A staggeringly inaccurate account of Asia's history and culture is being given to American school children by their textbooks. That is the sobering conclusion recently reached by more than 100 experts on Asia who were asked by the Asia Society to analyze 306 textbooks widely used in American schools. (Author)

Certain types of technological decision making are socially harmful causing unemployment, inequities of income, and decreased production. Technology should promote the improvement of society, not industry along. Social objectives of the developing countries should be thoroughly examined before instituting any technological decisions. (BL)

When shown photographs, young children preferred children with attractive faces as potential friends, and attributed prosocial behaviors to them. They disliked unattractive faces and attributed antisocial behaviors to them. (ST)

The author suggests dealing with the problem of adolescent sexual behavior through accurate information and wide knowledge of all aspects of human sexual behavior and skill in problem solving. (Author/BY)

This study suggests that children 3-8 years old are not totally egocentric but have some capacity for responding empathically to another person's perspective and point of view. (Author/WY)

Paper presented at the Merrill-Palmer Conference on Research and Teaching of Infant Development, February 13-15, 1970. (JE)

The first requirement for being humane is the recognition of humanity. (JH)

Extends the rationale for integrating handicapped with nonhandicapped children to include the mainstreaming of infants in group care programs. (RH)

With special emphasis on the implications of research findings, issues related to play and learning in general are examined and related to information about the play of handicapped children. Concluding remarks focus on the issue of whether handicapped children can be helped to optimal development through play. (RH)

The study was undertaken to determine if there were differences in the social perception of 23 learning disabled (LD) and 34 nonLD elementary school children. Results showed that LD children were less accurate in their perception of social interactions than normal children. (Author/SB)