Treatment by mail effected positive change in self reported procrastination and distraction for students who had relatively better study skills. The treatment produced no effect on grades. (Author)

A token economy program established for psychiatric patients compared them to a control group on ward behavior, rating scales, participation in instrumental role activities, self care behavior and extra hospital visits. Results indicated improvement on ward behavior rating scales and greater participation in instrumental role activities for…

Ideas judged to be significant for the future development of special education are considered: learning disabilities and the problem of definition, preschool and infant education, language development, behavior modification approach, and attention as a critical process. The interrelationships between general and special education and basic and…

A language development program for a 6-year-old boy with limited language development combined an operant approach in the foster home, where both parents were speech clinicians, and daily 3-hour therapy sessions at a university speech and hearing clinic. (KW)

Guidelines from behavioral science theories vs those from experience for effecting managerial style changes. (RA)

Approach described derives from social exchange theory as developed by Thibaut and Kelley, and states that successful therapist must provide client with a series of experiences of low hedonic outcome first to block disordered behavior and then to induce client into new behaviors with which he needs construct revising experiences. Presented at…

Compared effectiveness of two counseling approaches in increasing the frequency of verbal assertive responses. A homogeneous sample of students was divided into matched pairs and randomly assigned to the social learning and behavior rehearsal treatments and to a control group. Results indicated that the treatment groups produced significantly more…

Results indicated a significant difference between advanced groups and beginning groups and between pre and posttest measures in a direction perceived as desirable by authorities in the field. (Author)

Comment on article by Ray E. Hosford in same issue. Supports Hosford in general, but indicates limitations such as the lack of integration, lack of a plan for psychodiagnosis, and failure to translate more of the psychological theory into a set of concrete guidelines for use in counseling. (Author)

Comparisons between trained and untrained teachers demonstrated that trained teachers were substantially higher in teacher approval following appropriate student behavior and much lower in frequency of disapproval directed toward inappropriate student behavior, and they had no errors of approval or disapproval. Inappropriate student behavior was…

Part three of the five-part series on leadership in which author describes effective channeling of self-concept as one of the principles of perceptual psychology which can promote good leadership. (Editor/IR)

Systematic application of positive reinforcement principles can be a powerful tool for teachers in the classroom setting. (NH)

Females entering as freshman at the University of Iowa were tested during orientation and again as seniors. Results indicate a decrease in dogmatism, increase in interpersonal competence, and in increase in selectivity regarding preferred occupations. (CJ)