Male graduate students exhibited significantly more aggressiveness (interruptive behavior) than female students in both male and female professors' classes, although more male aggressiveness occurred in female professors' classes. Male students were more verbally assertive in female professors' classes only. Among students, aggressiveness was…

Desirable and undesirable verbal behaviors of teachers are examined. (JD)

Analyzes transcripts of films of Rogers, Perls, and Ellis counseling the same client, according to the Hill Counselor Verbal Response Category System. The system described verbal behaviors of the three counselors and detected behavioral differences reflective of their differing theoretical orientations. (Author)

Presents a model for understanding termination conflict resulting from competing rather than complementary responses to successful counseling. Discusses termination conflict as a threat to an otherwise successful counseling relationship. (Author)

Couples (N=21) rated their marital satisfaction and then participated in a task designed to measure nonverbal communicative competence independent of verbal competence. Results indicated a positive relationship between marital satisfaction and nonverbal competence but only for husbands reading their wives' nonverbal cues. (Author/RC)

Describes language practice at beginning level organized around concrete situations, classmates, school staff, students' friends, and family. (BK)

Describes and gives sample of using Guided Design as an instructional strategy for English-as-a-second-language classes with two main objectives: (1) teaching subject matter, and (2) teaching decision-making skills. Goals achieved include using class time for speaking, freeing the teacher to observe individual student errors, and planning later…

Most court cases involving harassment have dealt with male violators against females. However, five other types of harassment also exist. A diagram is used to analyze different types of harassment under different conditions. (Author/MLF)

Twelve nonverbal, hearing, retarded children (4 to 8 years old) were matched and then randomly assigned to sign language training, speech training, and placebo groups. The findings were interpreted as indicating that some nonverbal retarded children will benefit more from sign language than speech training. (Author)

Investigates the nature of verbal interaction and interpersonal influence operating within families as they select television programs for group viewing in their homes. Interaction structure, ability to express a preference, preference consensus, and perceptions of influence reveal differential success in gaining access to favored programs. (JMF)

Results indicated that depressed persons received less positive social feedback than did nondepressed persons displaying the same behaviors, and that females were significantly more willing to provide both positive and negative reactions than were males. (Author)

Results did not confirm the overall functional superordinancy of the nonverbal channel across all levels of response orientation. An interactive relationship was found, with the nonverbal channel functioning with relatively more impact on the confrontive level of orientation. (Author)

Examines the characteristics of incrementalism as it defines the present system in competitive debate. Outlines the strengths and weaknesses of this slow and deliberate pursuit of diverse goals and contends that it holds much argumentative promise. (JMF)

Explored speaking-order and talking-time structures in dyads and triads to determine if these modes of paralanguage were hierarchial and used consistently in various settings. Findings indicated that paralanguage hierarchies emerged and that speaking-order and talking-time ranks correlated between groups. (Author)