Concludes that the skin color of Negroes is only a strong predictor of anti-white system" feelings among working-class and lower-class persons, those with no social contacts with whites, and those who feel powerless to exert control through institutional channels. (DM)

The cognitive learning of children is explored in four studies: (1) Alphabet Reading, (2) Learning Reading Units and Classical Concept Formation, (3) Counting Learning and Counting Learning Mediated by Verbal-Response Chains, and (4) Writing Learning, Imitation, and the Cognitive-Learning Acceleration. (NH)

A slightly revised version of a paper presented at Central States Speech Association Conference (Chicago, April 11, 1970). (Editor/RD)

Reports two studies regarding the role of drive and incentive in the acquisition of attitudes toward persons present when rewards were made. (MB)

Observes that different kinds of observational sets may elicit different empathic responses from the observers, and that these responses can influence the observers' subsequent willingness to be helpful. (MB)

Presents research showing that balanced situations involving a negative interpersonal bond are preferred to unbalanced situations if the prospect of future interaction is eliminated. Bibliography and tables. (JB)

Shows that guilt, rather than sympathy or a desire to make restitution, is the dominant factor in bringing about compliance to a request. Bibliography and tables. (JB)

Examines the willingness of 11, 12, and 13-year-olds to report and identify a guilty peer. Type of interrogation condition and status of the guilty peer influenced the child's willingness to give information. Bibliography and tables. (JB)

Presents an experiment showing that naive trainers tend to allow factors such as task difficulty and competence of the trainee to affect the kind of reinforcement administered. Bibliography, tables, and graphs. (JB)