The present results indicate that models can facilitate good interview behavior. The models significantly affected the duration and the degree of revealingness of interview responses. Across modeling conditions subjects talked longer to the female interviewer but were not more revealing than they were with the male interviewer. (Author)

Guidelines from behavioral science theories vs those from experience for effecting managerial style changes. (RA)

Presents a study which fails to confirm the hypothesis that emphasizing the respondent's importance in a survey results in fewer Don't know" responses. (MB)

Asserts that existing accountability policies assume that a single behaviorist theory is the one best system for effective education. Examines the pitfalls of the one-system approach through the examples of John Stuart Mill's utilitarian upbringing and "Gradgrindism" in Charles Dickens' novel "Hard Times." (SK)

Uses data collected in 1977 to show that the decision to take a suspect into custody is influenced by the victim's dispositional preference, the race and demeanor of the suspect, the presence of bystanders, and the seriousness of the offense. Relates these findings to theoretical models of police behavior. (Author/GC)

An integrated study of Shine's actualized and pure single-subject behavior functions can produce more information than studying only one function. After summarizing the mathematics behind Shine's viewpoint, an ordinary regression analysis approach to the actualized behavior function is integrated with a time-series analysis approach to the pure…

Suggests ways to better understand school violence through four theories of social deviance and presents programs and practices for decreasing violence in schools based on these theories. (WD)

A review of the literature on theories of human aggression reveals diverse opinions pertaining to the causes of violence. Sensory deprivation in the mothering of infants is viewed as a strong factor. (CM)

With the assumption that theory is the most important determinant of teachers' disciplinary practices, the authors seek to clarify what is meant by a "theory" about children; to illustrate theory's relationship to disciplinary practice; and to suggest some assumptions which, in a democracy, may be embraced within theories about children.…