Three experiments investigated the effects of a treatment package on the self-injurious behavior of three profoundly retarded persons (ages 8-27 years) who appeared to enjoy the physical restraints used to prevent their self-injury. (Author)

There are numerous and complex events taking place during brain maturation that provide the biologic underpinnings of learning and behavior. (MM)

Reviews the ills and negative factors of a monster named television and concludes with the question, "What do we do?" (Author/AM)

This study was designed to assess listeners' ability to judge a taped speaker's age and to measure the extent to which personality ratings are affected by perceived age. In two experiments, undergraduate subjects demonstrated that speaker age can be reliably estimated over a wide age range for both female and male voices. (Author)

Two kinds of videotaped modeling--an expert and a coping model approach--were compared as to the relative effectiveness of each method in reducing beginning counselors' anxiety toward a counseling interview. Those persons who viewed expert models significantly reduced situationally related anxiety following participation in an analogue interview.…

Investigated efficacy of combining rapid smoking aversion and training in self-control skills for maintaining nonsmoking. Results at the 13-week follow-up showed that the performance of the combined rapid smoking plus self-control program was not superior to rapid smoking plus disucssion. (Author)

Examines behavioral and intellectual conformity as major attitudes in shaping political behavior. Manifestations of coercion within human and animal social units are presented, including religious intolerance, prohibition of artistic activity and literary expression, and rejection of outsiders. Available from: Managing Editor, Department of…

The study reported in this paper developed a categorization of teacher physical motion in relation to verbal actions and analyzed two random samples of such motion as a basis for posing ten hypotheses concerning teacher nonverbal behavior. (MJB)

This paper studies informal social participation of blacks and assesses what the patterns mean for the residents and the social organization of their communities. (Author/AM)

Described is the Hahnemann High School Behavior Rating Scale (HHSB), a 45-item rating scale which includes a simple rating guide for the teacher and a detachable profile sheet. (SBH)

Proposes and tests a model of the relationship between beliefs and behavioral intentions based on a mathematical probability theory. (MH)

This article reviews the possibilities that a comparative, functionally oriented view of communication evolution offers to a linguist interested in the evolution of human languages and suggests a wide variety of areas which might be further investigated with profit. (CFM)

Presents a model of social confrontation (communication episodes initiated when one participant signals that the other's behavior violates a rule or expectation for appropriate conduct). Describes issues arising during social confrontation. Concludes that negotiating expectations or relational rules within a problematic situation is the crux of…

Based on perspectives of counseling psychology and industrial/organizational psychology, this article reviews publications relevant to vocational behavior that appeared during 1986. Of the over 700 articles and 70 books or book chapters located, slightly less than one-half are reviewed. (Author/NB)