Interactions between three styles of supervisory and three styles of subordinate behavior were studied. Cross cultural similarities in the relationships due to supervisory-subordinate interactions were found, but there were differences when each style was considered separately. (DB)

This study examines the effectiveness of a cooperatively oriented negotiator who is highly skilled in role reversal in inducing cooperation in an adversary. Agreements were greater and faster in individualistic conditions than in competitive conditions. (Author/DB)

Discusses mime, masks, improvisation, body training, and choral dynamics as techniques for improving actors' body movements. (RD)

The presence of an observer was hypothesized to heighten self-focused attention for college students rehearsing interviewing skills in a classroom setting. Results supporting the hypothesis were marginally significant. A supplementary finding indicated that differences between the sex of an interviewer and observer did mediate self-focuses…

After attending a lecture on misattribution in social reasoning, teachers were shown videotapes of children, whom they knew were acting out role of good and bad pupils. When asked to assess the children's real personalities and disregard the acted-out roles, the teachers still rated the "good" and "bad" pupils differently.…

A Social Skills Training Program at Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children provides assessment of interpersonal skills of blind children and adolescents. The three- to four-week training program consists of instructions, modeling, roleplaying, manual guidance, feedback, and positive reinforcement. (SEW)

Suggests that using creative dramatics in the classroom reading program can benefit children by improving their reading skills and self-concepts while allowing them to enjoy school and reading. Explains how to create such a program. (FL)

Describes how role-playing is used to get high school students involved in the critical reading of novels like Thomas Hardy's "The Return of the Native." (RL)

Compared two analogue strategies--videotaped role-play and naturalistic scenes--for assessing children's social skills to determine if they would yield different response styles. Results indicated more behaviors occurred in the role-play strategy than in the naturalistic strategy, and judges assigned higher ratings of likability in the role-play…

Discusses culture shock and the need for a secure learning environment for ESL students in which they can test their observations about English and U.S. culture. Examines the use of role play for teaching the subtleties of appropriate social behavior and outlines an eight-step procedure for role play implementation. (EKN)

The open-ended scenario was developed to expand the role-playing technique by introducing new information into a predetermined situation so as to force decisions and alter the direction of the action. Suggests this method enables students to learn to make communication choices and develop verbal strategies consistent with own interaction styles.…

Examined ecological validity of role-played dating interactions. Male undergraduates participated in hetereosexual social situations, role plays simulating dating interactions and waiting-period interactions. Analyses of variance did not result in major differences between role plays and waiting periods. Relative ranking of subjects was similar in…