Focuses on the effects of high-density housing on the helping behaviors and social interactions of the residents living within such buildings. Concludes by recommending ways to overcome some of the negative effects of high-density housing. (Author)

Focuses on the attainment of the decision-making skills necessary for successful growth and development in today's technological world. A specific decision-making model is presented with guidelines for providing suitable experiences for students. (Author)

Recent books relevant to the counseling of adults and adult development are here briefly reviewed. Relevance was interpreted to eliminate books dealing solely with the years beyond mid-life. Recency is used to include books from 1972 on. (Author)

Because the counseling profession places high value on counselors possessing accurate self-awareness, this study investigated the differences and relationships between counselor education students' self-perceived and measured needs levels. A sample of 107 counselor students estimated their needs levels and then completed the Personality Research…

Discusses the developmental characteristics of young children which make them particularly vulnerable to traffic accidents and offers suggestions for parents and teachers on experience-based pedestrian safety education. (BF)

Presents a case study of a child with early learning difficulties as an illustration of the constellation of problems which can be involved in learning inhibition. Also discussed are possible remedial efforts which can be used in a school setting. (BD)

Discusses a study designed to specify the interpersonal communication related determinants of anomia within a close friendship context. (MH)

Approximately one-third of all mistreated children are of school age at the time they are mistreated; the nation's schools can play a vital role in helping the young victims and their families. (JD)

The effects of systematically varied verbal and nonverbal components of teachers' evaluative behavior upon children's perceptions and attitudes were studied within an experimental classroom. Subjects were 126 sixth-grade students. (Author)

The research, clinical applications, and effects of audiotape and videotape self-confrontation techniques to family therapy are reviewed. A variety of new applications, such as cross-confrontation and interpersonal process recall, are integrated into the practice of family therapy. (Author)

This study was undertaken to determine which verbal behaviors teachers value, where they acquired their verbal behaviors, and how they justify them. (JD)

Undergraduates (N = 41) viewed a videotape of role-played problems and responded as though in face-to-face contact with the speakers. Half took the role of counselor and half the role of friend. Analysis of covariance indicated students serving as friends made fewer reflections and gave more advice than those serving as counselors. (Author)

Investigates effects of sex of judge, sex of referent, and sex-pairing of judge and referent on level of understanding, or affective sensitivity, of school counselors. Male and female counselors were found to be equally accurate in their empathic judgments. There were no detected effects of sex-pairing. (Author)

Observation of behavior differences between 15 elementary school learning-disabled (LD) and 15 non-disabled girls in the regular classroom showed that LD girls spent less time doing schoolwork, that teachers did not spend more time interacting with LD girls, and that teachers responded less frequently to call-outs from LD girls. (Author/CB)