Argues that movements are a kind of ritual conflict whose most distinguishing form is confrontation. (MH)

Investigated effect of a person's physical attractiveness on a therapist's initial judgment of that person's self-concept. Videotapes and audiotapes were made of interviews with attractive and unattractive males and females. Physically attractive persons of both sexes were rated as having better self-concepts than unattractive persons. (Author)

Describes the rationale and method of research in natural settings explaining the concept of systematic observation and discusses the uses of this type of research in the classroom. (MH)

Provides an empirical basis for the proposition that predisposition to communicate is dependent upon the level of ego-involvement, the reception of either an anxiety- or a nonanxiety-arousing discrepant message, and the opportunity to affiliate. (MH)

Discusses a study designed to determine the amounts of attitude change experienced by apathetics under varying conditions of source credibility and quantity of information contained in a message. (MH)

The "how" of teaching is as significant as the "what". This was the content of a nonlecture session at the N.C.G.E. Milwaukee meeting that was structured to give participants an experience in a dynamic model of process instruction. (Author/JH)

Findings indicate that lapses in conversation occur when one of the participants uses responses which fail to advance the topic. Analysis of the postlapse data indicates that subsequent to a lapse, the most probable strategy is for one of the participants to pose a question which the partner is obligated to answer. (PD)

Evaluates effect of the counselor's level of anxiety on students taking part in test anxiety desensitization workshops. Results indicate the number of sessions attended by students is inversely related to the counselor's level of anxiety. Implications for counselor screening in desensitization work are mentioned. (Author)

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Employs interaction analysis to examine communicative behaviors displayed by management versus labor negotiators at various phases of the collective bargaining process. Finds that administration and teacher negotiators were surprisingly similar in communicative bargaining behaviors exhibited but that communication strategies were different at the…

This paper reviews the research conducted in the last 20 years on the application of technology in support of collaborative learning in higher education. The review focuses primarily on studies that use Internet-based technologies and social interaction analysis. The review provides six sets of observations/recommendations regarding methodology,…

This study examined the office hour consultation between teaching assistants (TAs) and undergraduates from the participants' viewpoints. A total of 40 consultations involving five TAs from the economics department of a major American university were videotaped and transcribed. After dividing the consultations into three sections, namely initiating…

Investigates the relative influence of an individual's orientation toward himself and others by ascertaining his satisfaction with a dyadic communication experience. (MH)

Investigates the control or dominance aspects of dyadic message exchanges and suggests a coding technique for analyzing such interaction. See CS 703 560 for availability. (MH)

The study examined instructional consultation in terms of Argyrian theory by carrying out three specific tasks: (1) operationalizing the key Argyrian concepts of collaboration and bilateral control; (2) classifying and coding consultation behaviors on videotapes; and (3) drawing implications from the data for researchers and practitioners. The…