The successful acquisition of survey behavior by students diagnosed as void of survey behavior through stimulus control and reinforcement is described. (Author)

The findings of the study suggest that the distribution of contraceptives on the campus will not produce widespread loss of virginity and promiscuity, and it will not cause a breakdown in the moral structure. The challenge is to create a distribution system which will decrease the presently inefficient contraceptive practices. (Author)

Classrooms and other formalized settings have a predictable effect on student behavior and can be manipulated by educators to facilitate learning. (LH)

Authors examined four behavior patterns exibited by students in the classroom. (Editor/RK)

Judgements of the behavior of boys and girls in relation to the individual teacher's own standard of Ideal Student shows that female teachers significantly saw the behavior of girls as closer to the Ideal Student than that of boys, while male teachers did not. (Author)

THE EFFECT OF PERSONAL REJECTION IN ELICITING CONFORMITY WAS STUDIED TO DISCOVER WHETHER THE CONSEQUENCES OF LOWERED SELF-ESTEEM AND THE MOTIVATION TO INGRATIATE ONESELF AFFECT A STUDENT'S RECEPTIVITY TO THE INFLUENCES OF THE SCHOOL. THE TWO SPECIFIC QUESTIONS INVESTIGATED WERE--(1) IS THE INDIVIDUAL WHO EXPERIENCES REJECTION IN AN INITIALLY…

The regular classroom behaviors of learning disabled and average fourth- and fifth-grade males were observed. A multiple regression analysis revealed 11 behaviors, accounting for 71 percent of the variance. Only the teacher behaviors and the combination of child and teacher behaviors produced significant results. (Author/CL)

To determine by classical time-estimation procedures if Type A persons estimate the passage of time differently than Type B persons, undergraduate male students, classified by the Jenkins Activity Survey, were asked to estimate several time periods. Responses to verbal, production, and reproduced time-estimation tasks were not significantly…

Curricula for students with autism do not take into account levels of learning such as behavioral fluency. Behavioral fluency addresses accuracy as well as speed of response. We posit that fluency increases the functionality of skills for students with autism and should be systematically programmed into a curriculum. To discuss the application of…

The evolution of the internet has made online portals a popular means of surfing the internet. In internet commerce, understanding the post-adoption behaviour of users of online portals can help enterprises to attract new users and retain existing customers. For predicting continued use intentions, this empirical study focused on applying and…

Ten boys and 16 girls from two Head Start schools in Massachusetts were administered two projective measures of aggression. A third measure was obtained from teacher rankings of behavior based on classroom conduct. For the projective measures, each child was asked to respond to three social situations as depicted by dolls and drawings. The child…

It is important that passivity be recognized and dealth with and that counselors be at the leading edge of the assault. Failure to do so will be to miss a basic opportunity that the counseling profession can ill afford to pass up. (Author)

A survey of 344 college students revealed 36.71 percent reported having used minor tranquilizers. Among those who acquired tranquilizers by their own prescription, the vast majority used them from others' prescriptions or black market sources, used them for pleasure. (Author)