Examines the extent to which statements representing eight broad dimensions of communication are associated with words commonly used to identify relationships of varying degrees of intimacy. Dimensions of the interaction included are uniqueness, depth, breadth, efficiency, flexibility, smoothness, spontaneity, and overt evaluations. (JMF)

Since several investigators have found language and play development to be interrelated, free play classifications were constructed for the assessment of social participation, cognitive play, and nonplayful activities for both normally hearing and hearing impaired preschoolers. (Author)

Reports on a 1972 study of nursery school children's racial attitudes compared with those of older children. Children were tested with a semantic differential questionnaire and a social distance scale and were compared across age and race. Concludes that the norm for racial attitudes is a bias for one's own race. (MK)

The article examines some of the special academic, psychosocial, and career problems of adolescents and young adults resulting from early severe auditory deprivation. The academic, psychosocial, and career development of deaf adolescents are considered. (DLS)

The effect of two types of role-taking training experiences on role taking, empathy, altruism, and aggression was investigated in 30 six- and 30 nine-year-old boys. (SS)

Infant-toy and infant-adult interaction were observed in four conditions which varied the degree of adult-toy manipulation. Subjects were 48 infants 11-13 months of age. (Author/SS)

Investigates two levels of the spontaneous inference of thinking in others (nonrecursive and recursive) in children of ages 10, 12, 14 and 16 using a person description task. (Author/SS)

Two studies evaluate several ecological conditions under which early social relations might be established and changed, paying particular attention to the relative novelty of children's toys. Both studies involved two adults with individual preschool children for several successive play sessions. (Author/SB)

Examined relationship of emotion regulation and emotionality to social functioning in 77 children followed from age 4 to age 10. Found that high-quality social functioning was predicted by high emotion regulation and low nonconstructive coping, negative emotionality, and emotional intensity. Measures of regulation and emotionality frequently…

Compared third and fourth graders' responses to general self-concept questionnaire items when they were included in academic, social, or physical domain items. Found that there were high and significant loadings of general self-concept indicators on the academic, social, and physical factors, and low or nonsignificant loadings of the same…

The scientific community has a system of friendships, rivalries, customs, rules, social structures, and mores. Scientists have certain strengths and weaknesses, virtues and limitations. Students studying science can profit by examining some of these behaviors. Examines categories of human social development (such as cooperation/competition, moral…

Addresses attitudinal and logistical roadblocks to launching social and emotional learning programs. Debunks ideas that such programs are either faddish, ineffective, "New-Age," or detractions from academic learning. Stresses conceptual origins in the work of Daniel Goleman, Howard Gardner, and Robert Sylwester. Notes educators must work…

Notes that schools should be nurturing places, where staff know and appreciate students as individuals. Based on teacher and student responses to questionnaires, a recent study analyzed characteristics of nurturing schools and their presence in participants' schools. Although both groups value nurturing characteristics (such as mutual trust and…

Study examines if there is a distinctive difference between the prejudice of Black and White college students at a predominantly White university. Using focus groups, explores the perceptions that Black and White undergraduate students have of each other and how they socially encounter each other on campus. Offers recommendations for practice…

A 2-year ethnographic study focused on social behaviors and gender differences among preschoolers engaging in science activities. Findings indicated that boys exhibited curiosity, spontaneity, extensive prior knowledge about nature, and tended toward aggressive, competitive, and sometimes violent behavior. Girls displayed a submissive countenance,…