This study examines the effects of modeling influences upon social drinking behavior. Male college students classified as heavy social drinkers were assigned to one of six groups in a 3 x 2 factorial design. The results are discussed within a theoretical framework that emphasizes the social learning determinants of drinking behavior. (Author)

THIS STUDY EXAMINES SOME OF THE DETERMINANTS AND EFFECTS OF CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE INFORMAL SOCIAL STRUCTURE FOUND ON THE CAMPUS OF BENNINGTON COLLEGE, VERMONT. THE STUDY WAS DESIGNED AS A REPLICATION, AS NEARLY AS POSSIBLE UNDER CHANGED CIRCUMSTANCES, OF A STUDY CARRIED OUT AT THE SAME COLLEGE DURING THE 1930'S. THE EARLIER STUDY DEMONSTRATED THE…

Cohabitating college couples (N=89) responded to a questionnaire pertaining to their current sexual relationships and individual sexual behavior patterns, historical and present. Results indicate that those individuals, especially the males, had been unusually precocious in their sexual development. (Author)

Advanced special education students rated 23 of the domains of the Adaptive Behavior Scale (ABS). Results indicated that the most important considerations for determining method of measurement for ABS were: time necessary to obtain behavioral sample and severity of behavior. Suggests the domains of ABS be rearranged and redefined. (RC)

R. J. Sternberg and others found that the types of behaviors reported by laypersons as characterizing different types of intelligence varied across the different groups tested, and that a person's concept of intelligence affects the manner in which he or she evaluates the intelligence of others. Two experiments by Sternberg et al. were replicated.…

Examined how women's reconstruction of various family patterns during childhood and adulthood relate to levels of depression, anxiety, and self-esteem. Found that women who recalled cross-generational alliances or triangulated family patterns, and whose parents were emotionally distant, were more at risk for depression, anxiety, and low…