This study focuses on children's reflectiveness about their drawings, and on the effect of other children's presence on the drawer's verbalizations about the drawing process and product. It was hypothesized that children would talk more about their representational efforts in the presence of other children, and that planning and evaluative or…

The continuity of play styles of preschool children over a 1-year period was observed and related to teacher and peer reinforcement patterns influenced by sex stereotypes. Sixty-seven children, aged 18 months to 58 months, were observed in a natural setting using a behavior checklist consisting of 33 child behavior categories and 15 teacher- and…

A study to determine the reason(s) for the change to the left of political attitudes of students between their freshman and senior years found that the role of the professor and other factors cannot be totally discounted, but that fellow students probably played the greatest role. (Author/EB)

The purpose of this questionnaire survey of more than 1500 Soviet adolescents, aged 14 to 20, was to clarify the important and meaningful criteria for teenage friendships and to describe actual forms and psychosocial functions of these friendships. Results suggest adolescent friendship is not losing its significance or its exclusiveness. (Author)

Examines longitudinal sociometric data on adolescent friendship pairs, friends-to-be, and former friends in order to assess homophily on four attributes: (1) frequency of current marijuana use, (2) level of educational aspirations, (3) political orientation, and (4) participation in minor delinquency. The finding that socialization of peers is…

Peer reinforcement, modeling, and cooperative programing arrangements are among the strategies described which involve peers in modifying the behavior problems of classmates. (CL)

Participants in a faculty development program increased their use of instructional technologies compared to a larger sample of nonparticipating members. The participants also contacted a large number of colleagues to discuss instructional matters, which resulted in increased awareness and influenced attitudes of others, though they resulted in…

Adult audiences' attentiveness to and evaluation of various sources of information were examined in this study. Personal sources of information were evaluated more highly by adults interested in pursuing higher education than those not interested; mass media information sources were not evaluated differently by the two groups. (Author/LBH)

A comprehensive peer-instructional system, was developed to provide leaders for small discussion groups in undergraduate college course. The program's structure and function is outlined. Presented at the Indiana Council on Family Relations, Muncie, Indiana, February 18, 1975. (Author)

A one-year project on birth control education that used students as birth control educators was initiated to increase student awareness of the need for contraception. Support for this method of disseminating information was demonstrated. The project facilitated student use of the Gynecological Clinic of the Student Health Center. (Author)

A number of ways are suggested in which peer pressure may be used to influence personal behaviors of group members. (MJB)

This article explores two methods of peer counseling used in high schools. The open model of counseling, or students trained to help other students, is described. (Author/DF)

A study was conducted to determine what positive or negative implications drug abuse education for former drug abusers had on the university sponsoring the program. Results are discussed. (DF)

The effects of peer interaction and incentive structures on achievement were measured by a criterion-reference test. Subjects were 106 bank employees who were taught to read the bank's annual report. Results indicated that peer interaction has a significant effect on learning. (CH)

Investigated the roles parental and peer informal control structures play in predicting adolescent alcohol use and abuse, using data from high school students (N=345). Suggests that "youth world" and "adult world" control structures are predictive of adolescents' orientations toward alcohol, though generally in different…