Analyzes the relationship between empathy level and occupation and the differences between empathy level and content as categorized into Herzberg's motivators and hygiene factors. (MH)

This paper considers what the author believes to be weaknesses in Donald Cushman's and Gordon Whiting's analysis of rules, which represent an important movement from monadic to dyadic concepts in explaining patterns of communication behavior. (Author/RK)

The longer a principal remains at a school the greater the level of significance of the relationship between high behavioral characteristics and school climate becomes. (Editor)

Study analyzes intellectual ability and achievement in school of six to eleven year old students. (RK)

Chronologically surveys the research on various aspects of nonverbal communication and provides some ideas for future lines of research. (AN)

Notes that much human activity is monotonous, arduous, or degrading and that most low-caste groups eventually revolt. Suggests that humans use chimpanzees as a permanent minority group that will serve simultaneously as laborers and scapegoats. (MB)

Recent studies show that powerlessness is an important variable in predicting behavioral and attitudinal patterns, and is related to environmental factors. (DM)

Examines compliance with a medical and behavioral regimen by 60 American Indian diabetics, as it relates to demographic and medical variables, attitudes, perceived beliefs of others, and coping strategies. Concludes that the patient's perceptions of significant others' belief is the best predictor of overall adherence. Contains 29 references. (SV)

The successful application of functional analysis to problem behavior suggests the need to examine: additional functional properties of behavior involving social avoidance, biological reinforcement, and respondent conditioning; the role of context (including social factors and biological factors); and the multidimensional character of assessment…

A case study is used to argue that the function of the aggressive behavior of a young woman with severe mental retardation was to avoid or escape the termination of a chain of complex stereotyped ritual behaviors. This is an example of complex interaction between two behaviors and illustrates the need for very careful analysis of the functions of…