This unit is planned to help the student become aware of the mutual helpfulness of family members, school workers, and community helpers so that he may begin to understand the interdependence of people. It will also help to provide him with an opportunity to practice social behaviors so as to solve his problems through democratic procedures. This…

This unit is planned to help the student become aware of the mutual helpfulness of family members, school workers, and community helpers so that he may begin to understand the interdependence of people. It will also help to provide him with an opportunity to practice social behaviors so as to solve his problems through democratic procedures. This…

The author investigated the discrepancies between self-perceptions and the perceptions of others, in order to examine the assumption that perceived personality characteristics might be used as a basis to identify communication problems within an organization. Through the use of the Interpersonal Check List, staff members of the University of…

Teacher education can be thought of as sets of activities intended to socialize candidates into the segments of the occupation of teaching. It is suggested that these activities have at least eight interrelated parameters, and that variables in each of these parameters impinge upon the processes of socialization. The variables discussed are: (1)…

This is the pre-assessment packet for the learning module on Interpersonal Perception. Exercises include open-ended questions, definitions, illustration of applications, opinion scales, word-choice, fill-in-the-blanks, yes/no, and multiple choice. (MM)

Subjects (40 male, 40 female) viewed a videotaped "interview" with a competent female stimulus person (SP) who appeared to be sex-role congruent or incongruent and was either physically attractive or unattractive. Interpersonal attraction (Likability) was assessed by objective questionnaires. Subjects' sex and attitudes toward women were included…

This paper describes the Peer Resource Program established by Harcum Junior College. It is designed to provide, in addition to professional guidance personnel, student peer leadership and student personnel services to other students. The approach is based on the assumption that adolescents are generally more responsive to peer influences,…

The control of technology over the physical environment is investigated in this seminar paper. Technological control creates a psychological paradox for man, making him feel helpless and incompetent. The dilemma of helplessness is emphasized because man's main environment is social and/or interpersonal rather than physical. Individual competence…

Validity of a domain-specific model of self-perceived peer and school competence was examined in a sample of 89 seventh-grade black adolescents of lower socioeconomic status. Peer and school competences were gauged via self-ratings, nomination-based peer ratings, and more objective criteria. Findings support a domain-specific model over a more…

When high ability students (N=19) who had entered college before 15 years of age were compared, 50 years later, with equally intelligent students who entered college between 16 to 20 years of age, results found both groups equal in psychosocial adjustment and longterm achievement though younger college students were more often rated as high…

Discusses various types of job skills: necessary (writing, speaking, listening), traditional (interpersonal, phone usage, records management, keyboard, office management), and new skills (computer literacy, ability to conceptualize mentally), and the corresponding curricular needs. The college's role in this process is presented also. (CT)

A combination of instructions, modeling, behavior rehearsal, and constructive feedback was used to train four visually-impaired young adult males to provide interviewers with positive personal and job-related information and to ask relevant questions during job interviews. (Author/CB)

Forty-nine clients who had been deinstitutionalized into community settings were matched with clients who remained in the institution. In a subsequent assessment, community clients surpassed institutional clients in social and cognitive skills (including reading/writing, quantitative, community orientation, leisure time, vocational, and social…

Three severely mentally retarded, multiply handicapped adolescents were treated in a classroom setting for social skill deficits. Treatment focused on increasing eye contact and strengthening on-task and in-seat behaviors. Results suggested that a combination of visual stimuli, operant, and social learning methods can be used to successfully…

Learning disabled (LD) students are often poorly accepted by peers and exhibit deficits in social skills. Research on LD students' social behavior is reviewed and the definition, assessment, and classification of social skill deficits are discussed. Needed improvements in professional training, in practice, and in public policy relating to LD…