Discusses how proverbs provide insight into the nature of socio-logic as a body of principles to guide practical reasoning. English language proverbs reflect many of the rational principles found in argumentation textbooks, including: 1) a typology of arguments, 2) rules of correct inference, and 3) cautions about potential fallacies. (JMF)

This series of experiments demonstrated that three-year-old rehabilitated isolate monkeys could exhibit appropriate social behaviors to age-mate monkeys, but only after further treatment. (Author/SS)

A study of the effectiveness of the mass media in informing the Hispanic and Anglo populations in western Texas found the price per person of creating initial awareness through social relations was considerably greater. However, many Hispanics receive educational information through social contact with those who hear it from mass media.…

Cultural pluralism is an issue that must be dealt with by the whole society but that places two specific demands upon the schools themselves: the development of a curriculum that teaches about the nature of cultural pluralism and the development of a governance system reflecting that pluralism. (MB)

The expectations of the behavior of members of the opposite sex in a dating situation were examined. The findings showed disharmony in the expectations of adolescents with mutuality being achieved by early adulthood through a shift in the expectations of the female towards the psychobiological expectations of the male. (Author)

Sixteen severely emotionally disturbed children in an elementary school reversed a cycle of failure through a teacher-designed innovative school day program which integrated academics and social development through such activities as relaxation and body awakening. (Author/SBH)

Approximately 200 children, age 5-11, from three different regions in Southern England were interviewed about their understanding of social events: school, store, money, payment, the community and government, some specific jobs and acquisition of a role. (MS)

A study of 14 children with autism, 14 with mental retardation, and 14 typical children found the children with autism performed equally well as the others at interpreting social situations when only one social cue was present, but performed significantly worse than the others when multiple cues were present. (Author/CR)

Four preschool children with disabilities and four peers and were taught to take turns tutoring each other on academic skills. All subjects' academic responses increased after peer tutoring. Four of the children increased their social interaction, while the remaining students increased social interaction after a supplemental intervention was…

Considers traditional classroom discipline systems as patriarchal moral systems focused on hyperindividuality and dependent upon rules, consequences, and principles focused through authoritarian structures. Critiques the Assertive Discipline, Control Theory, and Discipline with Dignity discipline systems, and proposes an alternative model for…

Notes that holistic approaches to learning through play may not be universally effective with all children. Reviews studies in this journal issue, noting the absence of socioeconomic status as a variable, and questions raised by their results in the context of applying them to increasingly diverse populations. (HTH)

This article reviews the components of social validation and how they apply to social skills assessment for people with disabilities. Components include the social importance of the intervention outcomes, the social significance of the goals, the appropriateness of the procedures, and determination of the optimal levels for target behaviors.…

A study involving 18 high-functioning children (ages 8-17) with autism and 17 controls found that those with autism revealed a good understanding of social interaction and loneliness and demonstrated a high level of social initiation. They spent only half the time in social interactions with peers, however, compared to controls. (Contains…

The second of a four-part series on the development of infants and toddlers, this article reviews current research on social and emotional development during the first two years and provides a selected list of activities designed to promote infants' optimal development. Attachment behavior and affective behavior are two major topics explored. (EV)

Studied developmental changes in the experience of solitude between late childhood and early adolescence. Fifth through ninth graders (N=483) provided experience-sampling reports on their companionship and subjective states at random times over a week. Found that in early adolescence solitude comes to have a more constructive role in daily life as…