This book explores the significance of person-centered thinking for leadership in education. Section 1 describes why it is important for school leaders to understand how people's belief systems drive their personal and professional behavior. Section 2 focuses on the need for school leaders to understand how and why people respond to, or resist,…

A study used the seven elements of B. D. Ruben's Intercultural Behavioral Assessment Indices (IBAI) to investigate the concept of intercultural communication competence. Subjects, 149 foreign students enrolled in a large midwestern university in the United States, completed five questionnaires designed to measure the seven elements of the IBAI…

These facilitator's skill packets contain 12 units on skills needed for dealing with stress: (1) making a complaint; (2) answering a complaint; (3) sportsmanship after the game; (4) dealing with embarrassment; (5) dealing with being left out; (6) standing up for a friend; (7) responding to persuasion; (8) responding to failure; (9) dealing with…

This book contains a set of activities designed to help elementary school students learn the skills of tutoring, leading, and cooperating. The training activities presented in this book are intended to help students with their interpersonal relationships, as well as prepare them for a variety of helping roles. An introductory section defines the…

A study (one of a series) sought to identify interpersonal events related to implicit communication. Implicit communication is defined as nonverbal behavior which serves to transmit "subintended" information. The study explored whether interpersonal roles which account for part of the process of nonverbal communication (and which were…

The power of beauty has been contemplated by writers, poets, and philosophers for centuries. The link between the target physical attractiveness and perceived social influence effectiveness has not been directly and systematically investigated. The goal of this study was to assess whether physically attractive (versus unattractive) individuals are…

This book presents content-oriented activities for grades 7-12 designed to promote self-esteem. The first chapter presents the objectives and philosophy of this book. The second chapter presents the theoretical concepts as well as empirical data relative to the social development of adolescents. The third chapter deals with ways in which teachers…

This pamphlet, an Alaska career information system high school planner and career guide, was developed for use with middle and early high school youth. This planning tool (1) introduces the relationship between high school courses and postsecondary plans; (2) outlines for the student the Alaska state minimum high school graduation requirements;…

This document describes the Experiential Leadership Development (ExLD) Program, a program designed to emphasize leadership and interpersonal skill development for undergraduate students. The program offers a comprehensive program of leadership and interpersonal skill development through academic coursework, leadership seminars, and practical…

A study used a paradigm in which adults believed they were teaching a simple video game to an unseen child. In fact, the adults saw computer-generated responses that were modeled on actual child behavior. Subjects were 160 mothers, who were randomly assigned to view simulations of either responsive or unresponsive behavior. The simulations of…

Four experiments investigating the effects of physical and social variables on the production of pointing in infants 10 to 18 months old are described. In the first two experiments, which were primarily concerned with the relation between reaching and index finger pointing, physical dimensions such as distance between baby and target objects were…

This paper reviews research on childhood depression and its relation to developmental processes, family functioning, academic performance, and peer relationships. The methodological strengths and weaknesses of the research are examined. A section on developmental perspectives looks at early childhood, school age children, and adolescence. Support…

The curriculum, developed by Project SISS (Systematic Instruction of Social Skills) in Des Moines, Iowa, contains about 100 lessons for use with mildly mentally handicapped children at primary, intermediate, junior high, and senior high levels. The social skill lessons were developed along an age related, expanding milieu concept and include the…

Fignting behavior in young children was investigated in a sample of 96 first- and second-grade children from 14 classrooms in two suburban schools. A fight (or "conflict episode") was defined as a sequence of interchanges between two children in which child A attempts to influence child B's behavior, child B resists, and child A…

Detailed suggestions concerning activities designed to involve adult students in the course during its 10 sessions are presented. (AG)