Pre- and post-testing, using Inventory of Beliefs, indicates that freshmen regardless of contact with upper-classmen become more emergent in value structure as academic year progressed. (Author/CJ)

This experiment investigates the relation between differences in strategy and performance in a variety of interaction situations. Accommodative and exploitative behavior tended to be alike in males and females. Situational variables studied included intragroup vs. integroup negotiation, three different games, and three sets of contrasting…

Suggests how to get classes to interact and participate in an experience together through the use of an Exploration Grid. (RB)

Author applies to the nursing field his observations on what motivates adult learners and the link between continuous education and leadership. Primarily he sees adult learners as acting out their roles as adults, strengthening their relationship with society, fortifying their leadership potential which is strengthened by individualized curricula.…

A technique, useful in loosening up the stiffness of the first class meeting, is a people scavenge. Its objective is to identify people who have certain knowledge or have had particular experiences relative to class content. Scavenges make interesting "get acquainted" activities for groups meeting together for the first time. (NQA)

To clarify "power" and "authority," the authors review the concepts' history, examine contemporary concepts of social control, identify four authority modes (based on social relations and controls), derive four power resources from these modes, discuss persuasion and exchange as social control mechanisms, and demarcate…

Analyzes the formation of parent and student interest groups, their actions, and their role in the resolution of the St. Louis, Missouri teacher's strike of 1979. (GC)

Investigates seven task-oriented groups which examine consistency of social choice across a range of behavioral criteria (friendship, leadership, followship, and evaluation criteria of social interaction). Results suggest that some criteria of interpersonal relations are interdependent: acceptance and rejection choices are not opposite ends of…

The rotating credit associations of Brooklyn, New York, are institutions which have been transplanted from the West Indies. The association is an alternative to the United States banking system and offers immigrants, illegal aliens, and permanent residents alike the opportunity to alternately save and borrow small sums of interest-free money. (JCD)

The increase in the number of low-power television stations may have profound effects on the volatile nature of multicultural interactions in the United States. The author examines three stations and suggests ways in which television may be used in the education of minority ethnic audiences. (MW)

This paper attempts to go beyond traditional sociological explanations of the way men and women behave in small groups by examining the dynamics of patriarchal relations, sex roles, and sex role behavior among the staff of an American university in a stressed situation. (Author/EB)

University of North Iowa cooperates with two predominately black colleges, Ft. Valley State University (Georgia) and Florida A&M, to recruit diverse staff for day camp and other youth services for the children of the U.S. military and embassy personnel. As a result, over 100 college students trained as camp staff have combated stereotypes and…

Approaches the linguistic setting of a European inner-city, an area with a long history of migration from a sociological and linguistic perspective. After a qualititative-heuristic approach and conversation analysis, presents a description of sociolingual conditions and the process of their transformation. (Author/VWL)