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Bowers, John Waite; And Others – Human Communication Research, 1977
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Conceptual Schemes, Discourse Analysis, Higher Education
Patterson, G. R. – 1973
This report is an attempt to analyze the aggression which occurs within extended dyadic interchanges of parent and child, husband and wife, or sibling and peers. An argument is made for a "performance" theory of children's noxious behaviors based on the assumption that most children, exposed to modeling and reinforcing contingencies through which…
Descriptors: Adults, Aggression, Children, Conditioning
Nelson, Linden; Madsen, Millard C. – 1968
To understand the developmental bases of moral-rational behavior in children, the effectiveness of four training paradigms in modifying social behavior was compared. The specific behavior studied was that of taking-turns in situations where mutual assistance was necessary in order for either of two children to receive prizes. The four training…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Cooperation, Games, Interaction Process Analysis
Diez, Mary E. – 1986
A need exists for focusing on the development of social interaction skills across the college curriculum. Eight basic assumptions should be followed when attempting to develop students' skills: social interaction (1) is a major vehicle for learning; (2) assists students in developing a flexible range of effective behavior; (3) requires abilities…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Students, Communication Research, Higher Education
Schaefer, Earl S. – 1974
Professional support is urged for early and continuing family care and education of the child and the need for a life-time and life-space or ecological perspective in contrast to a professional and institutional perspective on child care and education. The current focus in psychology on the individual, frequently without adequate analysis of the…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Environmental Influences
van Dijk, Teun A. – 1983
A cognitive theory about the representation and processing of ethnic attitudes is presented, and strategies people use to express ethnic attitudes in conversations are discussed. Recent developments in cognitive and social psychology and in microsociology have shown that ethnic prejudices or attitudes are both cognitive and social results of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Discourse Analysis, Ethnic Bias, Ethnic Discrimination
Foster, Susan; DeCaro, Patricia Mudgett – 1990
Findings are presented from a study of social interactions between hearing-impaired and hearing college students living on one floor of a mainstreamed residence hall at the Rochester (New York) Institute of Technology, home of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf. Twelve ethnographic observations were completed, and interviews were…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, College Housing, College Students, Dormitories