An attempt to explore the slanting and focusing effects an attitude set can have on the recall and interpretative processes. Occupational groups membership is cited as the relevant variable: the study indicates that this variable influences the interpretation of environmental events not the recall of these events. (SE)

Subjects used significantly more adjectives, on an adjective checklist (ACL), in giving their impressions of an object-person; based on written and audiovisual presentations, more than audio presentations. (SD)

A replication of a previous longitudinal study of American children -- this time with Guatamalan children. (RY)

Study investigated the effects of a response-produced intense-noise stimulus (punishment) on the extinction of children's hitting behavior. (Author)

Chronologically surveys the research on various aspects of nonverbal communication and provides some ideas for future lines of research. (AN)

The role of community developers as contributers to a behavioral science is analyzed. The author discusses the importance of this new science and suggests that more research and discipline in this field of action research is necessary. (RR)

Data from the Research Dogmatism Scale..(was)..significantly and positively correlated with results from a modified version of the Janis and Field test of general persuasibility, and data from both of the latter significantly and positively correlated with general attitude instability." (Author/SP)

A study supporting the contention that opinionation in a persuasive message functions conjointly with the personality variable approval-dependence, to produce differential effects on recipient attitude change. (Author)