Notes that much human activity is monotonous, arduous, or degrading and that most low-caste groups eventually revolt. Suggests that humans use chimpanzees as a permanent minority group that will serve simultaneously as laborers and scapegoats. (MB)

Notes that previous research has shown that ordinary citizens are generally incapable of acting on the basis of beliefs about policy. It is suggested that the linkage between beliefs and attitudes can only be understood by looking at the purposes pursued by political activity. If political activity is viewed as serving symbolic ends, it is argued…

The effects of a problem solving-oriented tutorial program on the problem solving behavior of student tutors is studied. Half of a sixth grade class were tutors; the other half a control group. Results on two tasks measuring problem solving skills showed significant difference between the two groups only on the skill of problem defining. (NH)

Examines the relationship between sentence meaning and paired-associate recall. (AG)

Within a racially discriminatory context, data were presented to support the proposition that a significant factor in determining agreement between overt and verbal behavior is the degree of correspondence between the situation depicted in the question, to which the subject verbally responds, and the situation in which the subject performs the…

Students with good school records also tend to have well-adjusted personal lives. (CK)

Recent studies show that powerlessness is an important variable in predicting behavioral and attitudinal patterns, and is related to environmental factors. (DM)

Using Ss high or low on a social desirability scale, a verbal conditioning attempt was made to alter the relative frequency of self referent statements that were either positive or negative. (Author)

The problem considered is the discrepency between official classification of death as suicide, natural, or accidental and the classification of the research staff of a suicide prevention of facts by agency personnel. (DB)

Reviews the educational and social science research relevant to the education of the disadvantaged which was published during the 1960's. (JM)