The ability of 24 Veterans Administration Day Treatment Center psychiatric outpatients to vary intentionally their degree of apparent psychopathology during structured interviews was studied. Patients defined as sick presenters behaved in a significantly more pathological manner during an interview preceded by "fake sick" instructions than they…

Describes some of the ways in which members of the New Orleans Parent Child Developmental Center work with parents of children 6-18 months to aid them in creating a stimulating and interesting environment for their children. (ED)

A critical overview is presented of the Stanford Prison Experiment, conducted by Zimbardo and his coinvestigators in which they attempted a structural analysis of the problems of imprisonment. Key assumptions are questioned, primarily on methodological grounds, which casts doubts on the plausibility of the experimenters' final causal inferences.…

To help maintain class interest in the important themes addressed in "Walden" and "The Duties of Civil Disobedience," a high school English teacher has presented a dramatic monologue as Henry David Thoreau to his students. After much library research, the teacher used some of the props characteristic of the author, such as a…

A foreign language teaching approach that develops communicative competence is described. Strategic interaction promotes a sense of community among students while involving both the individual learner and the teacher. The main organizational device of strategic interaction is the scenario, in which the teacher proposes a theme that challenges…

Creative second language learning activities for high school and college students are presented. The 45 activites are task oriented, and conducted in a nonthreatening atmosphere, are performed in small groups without teacher supervision, and involve role playing. Four types of activities are described: (1) explanations of ambiguous concepts, (2)…

A market mock-up and videotaped role playing add up to super salesman training at the Armour-Dial Management Institute. (Author)

Presented teaching techniques designed to break down the boundaries of different subjects and to redistribute resources in the classroom so boys and girls could step out of their sex-based roles without losing face. (Author/RK)

Presented the application of problem-solving strategies in the classroom. (Editor/RK)

The present experiment examined the effectiveness of covert modeling and the influence of favorable consequences following model behavior in increasing assertive skills. (Author)

Map activities for kindergarten and a role play activity about migration in Africa are the classroom exercises described in two separate articles. (Author/KM)

Described are uses of creative dramatics with handicapped and non-handicapped children and adults. Creative dramatics is seen to involve acting out situations without formal or strict guidelines, with focus on expression of one's feelings and working cooperatively with others. Activities and leadership hints are listed for warm-up games and…