Three new approaches--one from theater, one from humanistic psychology, and one from the art world--promise different ways of handling English teaching. (Author)

Ways of teaching today's youth to live as whole individuals in a complex world are presented. (CK)

Based on paper presented at Annual Convention of the American Speech and Hearing Association (44th, Denver, Nov. 15-18, 1968). (Author)

Comparisons between trained and untrained teachers demonstrated that trained teachers were substantially higher in teacher approval following appropriate student behavior and much lower in frequency of disapproval directed toward inappropriate student behavior, and they had no errors of approval or disapproval. Inappropriate student behavior was…

Authors discuss two incompatible images of the professor in the small college, his own and that of his colleagues. (Editor)

Social skills training four blind unassertive adolescent females include instructions, feedback, behavior rehearsal, modeling, and manual guidance. Most behaviors selected for modification changed markedly, although some decreased after four weeks, requiring "booster" sessions to promote a return to posttreatment levels. (Author/CL)

Examined the effects of varying one test parameter, the confederates' prompt latency, on the heterosocial performance of 140 low- and high-frequency male undergraduate daters. The results indicated that these variations altered the test's content as well as the test's absolute difficulty level. (Author/RC)

Presents a role-playing activity for Canadian upper-elementary and secondary social studies classes on the debate which led to the entry of Newfoundland into the Canadian Confederation in 1949. Historical background, role-cards, and procedures for organizing the activity are included. (AM)

Results indicated that socially unskilled, learning disabled children (8 to 10 years old) can be taught to respond appropriately to role-play situations. However, improved performance did not generalize to the natural school setting and treatment did not affect ratings of peer acceptance. (Author)

Describes the use of drama students to role play subjects of case studies in simulations of standard interviews in a college-level abnormal psychology class. Graduate drama students role-played clients in interviews with instructors or student panels. After the interviews, class discussion covered alternative possible diagnoses and possible…

College students answered questionnaires regarding number of same sex friends and frequency of interaction, typical and preferred kinds of interactions, and emotional intimacy. Men and women did not differ in number of friends, time spent with friends, nor in value placed on intimate friendships. Sex differences were found, however, in the nature…

Surveyed the literature to delineate the etiology of LSD flashbacks. Concluded that adverse experiences while using LSD are predictive of flashbacks; physiological effects of LSD use may linger after the drug has been metabolized; and individuals who have flashbacks are highly suggestive and play a flashback "role."

Developed the Problem Inventory for Adolescent Girls (PIAG) to measure competence in social situations, and compared the performance of delinquent and nondelinquent girls on the inventory. The PIAG significantly discriminated between the groups, suggesting that delinquency is more closely related to skill deficits in interacting with adult…