A University of Tennessee study identifies dimensions of an applicant's behavior during the employment interview which influence and can be used to predict the outcome of an interview. (Author)

A single-case study is presented to demonstrate the utility of the simultaneous treatment design to modify the behavior of a first-grade male. One teacher and her aide recorded data and administred the program. (Author)

The hypothesis that felt inadequacy inhibits help seeking was fully supported, while the corresponding hypothesis regarding lack of opportunity to reciprocate received only partial support. (Author)

Findings support the hypothesis that sharing behavior, as indexed by amount shared, is higher in children who observe a selfish model being punished than in children in the baseline group. (Authors/CB)

Purpose of this research was to develop an observational category system useful for studies of human peer-social behavior in the preschool period. (Authors)

The present study is an effort to define the structure of normative values or belief systems regarding the desirable. As well it explored the relations of normative values to the liberal-conservative attitude dimension. (Author/RK)

The exchange of self-disclosures was studied in a experimental setting and was found to function in a manner consistent with social exchange theory in both male and female groups of strangers. A positive relationship was found to exist between self disclosure and liking patterns. (Author)

The interpersonal behaviors of depressed and control Ss were compared. The results were generally consistent in showing depressed Ss to be lower than controls on a number of operational measures of social skill (i.e., activity level, interpersonal range, rate of positive reactions emitted, and action latency). (Author)

Discusses the protection of the individual's freedom to play and the growth of social relations through play. (Author/MB)

A kindergarten teacher, aware of the need for a generation of peacemakers", describes one method of training children to discuss differences instead of resorting to violence. (Author/SP)

Findings suggest a stable sex difference in response to outsiders which has roots in child's early developmental history. Boys were more friendly to newcomers than girls were. (NH)

This study was carried out to investigate the possibility of an inverse relationship existing between both congruity shift of attitude and need for social approval on the one hand, and extent of psychological differentiation on the other. Evidence was found to support the hypothesis. (Author/SD)

Evidence of sex stereotyping was found among three-and-a-half year old children, supporting earlier findings that children's knowledge of adults' sex role stereotypes increases with age. It was suggested that children learn sex role stereotypes as structural rules for understanding behaviors in their social environment. (Author/MJL)

Reviewed are the relevance and limitations of work in sociolinguistics, pragmatics, and conversational analysis with respect to a central issue in the sociological study of social interaction: the taken-for-granted and inferences made therefrom. The hope is to show the arbitrariness of the line dividing microsociological studies and…