The measurement of sociolinguistic behavior requires the formulation of a unit which can take into account continuous, ordered variation within and across discrete linguistic types--the linguistic variable. The linguistic variable, itself an abstraction, is realized in actual speech behavior by variants. The formulation of the linguistic variable…

This study was conducted to observe the effects of social class on the interaction of mothers and their 12-week-old infants. Data on the infants' cognitive and attentive behavior was also obtained. Each of 32 white and black infants from five different levels of social class was observed at home for two full hours of waking time. Observed infant…

This creativity study of primary school children conducted in England, Scotland and Germany indicates that children of upper class families obtained significantly higher creativity scores (verbal and nonverbal) than children of middle and lower class families. Middle class children scored higher than lower class children. (Authors/JA)

THE ABILITY OF AMERICANS TO COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY ACROSS SOCIAL CLASS LINES IS BASIC TO ANY EFFORTS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE. A STUDY OF THE SOCIAL BACKGROUND OF EDUCATION STUDENTS SOUGHT TO DETERMINE WHETHER THERE IS A TREND TOWARD A DISTRIBUTION WHICH MATCHES THAT OF THE POPULATION AT LARGE, AND WHETHER THE SUPPLY OF TEACHERS FROM LOWER SOCIAL…

The relationship of social class and racial prejudice to the home management skills of black Americans was the focus of this study. A questionnaire (a copy of which appears in an appendix) was used to interview a sample of 100 people divided into four subgroups: low social class blacks, low social class whites, middle social class blacks, and…

INTERPERSONAL BEHAVIOR EVENTS OF TEACHERS AND PUPILS INTERACTING AND WORKING TOGETHER IN THE CLASSROOM WERE STUDIED, ANALYZED, AND EVALUATED. THE MAIN FOCUS WAS THE CAUSE AND EFFECT RELATIONSHIP OF THE INTERPERSONAL ATTITUDES OF TEACHERS AND PUPILS IN INTERMEDIATE GRADE CLASSROOMS. TEACHERS' ATTITUDES WERE MEASURED BY (1) THE MINNESOTA TEACHER…

THIS 1948 LECTURE ON THE SOCIALIZATION AND MENTAL ACTIVITIES OF NEGRO AND WHITE MIDDLE- AND LOWER-CLASS CHILDREN DISCUSSES (1) THE STRUCTURE OF REWARDS AND PUNISHMENTS AMONG MIDDLE- AND LOWER-CLASS PERSONS, (2) THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL CLASS ON PROBLEM SOLVING IN STANDARDIZED MENTAL TESTS, (3) THE NATURE OF PROBLEM-SOLVING ACTIVITIES AND MENTAL…

A total of 40 lower- and middle-class kindergarten children were given a number of different tasks in order to measure the child's understanding and usage of grammatical rules of English and his ability to use language for effective communication. (ED)

It was predicted that lower class case histories would be judged more negatively by those Ss who were more authoritarian as measured by the F Scale. This prediction was confirmed for a group of 24 psychiatric residents and bordered on significance for a group of 16 social work students. (Author)

This analysis updates a previous 1958 review of literature on socialization and social class, drawing on more recently published studies and a secondary analysis of a national survey. It is suggested that although various studies have found a statistically significant relationship between social class and the use of corporal punishment, this…

Evaluated is a program with two components: individual consultations offered bi-weekly to daycare mothers in their homes, and group discussions in which the mothers talked about their mutual concerns and interests. Hypotheses tested were: (1) participants would show a greater increase in attitudes and behaviors conducive to growth of children than…

The condition of life experienced by people of lower social-class position tend to impair their ability to deal resourcefully with the problematic and the stressful. Such impairment would result only for people who are both genetically vulnerable and exposed to considerable stress--these may affect the lowest social classes with special severity.…

The images of women in women's magazine fiction in middle class and working class magazines between 1970 and 1975 are compared. (Author/RLV)

Asserts that schools tend to reject pupil's culture, and seek to replace it with values, both middle class and egalitarian, which are not effectively conveyed, and advocates that the subject matter and techniques of education should be revalued, with the revalued material being made accessible to all pupils. (Author/JM)