A counselor social reinforcement scale, based on the verbal conditioning model and the assumption that approval is a basic interpersonal reinforcer, and a counselor persuasion scale, based on the assumption that counselor conviction and client agreement with the counselor are the central aspects of counselor persuasiveness, were devised.…

This is the first half of a dissertation about a method of predicting the learning time required for tasks consisting of manual skills and is mainly concerned with the fields of production, production planning, and operator training. The article will be continued in the December issue. (Author/MS)

The purpose of this work was to obtain further information as to the practicality of behavior modification procedures in the classroom. (Author/RK)

Management procedures were successfully employed to decrease the frequency with which first-grade children left small instructional centers. Observations made on the percent of the children's appropriate social and academic behaviors showed increases during the modification conditions. Also, the time the teacher spent in responding to…

Author attempted to relate research in the area of musical studies with Leon Kamin's research with animals. The experiment with human subjects set out to measure the presentation of auditory stimuli without punishment as an indication of memorization processes. (RK)

Assessment of disturbed children and their parents in a natural setting, and procedures designed to divide interaction into fine components are basic in the behavioral approach to child and family therapy. (ST)

The relative weakness of sex-role labels as reinforcers, and the disappearance of differential effectiveness of male and female labels at the fourth-grade level would appear to be congruent with Kohlberg's (1966) cognitively based theory of sex-role acquisition. (Authors)

Reported was an experimental training program to teach eating skills to 11 profoundly retarded (average IQ 15) institutionalized adults by means of reinforcement principles applied to three 15 minute mini-meals daily. (DB)

Peer reaction on the elementary education level was shown to be effective in reducing disruptive behaviors. (Author/CB)

Several psychological theories are discussed in consideration of the question of what events or processes mediate the influence of environments (behavior settings) on behavior. (Author/MB)