Examines the indigenous pattern of moral behavior among the Ewe, an ethnic and linguistic group in West Africa, and assesses its role in moral education within the African context. The author develops a conceptual framework he calls "logical demonomy" that he uses to define the Ewe system of moral laws. (JT)

Contends that the way in which language is used is symptomatic of conflicts of interest, and thus of secondary importance in explaining irrational and unprogressive behavior. (RB)

Article addressed itself to the questions of whether or not attendance at day care centers does significantly affect children's subsequent behavior as well as their learning levels. (Author/RK)

This study investigated the issue of whether a shift occurs in infant play goals at around the beginning of the second year in terms of the organization of object-directed and caregiver-directed attention and preference for toys that require the caregiver's involvement. A total of 108 infants of 10, 15, and 29 months were observed playing with…

Social interaction may be construed as a process of mutual and reciprocal interpersonal influence. Counseling and psychotherapy are not different from other types of social interaction in this regard. Counselors influence clients and clients influence counselors. This study investigated the dynamics and patterning of social influence and…

Competitive athletes' scores on the Profile of Mood States (POMS) test create an iceberg-like pattern known as the "Iceberg Profile." Their scores for tension, depression, anger, fatigue, and confusion are low while their scores on vigor juts upward creating the "Iceberg Profile." Persons in a cooperative relationship are often…

Research has indicated that alcohol consumption is strongly affected by situational factors, especially social factors. To explore the relevance to drinking of the need for social approval in social situations, 36 male college students were asked to predict how much they would drink in several situations varying in how certain they were of their…

Author examined the encroachment of controls into people's lives and analyzed how individuals cope with external processes while maintaining their own internal harmony. (RK)

Because the author felt the work of B. F. Skinner has become so popular, he decided to clarify some of the major flaws underlying his system. (Author/RK)

Discusses the relationship between human rule systems and social action. Evidence is presented which suggests that behavior dimensions can be objectively assessed and that the suggested model works well in predicting and explaining moral conduct. (Author/DEP)

This study investigated the effects of four experimental manipulations of situational role demands, that is, of social and situational cues, upon the expression of attitudes toward "mental illness." (Author)

This study examined the relationship between the severity of negative consequences of a blameworthy behavior and attribution of responsibility for that behavior. (Author)

In this study of early peer interaction, 32 first born infants (16 boys, 16 girls) were videotaped in pairs at 6, 9 and 12 months. Each 15 minute session consisted of Toys Present (TP) and Toys Absent(TA) conditions counterbalanced across dyads. Three questions were addressed: (1) Are infants as young as 6 months capable of interacting with a…

Two-year-olds' reactions to strangers were related to ratings of their emotionality, sociability and activity and to ratings of parental love and control by both fathers and mothers. Each child received two sessions with strangers, one male and one female. Four times per session a stranger, in a friendly manner, approached each child as it sat in…

The divisions between social psychology, naive psychology, and folklore are fundamentally artifical ones. It is argued that all three have many of the same goals--that is, the prediction and control of behavior and the comprehension of the orderly processes of everyday life. Each attempts to understand how social intercourse is to proceed.…