This paper examines the influence of Norman Geschwind's model of connectionism, in which complex functions are built up by connecting primary areas in the brain, and notes his studies of the effects of disconnection on dyslexic individuals. Connectionist-based behavioral studies are reviewed, focusing on intracortical association connections and…

The Multidisciplinary Cognitive and Neuroscience Research Group at Ohio State University was established to improve communications among faculty, practitioners, and students in the fields of education and psychology. The program is described. Benefits and drawbacks are explored. (MT)

Four journals were compared in terms of interest in classroom intervention, emphasis on antecedent versus consequent intervention techniques, interest in student conduct versus academic performance, and changes over years 1963 through 1982. The journals' contents differed substantially on most variables, and some pronounced trends across years…

The use of large-N group comparison research methods based on a nomothetic model is compared with idiographic methods employing single-system designs and intensive study of the individual. Limitations of the nomothetic model and advantages of the idiographic approach are presented. (SK)

Analyzes the relationship between empathy level and occupation and the differences between empathy level and content as categorized into Herzberg's motivators and hygiene factors. (MH)

Cites research which indicates that newspapers have a relatively strong impact on fertility rates and that television, radio and cinema have a significant impact on their target population when they are used specifically as information or education sources. (Available from the Journal of Applied Communications Research, Ed., Drawer NJ, Mississippi…

Compares suicidal and non-suicidal behavior in hospitalized psychiatric veterans with and without childhood onychophagia (fingernail biting). (Author/RK)

Based on Zimbardo's (1970) theory of deindividuation and Duval and Wicklund's (1972) theory of "objective self-awareness" it was predicted that self-awareness would lead to a decrease in transgressive behavior. (Editor)

This study investigated the moderating effects of perceived outcome on the relationship between activism (social action) in the form of anti-pollution behavior and locus of control (I-E). Among subjects optimistic about future levels of pollution, internally-oriented individuals engaged in more anti-pollution activities and had more accurate…

This book is about understanding people's behavior and changing that behavior using a discipline called "social marketing." It is based on the idea that all marketing is an exchange: if you want people to change their behavior, you have to offer them something, be it security, information, an image, or a feeling of belonging. The book…

Article focuses upon the basic frame of reference and methodology of behavioral psychology, its relationship to architecture and the promise that synthesis of the two disciplines holds for education. (Author)

The central purpose of this study was to determine the effect of training of teachers in the use of elements and sequences of strategies for content development through classroom communication behaviors. (Author/RK)