Attitudes toward deviant appearance and behavior are described in the context of labeling and social controls by society. There is created in the disabled a learned deviant role which creates more social exclusion. Professionals are challenged to examine their efforts to change the status of disabled individuals. (Authors)

Eight established general contractors in commercial, institutional, and industrial fields discuss the contractor's role. (Author)

Presents suggestions aimed at helping peripheral workers to strengthen their role identification by attendance at an service in organization meetings. (CJ)

If support personnel are going to be used in substantial numbers, their proper use, supervision, and training should become an integral part of counselor education programs. This would help the counselor differentiate between his role and that of his support person, enabling him to avoid the problem of role confusion that some consider serious.…

Results of a survey of about 300 students and 14 members in one department of a major university disclosed that advising was restricted to academic educational guidance. (Author)

Described is a process wherein women who are members of the Women's Liberation Movement speak to each other out of direct personal experience to enable them to develop consciousness of their oppression, to break down barriers to understanding and love of self and each other, and to offer experience in the development of trust, growth and action.…

The social psychological environment of hospitals or rehabilitation centers is described and suggestions are offered for research that would help to increase the understanding of the staff toward the patient. (Author)

Four bases of power and three types of peer groups are assessed on the behavioral or attitudinal conformity that each is likely to elicit. (Author)