This article labels some types of general group silence in group counseling and offers some techniques which have been found useful in dealing with these silences. (Author)

The authors describe and illustrate a procedure through which the effectiveness and efficiency of intervention can be measured objectively by the practitioner. (Author)

This article reviews literature and experimental research that has illuminated and developed the idea of teamwork. The implication of this research for team practice is that the team can deal more effectively with complex problems and that group interaction offers something in addition to pooled responses. (Author)

Photographs were taken of a male and a female in two eye positions: looking straight into the camera and looking downward. Job interviewers (N=44) in an employment agency were randomly assigned to one of the four photographs. Findings indicate eye contact is a determinant of the decision to hire. (Author)

How a principal operates and functions as the leader of a school is based on complex interactions. What these are and how they affect the principal are described. Concludes that principals will continue to have major roles in tomorrow's schools. (Editor/RK)

Investigates the interaction between a model's head turn and an observer's perception of being looked at, as a function of the model's visible eye. (Author/RK)

Interventions of family therapy trainees (N=19) with a videotaped simulated family and with families they were treating were coded. Evidence suggests the frequency with which family therapists trained in the dynamic interactional approach use interpretation might predict their success with families otherwise likely to terminate treatment…

Psychodynamically (n=19) and behaviorally (n=21) trained clinicians observed a taped interview. Half were told the interviewee was a job applicant, and half were told the interviewee was a patient. Judges rated the clinicians' descriptions of the interviewee according to the locus of the problem on a scale from person to situation based. (Author)

The effects of therapist sex, client sex, and client pathology on treatment goals formulated by practicing psychotherapists were investigated. Practicing male and female psychotherapists recommended treatment goals for either two male or two female pseudoclients who differed in their presenting pathology, which was severe and clearly defined.…

This study investigated the feelings and concerns of 64 elderly persons, as revealed by a projective instrument, in relation to number and sex of siblings. The number and proportion of female siblings were found to have a greater influence than male siblings on the elderly's feelings and concerns. (Author)

This study investigated the relationship between children's response to the colors black and white and their interracial behavior. Subjects were 20 black and white male and female preschoolers. The children were observed in a free play situation on a playground. Color preference and attitudes were measured in three different ways. (MS)

This study ascertained whether significant differences in levels of the counselor offered necessary and sufficient conditions of client-centered counseling can occur when the one-to-one relationship is ethnically different compared with the counseling relationship which counselor and client are of the same ethnic identify. Race was not an…

The study examined gains in problem solving and interpersonal skills as a result of a systematic training procedure based upon the Carkuff (HRD) model. Significant gains were found in both the problem solving and interpersonal areas when the training in that area was preceded by systematic training in the opposite area. (Author)

This exploratory study examines relative effects of individual, client, and organizational characteristics on stereotypes of the aged held by nursing home administrators. Data from 45 administrators suggest client characteristics may be more important than personal or organizational dimensions in explaining variation in perceptions of the aged.…

An experimental program for rehabilitating people convicted of driving while intoxicated was studied to determine how personally responsible behavior could be encouraged. The authors attribute the program's success to the egalitarian atmosphere in which staff members dealt with clients. (Author)