Compared the separate and combined effects of behavior rehearsal and modeling on grooming skill development of mentally retarded women (N=48). All treatments were superior to the control condition. Modeling and behavior rehearsal were both effective but there was no advantage to combining them. Cost effectiveness favored the other-model procedure.…

Argues that "planned change" theorists provide a framework for bringing out structured change and devising tactics for achieving curricular reform. Reviews Pennsylvania State University's general education programs and offers 12 reform strategies, with objectives and examples of tactics. (DMM)

Systematic change in academic systems requires internal analysis of work, belief, and authority structures. Four situations are explored in which order and disorder are in tension: between disciplinary bottom and administrative top, among administrative units, within operating levels, and over time in a reversal of orderly and disorderly…

Three institutions' planned change strategies that introduced a comprehensive array of new approaches to planning, management, communication, information and analysis, and staff development are discussed. The larger purposes of these planned change activities--educational change and institutional vitality--await future evaluation. (MLW)

Discusses selected sociological barriers to achieving collective adoption of natural resource conservation and development projects in rural areas of developing nations. Suggests collective adoption of innovation is an important component of rural development strategies, especially in poorer strata. (AH)

Studied the effectiveness of hypnosis in the treatment of cigarette habituation. Volunteers (N=87) were randomly assigned to hypnosis, relaxation, or waiting list control groups. Hypnosis was found to be superior to relaxation only for subjects high in hypnotic susceptibility. Those who quit smoking increased food consumption. (Author/JAC)

Describing a task force as a planning and problem-solving group within the school, this article outlines problems encountered in school-based planning efforts and ways to make future attempts more successful. (Author/JM)

Claims that, to receive government support, education must demonstrate its contribution to productivity in private enterprise. Suggests five indicators of productivity in high schools and discusses how use of seven productivity-raising interventions common in business might affect high school productivity. (PGD)

This discussion of methods of integrating the corporate library into the mainstream of affairs highlights three major elements of the process: marketing, production, and advertising. Professionalism and the information seeking behavior of clients are noted. Five references are provided. (EJS)

Examines the cynicism expressed by some Black professionals and national leaders regarding the idea of street demonstrations as a currently viable strategy for social change. Using historical examples, argues that an integrated set of political strategies is necessary to achieve social objectives. (Author/GC)

Reports on the incidence of family violence in the United States and reviews causal studies concerned with the psychological needs of the violent individual, the social situation in which violence occurs, and the norms and values which sanction violence. Also discusses intervention measures and prevention strategies. (Author/GC)

Examines the popularity of technical writing courses, the qualifications for teaching technical writing, and the process of "retooling" an English teacher as a technical writing teacher. (RL)

Clinical examples illustrate how one therapist's absence may stimulate the emergence and expression of warded-off material in the patient group and may serve as a catalyst for change. Describes possible benefits for cotherapy relationship. (Author/NRB)

Tested three models (reinforcing outcome, cultural norm, social comparison) relating player's attitudes toward confederate in prisoner's dilemma game (PDG). Subjects played PDG and answered interpersonal judgment scale rating confederates. Behaviorally similar confederates received more positive evaluations than dissimilar confederates. Sex roles…

In a self-control and competency study of 190 subjects from eight fourth- and fifth-grade classrooms using different treatments compared across gender, grade, and teachers, data suggested teacher attitudes toward male students changed as a result of affective modules and replicated findings that, overall, teachers rated females higher than males.…