Counseling is discussed as a model for future problem solving if the client is fully aware of what the process is and if he is given opportunities to participate by making suggestions and decisions along the way. The ultimate goal is for the client to become his own systems analyst and be fully in charge of his own destiny. (Author)

An analysis of theory and research in social psychology reveals that while methods of research are scientific in character, theories of social behavior are primarily reflections of contemporary history. (Author)

The data from this study support the hypothesis that the encoding of a letter, as well as operations associated with responding, requires attention in the sense of processing capacity. (Author)

Discusses the question of whether overactive youngsters should receive medication for their condition. (GB)

Although subjects were able to adapt to loud noise and other stressors in laboratory experiments, they clearly demonstrated adverse aftereffects. (DM)

Major findings were that: contingent reinforcement was effective in altering behavior; instructions did not augment the efficacy of contingent reinforcement; noncontingent reinforcement was effective for nondeviant students who were told that the reinforcement was actually contingent; and contingent reinforcement led to greater generalization than…

An attempt to determine the predictive and correlational validity of the Parental Attitude Research Instrument was made by comparing attitudes identified through the PARI with other independent measures of behavior and attitudes of the same sample. (Author)

Discusses the thesis that the administration of physical punishment to children may pre-dispose them to violence as adults. Child-rearing practices, physical punishment within the schools, modeling of violent behavior by adults, and the self-fulling prophecy, i.e., you are bad,'' are types of practices considered. (LK)

The importance of talkativeness or the relative frequency of contributing to task interaction was examined as a factor which determines person perception. Quantity but not quality of task contributions was significantly related to the attribution of creativity and influence over others. (Author/JB)

The effectiveness of a white expert (psychologist) and that of a peer in influencing Negro mothers of low socioeconomic status were compared. Results indicated that the expert was more effective than the peer. (JB)

Study was conducted to determine the effect a rule had on a child who was subsequently exposed to conforming or deviant verbalizations and/or behavior displayed by a televised peer model. (Author)

These studies focused on sex differences and were designed to test the hypothesis that girls were more likely to be immobilized by a fear stimulus than boys. (Authors/CB)

Major Purpose of the study was to investigate the extent to which aggressive retaliation in boys at three age levels is influenced by two dimensions of hypothetical provocation: accidental versus intentional and verbal versus physical. (Authors/CB)