An argument on the conditions under which colleges will be able to affect the role allocation of students emphasizes that colleges may differ in the kinds of people they are expected to produce and in the kinds of changes in individuals that they can expect to affect. (Author/KM)

Presents a study of the effects of training 18 subjects, 28-40 months, in the use of two-word subject-verb utterances. The study focused on: (1) the number of different semantic relations underlying the subject-verb form in which the child is trained, and (2) the relationship between the semantic relations and ongoing, experimentally manipulated…

This study of the physical health of school nurses emphasizes that the nurses are not providing good role models for promoting physical fitness and health. (DS)

The characteristics of adult male and female models in randomly selected television commercials were systematically coded and several significant sex differences were discovered. These sex differences are discussed in the context of research which suggests that peoples' sex-role behaviors and attitudes may be influenced by televised models.…

Analyzes the works of Ayn Rand, concluding that they provide positive female role models. (DD)

Defines aggression, discusses two theories regarding aggression in the human being, and the effects of punishment, role modeling, and violence on aggressive behavior. (RK)

The special challenges that face the husband of the president of Kennesaw College are described. (MLW)

States issues regarding interdisciplinary work, and discipline limitations, and notes three limiting perspectives that are part of the transactions between sociologists and psychoanalysis. Describes the ways sociologists have approached, been exposed to, and been influenced by psychoanalysis as a body of knowledge and an organized body of…

The behavior modeling concept is discussed and ways of building these models on film or tape are presented. Points that are examined include (1) dressing the set, (2) perfect versus coping performance, (3) real versus neutral content, and (4) negative versus positive examples. (CT)

While many basal readers do portray characters reading, others could do more to provide children with role models. (DD)

Examines the way the writing activities of child writers are portrayed in novels by Louisa May Alcott, Carol Ryrie Brink, Eleanor Cameron, and Maud Hart Lovelace; notes that these characters establish excellent models for child writers. (ET)

In this presidential address to the 32nd Kappa Delta Pi convocation in April, 1980 the author challenges educators to model the ideals of justice, integrity, and intellectual excitement for their students. (SJL)

This study showed that for college students, both on-camera authority/model figures and dramatizations can be effective for promoting affective learning via televised instruction. It also confirmed the importance of considering interactions between presentation method, learning characteristics, and subject matter. (Author/JEG)

The child care worker in a group home, which is defined as a dwelling for foster children completely directed by a social agency or institution, meets conditions both similar to and different from those of his counterpart in an institutional setting. (MS)

Usable responses from 197 of 300 Australian managers indicated those who had mentors perceived more organizational justice than those who had not. Career, psychosocial, and role modeling functions of mentoring were significantly and positively related to perceptions of distributive and procedural justice. (SK)