A methodological perspective is taken in examining the problem of inferring attitudes from children's responses to survey items. An experiment is reported which shows that children are highly inclined to evaluate unfamiliar objects in positive terms. Implications of this research for political socialization studies are explored and much of the…

Presents data gathered at a student political demonstration to examine the feasibility and utility of a field-study approach to such events. It is suggested that the cognitive consistency model can be useful in explaining beliefs of demonstration supporters and opponents. (Author/MB)

Seeks to clarify how disaffection from the Vietnam War affects aggressive student militancy against university administrators. (Author/MB)

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)