisors who do not use the Blumberg system to analyze their supervisory conferences. Sixteen volunteer…

A classificatory model of collective behavior based upon perceptual dimensions was proposed. The four major dimensions found to underlie a domain of collective phenomena were identified as: (a) Violence, (b) Amorphous-Focused, (c) Anomie, and (d) Ideology. Potentially predictive aspects of the system were examined briefly. (Author)

Discusses a study designed to determine the influences of reticent members on group interaction. (MH)

Video-taped samples of two help-oriented groups were rated for six leader and participant facilitating behaviors and therapeutic process (self-exploration). As manifested by leaders and participants, two help-oriented behaviors were significantly correlated. Four leader behaviors were positively correlated with participant self-exploration,…