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Peer reviewedBryan, James H. – Journal of Social Issues, 1972
Reviews current hypotheses and investigations concerning helping behavior, addressing the role of normative and situationally specific rules, the impact of affect, and the subject variables associated with the elicitation of children's helping behavior. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Child Psychology, Childhood Attitudes, Group Norms
Peer reviewedGergen, Kenneth J.; And Others – Journal of Social Issues, 1972
This discussion of the historically dependent dispositions influencing prosocial behavior includes both a brief summary of the present state of knowledge regarding individual orientations to prosocial behavior, and a critical examination of the form that research has taken to date. (JM)
Descriptors: Helping Relationship, Individual Characteristics, Predictive Measurement, Psychological Studies
Peer reviewedGazden, Countney B. – Journal of Social Issues, 1970
Revised version of paper appearing in: F. Williams (editor), Language and Poverty: Perspectives on a Theme," Chicago, Markham, 1970. Interprets differences in child language associated with class as a systematic difference in choice of linguistic options as a function of the situation as perceived by the child. (JM)
Descriptors: Child Language, Language Research, Language Usage, Racial Differences
