Raises the need to reexamine Piaget's model of development in terms of its capacity to incorporate instances of cognitive regression into the structural framework of the theory. (CS)

This present experiment studied the situational determinants of moral evaluations. Specifically, it aimed at identifying some characteristics of the context in which an immoral act is imbedded as they affect its appraisal by an uninvolved observer. (Author/RK)

The present research is an attempt to test ideas in an analogy to a situation in which a person is labeled deviant for violating a social norm. (Author/RK)

This study confirmed the prediction that members of a dyad, whose work inputs are equal, endeavor to divide their joint reward equally. Results also suggested that outcomes intentionally produced by relevant others are included in the computation of equity, while unintentional outcomes are ignored. (Author/KM)

Study not only discovered an association between the value orientations of parents and the generosity of their children but also discovered that when value orientation was held constant, there was no difference in generosity that could be attributed to the parents' discipline emphasis. (Authors)

This article focuses upon the role of decision-making in the schools as a vehicle for drug abuse prevention. Decision-making is examined as a process that may be structured to make learning meaningful and give youngsters the skills and resources necessary to face up to the social pressures involved in the spread of drug abuse. (Author)

Curriculums for global survival can be prepared and taught in American Public Schools. (Authors/Ja)

Opposition to the Vietnam war has been manifested both in university protest actions and in cross-section public opinion surveys. The protests and disenchantments of the two groups have sharply different characteristics--the findings of this study suggest a distinction between moral criticism of the goals and nature of the war and pragmatic…

Success in statescraft will depend on a delicate balance of moral rejuvenation and suasion on the one side, and reasonable law enforcement on the other. (DM)

In this paper the results of a survey conducted by the Social Research Group on drug use are discussed. Parent and student attitudes on drugs are compared. (RK)

A classificatory model of collective behavior based upon perceptual dimensions was proposed. The four major dimensions found to underlie a domain of collective phenomena were identified as: (a) Violence, (b) Amorphous-Focused, (c) Anomie, and (d) Ideology. Potentially predictive aspects of the system were examined briefly. (Author)

Results did not support previous work suggesting large amounts of communication failure in the spontaneous talk of 4-year-old children. (Author)

Discusses the probable de-emphasis of citizenship education and the resulting increase in studies of human behavior that enable people to participate in a global society. (JF)