This study on behavior modification training examined the effect of frequent feedback to reinforce a teacher's attending to appropriate child behaviors. Two Head Start teachers were selected as subjects. Baseline observations, training, and posttest observations were made of both teachers. Training involved feedback to the teachers every 10…

The effects of the familiarity of setting and partner on the social behavior of infants was studied. Subjects were 22 infants 6-18 months old. Eleven of the infants were in a day care center; the remainder were cared for at home. In the first portion of the study, the day care infants were observed interacting with each other in the nursery…

It was proposed that existing therapeutic procedures may influence attributions about emotional states. Therefore an attributional analysis of crisis intervention, a model of community-based, short-term consultation, was presented. This analysis suggested that crisis intervention provides attributionally-relevant information about both the source…

A card used by the Cambridge Junior High School (Minnesota) to advise parents of the pupil's progress is provided. The card is based on 100 total points which are divided into several categories to reveal a student's academic and social progress. The categories are: test results, lab work, daily work, discipline in class, attitude toward subject,…

This bibliography provides a comprehensive listing of the reference literature in early childhood (ages 2-9) psychology and education dealing with the affective domain. Categories such as achievement motivation; aggression; anger and frustration; character and moral development; creativity; games; and social behavior are included. One of the 27…

To test role-taking development 60 middle class subjects, 10 boys and 10 girls of each age (4, 5, and 6), were administered a role-taking task designed to enable the role-taker ("S") to make and explain predictions about a peer's responses to a situation in which "S" has information not available to the peer. Results suggested…

Discussed in the monograph are procedures and conclusions of Dr. Catherine Garvey's research on the social speech of 48 preschool children. It is explained that each S was observed and videotaped while in a playroom with two other children. Findings are cited for the following areas of study (with sample conclusions in parentheses): social…

Discusses the way Piaget's theories operate in the classroom. (ED)

During individual interviews, each of 64 subjects, aged 8 to 14, generated a peer perception grid in which 17 supplied figures were rated on 10 individually elicited bipolar concepts. Three aspects are examined: attributional characteristics of concepts, level of differentiation between peer figures, and organizational complexity of relations…

Presented is a mainstreaming paradigm--situational socialization--which is the process component of an input-process-output model, and which represents the process of acquiring the new knowledge, behavior, and attitudes that both normal and mild to moderately handicapped learners need for success in interpersonal relationships. (Author/DLS)

A study was conducted of 195 elementary and secondary level hearing impaired students in four programs which varied in their degree of integration. (Author)

Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., executive director of the National Urban League, and Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. discussed "The Evolution of the National Government As an Instrument for Attaining Social Rights" in a five-day symposium at the University of Texas. (Editor/RK)

This paper is focused on the development of a theoretical model of social role reconstructuring. The novel input of the suggested model is an intervention strategy that interposes at the stage of susceptability before the breakdown syndrome begins. (Author)

Study examines the Slaby and Frey (1975) gender-constancy interview, which has been widely used in tests of the cognitive-developmental account. Sixty children, aged between 42 and 54 months, were given the interview either in the traditional order or in a reversed order. Order effects were found. Methodological issues are discussed. (Author/BN)

Examined friendship formation as developing a common understanding of social reality. Individuals engaged in weekly discussions completed repertory grids and attraction ratings after the 4th and 18th weeks of acquaintance. Deteriorating partnerships were significantly less similar in their assessment of other group members than were developing…