Discussed are the different ways the term "brain dysfunction" was interpreted and advocated by special educators, parents, persons concerned with social problems, and other groups urging that the condition be recognized through federal legislation. (Author/RM)

Describes a method for eliciting student ideas and involving them in a discussion of problems of authority and self-determination and presents the results of a study employing this method with elementary, middle, and junior high school students. The study demonstrates that children are very willing and able to discuss real social issues in a…

Discusses the use of higher education for social defense, moral improvement, and working-class acculturation in 19th-century France. (RM)

A social impact assessment (SIA) should accompany plans for land development in developing nations. An SIA team should maintain an ongoing relationship with the community and attempt to implement recommendations. (KC)

Examines the role of a specific rhetorical form, the protest song, in social movements. Analyzes the content of songs from the labor and anti-war movements of the 1960s. Concludes that these songs--generally negative, simplistic, and expressive--are in-group messages designed to reinforce feelings of solidarity. (PD)

Found that the proportion of persons who indicated experiences of anomia related significantly to the associated proportions of persons who perceived adverse changes in financial conditions. Data suggest changes in economic conditions play an important role in societal integration, solidarity, and morale and their behavioral correlates. (Author)

Reviews the approaches that have been used to detect cultural, content, predictive, and selection bias in mental tests. Argues that questions of bias are fundamentally questions of validity. Concludes that although much has been learned about the technical details of test bias, social policy questions remain to be resolved. (Author/GC)

Discusses use and development of case studies for instruction in the decision-making process. Suggests that discussion of a case should focus on questions concerning clarification of issues, exploration of events, evaluation of issues, and implications and application of findings. (KC)

An emeritus professor of science education presents his perceptions of critical issues in science education. (PB)

Counselors are attempting to establish their professional identity in a psychological society. That identity will be established by building on a distinguished heritage and taking directions chosen on the basis of service to counselees. (Author)

Overviews the development of social responses to the problems of child abuse and neglect. Focuses on history, social values and attitudes, public awareness and policy, laws, and the evolution of social services. (Author/RH)

Touches upon problems which result from abuses of governmental power--as, for example, in the case of governments diagnosing political dissenters as insane. Relates issues of power and responsibility to civil liberties and human rights. (Author/CK)

Criticizes the conceptualizations of class struggle, social stratification, and racial relations in Britain as expounded in a recent book ("Colonial Immigrants in a British City") by John Rex and Sally Tomlinson. Identifies potential problems created by their interpretations. (GC)

Discusses disease and genetic disorders as evolutionary mechanisms. Emphasizes the archeological evidence from past human populations and societies, mentioning albinism, scurvy, sleeping sickness, bone conditions, various host-parasite relationships, rickets, sickle-cell anemia, diabetes, and influenza. (CS)

Outlines and discusses characteristics of an ethological perspective on mental illness, which emphasizes the evolutionary background of humanity, his recent background since the agricultural and industrial revolutions, and the physiological and psychosomatic factors of the human species in dealing with stress. (CS)