Relevance of cognitive and developmental variables to observational learning and imitation is also discussed. (Authors/MB)

Examines the effects of the presence and absence of nurturance on children exposed to a model who either verbalized the importance of charity or who acted in a charitable manner. Data suggest that performance has a much greater effect than verbalization, with only nurtured females being affected in the latter condition. Tables and bibliography.…

Presents experimental evidence showing that the desirability of an alternative choice increases when one's freedom to choose it is threatened; this reactance will be reduced if freedom is reinstated by another person; and desirability will also be reduced if another person under similar threat manages to restore his own freedom. (RW)

Based upon the assumption that a human system passes through several phases as it adapts to a crisis situation, the article describes a four stage model, each phase presented as it applies to the individual in crisis and then extended to incorporate organizational parameters. Comments follow by Leonard Soloman and Norman Paris. (Author/BY)

Man needs a variety of sensory experiences for normal functioning. The theory explored attempts to demonstrate that conditions exist in which the symptoms of sensory deprivation may occur during times when sensory stimuli are optimal. (Author)

Four educational models are presented; then the implications of these models for discipline are explored and explicated. The aim is to promote a greater awareness of the theoretical assumptions which motivate different attitudes toward discipline, thereby creating a more solid basis both for understanding and for intelligent action. (Author/KC)

The model stresses interactions among specific combinations of cognitive task requirements, learner characteristics, and instructional treatment properties, in a manner analogous to the aptitude-treatment interaction (ATI) model. "Supplantation" is the provision of overt assistance to learners in performing a specific process required by…

The Competent Learner Model integrates direct instruction and behavior analysis practices to bring teachers to mastery of formulating, delivering, and monitoring effective instructional programing. The model focuses on the knowledge and skilled responding necessary for individuals to become competent learners, and employs a coaching format to…

Describes a theoretical framework of distributed representations to explore the representational properties in group problem solving. The experiment shows that different distributed representations across two individuals produced dramatically different group problem-solving behaviors; and two minds could be better than one mind, depending on how…

In this paper, we demonstrate nondeclarative sequence learning in mice using an animal analog of the human serial reaction time task (SRT) that uses a within-group comparison of behavior in response to a repeating sequence versus a random sequence. Ten female B6CBA mice performed eleven 96-trial sessions containing 24 repetitions of a 4-trial…