Behaviorism would have us believe that the individual is powerless in his environment. (DAG)

This study investigated the effect of overt self-verbalization of various contents on the delay maintenance behavior of preschool, second grade and third grade children in a task in which the child's possession of accumulating candy rewards was made contingent upon the child's stopping further accumulation. (BD)

Twenty-eight 10-month-old infants were observed by two independent teams, one measuring activity in the home situation and one measuring attachment behaviors in a videotaped standard laboratory sequence. (MS)

Concludes that linguistic and visual-linguistic training sessions do not increase children's ability to comprehend reversible passive sentences. (MH)

Cites numerous specific factors affecting student interpersonal skill achievement and cognitive achievement in interpersonal communication instruction noting instructional implications. (MH)

Assesses noncollege, Caucasian readers' perceptions of radical and neutral editorials, attributed to authors of varying sex and ethnicity. (KS)

Indicates that factors other than sex play the major role in determining employee response patterns. (KS)

Discusses a study designed to investigate the effects of a cross-cultural homestay program on students' attitudes and health. Available from: International Journal of Intercultural Relations, Transaction Periodicals Consortium, Rutgers-The State University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903. (MH)

Examines the validity of the effects of intergroup contact research on ethnic attitudes carried out in the United States. Attempts to demonstrate that a given contact situation may have different effects for the groups involved in terms of change of attitude towards each other by testing adolescent Israeli females participating in a summer camp.…

Suggests and tests a model of value argument which is intended to determine the degree of audience adherence to particular value claims. Discusses the process for advance selection of the most effective evidence to support value claims. (MH)

Examines the functional relationship of source and message by testing the hypothesis that the impact of a message is a function of the strength of the message multiplied by the strength of the source. (MH)

Seventy-eight 8- and 9-year-old subjects were randomly assigned to success, failure, and control conditions involving a test of intellectual ability. Subsequently, they were exposed to a resistance to temptation test involving play with a forbidden toy and measures of latency were taken. (JMB)

The article reviews behavioral intervention research with the handicapped, focusing on the analysis of subject, setting, and procedural factors that influence the outcome of behavior modification. Behavior enhancement procedures (e.g., tactile and sensory reinforcement, contracting, and modeling) and behavior reduction procedures (e.g., extinction…

Describes the loglinear model, and applies it to categorical data cross-tabulated on four dimensions. Defines contrasts similar to those of the analysis of variance and describes post hoc and planned comparison strategies. Illustrates hypothesis testing and model building for categorical data, providing guidelines for performing an analysis on…