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Radin, Norma; Epstein, Ann – 1975
To assess the relationship between paternal behavior and the intellectual functioning of preschool boys and girls, 180 white fathers from middle, working, and lower classes (as defined by the Hollingshead-Redlich Scale) were observed at home interacting with their 4-year-olds (99 boys and 81 girls). Sessions were tape-recorded. The number of…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Empathy, Fathers, Intelligence Differences
Collins, W. Andrew; Zimmerman, Stephen A. – 1974
Research assessing the impact of consistently negative motivations versus mixed negative and positive motivations for a televised character's aggressive behavior and the consequences on children's subsequent behavior is provided. This study is also reported in related document SO 008 573. Second and sixth graders viewed one of two edited versions…
Descriptors: Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research
Comstock, George; And Others – 1975
Current activity in the area of television research was reviewed, with an emphasis on some of the factors which will influence future research. An analysis was made of: (1) the priorities held by the scientific community in regard to research on television and human behavior, (2) the perspectives within the community that are likely to influence…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Futures (of Society), Human Development
Steele, Brandt F. – 1975
Child abuse and neglect is seen as an abnormal parenting behavior which has resulted from neglect or abuse of the abusive parents during their early lives. Included are brief sections on the following topics: the development of the abusive child-rearing pattern (lack of sufficient love and care, extremely high premature demand for performance, and…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Child Abuse, Child Neglect
Frank, Harold Hillel – 1969
This study used not only formal interviews, questionnaires, and attitude surveys, but also observations and informal interviews, to evaluate the internal workings of a secretarial and clerical skill training program for nonwhite women. Most data came from over 1,000 two to five minute observations of trainees during the on the job phase of…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavior Patterns, Bibliographies, Clerical Occupations
Benjamin, Robert L. – 1970
This book explores the workings of language, explains the operation of language as a coherent system, and examines instances of effective as well as ineffective communication. Chapters deal with (1) a "meaning" approach to language and the relation of semantics to the communicator, (2) how language works and what makes it work, (3) how language…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Instruction, Communication Problems, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Oregon Univ., Eugene. School of Education. – 1969
Three levels of screening procedures were used to identify the incidence and nature of learning disabilities. The first level involved the application by classroom teachers of the Classroom Screening Instrument (CSI), especially developed for the study, and of other measures; the second level involved psychoeducational differential diagnosis by…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Rating Scales, Clinical Diagnosis, Educational Testing
Scott, Myrtle – DARCEE Papers and Reports (George Peabody Coll. for Teachers), 1969
To identify parameters of teacher effectiveness, this study uses an ecological approach. Since setting, which includes not only physical surroundings but also the dynamic of activity, has a coercive effect on behavior, a teacher's ability to establish appropriate settings should be an accurate measure of effectiveness. Five head teachers in a…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Classroom Environment
Lieberman, Philip – 1973
Current linguistic theory rigidly compartmentalizes the "cognitive," linguistic aspects of human communication and the presumed "emotive," paralinguistic elements that occur in both human and nonhuman communication. The segmental phonetic units of human speech, according to this view, are supposed to convey linguistically relevant information,…
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Communication (Thought Transfer), Emotional Response
Michael, Robert T. – 1973
This project is part of an ongoing study of the influence of schooling on observed household behavior. The study has previously determined that more educated individuals behave as if they are more proficient consumers, and that, in particular, more educated couples systematically select more efficient contraceptive techniques. The recent research…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Behavior Patterns, Budgeting, Consumer Economics
Grimmett, Sadie A. – 1970
Evaluation problems evolving from certain objectives of intervention programs and from the characteristics of the target population are investigated. The intellectual process approach of experimental education with its emphasis on conative and motive objectives requires an evaluation technique capable of reflecting the desired behaviors more…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Objectives
Nalbandian, Myron K. – 1971
Two curricula, Englemann-Becker and New Nursery School, were analyzed for effectiveness with Head Start children over a period of eight months, using the Slosson and Merrill-Palmer tests, a socialization scale and classroom observations. In congnitive development, there are no significant differences between the two curricula as used by teachers…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Evaluation
Kelly, Ernece B., Ed. – 1972
The 12 critiques and four essays in this volume offer the reader a rudimentary familiarity with the names of Third World writers and some of their outstanding work. This publication is intended as a catalyst for change in the selection and criticism of literary texts. As the 12 books reviewed here are typical, the critiques can lead to an…
Descriptors: Anthologies, Attitudes, Authors, Behavior Patterns
Riegel, Klaus F. – 1972
This paper discusses the development of structuralism in psychology, linguistics, mathematics, philosophy, anthropology, and sociology by citing theories supported by thinkers in all these fields. The contrast between structure (schema, pattern, gestalt) and function (activity, interaction, transformation) is used as the point of departure for the…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Development, Genetics
Singleton, Clifford G.; Rice, Paul – 1971
This course involves an approach to language study dealing with the psychology, the process of abstraction, and the levels of the meaning of language. The objectives of the course include demonstrating an understanding of: (1) the origin and nature of language, (2) the process by which language changes and develops, (3) the abstract nature of the…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Behavior Patterns, Cultural Education, Curriculum Guides
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