The effects of intermittent modeling were examined using three groups of 15 four- and five-year-old children. (Author/SBH)

Effects of instructions, modeling, and rehearsal in training college students in empathic communication were investigated. Analysis of responses indicated that improvement in empathic communication occurred for all training groups. Specific instructions appeared to be a critical factor in facilitating written performance. Modeling seemed to be…

A project designed to increase positive teacher actions utilized five fifth-grade teachers as subjects. Each of the five teachers was observed teaching on five different days; each observation was conducted approximately one week apart for a period of 30 minutes. The first two observations provided baseline data since the teachers were not aware…

Subjects were 138 inmates from the pre-release unit of a Southwestern prison system, randomly divided into three groups of 46 each. Each group viewed a video-taped model delivering a speech. The independent variable had three levels: (1) lecturer attired in a shirt and tie; (2) lecturer attired in a correctional officer's uniform; and (3) model…

A series of five video-cassettes showing children from ages three to eight years was developed for use in an undergraduate developmental psychology course. Each cassette was viewed on an optional basis, with extra credit toward student's final grade awarded for viewing. Study guides accompanied each cassette. An evaluation of the effectiveness of…

The present study investigated the potential of modeling or observational learning in resocializing asocial psychiatric patients. Patients received one of three treatments: modeling, instructions, or attention. The effects of the treatment indicated that the modeling and instruction groups were of equal impact and superior to the attention group.…

Subjects were 61 males and females who observed one of four combinations of male and female model performance on an anagram task: (1) male success-female success, (2) male success-female failure, (3) male failure-female success, and (4) male failure-female failure. Subjects' expectations of their own future success and amount of ability relating…

Subjects in a T-group tend to decrease reactive attributions. They are perceived as having learned to act, rather than observe and react. T-group change is conjecture. Some learning transfer from group to external environment is expected. (MFD)

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationships between four independent variables and a fifth dependent variable - juvenile delinquency. The four independent variables were: (1) perception by youth of parental acceptance or rejection; (2) normative orientation of parents--conformist or deviant; (3) normative orientation of reference…

A model's influence on the creative behavior of 120 fifth-grade children was studied in four variations. Separate groups observed a model who was either high or low in the fluency or flexibility creativity dimensions. Multivariate procedures were used to assess treatment effects upon children's fluency and flexibility measures collected on…

A two-group independent design was employed to study the relationship between parental age and modeling effectiveness. Subjects were 50 mother-father-child triads. The child's baseline data was recorded on a task that involved constructing a specified geometric shape on a pegboard. Then the child was asked to construct another shape modeling his…

In a single case study which incorporated a reversal within a multiple-baseline-across-subjects design, two women presented individual children (N=3) with eight natural-appearing opportunities to behave prosocially in each session (two opportunities each of helping, sharing, teaching, and sympathy). The training procedure involved a standardized…

A general laboratory course should include projects that familiarize college students with the variety of methods available to the researcher. Described are four research projects that address questions about human behavior by means of experimental, observational, survey, and archival research methods. (RM)

Discusses what museums offer science teachers, including a visual extension of textbooks, educational experiences to hone observational skills, and special supplementary services including field museum courses, materials loan, museum libraries, and research departments. Specific instructional goals teachers should prepare before museum trips are…