This study was carried out in a Turkish university with 216 undergraduate students of computer technology as respondents. The study aimed to develop a scale (UECUBS) to determine the unethical computer use behavior. A factor analysis of the related items revealed that the factors were can be divided under five headings; intellectual property,…

Article focused on the relation of needs to life styles and an objective questionnaire, devised by Dr. Thorne, intended to measure Adlerian life styles. (Author/RK)

This study investigated Type A behavior in preschool children and its relation to cardiovascular reactivity. One hundred forty-four children from 3.5 to 6.5 years old were categorized by their teachers according to the Matthews Youth Test for Health (MYTH) as Type A, Mixed, or Type B. The children's pulse, pulse rate variability, and blood…

The booklet describes the Vulpe' Performance Analysis System (VPAS), a measure of a child's progress in developmental activities which provides a link to instructional programming. In the assessment stage the child's performance is scored according to how much and what type of assistance is required to perform the task. The scale ranges from no…

Precision teaching (PT) is an approach to the science of human behavior that focuses on precise monitoring of carefully defined behaviors in an attempt to construct an environmental analysis of that behavior and its controlling variables. A variety of subjects have been used with PT, ranging in academic objectives from beginning reading to college…

Research supported by Public Health Service Fellowship 1-F1-MH-30, 101-01A1 (MTLH), and based on a PhD dissertation (University of California, Berkeley, 1967)

To investigate the relationship between lead levels and behavioral problems in children, hair lead levels were compared in a group of children (N=26, mean age 10.73) judged by teachers to have behavioral problems with a control group (N=29, mean age 8.68) judged not to have behavioral problems. There were no significant differences between groups…

The relationship between a therapist's verbal and nonverbal communication of therapeutic effectiveness was investigated. In a design intended to eliminate many of the methodological problems which exist in this area of research, subjects (N=102) were asked to rate videotaped segments showing combinations of three different levels of both verbal…

CRITICAL INCIDENTS REFLECTING OUTSTANDINGLY EFFECTIVE BEHAVIOR IN STUDENT TEACHING OF HOME ECONOMICS WERE COLLECTED FROM COLLEGE SUPERVISORS, COOPERATING TEACHERS, AND STUDENT TEACHERS AND CATEGORIZED ACCORDING TO SPECIFIC BEHAVIORS, AND PROVIDED A BASIS FOR CONSTRUCTING A RATING SCALE FOR EVALUATING STUDENT TEACHING PERFORMANCE. THE CRITICAL…

THIS SERIES OF FIVE STUDIES EXAMINED THE NATURE AND ORGANIZATION OF NONTEST, ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT-RELATED, CLASSROOM BEHAVIORS FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 12TH GRADE, AND DEVELOPED RATING SCALES THAT A TEACHER CAN EMPLOY TO RELIABLY DESCRIBE THESE BEHAVIORS IN A STANDARD FASHION. RESEARCH INVOLVED NORMAL PUBLIC SCHOOL AND SPECIAL CLASS STUDENTS OF…

A TRANSCRIPTION WAS MADE OF A GROUP DISCUSSION CONDUCTED TO DEVELOP A SCALE FOR MAKING QUANTIFIED RATINGS OF THE INTERACTIONS OF STUDENT TEACHERS AND PUPILS AS OBSERVED FROM A FILM OF A 15-MINUTE LESSON PRESENTED BY THE STUDENT TEACHER. THE INTERACTIONS WERE TO BE JUDGED ON THE BASIS OF THE AMIDON-FLANDERS INTERACTION ANALYSIS SCALE, AND A NEW…

This study examined sex-role typing in older adults' interpretations of young children's behavior. Participants were 48 older adults averaging 64.7 years of age. Videotapes were made of the play behavior of each of two toddlers, a female and a male matched in body type, hair length, dress (plain tee shirt and shorts), and in the activities in…

This study proposes to (1) explore the responses of boys and girls at three age levels to several different barrier situations; (2) assess the personality correlates associated with barrier behavior; (3) evaluate covariance differences between the sexes; and (4) determine the relationship between barrier behaviors and sex-role typing. A total of…