This study explored two group treatments, humanistic and social modeling, in helping teachers to be more open and helpful in the classroom. Subjects were 42 volunteers from elementary schools who indicated a desire to become more open and helpful. Each of four groups met four times over a 9 day period for 1 1/2 hours. The modeling groups viewed a…

The purpose of this investigation was to examine the effects of modeling on sex-role development in first-grade children. It was hypothesized that when male-female pairs of children observed a male-female pair of models each child would probably shift his sex-role behavior toward that of the like-sex model. Sixty children served as subjects. The…

Expands an earlier model of personal space expectations and their violations by specifying primitive terms, constitutive definitions, and the propositional logic underlying the model. (MH)

Relates an experiment designed to test the hypothesis that cognitive change resulting from information inputs can be represented as linear motion of concepts in multidimensional space. (MH)

Summarizes Karl Weick's Model of Organizing including its advantages and limitations and tests one of the claims fundamental to Weick's argument. (MH)

The relationships are examined fo a behavior syndrome called "Type A behavior," characterized by chronic and excessive struggle, competitiveness, ambition, and impatience, to certain work patterns and job characteristics among a group of 236 managers. (Author/MLF)

Results indicated that girls' rule violations were affected by the model's skill level, and by interaction of the model's verbal and behavioral expressions relevant to those rules. (Authors)

Author proposes a model for organizational change using a behavioral science approach rather than the traditional authoritarian approach. (MB)

Shows that an individual's general disposition, either positive or negative, averaged with the weight of stimulus traits presented affects impression formation. Graph and bibliography. (RW)

Hypothesizes that children's behavior will be more greatly affected by a live deviant model than by information about deviant behavior, and that if both models are presented, the effect will be additive. Results supported the hypotheses. Bibliography, tables, and graph. (JB)

Provides a replication of a study by Bandura and McDonald concerning Piaget's theory. Though results approximated those of the previous study, the theoretical conclusions are dissimilar. Bibliography, tables, and graphs. (JB)

This paper is based on a PhD dissertation submitted to the Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles. Research supported in part by the U.S. Public Health Service.

Supports the hypothesis that interaction processes connected with the Valence Distribution Model mediated the effect of decision schemes on group decisions. Substantiates the assumptions that interaction is a crucial factor in group decision making. Although input conditions may also have an impact on decision outcomes, they are mediated by…