THE USE OF THE COMPUTER MAY BE ONE OF THE WAYS IN WHICH VARIED LINGUISTIC INTERESTS (SOCIOLINGUISTICS, PSYCHOLINGUISTICS) COME TO BE RENDERED INTERRELATED AND EVEN INTELLECTUALLY COHERENT. (THE CRITERION OF COHERENCE IS SET HERE AT MONISM AS TO MODELS.) ONE OF THE AUTHOR'S MAJOR INTERESTS IS A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO SCIENTIFIC CREATIVITY,…

Behavior modification is discussed as a new approach to teaching and curriculum implementation in physical education. It is suggested that behavior modification offers physical education several advantages: (1) extensive research findings of various kinds directly applicable to the work of the physical education teacher; (2) a set of behavioral…

Presented are the report and recommendations of the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research regarding the involvement of children in research, with particular emphasis on P.L. 93-348. Following an introductory section, containing definitions of terms relevant to the report, are 10…

The theoretical model of values presented in this paper differs from the Rokeach model, which assumes that the hierarchic order among the values in each individual's system is relatively stable. The hypothesis of the value model presented here is that value priorities change consonantly with the perceived expectations of situations. To test this…

In a variable distance 10-trial ringtoss, it was found that success required that a subject exceed his expected score. Therefore, the probability of success was the probability of exceeding the expected score on the 10 throws (Ps10); and this is shown to be different from the probability of scoring a ringer in a single throw (Ps1) from the same…

The study was designed to investigate the exploration and attachment behavior of young children in a strange situation in the presence of: (1) an individual to whom the child was attached (the mother); (2) an inanimate object with which the child was highly familiar (favorite toy); and (3) a novel inanimate object (an unfamiliar toy). The effect…

The purpose of this study was to learn whether organizing learning situations in accordance with clearly stated patterns would result in greater achievement in terms of critical thinking. Units in American History were taught for a semester to sixty-seven students in the fifth grade. The Morse-McCune Test of Critical Thinking was used as the…

This issue is the first of a series that will be made available to persons interested in the problems and potentialities of human motivation. Each issue will be devoted to a discussion of one aspect of motivation and will report practices, research, and theory development in this field. Features will include announcements of publications and…

The VID-R (Visual Information Display and Retrieval) system that enables computer-aided analysis of visual records is composed of a film-to-television chain, two videotape recorders with complete remote control of functions, a video-disc recorder, three high-resolution television monitors, a teletype, a PDP-8, a video and audio interface, three…

Behavioral studies of listening in children with both normal and exceptional hearing are presented. The conjugate of assessing listening is discussed. This method provides a continuous record of ongoing behavior allowing for observation of moment-to-moment changes in listening. It determines how sustained, how strong, and how continuous a child's…

This study examined the relation between exploratory behavior and (1) the experimenter-child relationship, and (2) teacher ratings of dependency and autonomous achievement striving. Subjects were 34 girls and 38 boys randomly selected from two prekindergartens. Experimental conditions consisted of two levels of pre-experimental social interaction…

A 48-item questionnaire was administered to all entering freshmen at two midwestern colleges (N=2,180). On the basis of a factor analysis, a six-term factor of premarital sexual experience and a four-item factor of attitude toward premarital sexual intercourse were isolated. Scores on one or both of these scales were found to be related to…

This report presents the findings from an evaluation of the classroom processes of the twelve Planned Variation sponsors. Three basic issues were addressed: (1) To what degree are the programs really different and providing distinct treatments? (2) To what extent are the educational goals of each program actually implemented? and (3) Is there a…

This investigation used a convergent measures design to explore the relationship of television viewing habits and preferences to experimentally emitted aggressive behavior. The catharsis argument posits that watching programs high in aggressive content provides a socially adaptive outlet for involvement with aggression. Groups of college and…

The purpose of the study was to begin the development of a test of comparative language which would have potential usefulness as an evaluation instrument for early childhood education programs. The study provides preliminary information concerning reliability, validity, and practicality of two parallel forms of the test. Included in each form are…