Suggests that man cannot survive without a system of some kind for predicting the course of events. It does not matter that the system may be false on another system's terms, so long as it identifies experiences in a way which enables people to attach meaning to them and respond. (Author/AM)

Two couples and one family who failed to show any progress during the course of structured enrichment programs were evaluated. It was concluded that the parents' or marital partners' inability to look at themselves critically was one reason for the failure. Discusses possible future research. (Author)

Provides case studies and related data to support the use of precision teaching techniques (charting changes in performance/learning) in reading instruction. (RL)

This investigation looked at the relationship between questionnaire-assessed attitude toward abortion, and later behaviors when subjects were requested to make a tape-recording of an emphatically pro- or anti-abortion script. A correlational study allowed the subject to select the script. In the experimental study, a script was assigned randomly.…

Outlines a dual model of cognitive development in which patterns of cultural stimulation are reconstructed in the child's cognition. It provides a mathematical language for the representation of structures in sensorimotor actions and verbal explanations as they occur in the context of the everyday life of the child. (Author/RH)

Traditional Icelandic patterns of domestic organization have not changed significantly with industrialization and economic growth. Information derived primarily from ethnographic interviews indicates the Icelandic system does not closely adhere to the domestic-cycles model frequently employed by anthropologists. (Author)

Data collected form studies conducted in preservice teacher workshops present a strong case that it is possible to train preservice teachers to increase their level of teacher enthusiasm. (JD)

Offers a behavioral definition of a public, demonstrates how the definition can be used by public relations practitioners in researching and analyzing their publics, and reports on a formulative study of a suburban hospital that can serve as a model for public relations practitioners who wish to do similar research. (Author/GW)

The results of this study are interpreted as demonstrating a bias in favor of aiding and promoting members of one's own sex in managerial situations. (Author)

Patterns of recreational preferences related to patterns of behavioral characteristics are discussed as factors to be considered in planning recreational programs. (JD)

Two factors that may account for the differences in behavior between these groups of migrant workers are: (1) the relative value of the wages paid to Jamaicans and black Americans; and (2) the actual, as well as perceived, opportunities for mobility of each group. (Author/AM)

Results of the present experiments on raising expectations are consistent with previous experiments in that the generalization effect, while significant, is smaller in magnitude than the direct effect. (Author)

The literature on the three most commonly used study techniques was surveyed. Underlining and note taking, requiring active student involvement, were found to be the most effective techniques. (MA)

The aim of this study was to investigate several aspects of daily thinking among delinquents and nondelinquents while adequately controlling institutionalization. Noninstitutionalized subjects demonstrate a higher degree of activity in their daily thinking than their institutionalized counterparts. (Author)

Available from: Council for Exceptional Children, 1920 Association Drive, Reston, Virginia 22091. The article describes an "ecological" or "total" model for the assessment of learning disabled children and youth which considers the interaction of all relevant factors, including deficits or strengths within the student, teacher variables, the…