In this cross-cultural research tests of the effects of stimulus familiarity on a conservation of area task in rural Guatemala are made. Performance on the conservation of area task is compared with performance on other types of conservation. Changes in performance over a one-month interval are reported. (SM)

Chapter examines three classes of consequences of potential importance to all teachers and provided examples and suggestions pointing to the developing importance of knowledge of stimulus control procedures for teachers. (Author/RK)

Discusses the testing of a method of differentiating reticent from non-reticent students, using the FIRO-B measuring instrument. (Author/RN)

A study which reinforces the hypothesis that dominant vocal characteristics will correlate with dominant personality characteristics. (RN)

The adequacy of preventive education modalities in drug and alcohol education programs is questioned. Dilemmas facing students and teachers are discussed with the conclusion that communication must be accomplished within a common frame of reference for both the educator and student recipient. (BL)

Findings of this experiment demonstrate the interdependence of reasoning and action in the development of morality. (Authors)

Examines several issues relative to the role of immaturity in the instruction of man, and how the young are inducted into the species. (DM)

Results indicated that girls' rule violations were affected by the model's skill level, and by interaction of the model's verbal and behavioral expressions relevant to those rules. (Authors)

Study is an initial effort at determining the sequence and developmental level at which children first use a variety of situational variables in making decisions concerning the appropriateness of various types of aggressive responses. (Authors)