This report discusses the outcomes of a study that investigated the effects of a gluten-free diet on three males with autism between the ages of 5 to 8 years old. All subjects were also participants in prior studies on the effects of the gluten-free diet on the learning processes of children with autism in an applied behavioral analysis program.…

The females portrayed in the Gikuyu popular music of Kenya are almost always evil. Women are often viewed as prostitutes who see their sexuality as a commodity to be exchanged for material goods. After the unsuspecting males have delivered the goods, the women are more often than not betrayed. These portraits create a hostile and toxic environment…

While a great deal of discussion has been generated regarding increased levels of student diversity, recruitment of minority faculty, and the diversification of college curricula, there has been far less written about the impact of white institutions on the psyches of ethnic minority faculty. This paper discloses one African-American female…

This study investigated the future life style preferences of 118 undergraduate rehabilitation education majors at Pennsylvania State University. (Author)

The results and implications of an original experiment, a replication experiment, and a follow-up experiment concerning a structured group process oriented toward positive change are presented here in detail. (Author)

This study attempts to evaluate the effects of one specific positive-reinforcement-oriented contingency management program on students' total and school-related self-concepts as well as their personal and social adjustment. (Author)

Needs assessment is one phase of preparing a proposal for a grant. Federal and State contracting officers examine closely the degree to which needs of a school system have been systematically appraised. Introduces principles and techniques of needs assessment. (Author/JN)

The stereotype differential was used to assess stereotypes about English Canadians, French Canadians, and Canadian Indians in three age levels of school children, as well as their parents. Results indicated that as children grow older their stereotypes become more consensual, less evaluative, and more similar to those in the adult community. (JB)

Presents some tentative cross-cultural and cross-national evidence relating one environmental variable (i.e., climate) to both behavioral and psychocultural processes. (DM)

In this cross-cultural research tests of the effects of stimulus familiarity on a conservation of area task in rural Guatemala are made. Performance on the conservation of area task is compared with performance on other types of conservation. Changes in performance over a one-month interval are reported. (SM)

Chapter examines three classes of consequences of potential importance to all teachers and provided examples and suggestions pointing to the developing importance of knowledge of stimulus control procedures for teachers. (Author/RK)

Discusses the testing of a method of differentiating reticent from non-reticent students, using the FIRO-B measuring instrument. (Author/RN)

A study which reinforces the hypothesis that dominant vocal characteristics will correlate with dominant personality characteristics. (RN)