Adolescents' agreement with parental standards and beliefs about the legitimacy of parental authority and their own obligation to obey were used to predict adolescents' obedience, controlling for parental monitoring, rules, and rule enforcement. Hierarchical linear models were used to predict both between-adolescent and within-adolescent,…

A look at two areas of research in group dynamics: Individual behavior conformity to certain pressures of group processes, and the "risky shift phenomenon," which theorizes that the group tends to be a more dynamic and venturesome unit than does the individual acting alone. (Author/HB)

Three samples of elementary school children were interviewed to test the hypothesis that cooperativeness and affective perspective-taking are positively correlated. The results indicated that such a correlation does exist, but no evidence was found concerning the direction of the relationship. (JMB)

To a large extent adolescent hypocrisy is a function of those expectations of adults and peers which conflict with the adolescent's own feelings and desires. Several different forms of adolescent hypocrisy are distinguished and the factors which induce them are described. (Editor)

Author sought for some time to unscramble the Thoreauvian myth in the light of Walden's history as a classic and in this article he has revised a lecture he made on the subject of the real motives for Thoreau's visit to Walden Pond. (Author/RK)

Examines some predictions of social learning theory for the development of peer-oriented social behaviors of infants. (Author/SB)

Studies quantitative and qualitative aspects of the social behavior of autistic children and primary school children, using an ethological method. (NH)

A comparison of motive statements in the notes of suicides and motive statements elicited from a nonsuicidal group reveals a measure of motive standardization. The findings promote viewing suicide motives as social constructions learned in interaction which permit the individual and others to assign meaning and acceptability to the suicidal act.…

Examined the relationship between reminiscence, level of activity, and morale in 73 elderly women. Results showed reminiscence was not positively related to morale or negatively related to activity level, and did not mediate between the two, suggesting that reminiscence is a correlate of, not a substitute for, social activity. (JAC)

Found support for the hypothesis that subjective-expected utility (the degree to which expected consequences of a behavior when considered together by the individual are perceived as either more positive or more nagative) accounts for the fact that male adolescents drink more beer than females. (CMG)

In order to test the practicality of non-zero sum games for analyzing children's social behavior, the classic Prisoners' Dilemna Game performance were compared for institutionalized and home-reared boys. (DP)

Some comments on the Surgeon General's report on the impact of televised violence on children. (AK)

The author maintains that research dealing with the impact on children of violence on television is too often a substitute for action. (AK)