An attempt is made to point out that a major fountainhead and source of delinquency in North America is the public schools. Academic performance is a vastly superior predictor of delinquency than is class origin. (FF)

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

This study attempted to ascertain the relationship between personality variables and the use of social settings. A factor analysis yielded a structure which generally supported the hypothesis of interrelations among personality variables and use of behavior settings. As predicted, factors of action-oriented behavior emerged. (Author)

Discusses the meaning of dental health education and models that seem most appropriate for use as dental health education materials. (RK)

Since the experiences discussed by the author are commonly viewed as therapeutic rather than educational, he develops a rationale for conceiving of them in educational terms. (Author/CB)

This article discusses how counseling professionals may facilitate consulting efforts through consideration of their own consulting behavior. The counselor who wishes to be influential in consultant relationships must actively and perhaps openly present himself and his ideas to prospective or actual consultees. (Author)

An adult model (teacher) displayed a preference for the doll least selected by the children in her classroom. Indications were that children in the experimental classes imitated the preference of their teacher in selecting their favorite doll at the completion of the experimental period. (Author/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)

Hypotheses were confirmed that most boys would resist sex-inappropriate behavior, boys would more often exhibit resistance techniques than girls, and boys would choose sex-appropriate toys for boys more often than for girls. (Authors)

Study of perceptual exploration was undertaken to see to what extent school experience would produce left-right patterns on several kinds of figures which have strong Gestalt properties. (Author)

Experiment designed to manipulate the perceived person's looking behavior and the perceiver's attitudes toward him in an effort to determine if one is more potent or if they interact in affecting the perceiver's degree of search for eye contact. (Authors/MB)

Criterion checklists for hostility, anxiety, and dependency behaviors in junior high school children were developed rationally and refined through factor analysis. All three scales were cross-validated on a further 100 children though only the hostility scale showed discriminant validity. (Author)

The present study points to the pressing need for continuing research covering the behavior of the school social worker in a variety of situations and professional contexts. (Author)