Post-experimental seating patterns of two coacting, cooperating, or competing laboratory groups were factorially manipulated such that groups sat near, far, or randomly with respect to each other. A propinquity-attraction model predicted intergroup evaluations only to the extent that previously determined territorial preferences were not violated.…

THE NORTH CENTRAL ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS SURVEYED THEIR MEMBER COLLEGES TO FIND WHAT ATTITUDES PREVAILED AND WHAT EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES WERE OFFERED IN THE AREA OF HUMAN RELATIONS. ALTHOUGH THERE IS A LARGE AMOUNT OF AGREEMENT AMONG THE RESPONDENTS THAT INFORMATION ABOUT AND UNDERSTANDING OF HUMAN RELATIONS IN GENERAL…

AUDIOVISUAL MATERIAL IS USEFUL IN MENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION. TYPES OF MATERIALS INCLUDE FILMS, FILMSTRIPS, DISCUSSION PICTURES, PLAYS, AND TAPE RECORDERS. IN USING THESE MATERIALS THE LEADER SHOULD BE FULLY FAMILIAR WITH THE PARTICIPATING GROUP, CAREFULLY PREVIEW THE MATERIALS, IDENTIFY THE MAIN CONCEPTS, PROBLEMS, OR FACTS ON WHICH THE GROUP SHOULD…

THE SURVEY FOR RESEARCH WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY A RESEARCH CENSUS. OVER 90 PERCENT OF THE PROJECTS ABSTRACTED DEAL WITH PROBLEMATIC RELATIONS AMONG MAJOR GROUPS IN OUR SOCIETY. A SMALLER NUMBER FOCUSES ON PROBLEMS OF MINORITY ETHNIC GROUP RELATIONSHIPS. THE GENERAL CATEGORIES ARE LISTED UNDER SUBHEADINGS AS EITHER COMPLETED, ONGOING OR CONTEMPLATED.…

MATERIAL CONCERNING MINORITY GROUPS SHOULD BE PRESENTED IF IMPORTANT TO AN ADEQUATE UNDERSTANDING OF THE SUBJECT MATTER. PRESENTATION SHOULD BE MATURE AND REALISTIC, AND TREATMENT SHOULD REFLECT A RESPECT FOR CULTURAL DIFFERENCES AND HUMAN DIGNITY. A CHECKLIST IS INCLUDED TO AID THE TEACHER IN SELECTING TEXTBOOKS WHICH GIVE ADEQUATE PRESENTATION…

THE PLURALISTIC, MULTI-GROUPS NATURE OF THE AMERICAN POPULATION DEMANDS A REALISTIC TREATMENT OF MINORITY GROUPS IN THE CLASSROOM AND A SOUND EDUCATION IN INTERGROUP RELATIONS. WHILE THE TEXTBOOK IS ONLY ONE AMONG MANY EDUCATIONAL TOOLS, IT IS A MAJOR ONE, AND PARTICULAR ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO WHAT AMERICAN TEXTBOOKS PRESENT, IMPLY, AND…

THE SOCIOCULTURAL INTERACTIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS AMONG FOREIGN STUDENTS AND AMERICAN STUDENTS ON THE INDIANA UNIVERSITY CAMPUS WERE STUDIED TO ASCERTAIN THEIR IMPACT ON THE NATIVE GROUP AND TO DETERMINE THE DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS OF FRIENDSHIP PATTERNS AND ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN BOTH GROUPS. ABOUT 550 AMERICAN STUDENTS WERE SELECTED FOR THE…

This paper views communication as the major human survival tool. Any approach which limits or hampers the innate metabolic human ability to adapt, in order to maximize the chances for survival through communication, is thus seen as dangerous. Instead, a methodology is suggested to develop a communication sub-culture, to facilitate individual…

An instrument was developed and tested which would measure intermediate interaction behavior in small-group communication. The study was designed to uncover the several dimensions of such behavior and produce a reliable, valid measure for each dimension that would yield data amenable to parametric statistical analysis. Analysis of two experiments…

This study conducted on policy committee meetings demonstrated a relationship between committee members' seating distance from the chairman and their participation rates in meetings. As a member's participation increased, he began to sit nearer the chairman. A model is proposed interrelating participation, interpersonal spacing, communication…

This article argues that the implicit goals of public school practice are the following: (1) to persuade or compel subgroup members to adapt to cultural and structural interests of one or more of a society's dominant groups; and (2) to limit the dominated group's own need for altering the status quo. (Author/EB)

Laboratory and field tests were made of the contact hypothesis that individuals from hostile groups will show favorable attitude changes after working together in an interdependent and equalitarian situation. Groups studied included female college students, disadvantaged mothers, airmen, and teachers in newly desegregated schools. (SJL)

Using the idea of play as a model of social relations, two patterns of play are described: competition between Black and White teams and play in mixed-color teams. The differences in the process of play in these two contexts are discussed and their implications for cross-color relationships considered. (Author)