A measure of positive affect using content analysis of verbal samples was devised and found to have satisfactory interjudge reliability. Normative data from five groups showed an association of positive affect levels with the situations subjects were undergoing. (Author)

Shows why self-concept is important in reading instruction, and why reading teachers should use effective classroom techniques to promote self-concept. (RL)

Shows that strategies designed to help students identify their personal values improved students' self-concepts and reading achievements. (RL)

Inadequacies of previous theoretical formulations of the concept of empathy are discussed. A comprehensive theory of empathy which considers the role of various cognitive, affective and social factors is postulated. (BD)

Career counselors are, in a sense, professional communicators. They help students acquire information, learn decision-making, express feelings, clarify values, identify skills, meet needs. To neglect the context in which the spoken word takes place is to ignore that part of the iceberg which lies beneath the surface. (Author)

A teacher is viewed as a person who consults with students and who facilitates learning and creativity. Identifying four meta-goals for the teaching-learning process, the paper presents classroom-school models, materials, books, and organizations that, in various ways, take into account these assumptions and meta-goals. (Author)

This paper explores some of the relationships between knowing, using and liking English as an additional language. Data was gathered from teachers and students in India, Indonesia and Israel. In predicting acquisition and use, non-attitudinal factors are primary whereas attitudinal factors are primary in predicting attitudes. (CFM)

Examined relative effectiveness of reflection of feeling and probe in eliciting self-referenced affect in a low-structured counseling situation. The sample was composed of 40 female volunteer subjects, randomly assigned to one of four treatment-experimenter groups. Both reflection of feeling and probe significantly increased client production of…

The question of "rights" is crucial to any group of institutionalized people as they feel they have lost their freedom. This group was developed to meet the needs of some angry, aggressive, acting out residents in the facility. It is clear that this discussion tapped some deep-rooted feelings and fears. (Author)

Explores children's perceptions of four aspects of marriage: expression of affection, companionship, tension, and marital power. (HOD)

To further practitioners' understanding of shyness, this review of research discusses (1) origins of shyness, (2) cognition and shyness, (3) situational factors affecting shy behavior, (4) social difficulties of shy children, (5) shyness and sex differences, (6) persistence of shyness, and (7) ways for caregivers to help the shy child. (RH)

A theoretical scheme classifies user behavior into three domains of library activity--affective, cognitive, and psychomotor--and three levels of learning--orientation, interaction, and internalization. Examples of library skills and errors in each of the nine major classes are given, and applications to library instruction are suggested.…

Fifty-one families responded to questionnaires on affective relations between parents and their adolescent children. On the basis of the pubertal status of their children, families were classified into prepubertal, transpubertal, or postpubertal groups. Results showed that differences in family relationships were due to the transformation of…

Examines differences in the amount of affectionate behavior that early childhood teachers expressed to individual children versus groups, and to female and male children. Teachers were found to express more affection to females than males, and to individuals than groups. (Author/BB)