Investigates the amount and type of information sought during impression formation and concludes that information seeking is integral to uncertainty reduction in interpersonal interaction. (MH)

Compares the behavior of psychiatric patients in hospital and nonhospital settings. (Author/RK)

Reviews six current behavioral formulations of depression and proposes an integration of these theoretical positions into a single explanatory model. (Author/RK)

Assesses the impact of oral, receiver and written communication apprehension on classroom achievement and contends that oral and receiver communication apprehension have a significant negative effect on achievement. (MH)

Assesses the impact of critical extemporaneous commentary following the major television presentation of "The Selling of the Pentagon" and concludes that immediate analysis tends to diminish program effectiveness and reflect negatively on the person responsible for the analysis. (MH)

Investigates the development of politeness in speech in preschool children as it relates to their I.Q., chronological age, social adjustment, and social class and concludes that such behavior relates to their social sensitivity toward adult expectations. (MH)

Recounts a study designed to test the hypothesis that communication satisfaction is multidimensional rather than unidimensional and to determine how individual dimensions relate to global job satisfaction. Notes research findings and implications for organizational functioning. (MH)

"Five roles are considered by which systematic, quantified field research can augment controlled laboratory experimentation in terms of increasing the validity of laboratory studies." Advocates that comparative psychologists should "take more initiative in designing, executing, and interpreting our experiments with regard to the natural history of…

This article recounts the founding of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (TASH) in the context of the history of teaching children with severe disabilities. The role of the Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children consent decree and the contributions of applied behavior analysis are stressed. (DB)

Argues that the key distinction of a situated approach to studying intelligent behavior is not the method used but the focus of the investigation, specifically the unit of analysis. Discusses contemporary approaches to assessment, collaborative problem solving as an assessment context, situated assessment, intentional dynamics, and interaction as…

Identifies four dominant strands in the recent literature on adults and children developing play together: socio-cultural, adversarial, child development, and nomad-academic. Explores each strand and analyzes areas of agreement and disagreement to see if any reconciliations can be made across differences. Asserts that each strand is important in…