Female subjects were asked to evaluate either an attractive or unattractive male stimulus person under one of the three experimental conditions; while listening to avant-garde, rock music, or no music at all. Responding on the Interpersonal Judgement Scale (IJS: Byrne, 1971) and a seven-point physical attractiveness scale, subjects indicated more…

This paper discusses the effects of personal response on both the research and the teaching of language and literature. Two studies are presented which show how personal response affects interpretive judgment. In addition, a study of classroom responses to literature is compared to a study of language, indicating that personal motivations preface…

Investigated the separate and interactive effects of a model's affective response and anticipated consequences of third and fourth grade children's imitative and nonimitative play behaviors. (ED)

The group was begun to serve a narrowly defined and particularly vulnerable client-- the child grieving for a deceased parent. The author discusses recruiting participants and the group process of dealing with this specific emotional problem. Reactions of young people and the community are mentioned. (Author/BW)

The author discusses the development and manifestation of empathy in children. A three component model of empathy, involving cognitive and affective elements, is proposed. (Author/HMV)

A review of existing stress and coping models and an analysis of the distress caused by childhood cancer suggest that a broader conceptualization of coping that includes "pleasure management" is needed. Presently, successful coping is identified as the employment of strategies which allow the individual to adapt to stress. Traditional…

Issues related to children's ability to conceal their immediate emotional experiences by displaying alternate socially or personally motivated facial expressions are discussed. Four basic categories of dissimulation of emotional experience are specified, and motives for the use of cultural and personal display rules and direct deception are posed.…

Black female prisoners' perceptions of their separation from their children were examined. A 100-item questionnaire, using a Transactional Analytical approach, and eight cards from the Separation-Attachment Apperception Test (SAAT) were administered to female prisoners. Prisoners were residents of a Federal and a State penal institution.…

This study of the reading process was written by a librarian for other librarians in order to explore what happens as the end result of the librarian's job, the meeting of a person and a book. A model of the reading act is constructed which makes the reader the subject rather than the receiver, as in the communications model of "transmitter…

Suggestology is the scientific study of the psychology of suggestion and Suggestopedia in the application of relaxation and suggestion techniques to learning. The approach applied to learning processes (called Suggestopedic) developed by Dr. Georgi Lozanov (called the Lozanov Method) utilizes mental and physical relaxation, deep breathing,…

This paper discusses change and development of student attitudes, especially in reading, and several alternative methods which are available for measurement and observation of change in attitudes. Important considerations for the reading teacher who is interested in developing student attitudes include establishing a positive environment which…

An evaluation model was applied to three experimental modes of counseling. They were compared on the basis of three interviews with respect to their affects on behavior, moods, and feelings about counseling. Mode 1 counselors guided counselees in making their own plans for coping with problems. Mode 2 counselors suggested specific actions. Mode 3…

This study investigated the relationship between English teachers' knowledge of and attitude toward behavioral objectives. A questionnaire was given to 134 English teachers in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Four conclusions were drawn from the study: (1) no statistically significant relationship existed between the teachers' knowledge of and…

Six separate pieces of information comprise this packet of background material on the National Instructional Television Center (NIT). Two brief descriptive statements provide an overview of the history and current operation of NIT and a summary of the consortium concept as it has been utilized by the Center to produce three series of…