Three separate laboratory studies were conducted to determine the conditions under which a person reciprocates a past favor and retaliates a past harm. The first study utilized the framework of equity theory (Adams, 1965) and predicted that when faced with inequity due to the generosity or stinginess of another, one means of reducing the inequity…

Five questionnaires were administered to a group of subjects on two separate occasions. The principal concerns were the following: (1) to find evidence for the existence of stable (i.e., over testings) circular triads, (2) To investigate the appropriateness of the additive difference model, if such stable circularities are found, and (3) If such…

Discusses the practice of maintaining separation between the experimenter and the subjects during scientific experiments and suggests that the dialectical interdependence between them is the very basis upon which psychological inquiries should rest. Some practical and theoretical remedies are explored. (JMB)

Briefly reviews the contributions of several psychological researchers whose work represents four major approaches to organizational research, focusing primarily on the organizational theories of Bion, Miller and Rice, and Levinson. (JG)

The article summarizes the ten recommendations of the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research regarding ethical considerations involved in using children as experimental subjects. Journal availability: see EC 111 045. (DLS)

Assuming that McLeish's (CJE, v.1, n.4, 1976) preference for the Skinnerian variant of behaviorism is a correct scientific approach the author criticizes an implicit assumption of his research, i.e., whether or not behaviorism is under siege. (Author/RK)

Attempts to show that many early adolescent behaviors which adults attribute to bad motives, derive instead from intellectual immaturity as described by Piaget. The apparent hypocrisy of adolescents is often a failure to distinguish between the expression of an ideal and its pragmatic realization. Piaget helps shift a whole new set of behaviors…

A study of the frequency of looking both ways before crossing a street revealed that both males and females tend to look both ways more often when accompanied by juveniles than when alone, and that when males and females are together, males look both ways more often than do females. (Author/MA)

Argues that human behavior cannot be understood without considering the cultural, political and economic dimensions of life. Attention is drawn to numerous erroneous conclusions drawn by behaviorists, with specific reference to the study of childhood and early adolescence. Contends that some of the richest sources are films, short stories and art…

Level of public affairs knowledge was clearly related to understanding of attribution and tendency to see "leaks" as positive. (KS)

Maternal stimulation during infanct feeding was compared for groups of 4-month-old bottle-fed and breast-fed, normal and high-risk infants. (JMB)

This paper questions the assumption that a central processing deficit exists in the speed of performing mental operations by children as compared to adults. Two hypotheses are proposed and data are cited as evidence. (JMB)

The effect of shape of frame on orientation discriminations was investigated for 56 preschool children. (JMB)