Spontaneous thematic play behavior in children is investigated. Environmental prerequisites of play and possible functions of play in cognitive and personality development are discussed. Whether modelling is a prerequisite for thematic play, and the relationship between level of play and creativity test performance in children are assessed. (DP)

The effects of attention to symbolic presentation of contingent rewards, in the form of slide-presented images, on children's ability to wait for the delayed reward were investigated. Attention to the symbolic contingent rewards greatly increased the duration of the children's delay of gratification. (Author/KM)

It was shown that when a highly anxious student performs a task with a confederate, his performance is lowered and that peers may induce anxiety in others when they (peers) complete a task more quickly. (Author/KM)

Anthropologists have tended to look at and describe those aspects of American Indian life in the Southwest which could be termed aboriginal to the neglect of the total picture of Indian life as it actually is. (FF)

The results of this study indicate a low level support for the theoretical position that people work at jobs appropriate to their personality orientations. (Author)

Clients' ratings measuring the extent to which they felt inhibited by audio-recorded sessions (for supervisory purposes) were correlated with their scores on each scale of the Adjective Check List. Inhibition was positively related to scores in Self-Control, Endurance, Order, Abasement, Deference, and Counseling Readiness. (Author)

Study analyzes intellectual ability and achievement in school of six to eleven year old students. (RK)

The point of this essay is to suggest that model theory provides a fruitful foundation for the organization of schools, materials, and methods which will operate to achieve educational breadth and richness of experience. (Author/RK)

Experiment set out to determine whether responses to creativity tests are influenced by the personality of the subjects and by the amount of stress imposed by different testing procedures. (Author)

This is a research study of personality correlates and attitude changes of prospective teachers in sensitivity training. Results imply that the sensitivity training experience promoted a greater self-understanding for the teacher trainees as well as increasing the understanding of the attitudes and feelings of their students and others. (Author)

This paper is concerned with a group of immature ESN school leavers specially selected for a course of work preparation at the Cliffdale Industrial Training Unit in Portsmouth. (Author)

Presents twelve reasons why educators should be wary of behavior modification. (JF)

Answers criticisms of and questions about behavior modification. (JF)