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Berdan, Robert – 1973
The established unit for reporting sociolinguistic data has been the sociologically determined group. Characteristically, only the mean rate of nonstandard usage for the group is reported for any linguistic feature. Such reporting obscures the possibility of linguistic heterogeneity within the group. Data from Los Angeles school children show that…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Black Students, Child Language, Comparative Analysis
Jennings, Russell W. – 1973
"Pacification" as a technique of social control has a negative effect because of its destructive or disintegrative impact on behaviors of individuals in social or problem-solving situations. "Pacification" uses communication techniques which discount some aspect of the problem-solving process: the problem itself, its…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Decision Making Skills, Group Behavior, Group Dynamics
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1984
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 24 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) the relationship between changing sex-role attitudes and behaviors and changing decision-making patterns among married couples; (2) a comparison of the effect…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Communication Research, Communication Skills, Doctoral Dissertations