Forty members of service and social groups were compared for intervention in a simulated emergency situation during the experimental discussion. Service group members were more likely to intervene than social group members, and intervention was made more probable when group norms were made salient in the discussion. (Author/SD)

This study was carried out to investigate the possibility of an inverse relationship existing between both congruity shift of attitude and need for social approval on the one hand, and extent of psychological differentiation on the other. Evidence was found to support the hypothesis. (Author/SD)

The purpose of this investigation was to explore the effects of three E (Experimenter as an independent variable) variables in a standard verbal conditioning situation. These variables were the experimenter's sex, philosophy of human nature, and expectation of the outcome of the experiment. (SE)

Discusses a method architects and planners can use in designing buildings based on behavior and activities of people who will inhabit them. Shows a particular setting or environment influences the behavior of all individuals in it. Statistical data are translated into floor plans. (BL)

Reviews parent-child interaction studies, the major source of information about the socialization process of the child. Deals fully with observation studies--naturalistic observation and experimentally arranged interaction in the laboratory--but also draws on interview and questionnaire methods for comparison. (WY)

The data tend to support the hypothesis that subjects debriefed prior to a psychology experiment tend to be suspicious of perceived experimenter expectancy cues and less likely to respond to such cues. (SD)