Evaluated effects of subject-perceived need and interviewer role on a subject's opinions and behaviors. Results indicate that roles were perceived as intended and resulted in intended opinion changes. Perceived interviewer expertness did influence subjects to engage in certain self-help activities, but the scope of those behaviors was limited.…

Compares the efficacy of three categories of theoretical explanations that have been used to explain delinquent and deviant adolescent behavior. Available from the Northwestern University School of Law, 357 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60611; sc $6.50. (Author/IRT)

In tandem with the energy crisis the author sees widespread misuse and waste of human resources. Analyzing issues of environmental deprivation, neglect of the old and the young, social isolation, the search for self, and specialization, he discusses ways that organizational and human resources development can address these challenges. (SK)

Reports on a study conducted to determine the effect of the connotations of the color black on White university students' interracial behavior. Addresses the question of whether the differences in attitudes toward Black and Negro carries over into a difference in behavior with a person labeled Black and another labeled Negro. (MK)

An emphasis on psychological aspects of behavior has constricted social work's view of the social environment and narrowed its theoretical base for intervention. Broadening perceptions to include the physical and social environment is critical in establishing a synthesis between the individual and society. (Author/RC)

Reviews literature on the relationship between psychosocial events and dying and death from a behavioral perspective. Individual control has a part in the relationship between the timing of death and psychosocial factors. It is argued that behavioral self-management is a useful therapeutic tool for working with clients nearing death. (Author/BEF)

Staddon and Motheral derived a mathematical model of responding in concurrent variable-interval--variable-interval schedules. Their derivation ignores a fundamental aspect of the concurrent schedule contingency. A reinforcer can occur following two consecutive responses on the same schedule or following a switch between the two schedules.…

Heyman's major criticism (TM 504 810) of Staddon and Motheral's reinforcement maximization model is that it does not consider "local" and "interchangeover" interresponse times separately. We show that this separation may not be necessary. Heyman's apparent gain in comprehensiveness may not be worth the added complexity.…

In this article, the development of egocentrically motivated altruism as one pragmatic alternative for regulation of the relationship between individuals and society is discussed in terms of its implications for clinical psychology. (Author/WI)

University students worked puzzles and were given a high or low value cash award, contingent on simple task completion or on attainment of a performance level, or noncontingent and unexpected. Interest in the task after reward was analyzed. Results provided substantial support for Deci's cognitive evaluation theory. (Author/SJL)

An analysis of the film viewing habits of Belgian television viewers reveals that movies with advisories regarding sex and violence are watched more than the movies without them. However, movies with qualifications tend to be judged less interesting than movies without qualifications. (JMF)

Presents a study demonstrating that aid-giving by children is predicated by nonverbal displays of submission emitted by the child under attack, and that although the children observing the episodes respond to the displays, the aggressor ignores them. (JMF)

Teachers' attitudes toward small-group teaching (SGT) as a possible alternative to the traditional presentation-recitation model of teaching is examined including three sources of influence on these attitudes--the behavioral-experimental, the environmental, and the cognitive domain. (JMF)

The Social Learning Group pursues applications of social learning theory to treatment of aggressive children in family settings, and conducts extensive studies in methodological and clinical aspects of the problem. This article reviews this work, including how this theory is being applied to resolve child and adolescent problems within the family.…

Argues for the necessity of sociological investigations of emotion for a full understanding of both emotional and social life. Presents a sociological analysis of certain aspects of emotions. Concludes that emotions are complex consequences of learning, interpretation, and social influence. (Author/KC)