Investigates certain subtle extraverbal cues and whether these relate to accord or discord between newlywed couples. (MH)

Examines communication effects gaps in the levels of knowledge and adoption of new ideas between more-advantaged and less-advantaged segments of a social system. (MH)

Discusses a study designed to explore behavior changes in subjects' performances as a function of evaluative feedback and examines the relations between judgements of physical attractiveness and social competence. (MH)

Defines the rhetorical impreative (i.e. you know?, you see?, okay) as a "non-ah" type of speech disturbance wherein the rhetorical nature of the inherent questions neither seeks nor desires a response. Relates anxiety and floor control to rhetorical interrogatives in experimental testing conditions. (MH)

Tested students' self-concepts and observed their classroom behaviors after manipulating reinforcement for positive self-descriptions. Finds that students receiving positive reinforcement for positive self-descriptions display increased intellectual self-concept and more frequent positive self-descriptions. (RL)

Videotapes from a behavior modification training program for five ward attendants in an institution for the mentally handicapped show these personnel tend to depend too much on verbal prompts and physical guidance. (JG)

A program was developed to teach three profoundly retarded children to feed themselves. (Author)

Albert Ellis replies to critiques of his feature article. He answers each author specifically. (HMV)

The research focused on the value patterns of two groups representing different generations. Findings indicate that significant differences in values exist between American adolescents and their parents, but that both groups possess similar value orientations with regard to specific traditional values. (Author/DB)

This investigation indicates that birth order is significantly related to participation in dangerous sports and that first borns are less likely to engage in risk taking than are later borns. (JD)

The present paper attempts to provide a rationale for dealing with the ethical dimensions involved in protecting human subjects in educational research. (Author)

Amphetamines and other stimulant drugs are not causing so-called "paradoxical effects" in hyperactive children but are actually effective because they provide needed stimulation. According to the Swanson-Brodemus Model, amphetamines, et al., provide internal sources of stimulation, thus reducing the need for external stimulation. (Author)

Discusses research conducted into the development of well-adjusted children reared in disadvantaged homes and environments. (SL)

This research was undertaken to explicate the role of behavioral rigidity and hypothesis behavior in concept learning of schizophrenics. (Author/RK)

Presented is evidence that situational factors have more effect on political behavior of both sexes than is usually reported in socialization literature. When situational factors are varied, respondents in the high stimulus situation are found to be more politically expressive regardless of sex. Available from: Southern Political Science…