Most researchers explain the attractiveness-personality link in terms of a simple self-fulfilling prophecy model: a person's good looks evoke a "Beauty is Good" stereotype that causes positive treatment by others, which, in turn, causes the target to develop a "good personality." An alternative conceptual framework expands on the current implicit…

The study tests the efficacy of social meta-cognitive training for enhancing social competence in 34 learning disabled (LD) and 35 non LD low achieving incarcerated delinquents. Ss were randomly assigned to treatment, attention control and test-only control groups. Overt social behavior measures were examined in a pretest-posttest control group…

To make integration of severely handicapped students successful, efforts should be carried out jointly by regular and special educators and include programs for both regular and special education students. Suggestions are provided for developing and implementing curricular interventions, structured interaction activities, and social skill…

Little is known about the implications of individual differences in privacy preferences. To explore the relationship between privacy preferences and the style and quality of social interaction in a first encounter, 77 of 320 college students completing the Privacy Preference Scale were grouped according to their low (20 male, 20 female) or high…

The study investigated intrapersonal and interpersonal behaviors and events in self-injurious disabled persons (2-22 years old). The study involved four components: (1) a survey of 82 Ss using the self-injurious behavior (SIB) Perception Questionnaire, Antecedent/Consequent Card Sort, and the American Association on Mental Deficiency Adaptive…

Sixty-five competitive employers (44 males and 21 females) were interviewed regarding their perceptions of specific career/vocational skills needed by handicapped people for successful employment. All employers had experience with handicapped workers and held supervisory and managerial positions at their employment site. Employers were distributed…

A teacher of behaviorally disordered children notes the unease which members of her profession feel towards therapy and urges that principles of psychotherapy be reexamined for possible incorporation into instruction. Four premises are addressed: (1) that excluding counseling and psychotherapeutic interventions limits the helping role of teachers;…

The paper describes a special education tutoring approach to maladjusted pupils in the Israeli Kibbutz. Following an overview of the Kibbutz way of life and the characteristics of maladjusted children, the paper examines ways in which the environment can be reorganized to minimize conflicts and help pupils grow up in a more cordial atmostphere.…

The development of a child's social awareness is reflected in, and in part accomplished through, requests. Requests for action and information--such as the assistance of another, typically older person--require an important set of linguistic and social skills. Re-requests become necessary when the initial request is ignored or not adequately…

An admissions model was developed that included standardized intellective and nonintellective variables. It was found that linear combinations of grade point average, quality of undergraduate college, major area of study, and recommendations and work experience were generally unrelated to pre- or post-training ratings of empathy, respect, and…

Examines the factor structure of ratings made with Carkhuff's revised scales of facilitative conditions. The general assumption has been that these counselor characteristics were discrete counselor variables; however, this study suggests that at least two of the variables are closely related aspects of the same underlying quality. (Author/PC)

In a national sample of school districts, it was found that civil rights activity and white community concern increases school-governor sensitivity to racial problems and the likelihood of corrective action. (Author/KM)

College classrooms are rich in experiences from which students can learn about their own interpersonal interactions. (HMD)

Two constructs of behavior, interpersonal sensitivity and interpersonal strength, are separately examined, revealing that they are multidimensional and bear some relationship to each other. Significant for teachers is the idea that making contact with a learner is a matter of reading his/her behavior, "decoding" it to understand the…