This study examined the psychological and behavioral determinants of community college library cooperation, primarily through interlibrary loans, in the Washington Community College Library Cooperative. Fifty-nine of ninety-one Washington community college library professionals responded to a questionnaire on attitudes and expected behaviors. A…

One threat to the internal validity of coached-client analogue research provided a stimulus for this study of verification of experimental control of role performance. The study contrasts the judgments regarding one client's role performances which are made by both trained and untrained observers. The conclusion is that trained observers yield…

A paradigm of rehearsal interaction, based on the measurement and interpretation of behavioral transactions between actors and directors, is posited in this article. Verbal and nonverbal communication processes characteristic of actor/director interactions are operationally defined, and indexes of director/actor interaction, director/actor talk…

This study explores the efficacy of two methods of teaching students, modeling and concept formation, to express warranted uncertainty in classroom discussions and in written work. The subjects were fifth graders from a lower middle class background who were divided into four groups: (1) a control group, (2) a group that observed a model express…

During the last few years the research enterprise dealing with the status projections of youth, and in particular, the numerous empirical studies focusing on occupational aspirations and expectations, has increasingly come under criticism within the sociological community. The paper acknowledges the criticism directed toward projection research as…

This paper defines the variables involved in relational communication, incorporates and organizes these variables into a framework, and proposes relationships between these variables to produce a model with heuristic capabilities. Relational messages include information about the feelings, personalities, and identities of the people involved in…

A discussion on the rights of children both within the legal structure of society and in the family are discussed. The position is taken that children have the right to be responsible for their own actions, the right to internalize control over their own behavior. It is also contended that under the conditions of freedom, choice, and contingent…

Authors reexamine assumptions formulated in the early years of their Managerial Grid and test them against what is known today. Focus is on managerial motivations and industrial leadership. Includes a table which categorizes varied multi-disciplinary approaches to leadership using the Grid framework. (EM)

Results suggest that adults may not be able to discover-invent-produce the learning that is necessary to behave more effectively; that they may be unaware of this possibility; and that if they try to get help from well intentioned others, it will tend to make things worse. (Author/AM)

Sex-role change is examined in terms of three models which focus on the relationship between norm and behavior in the process of change. (Author/AM)

Vroom's expectancy theory model to predict older worker's choices between employment or retirement hypothesized that a person's preference would be a function of differences between instrumentality of employment and retirement for attainment of outcomes, multiplied by the valence of each outcome, summed over outcomes. Results supported the…

Two lessons which utilize the inquiry approach comprise a case study to investigate prosocial and antisocial behavior in emergency situations. The article also presents a decision-making model of bystander intervention. (Author/DB)

The relationships are examined fo a behavior syndrome called "Type A behavior," characterized by chronic and excessive struggle, competitiveness, ambition, and impatience, to certain work patterns and job characteristics among a group of 236 managers. (Author/MLF)

Examines a statistical model in which the users of an online system continually update their estimated probability of success, and quit or continue the search according to the expected utility of each action. The implications for search strategies are discussed. (Author/EM)

Presents a model of relational influence attempts (RIAs) in dating and marital couples' conversations. Provides insight into the role that tacit relational knowledge plays in shaping conversation. Links conversation analysis with relationship analysis. Supports the claim that knowledge of relational pragmatics is required to effectively evaluate…