Projects a greater degree of success in developing management abilities in trainees by modifying and controlling human behavior. (EK)

Briefly discusses research done during the 1960's. (CJ)

Comments on article by Ray E. Hosford in same issue. Presents several brief case accounts to indicate that behaviorists' explanations of techniques often do not do justice to their practice, suggesting advisability of doing as behaviorists do, not as they say. (Author/CJ)

Rewritten and shortened version of presentation given at a symposium of the American Psychological Association meeting, New York, New York, 1966. (MS)

Paper is based on a dissertation submitted to Brown University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Ph.D. degree in Psychology, June, 1966.

Based on author's doctoral dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (JJ)

A review of 42 controlled treatment studies suggests that several intervention strategies have produced positive effects. These strategies include operant procedures, structuring of activity and play material, symbolic modeling, coaching, and peer socialization. However, studies have generally failed to determine the durability of treatment…

Self-reinforcement by 74 children of age five years for asking questions in a small group with one trainer, then in a large group with another person, showed that self-reinforcing children had learned to ask questions but the behavior did not transfer to the new situation. (Author)

The literature review classifies reported sources of negative attitudes toward the disabled into 13 psychodynamic and sociological categories and stresses the difficulty of quickly changing such negative attitudes. (MC)

Technology has been used to measure visual acuity with the severely or profoundly mentally retarded child. The following categories of technology have been used for assessment: the recording of visual fixation within the habituation paradigm; equipment to measure eye movements and pursuits; operant techniques; and electrodiagnostic techniques…