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Peer reviewedPetrillo, Robert – Social Policy, 1976
Rap Room is a peer counseling service which combines self-help, peer help, and professional guidance to develop supportive relations in the midst of a generally depersonalizing and growth-stifling institution. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Objectives, Peer Counseling, Peer Groups, Schools
Peer reviewedPerlman, Janice E. – Social Policy, 1976
Suggests a taxonomy of the grass roots movement and gives a general descriptive over view of the 60 groups studied with respect to origin, constituency, size, funding, issues, and ideology. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Change Agents, Group Norms, Group Structure, Leadership
Peer reviewedFried, Stephen B. – Teaching of Psychology, 1998
Describes a special topics course in American popular psychology. Course objectives are to trace the history of the popularization of psychology in America; discuss the efforts of William James, G. Stanley Hall, and others; and evaluate the quality of various examples of popular psychology. (MJP)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Course Content, Cultural Context, Cultural Influences
