Reactions to several kinds of deviant behavior were measured by a questionnaire administered to 79 students at the University of Rome (Italy), in which descriptions of acts were varied to show "good", "bad", or "unspecified" actors. (Author/NQ)

Outlines how classification systems or codes, operating in a variety of contexts, regulate the interaction between man and the built environment. Views the ritual forms of the built environment as transmitters of culture. Suggests that this framework might provide a new starting point for investigations into the built environment in use and the…

Article examined several aspects of the social context which determine whether women become artists and how they perform in that role. As well, author discussed four attitudes toward the inner and outer realities among some women she had studied. (Author/RK)

Discussed the role of women artists in affecting social change favorable to their own futures. (RK)

In this paper some of the issues and recurring problems in operating Multidisciplinary Training Teams in school settings are recounted, and principles and procedures for dealing with such matters as initial attachment of the team to a school, problems within the MDTT team itself, and modification of roles are discussed. (Author)

Presented in the paper is the hypothesis that father-daughter incest may be seen as a family maintenance device when the mother abdicates her sexual role and the father turns to his daughter to fulfill his sexual needs rather than going outside the family. Data from subcultures in Sweden, Japan, and America is cited. Female sex role development is…

This case study illustrates and expands upon the principle that innovation efforts involve both role change and change in role interrelationships, changes that (ideally) will be supportive of the innovation effort, but which may--if duplication, gaps among roles, or tension arise--weaken or destroy the effort. A planning effort in the Cleveland…

Reported are issues considered at a professional symposium on child abuse case identification and reporting. The general information needs, considerations, and decision-making processes that seem to be held in common across professional disciplines are identified. The ways in which a particular professional's background, training, and work setting…

Although attitudes towards poverty and public dependency have become more liberal over the past 100 years, most in the general public would argue that stigma serves the important function of discouraging voluntary dependency; beliefs about 13 different programs and proposals to aid the poor are assessed for sample of respondents in the Boston…

The present study was designed to permit an evaluation of the attributional processes of actors and observers to behaviors with positive and negative implications for the actor. (Author)

Malintzin Tenepal (Dona Marina, La Malinche) is portrayed as a woman who was able to act beyond her prescribed societal function. (NQ)

This study investigated whether (a) awareness of sex typing in literature exists in preschool children; (b) children express sex role character preferences; and (c) their recall was affected by reversed sex roles. (ED)