Presents a study of the contrasting social attitudes toward older adults in three different social structures: the Caucasus region of the Soviet Union, a traditional society; Japan, transitional but retaining some traditional values; and the United States, with its obsolescence technology and youth-oriented culture. (MF)

Reports results of a study investigating reference group orientations of industrially employed professionals. Sample included 128 engineers and 51 scientists, divided into four personnel types: locals, cosmopolitans, local/cosmopolitans, and uncommitted. Through a questionnaire, respondents reflected their level of commitment to a variety of…

Describes three experiments which investigated the mechanism underlying memory for movement-extent cues in preselection. Experiment 1 showed that memory for movement extent was better for subjects who were allowed to preselect their own standard. Experiments 2 and 3 examined the role of active movement in preselected and nonpreselected movements.…

Outlines an alternative procedure for counselors in junior high and secondary schools who find that a nondirective stance leads to confusion and frustration in adolescent clients. (EV)

Six persons of differing professional experience discuss the issue of advocacy as it relates to student volunteer programs. (MF)

Dominance and sociability scores on the Interpersonal Check List were obtained for medical and nursing students. Results indicate a discrepancy between concepts of self and ideal self, as well as considerable disagreement between medical and nursing students about their roles on the physician-nurse team. (EVH)

People's judgments of fairness are related to varying degrees of uncertainty about their own resulting positions in society. When task assignments were made on the basis of ability, college students were much more willing to endorse inequality when they did not know their positions than when they did. (Author/EVH)

Research investigates three- to five-year olders understanding of disability in other children. The results indicate that four- to five-year olds significantly favored the ablebodied children over the disabled child. (Author)

Notes that the basic goals of the women's movement and of the human relation movements are the same. Also suggests that by avoiding rhetoric and respecting learning pace and readiness human relations practitioners can often translate the message of womens liberation to women in traditional roles. (Author/AM)

The study explored the effect on kindergarten children of four different presentations of an opportunity to help an adult with a simple task. (Editor/MP)

This study investigated the ability of maritally-adjusted couples (N=12), couples attaining a divorce (N=5), and couples in counseling (N=9) to predict rewarding effects of their behavior on their spouse. The maritally-adjusted group was always more accurate in their predictions, but significantly more accurate only for selected areas of…

Adults and 4-year-old children were tested to determine whether the children were able to decode sets of familiar minimal pairs as well as adults. They listened to words spoken in a normal voice and a whisper. Indications were that the 4-year-old's perceptual mastery of English phonology is not yet complete. (SW)

The various meanings of management development are presented in the form of a working hypothesis, concluding that management development highlights the conflict between ideals of enterprise and individual development and that the relationship between the individual and his organization should be reconceptualized. (MF)