Examines the influence of the size and sex composition of groups on their spatial arrangements. Additional concerns involve the examination of the relationships between group size and satisfaction, and the possible identification of predictors of satisfaction in groups. (Author)

Presents a model of interaction and considers the implications of part of that model for intervention processes in T-group training. (Author)

Examines the relationship between patterns of communication (in groups) and group outcomes. Specifically, it attempts to reveal contrasts in the structure of communication between groups whose consensual outcomes are dissimilar. (Author/HMV)

Drawings of one man at four ages, 20, 40, 60, 80 were presented to 180 children (preschool-sixth grade) in a structured interview situation in order to assess knowledge of and attitudes toward age and the elderly. Development of the concept of old follows a cognitive-developmental sequence. (Author)

Emphasizing humanistic approaches, this essay proposes to: analyze and develop the need for supervisors and teachers to be dialogic rather than monologic communicators; analyze and develop the necessary conditions for dialogue with self and others; and apply dialogic communication to the supervision process in the school. (JC)

The authors propose an analytic scheme for examining student/psychiatrist interaction as they attempt to accomodate to conceptions of student troubles that each participant brings to the encounter and discuss the possible use of the scheme for developing a full social psychological study of the helping process. (MB)

Subjects viewed one of two female confederate counselors exploring a female confederate client's problem and attempt to influence. Significant results were higher ratings of counselor expertness for the expert than the referent power base, and higher ratings of counselor expertness for low status within the expert power base. (Author)

In two studies the Counselor Rating Form was shown to be sensitive to perceived differences among and within counselors of moderate and minimal levels of training/experience. A significant positive relationship was noted between perceived counselor expertness, attractiveness, and trustworthiness and willingness to refer oneself to the observed…

This study compared the smiling behavior of 76 infants during a regular day to their smiling during a brief elicitation by the mother and investigated the extent to which a mother is able to intentionally elicit smiling or vocalization. (Author/JMB)

This study examines a group's response to deviance and the connection between the group members' covert evaluations of the behavior and the overt sanctions imposed upon the deviant. (Author/YRJ)

This paper reflects the thoughts, observations and clinical experiences of the authors and two dozen of their colleagues in treating people involved in an assortment of non-marital sexual relationships. Presented at the American Association of Marriage and Family Counselors Conference, Hartford, Connecticut, May 21-23, 1976. (Author)

The study focuses on the relationship of life event stress and marital dysfunction. Couples in which one or both partners were receiving marital counseling had experienced a significantly greater amount of life stress events during the previous 12-month period than had couples who were not experiencing marital dysfunction. (Author)

Discusses a study designed to investigate the substructure of everyday social conversation which allows for judgments of competent communicative behavior or "communicative competence". Descriptions of perceived communicative competence characteristics are provided. (MH)

Selected personality variables, sex, age, interpersonal values, and educational level, were examined as antecedents to preferences for a nondirective (Carl Rogers) or directive (Albert Ellis) therapist. Individuals who preferred the Ellis presentation proved to more dogmatic and externalized than individuals preferring the Rogers presentation.…