Workshops designed to give nonhandicapped persons experiences that simulate different handicapping conditions are described. Rationale for the workshops, planning considerations, and a description of groups participating (facilitators, helpers, and selected participants) and their roles are given. (JH)

Describes ways to use the job interview as a topic in college technical writing assignments, including role-playing either the interviewer or interviewee, observing a professional interviewer at work, and generating business correspondence as a result of an interview. (RL)

Describes a study which measured the effectiveness of a Personalized System of Instruction training package for proctors in undergraduate psychology courses. The package consisted of role-playing and a discussion between the proctor and an instructor-trainer, followed by feedback on actual proctoring experience in the classroom. (Author/AV)

Coalition preferences of 300 male and female subjects were ascertained under varying motivational conditions. Demonstrates that coalition formation and interpersonal conflict are dependent upon the motivational determinants of group activity. (Editor/RK)

Includes approaches to pantomime, improvisation, expanding a character, role playing, reader's theater, live stage, and script writing. (DD)

Compares client (participant) ratings of counselor effectiveness with tape rated judgments that used a crisis counseling analogue situation and employed previously unused control procedures and demonstrates two methodologies for estimating the reliability or consistency of client ratings of counselor characteristics. This research was part of a…

Assertiveness Training for Job-Seeking Skills includes skill development in initiating the job search; arranging actual interviews; preparing a resume; articulating strengths, weaknesses, and career objectives; responding assertively in interviews; asking appropriate questions; accepting or rejecting job offers; confronting discrimination;…

The author discusses moral behavior and affect, and how they may influence reasoning processes when the individual is no longer dealing with hypothetical issues. (MJB)

Describes inception and evolution of a 14-month project providing group counseling to offenders placed on probation after conviction for driving while intoxicated (DWI). Describes modifications of group counseling techniques, necessitated by the involuntary nature of members' participation. Presents generalizations concerning social psychological…

Emphasizes the effectiveness of teaching journalism skills through hypothetical role plays. Outlines the Environmental Risk Reporting Project's use of hypotheticals to teach coverage of environmental emergencies, and notes that videotapes of the presentation are also useful teaching aids. (MM)

Explains how media law and ethics courses can generate student involvement through the use of fictitious congressional representatives and hearings. (MM)

Dungeons & Dragons, game involving extensive fantasy role-playing, has been blamed for suicides and homicides. To examine emotional stability of players, Cattell's Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF) was administered to 68 adolescent and adult game players. Results showed no significant correlation between years of playing the game…

Discusses how role-taking can provide a viewpoint for a writer and a real audience for children's writing. Argues that role-taking offers a more accessible route to certain kinds of language uses, particularly impersonal genres and written standard forms that are educationally valued, than direct instruction. (SRT)

The authors explain how role playing helps home health aides learn to cope with common problems that arise in their work with the homebound elderly and their families. (CT)