Presents arguments for broadening the scope of clinical psychology to include religion more systematically in theories, research, and techniques, especially in relationship to personality and psychotherpay. Theistic belief systems must be seriously considered and conceptually integrated for counselors to be fully effective. (Author/BEF)

Data indicate that males are more willing than females to disclose to strangers and acquaintances, but females are more willing than males to disclose to intimates. Results suggest a tendency for men to avoid emotional intimacy with one another. (Author/BEF)

Vocal activity in spontaneous speech appears to alternate between regular periods of high and low activity. These cycles may be properties of social systems, internal cognitive rhythms, or physiological rhythms that affect readiness to initiate activity. (Author/RL)

An agenda-setting effect of the first Ford-Carter debate on college student viewers is demonstrated. Subjects who viewed the debate seem to have effected a synthesis between their personal priorities and the relative weight accorded issues in the debate. (JMF)

Supports the hypothesis that male leaders will receive higher ratings of alpha behavior than female leaders in mixed-sex groups, regardless of the females' ratings in same-sex groups. Points to linear male leadership patterns, while female patterns vary depending on the composition of the group. (RL)

Finds that the object concept scores of 104 infants were relatively independent of IQ and background variables, showing that object concept is the most stable developing function in infants and an accurate reflection of infant cognitive potential. (RL)

An examination of 70 male college freshmen's stories written to a cue designed to elicit fear of success imagery revealed greater fear of success in students whose friends were not interested in college. These results may be due to fears of disapproval or rejection by such friends. (RL)

Suggests that the same developmental trend of fears that appears in normal children appears in the retarded, and that these fears follow Piagetian theory, proceeding from egocentric perceptions of causality to realistic cause, and effect thinking. (RL)

Uses evidence from recent brain research to prove that many behavioral differences between men and women are based on biologically inherent differences in brain functioning. (CM)

Responds to criticisms of a 1978 research study on the relationship between interscholastic high school athletics and delinquent behavior. Suggests that the relationship needs more study and that criticisms of the research are not well founded in the academic tradition of the sociology of sports. (Author/DB)

Argues that the two most common interpretations of the Meadian "I" in George Herbert Mead's theory of social self have failed to place the concept within the context of Mead's philosophy of social behaviorism. Stresses also that Mead's theory of social behaviorist interpretation is applicable to sociological inquiry when it is properly…

Provides results consistent with a model of social cognition. Emphasizes the relative saliency of situational factors relating to deservedness in the sharing situation. (Author/RL)

Twenty-seven severely mentally retarded patients, all of whom manifested body-rocking in their normal ward environments, were systematically observed. (SBH)

A field study and a laboratory experiment were conducted to test the hypothesis that the method by which an attitude was formed is a crucial variable affecting attitude-behavior consistency. (Editor)

Examines the replication of a 1970 study and concludes that anti-female bias in humor is still present. (MH)