The present study shows teacher characteristics and measured characteristics of students as these are related to classifications of maturity and style of achievement. (Author)

The author argues that much of the evidence utilized by sociologists is of questionable validity; that the relationships between major independent and dependent variables are generally quite weak; and that even if valid measures and strong relationships existed, the problems of interpretation are extremely formidable. (Author/MB)

Analyzes the interaction of commitment to a decision with three aspects of a subsequent message--familiarity, utility, and supportiveness. The data suggested thatcommitted subjects preferred supportive, novel information. Tables and bibliography. (RW)

Suggests that situational uncertainty heightens the effect of success and failure on the anxious individual. Tables, graphs, and bibliography. (RW)

Indicates that kindergarten children do not necessarily allocate reward according to level of performance due to the effects of self-interest and esteem. Tables and bibliography. (RW)

A policy-oriented approach to law based on: law as one of many policy instruments, and, policy analysis (extension of systems analysis) as the methodology for identifying combinations of instruments to direct change. Behavioral study is discussed as essential part of the broad policy-making framework. (SE)

Focuses primarily on ethnic group stereotypes; attempts to show their importance in the study of behavior. (Author/SE)

The measurement of processes of learning and the evaluation of the outcomes of the teaching-learning process have always posed major problems in research design. One purpose of this paper is to provide investigators with a review of the methodological problems involved in planning and conducting such studies. (Author)