The study involving 12 severely retarded adults (five males and seven females) was conducted to determine the effect of music on the body-rocking manifested by Ss in their ward environments.(SBH)

Compared the performance of learning disabled and normal-achieving third- and fourth-grade children on Kagan's Matching Familiar Figures Test to determine group differences along the impulsivity-reflection dimension. Overall results suggest that learning disabled children are not more impulsive but rather use poor strategic behavior in processing…

Two experiments examine the effects of positive (happy), neutral, and negative (sad) affective states on children's mastery of a learning problem. Subjects were 96 four-year-old children. (MP)

Analyzes the impact of black studies on the self-concept and achievement of black students. No statistical evidence was found to justify the existence and continuance of black studies programs in their present state. (Author/DB)

Prior theoretical formulations have suggested that client exposure to levels of personal risk and responsibility most conducive to optimal group development can be regulated with group structure. Analysis of variance results indicated the highest frequency of therapeutically relevant behaviors occurred in the high-structure and high-risk-taking…

A covert self-instructional program was used to reduce the frequency of a hospitalized chronic schizophrenic's inappropriate verbalizations. A marked reduction in the frequency of the target behavior accompanied the treatment intervention, and improved verbal behavior was directly responsible for the decision to discharge the subject from the…

Replicates an earlier study designed to determine specific meanings associated with various kinds of touch behavior in opposite-sex friends. (MH)

Data was collected on alcohol usage patterns in order to construct a preventive health education program involving (1) messages to fraternities, freshmen and first offenders of alcohol ordinances; (2) information to persons with educational influence over others; (3) materials to concerned students, and (4) promotion of the idea of…

Work release in a rural state has functioned successfully for two years with a halfway-house-type model. Initial results suggest there is greater success in units isolated from the prison and participation should be restricted to persons having six months or less to serve on prison terms. (Author)

The purpose of this study is to investigate the sexual attitudes and behavioral patterns of black adult mental retardates. Subjects consisted of three different grouping: educable mentally retarded, trainable mentally retarded, and a normal sample. Group counseling, individual counseling, and attitudinal questionnaires were used to accumulate the…

Even in a time when many of their rights were restricted, Blacks distinguished themselves in two areas--the church and the schools. They built and maintained a viable community life focused around these two institutions. (Author)

Reviews the history of black education in America, emphasizes its corollary virtues of self-help, self-reliance, and self-determination, and assesses their implications for the future. (Author)

To study the independent and combined impact of a counselor's verbal (i.e., evaluative feedback) and nonverbal (i.e., interpersonal distance) communications on behavioral compliance, 80 female clients were individually interviewed in the context of a weight-reduction clinic. Physical proximity strengthened adherence to a counselor's dieting…

This study provides estimates for the Nye and Berardo model of the effect of age at marriage on socioeconomic attainments. The major findings are that marital timing has neither a total effect on educational and occupational attainments, nor does it mediate the total effects of family socioeconomic statuses. (Author)