Describes different roles and socialization activities of male and female children in an Afghanistan household. Stresses the implications for adolescent behavior and marital relationships of mothers' influences on children of both sexes. (GC)

After examining dilemmas that principals face in conducting their jobs, the author offers fresh perspectives on the role of the principal as a system analyst, an adapter, and an instructional leader. (IRT)

The author discusses the responsibility universities have for the social education of prisoners. (RLV)

Handicapped individuals matched on self-reported assertiveness were assigned to one of two conditions. Behavioral role playing, self-report, and activity budget pre- and post-test measures revealed that assertion-training subjects reported greater gains in assertive behavior and showed greater improvement in performance on seven criterion measures…

Children's specialized speech codes and nonverbal behaviors are examined in the context of playground games. (JD)

A factor analysis of the verbal appeals used by 70 mothers in the socialization of their young children supported the validity of characterizing the moral arguments of parents in terms of their content (type of behavior approved or disapproved) and the source of moral authority to which they appeal (parental authority, legality, justice, etc.).…

Findings show that more vocationally mature students are more realistic and have more highly integrated data in making career-related decisions than less vocationally mature students. The level and type of career decision-making skills and career-related preferences are important factors in career decision making. (Author/BEF)

Describes a feeling-oriented, unstructured group approach promoting social learning among prisoner-participants. Groups evolve through a series of developmental stages during which members assume more responsibility for themselves and others in working through problems of living. Group facilitators need to recognize stages and allow for…

Discusses definitions of early childhood education from the viewpoint of children, parents, teachers, and society, and identifies some current issues in early childhood education. (MP)

Contends that the political philosophy underlying Mina Shaughnessy's "Errors and Expectations" is one which reinforces both the teacher's position of control and the training of minority students to follow and obey authority. (DD)

This final article in a theme issue on socialization of the young child draws conclusions from the preceding ten articles and suggests some directions that educators may pursue to socialize young children in today's environment and to prepare them for the future. (Editor/SJL)

Analyzes how literary training in content, character, style, and world view might affect one's view of the world of politics. (DD)

Open-ended interviews were conducted with 224 boys from first, third, and fifth grades to gauge their cognitive understanding of the structure and purpose of TV commercials and selectiveness of attitudinal response to them. Multiple measures also taken for maturational development, socialization, and television exposure as predictor sets.…

Twenty-six subjects were exposed to a period of noxious stimulation and subsequently performed a task that incidentally involved learning to avoid one of two types of punishment, electric shock and monetary loss. Results support Lykken's theory of the development of sociopathic behavior and Aronfreed's more general conceptualization of aversive…