This paper has reviewed research in "modeling" or observational learning that supports basic elements of social learning theory. The authors point out that past modeling research has not taken into account subjects' self-evaluation and task competence as factors possibly mediating the acquisition and performance of behavior. Social comparison,…

The brief article, intended for use as thought provoking instructional material for secondary students, focuses on the concept of political legitimacy and how it relates to revolution. The objective is to help students recognize that to be legitimate is to have society's approval. For example, the government of each nation within its own political…

Important global attitudes in the United States and other countries are measured and social attitudes interpreted according to a number of variables in this cross-cultural study. The term Worldmindedness (the quality which is measured in the study) refers to a world-view of problems of humanity rather than a national view of them. Two testing…

This study investigated whether collaborative and socially sensitive behaviors, necessary in group problem solving, can be taught to emotionally disturbed children in residential treatment centers. The sample consisted of 180 males ranging in age from nine through 12 years in 12 residential centers. The children were required to perform a…

This paper describes the study which attempts to determine if civic education and political socialization topics are international in scope and, moreover, if instruments can be designed to measure cross-national effects of such education. An international committee first meeting in Hamburg, Germany, in 1966, decided to treat the subject…

The major objective of this research is to isolate factors associated with the socialization of members of a voluntary organization. The hypothesis underlying this study is that much of the variance in the dissensus between organizational leaders and rank and file members related to participant obligation can be explained by the measures of…

A REVIEW OF EXISTING RESEARCH WAS MADE ON THE TOPIC OF POLITICAL SOCIALIZATION OF AMERICAN YOUTH. THE AUTHOR POSED THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS AS SUBTOPICS TO THE OVERALL RESEARCH REVIEW--(1) WHAT IS POLITICAL SOCIALIZATION, (2) WHAT DO YOUNG AMERICANS BELIEVE ABOUT POLITICS, (3) HOW DO YOUNG AMERICANS ACQUIRE POLITICAL BELIEFS, AND (4) HOW IMPORTANT…

This paper reports on an experiment examining sex differences in the types and meanings of emotional responses to a particular projective test: May's deprivation/enhancement measure (D/E), which is seen as an index of gender identity. The measure consistently differentiates males and females, which May felt reflected both physiological and…

Two waves of telephone interviews with a sample of 141 voters were used in a study of political communication effects during the 1974 congressional election in the Illinois 24th Congressional District. Seven variables specified by the combined-effects model were derived from the interviews and factor analyzed. Two factors were found and…

Suggests that adolescents are affected by and involved in the school political grievance system in a number of ways. Under some conditions students seem to be prime transmission belts of parental dissatisfaction. Students come to interpret grievances according to role patterns exhibited by their parents. (Author/AM)

This monograph describes early child care in Israel along the following dimensions: historical perspectives, the status of disadvantaged minorities, cultural assumptions and values, division of responsibilities, planning, socialization, programs, professional training, information and communication, and research. Statistical tables include…

Contends that criticism, though it functions in the student-critic dyad as an important mode of learning, does not address vital issues of socialization and creativity confronted in collective work. Without group experience students are misled as to the functioning of the design professional within the work-client setting. (JT)

Explores effects of sexist curriculum materials in the classroom and challenges educators to encourage attitude changes regarding sex roles among teachers, counselors, administrators, and students. Also discusses a survey of elementary school students' attitudes toward sex role orientations. (Author/DB)

What students learn in school is determined more by the hidden curriculum of rigid classroom structures and power relationships than formal curriculum. A less alienating classroom environment must replace these traditional structures, such as tracking, grading, and student powerlessness, if education is really to be reformed. (SJL)

The assumptions underlying recent work on the relationship between ideology and school experience are discussed and compared to the traditions which now predominate in curriculum research. Hypotheses are posed about what curricular knowledge is accorded high status by our society and its economic and cultural effects. (Author/SJL)