An analysis of theory and research in social psychology reveals that while methods of research are scientific in character, theories of social behavior are primarily reflections of contemporary history. (Author)

Discusses the question of whether overactive youngsters should receive medication for their condition. (GB)

Author discusses various arguments for and against behavioral objectives inasmuch as music teachers will soon have to decide whether a behavioral approach to music education has merit and should be adopted as a guiding principle for the profession. (Author/MB)

A discussion of motivational systems, contingency management, and behavior theories that have been employed in some performance contracts. (RY)

A review-critique of On Writing Behavioral Objectives for English, by John Maxwell and Anthony Lovat, in which behavioral objectives theory is dominated by a stimulus-response rather than a stimulus-response-reinforcement psychology. The reviewer questions whether behavioral objectives can be applied accurately and without distortion of meanings,…

Decisions in education concerning the development of children's intellectual capacities, respecting their freedom of choice, and initiating them into democratic values will depend in large measure on the view we hold of the nature of man. (Author)

One methodological moral to be drawn from the article is that learning" as used in some scientific theories of behavior bears little relation to learning" as used in the classroom. (Author/MB)

This paper discusses some arguments purporting to show that behavior therapy is an inherently limited, partial approach to mental disorder in human beings. Obvious limitations to scientific theories are also outlined. (Author)

Critical analysis is a legitimate aspect of scientific development. Examination of the limitations of behavioristic theory in its passage to therapeutic practice and the nonexplicit supplementary mechanisms inherent in the latter generates several such propositions, four are presented. (Author/CG)