Three important goals of general education are: (1) to hone critical reading skills so that students will gain the skills of acquiring and processing the information demanded for meaningful participation in a free society; (2) to develop and refine valuing skills in order that students will feel competent about and operate efficiently in…

This study examines the relation of reflectivity-impulsivity to naturally occurring social and self-regulatory behaviors of urban, disadvantaged preschool children. Correlations between the Kansas Reflectivity-Impulsivity Scale for Preschoolers (KRISP) and classroom behavior were computed for two groups of Head Start classes (121 children, ages 2…

Study found that social density is more strongly related to crowding ratings than is spatial density. Predictors of pleasantness include work-play, amount of space, waiting, and percent of people alone or unaccompanied. (Author/MA)

In this study, the relationship between the expletives "bitch" and "bastard" is examined in terms of sex role stereotypes. The sex role implications of traits ascribed by male and female college students to each word are reported and discussed. (Author/WI)

An observational approach and videorecordings were used to investigate a group of four mentally retarded kindergarten children with minimal language development. (Author)

The use of values clarification methods offers a means of dealing with the social-emotional stigmas associated with venereal diseases; techniques of educating students on this subject are discussed. (JD)

Investigates how social expectations affect development of social functions of young children's speech, and concludes that children's expectations of appropriate verbal behavior are affected by differences in situations, age and sex. (MH)

While behavior change procedures should not be viewed as a panacea, they do offer an attractive alternative for addressing many of the problems faced by secondary school teachers and administrators. (Author)

The excitement of sociobiology comes from the promise of the role it will play in humanistic investigation. Its potential importance beyond zoology lies in its logical position as the bridging discipline between the natural sciences on the one hand and social sciences and humanities on the other. (Author/AM)

This paper looks at children's games as means for socialization and offers some methodological suggestions regarding the study of cultural imprinting of patterns. (Author/AM)

Describes the Motivational Style Questionnaire, an 80-item, three-factor (locus of control, social need, and achievement motivation) instrument, designed to measure student motivation objectively. (RAO)

This article discussess assertiveness in the Black-White encounter. The author delineates the assertive options available to Blacks, distortions in interpretation of assertive messages, and strategies for more effective and efficient assertions. (Author)

Questionnaires were administered to 100 males and 168 females, members and non-members of the gay community. Issues pertaining to differences between homosexually behaving males and females cannot be addressed apart from corresponding issues concerning the impact of the gay community as a facilitator of homoerotic sexual aspirations. (Author)

Questionnaires from 225 homosexual and 233 heterosexual adult women revealed 115 cases of rape or attempted rape. Data from 78 follow-up questionnaires are summarized. About the same proportion of lesbians and heterosexuals, age 16 or over, were the object of rape. Inferences are drawn about the rapists' attitudes toward women. (Author)