Our western conceptions of knowledge still do not seem to have fully realised what Descartes had already stated in the seventeenth century, that we can no longer acquire full certainty. In education, knowledge is very often connected to that which we possess--what we know for certain. In this paper, my starting point is the argument put forward by…

This article examines the democratic potential of online communities by investigating the influence of network heterogeneity on social tolerance in an online gaming environment. Online game communities are potential sources of bridging social capital because they tend to be relatively heterogeneous. Causal analyses are conducted using structural…

The author of this article explains his counseling ideology: that the only essential requirement of counseling is humanness, which is the capacity of an individual to be open to another human being without judging and without losing his own individuality. (Author)

This study is an effort to examine man's most negative experiences as he perceives them. The results indicated that teachers were involved more often than any other person in the most negative experience reported. Improved human relations skills are clearly indicated for those in higher education as well as in public schools. (Author)

A classroom teacher discusses her attitude towards her own aging process, and describes the benefits of classroom interaction between older adults and young children. (LH)

In a 2-wave national telephone survey, a probability sample of English-speaking adults indicated their attitudes toward gay men at Wave 1 (n=538) and toward both gay men and lesbians approximately 1 year later (n=382). Discusses findings of the study and theoretical and policy implications of the results. (KW)

An argument is posited for dealing with urban dilemmas through the perspective of interpersonal communications. In response to the contemporary revolution in communications technology, the concept of the community is redefined to encompass all the people with whom an individual communicates, regardless of geographic location. Social and political…

Conceptualizing the subject matter of interpersonal behavior was the primary objective of this study. Researchers administered version three of Lorr and McNair's Interpersonal Behavior Inventory (IBI) to 507 undergraduates at Cleveland State University. The first group received three copies of the IBI and were asked to rate themselves, rate a…

The effect of lawyer credibility and juror perception on trial verdicts was tested through the use of a videotaped, reenacted genuine court case. The reactions of two groups of test subjects composed, first, college students enrolled in speech communication courses and, second, persons who had served on a real jury within four years, provided data…

Communication researchers would like to know if the quality of a speaker's voice is a reliable indicator of an effective communicator and if voice quality can reveal information about the speaker's intelligence, leadership ability, and personality type. Experimental studies involving over 400 undergraduates at the University of Nebraska sought to…

Originally published in 1954, this investigation was designed to explore the formation of cohesiveness within work groups in an industrial setting, and the relationship of cohesiveness to productivity and to group members' mental health and adjustment. A company wide questionnaire survey, involving 228 groups totaling 5,871 workers, was made of…

Conducted at Father Flanagan's Boys Home, the study investigated the relationship between a "teacher-advisor" educational program and students' attitudes toward school and toward classroom climates. Two methods of training were investigated: the Teacher-Advisory Training Program and the Teacher Effectiveness Training Program. A group of…