Compared primary induction methods that have cognitive bases by assessing their effectiveness in inducing depression and elation moods, respectively. Results generally confirmed hypotheses that autobiographical recollections was the superior method for inducing and altering depression and anxiety in a population that included both sexes. (Author)

A survey showed that employers of industrial and technical program graduates expect a significantly higher degree of affective work competency than students expect to display when they are employed. Students expect to display more independence and initiative than employers expect of beginning workers. (SK)

Measures of limit setting and control in a toy cleanup situation were developed as part of a longitudinal study of lower-SES mothers and children through the first five years of life. Several findings suggest a distinction between mothers' seductive behavior and warmth or affection. Developmental implications are discussed. (Author/RH)

Presents two studies which investigated the variety and level of participation in pre-environment activities. Responses from two groups are discussed: (1) a random sample of Madison, Wisconsin residents; and (2) a stratified random statewide sample of Wisconsin residents. (WB)

The model of phenomenological balance attempts to explain the aesthetic response by accepting all the major philosophical interpretations of the aesthetic experience as legitimate articulations of essential components one encounters when confronting a work of art. It is intended to aid teachers in planning aesthetic experiences. (Author/SJL)

Choice Awareness is a cognitive-affective-behavioral system designed to help young people and adults understand the continuous nature of their choices and to take more effective control in their own lives. (Author)

Smokers and nonsmokers were exposed to anti-smoking communications to compare the relationship of emotional arousal, attitudes, and subjective normative beliefs. Findings revealed that smoking-related intentions were more strongly associated with attitudes toward smoking than with subjective normative beliefs or emotional arousal. (RC)

Videotapes of spontaneous facial and gestural reactions to affective slides were segmented by male and female college students using a group adaptation of Newtson's unitization technique. (Author/SS)

Investigated two dimensions of the verbal exchange, "here-and-now" v "there-and-then" verbal content and positive v negative affective tone, through use of a feedback device developed by the second author. Feedback enhanced use of affective verbalizations. The positive here-and-now condition enhanced group cohesiveness most. (Author)

Investigated the autonomic reactions (heart rate and skin conductance) of 17 mothers of five-month-old infants to two landscape scenes and four types of videotaped segments depicting their own baby and an unfamiliar baby smiling or crying. (JMB)

Measured psychological sequelae to induced abortion among women pregnant out of wedlock, using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory and questions specific to willingness to repeat abortion under similar circumstances. Analyses indicated no relation between objective and subjective indicators. Affectivity after induced abortion had…

Findings indicate that highly flexible self-disclosers evidence a heightened social perceptiveness. They also evidence significantly greater affective empathy and more accurate perceptions of facilitative responding than do less flexible disclosers. (Author)

Motivations underlying maladaptive decisions by college males in the areas of sexual intercourse, contraception, and partner pleasure are examined. (Author/JD)

Examines the importance of attitudes and attitude measurement, describing how attitudes are measured through a description of the characteristics of measurement, categories of attitude measurement, and the process of measuring attitudes. Test validity, reliability, and revision are discussed, as are the analysis and display of data. (RAO)

A possible solution is discussed to the problem of what mathematics to teach low achievers. The three main aspects are very basic mathematics, calculators, and confidence. (MP)