Assessed the relative importance of external status and previous conformity in groups' evaluations of deviant behavior. Results supported the hypothesis that rejection would be greater for the deviant who has not conformed previously and also for low-status deviants who have not conformed previously. (RC)

Describes nature of insulting and techniques used to insult and presents a variety of areas and values from which insults are drawn. Briefly compares insulting terms using animal names in 10 different languages. Suggest insulting behavior is an area which, if better understood, will permit teachers to develop effective materials and recognize…

Two-hundred-thirty-one adolescents completed questionnaires concerning their use of drugs (alcohol, tobacco, pain-killers, and marijuana). Factor analysis of endorsements of a broad range of behavior, followed by regression analysis, indicated that sexual behavior, general delinquency, school achievement, and social behavior were all related to…

Offers support for the view that morality and convention constitute discrete conceptual demains and undergo independent courses of development. Argues that moral education should be reexamined to insure that specific activities and responses are appropriate to the domain and to the students' developmental level. (Author/WD)

Presents a study designed to examine the relative influence of situation and person factors on children's nonverbal communicative responsivity which was investigated during dyadic interaction. Field-dependent and socially-oriented children exhibited higher levels of nonverbal responsivity in situations providing both social and task cues. (Author)

To examine the effects of one kind of cost on helping behavior, subjects were provided with an opportunity to help spontaneously in a nonemergency situation. Helping was more frequent in nonembarrassing conditions. Results support contentions that potential embarrassment deters helping in nonemergency situations. (Author/BEF)

Describes a simulation exercise designed to illustrate the effects of incentives on individual and group behavior. Examination of game-generated data suggests that the schemes affect both individual and group behavior. (Author/CMV)

The study described revealed gender differences in adolescents' patterns of overt and covert interpersonal social behaviors. Females' overt behaviors were more competent in terms of greater eye contact, situationally appropriate self-expressiveness, and adoption of independent stances. Males were more likely to respond in an inappropriately…

Examines early differences in mother-infant interaction as a function of infant birth order and birth spacing. Mother and infant behaviors were observed and recorded in the home for a two-hour period. (SS)

Constructed a theoretical model, based upon social functioning components and types of legitimacy characterizing behavior of persons of advanced years. These criteria define behavior as actually or potentially deviant. The resulting classification identifies 18 distinct varieties of social deviance associated with the behavior of elderly persons.…

Applied the concepts of agonism and dyadic dominance to the analysis of children's behavior. (SB)

Notes that the best teaching, like the best poetry, can often be found in reflection, lingering in the margin, in the periphery, in any place you would not expect to find it. Describes the author's personal experience with poetry in teaching her high school class. Suggests that poetry acts as a natural, personal, imperfect force for truth and…

When imitated, toddlers were more likely to continue to act on an object; if continuing, repeat the same action on the object; generate games, especially imitation games, and look at their partner's face. These social influence processes are thought to operate naturally in peer interactions and contribute to the behavioral organization that…

Discusses the three elements of Kohlberg's work which contributed to the opening of a new level of dialogue between philosophers and psychologists. (Author/BB)