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PDF pending restorationMurray, Frank B. – 1971
The purpose of this study was to determine if an effective conservation training procedure would be one in which a child was confronted with opposing points of view. Subjects were 108 children with a mean age of 6.7 years. In two experiments, a group of three children (generally one nonconserver and two conservers) was required to respond with one…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Conservation (Concept), Grade 1, Group Behavior
Smith, Gene F.; Murdoch, Peter – J Personality Soc Psychol, 1970
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Experiments
Download full textJennings, Russell W. – 1973
"Pacification" as a technique of social control has a negative effect because of its destructive or disintegrative impact on behaviors of individuals in social or problem-solving situations. "Pacification" uses communication techniques which discount some aspect of the problem-solving process: the problem itself, its…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Decision Making Skills, Group Behavior, Group Dynamics
