Using behavior modification as an example of educational innovation, author shows that school systems are inherently unable to sustain innovation, in curriculum or methods, over a long period of time. (SP)

Contends that sensitivity training and brainwashing are essentially different, though superficially similar in form and in that they involve behavior change and are based on explicable theories of learning and human behavior. Brainwashing is coercive and based on distrust; sensitivity training is collaborative and based on trust. (Author/JB)

The article concludes that authority oriented groups and trainers were least successful. Significant linkages have been found between data oriented trainers and two learning goals, and between people oriented trainers and two other goals. (Author)

Undergraduates, trained to discriminate understanding from nonunderstanding statements, verbally reinforced each statement they felt to be understanding during counselor interviews. Ratings indicated that beginning counselors had increased their understanding statements, suggesting that such statements can be a function of the number of…

Described are the services offered by a consultative resource team to elementary school teachers in three Virginia counties who need help in controlling disruptive classroom behavior and improving students' academic performance. (KW)

Children's behavior was recorded on video tape; children then viewed themselves from a different perspective and were encouraged to make self-assessments. No controls were used, but several examples of behavior improvement were noted. (Author)

This study investigated the therapeutic feasibility of self-administered punishment of imagined behavior. With heavy-smoking males, the imagined-smoking treatment was the only highly effective therapy. It was significantly more effective than the placebo or actual-smoking treatments, and it replicated. (Author)

Response to article in previous issue by Max Bruck (April 1968). Argues that behavioral approach has been empirically demonstrated to be effective in altering problem behavior, and offers advantages over more traditional approaches. Proposes that behavioral psychology can deal with all important aspects of complex human behavior. (Author)

The Keeps All Pupils in School (KAPS) program in Baltimore is discussed. (DB)

All subjects showed significant increases in study habits. However, no condition produced a gain in academic performance beyond chance. (Author)