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Knoche, Claire Fulenwider – 1977
The analysis of 1972 data on political participation levels of 629 women investigates the impact of feminism on the political attitudes and behavior of its supporters, and the direction of that impact. Feminism is interpreted as a social movement which combines a focus upon individual change with political and systemic change. Major hypotheses…
Descriptors: Activism, Behavioral Science Research, Comparative Analysis, Females
Meggitt, P. H. – 1977
In the form of a diary, an educational consultant describes the highlights of three months of organizational development at an Australian high school. The intervention involved staff, administrators, teachers, students, and parents in the goal of improving the quality of life and learning at the school. Change strategies are described and the…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Change Strategies, Conflict Resolution, Consultants
Army War Coll., Carlisle Barracks, PA. – 1975
The collection of five monographs focuses on the idea of reciprocity as expressed through an informal "contract" between the individual and the organization, and examines specifically that portion of the contract that involves the individual leader, his superior, and his subordinates. The basic idea is that the individual leader at any…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Theories, Behavioral Science Research, Demography
McLean, James; Raymore, Sandra – 1972
This publication reports on research which has investigated phoneme acquisition and carry-over in a programmatic fashion. This research began with investigations of the effect of an extension of stimulus control of new phoneme responses through a systematic operant procedure. After quantifying the effect of such procedures in terms of stimulus…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Stimuli, Behavior Change
Gordon, Ruby D. – 1974
To determine the effects of videorecording experience on the communication process in community college sophomore nursing students, 20 students were randomly assigned to two groups. One group received 90-minute sessions of videorecording/feedback experience twice weekly for five weeks. The control group was not exposed to the experimental…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research
Champoux, Joseph E. – 1975
"Compensatory" and "spillover" models have described the two basic relationships individuals form between work and nonwork experiences. The assembly line worker seeking compensation in nonwork activities for deadening work exemplifies the first. A person whose nonwork activities are an extension of work experiences exemplifies the second. The…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Behavioral Science Research, Classification, Individual Characteristics
Burnett, Jacquetta H. – 1972
Cultural event analysis assists traditional social science methodologies--ethnographies and survey instruments--in the study of urban life. Testing a hypothesis--that educational problems arise and persist for Puerto Rican youth because of contrast, contrariety, and noncomplementarity between the cultural forms and patterns of their home life and…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Classroom Observation Techniques, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context
Lewis, Michael, Ed.; Rosenblum, Leonard A., Ed. – 1974
This book, the first in a series on development and behavior of human infants and animals, contains a collection of articles dealing with the significance of the interaction between mother and infant and the subtle contributions that each makes to the other in shaping their ongoing dyadic behavior. It emphasizes that the infant is no mere passive…
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research
National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. – 1969
The Committee on Social and Behavioral Urban Research was asked to advise the Housing and Urban Development Department (HUD) on elements of its long-range research and development program (R & D). Federal, state, and local governments have had access to only small amounts of relevant social and behavioral science knowledge or small numbers of…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Community Organizations, Community Study, Data Analysis
Roberts, William B.
The study presents the results of testing an original obersvation instrument designed to identify a power elite in multiple sessions of two eight-member adult discussion groups. Two questions guided the development of the study: (1) Can a power elite be identified in participation training groups? (2) Can an effective observation instrument with…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Decision Making, Evaluation Methods
Moore, Raymond S. – 1973
This paper challenges those involved in early childhood education to reexamine unquestioned assumptions concerning the benefits of early schooling. A synergic effect is posited by bringing together research areas that had formerly remained somewhat autonomous: Neurophysiology, vision, hearing, parent attitudes, affective domain, comparative school…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavioral Science Research, Child Development, Cognitive Development
Koskenniemi, Matti; Holopainen, Pentti – 1973
An attempt to record what pupils think and feel during the instructional process is the basis of this investigation of pupils' goal-related behavior. Two experiments are described that analyze what fourth grade pupils can tell about their activities during the instructional period when they are aided by an immediate videotape replay. These…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Classification, Classroom Environment
Capelle, Guy C.; And Others – 1971
This report describes initial steps taken in a research project aimed at gaining insight into the nature of effective foreign language teaching. Two systems for observing and describing classroom behavior of teachers and students were developed in this experiment. These systems were used to observe university-level French classes. Data collected…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, College Programs, Computer Oriented Programs, Cost Effectiveness
Owens, William A. – 1970
A conceptual model of individual assessment through the use of biodata responses with minimal input information is outlined. The process is considered especially applicable to industrial psychology. A scored autobiographical data form, which measures the individual's past behavior and experiences, provides for assignment to a specific subgroup…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Biographical Inventories, Cluster Grouping
Robinson, John P.; And Others – 1968
This handbook is a compilation and evaluation of 95 attitude scales for survey research. An introductory chapter outlines the fifteen chapters, discusses the background and rationale of the project, and details the major criteria for scale construction used to evaluate the scales reviewed in the volume. Chapter 2 contains a historical summary of…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Behavioral Science Research, Democratic Values, Hostility
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