Nine-, eleven-, and thirteen-year-old children participated in a conformity situation requiring the judgment of the louder of two successively presented tones. (Editor)

A number of testable propositions are developed which relate the variables of compliance, mobility, and size to motivation for clique formation and to constraints within which cliques form. Five clique types are discussed. (Author/JN)

This is a position paper on the place of training in group process and participation in groups as part of teacher education. (Editor/RK)

Studied relationships of achievement motivation, information status, and group discussion arrangements to risk-taking behaviors for six high school biology classes, using the Extremity-Confidence of Hypothesis Test and Risk-Taking Verbal Observation Scale. Concluded that risk-taking was a multidimensional trait and might be influenced by…

In general, the data from this study support the hypothesis that attitude maintenance is facilitated by the support of other group members. (Authors)

Students become motivated through group interaction with peers but attitude change is not always enough to effect change in reading and study skills. (Author/RB)

Describes a general approach to the analysis of teaching in small-group contexts; guidelines are presented in a check list. (Author)

Paper presents a course design which attempts to effect a meaningful integration of both concepts and experience and to deal with some of the problems and issues of doing laboratory training in the university setting. (Author)

A community-based group counseling program for offenders in St. Paul, Minnesota, has had promising results--both in rehabilitation and crime prevention. (Author)

Treatment of married couples in groups by one therapist is described. Emphasis is placed on the fact that treatment problems and process in such groups are quite different from therapy groups in which the participants are not related outside the group and on the need to differentiate between couples' groups according to social and chronological…

Systematic methods are needed for studying group development over time. The method described here permits interpretive description of a group session, useful both for feedback to the group and for further study of group processes. (Author)

The physical arrangement of groups and sub-groups can have a direct bearing on the effectiveness of a case study. (Editor)

Discusses five areas of concern related to utilization of group experiences: (1) insufficient training of group leaders, (2) possibility of groups becoming mystic cults, (3) equating of therapeutic gain with expressing of negative feeling, (4) lack of awareness that group change may result from pressure to conform, (5) possible harmful…