Available from: Behavioral Disorders, Council for Exceptional Children, 1920 Association Drive, Reston, Virginia 22091. The whole behavioral ecology of a high juvenile crime community in East Los Angeles (California) is being studied so that preventative strategies can be implemented to encourage the learning of incompatible, nondelinquent…

Results of exploratory research on relationships between personality characteristics (measured by Jackson's Personality Research Form), choice of recreation activities engaged in actively, frequency of participation in those activities, and the desired consequences expected from that participation are reported. (Editors/BT)

Reports on three studies designed (1) to determine whether the relationship between age and exploratory behavior varies as a function of the measure used, and (2) to examine any sex differences in exploratory behavior. (SB)

Discusses study results indicating that self-esteem and communication apprehension are negatively related. (MH)

Analysis of reader response to fictional characters defined four factors: evaluation, dynamism, sex appeal, and temperament. (KS)

Reporters with little bias--"low participants"--produced the fairest and most accurate, objective, and comprehensive stories about John Dean. (KS)

A total of 153 children in first to fifth grades were given a mood induction followed by measures of generosity and incidental attention. (JMB)

Suggests that group members' apprehension about communicating in groups can potentially mediate the effects of group versus individual brainstorming upon performance. (MH)

Uses conversational analysis to investigate how people accomplish a specific enactment of their everyday lives. (MH)

Focuses on currently popular behavioral models and examines their implications and limitations. Discusses behavioral methodology in relation to educational research and critiques contemporary behavioral practice. Describes ten characteristics of a behavioral interactionist perspective which, among other things, encourages learner initiative and…

Describes the method of discriminant analysis, including the concept of discriminant function, discriminant score, group centroid, and discriminant weights and loadings. Discusses methods for testing the statistical significance of a function, methods of using the function in classification, and the concept of rotating functions. Illustrates the…

Provides an example to illustrate the clustering approach. Discusses the variety of approaches in clustering; choice of cluster analytic techniques; the steps in cluster analysis; the data features such as level, shape, and scatter, that affect cluster results; alternate clustering methods and their relative effectiveness; and applications of…

Evaluated computer interview to standardize collection of target complaints. Adult outpatients (N=103) completed computer interview, unstructured intake interview, Symptoms Checklist-90, and Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. Results provided support for the computer interview in regard to reliability and validity though there was low…