The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which cultural biases contribute to the effect of verbalization on comprehending the structures and meaning of art in the United States, Brazil, and Egypt. Findings indicate a verbal task instructing viewers to generate their own title for each work promoted superior retention in all three…

Examines the narrative accounts of the aesthetic performance experience as related by high communication apprehensives (HCA's) and low communication apprehensives (LCA's). Indicates that while both HCA's and LCA's commonly label themselves as apprehensive about performance, their characterizations of the performance experience differ significantly…

Analyzed reactions 15 boys and 19 girls received from adults and peers when subjects attempted to communicate and physically assert control. At 14 months, children's behavior did not differ by sex, but caregivers differentiated responses by sex; at 24 months, children's behavior differed by sex, but caregivers did not differentiate their responses…

The Multidimensional Stimulus Fluency Measure (MSFM) and the Thinking Creatively in Action and Movement (TCAM) instrument, both designed to assess ideational fluency through different response modes (verbal and nonverbal), were administered to 24 middle-class preschool children. Concurrent and construct validity were established for these two…

This study extends earlier work on parental teaching style and examines effects of parental intrusiveness on a subsequent task. Analysis of audio recordings of 22 Caucasian middle-class parent-child dyads audiotaped over a two-week period while dyads were learning aspects of LOGO computer programing showed that children of directive parents…

Using a sample of 158 low-income black women and their infants, this study examined the relation between mother's age and measures of maternal behavior reflecting verbal responsivity, punitiveness, and instrumental support for intellectual development. (Author/NH)

Pointing gestures of verbally advanced two-year-olds were contrasted with those of less advanced peers to examine the relationships of gesture to language during the acquisition of each. Formal and functional aspects of each communicative skill were measured. Gesture and language corresponded only in their functional aspects. (Author/AS)

Early male and female differences in the functional use of language were investigated by coding verbal interactions of preschool children during play sessions with same-sex peers. Findings were consistent with research showing that males talk more and are more assertive in their social interactions than are females. (Author/GC)

Three moderately retarded students were taught to initiate and expand on conversational topics through actual conversations with nonhandicapped peers. Training generalized to natural contexts. Results were socially validated by undergraduates who rated tapes of two of the students' conversations during training phases as more socially competent…

Argues that before all members of an organization can be taught how to write plain English, the highest levels of management must make it clear by their active participation in the program that clear communication is their highest priority. (DF)

Provides descriptive data on mother/infant interaction in two ethnic and maternal age groups. Participants were 32 lower-income Black and Cuban-American, teenage and adult mothers and their 12-month-old infants. Cuban-American mothers demonstrated a task with verbalization significantly more often than did Black mothers. Adult mothers showed a…

Explored the relationship between verbal interaction in supervision and perceptions the counselor trainee (N=20) formed about the supervisor on several interpersonal/influence characteristics. Significant relationships were found between some categories of verbal behavior and one or more perceived supervisor characteristics, indicating a moderate…

Describes the interactions of 1five mothers inexperienced with deaf people and a deaf five-year-old, a hearing two-year-old and a hearing four and one-half-year-old. The women had fewer successful initiations and shorter interactions with deaf children. Modifications in their communication, especially in relation to "motherese," were…

This article describes: (1) the small group settings and peer group research; (2) verbal interaction and its benefits or detriments for learning; (3) students' cognitive abilities and demographic characteristics that predict their participation in small group interaction; (4) group composition and group interaction; and (5) the teacher's role in…

Examines the way the metaphorical language used by researchers in educational administration to describe the processes, concepts, and relationships they are investigating reveals their attitudes and biases toward education, educational administration, and research. (PGD)