The emphasis of this NIMH report is to improve our understanding of the origins of violence and to suggest ways of acting on that knowledge to reduce the incidence of crime and violence in American society. Also included in this volume are details of work aimed at reducing the toll of such problems as alcoholism and suicide among our citizens; a…

Considers some of the major categories of federally produced data resources, mentions some of the means of access to those resources, calls attention to some of the difficulties confronted in their use, and notes several developments that look toward more effective access by social scientists to those resources. (Author)

Explores the fact versus value dilemma faced by researchers in behavioral science areas and concludes that scientific researchers are influenced by subjective and evaluative thinking in spite of their efforts to eschew value judgements in their work. (DB)

Examines the influence of dogmatism on risk-taking behavior of groups and individuals and cites additional variables to be considered in a modification of the old risky shift paradigm. (MH)

Examines a study that suggests that quantification, defined as numerical data, increases textual difficulty and thereby discourages resolving scientific problems through public action. (MH)

Focuses on audience dependency on media as information resources and discusses alteration of audience beliefs, behavior, or feelings as a result of mass communicated information. (MH)

Six administrators discuss leadership. (MLF)

In this study, a random sample of 20 male care-givers was contrasted to 20 male engineers and 20 female care-givers on personality traits and sex typed contingency behaviors. Personalities of male care-givers corresponded to the feminine direction of their female counterparts, but were not significantly more feminine than male engineers.…

The results of this study support the theory that spatial behavior norms are learned early in life. Results show that Black children stand closer than Whites in the primary school years and also stand less directly. White female children are most distant and Black female children are closest in space range. (WI)

Socialization theory can contribute to consumer research because it focuses on (1) youth and development, (2) interaction of factors affecting consumer behavior, and (3) linkages between mental processes and overt behavior. Various approaches to socialization research and consumer research are described, including cognitive development and…

Looks at the type of political television commercial (image or issue) and the length (five minutes or sixty seconds) and compares the effects of the type and length on candidate evaluation, recall of commercial content, and the likelihood of voting for the candidate. (MH)

Reports a study exploring the relative effects of three model variables (exhortations, practices and demands) and subjects' sex, on donation behaviors and evaluations of the model by 96 junior high school students. (BD/BR)

Investigation compared outcomes among a six-hour, one-session-only assertion training workshop model, a six-week one-hour session per week assertion training model, and a control group. (Author/PD)