Critiques the frustration-aggression hypothesis, which was developed in 1939 concerning the interplay of cognitive and motivational processes in aggressive behavior. The hypothesis suggested that frustration leads to aggression. The author's experiments show that the aversive experiences, not necessarily frustration, lead to aggression. (Author/AV)

Attempts to define and measure the developmental levels at which children identify with characters and interpret scenes in children's plays. Available from: Children's Theatre Review, Children's Theatre Association of America, American Theatre Association, 1029 Vermont Ave., N.W., Suite 402, Washington, D.C. 20005

Surveys 5,000 years of artworks, encompassing 1,180 scorable instances of unimanual tool or weapon usage. No systematic trends in hand usage were revealed. Right hand use averaged 93 percent of all cases regardless of which historical era or geographic region was assessed. (SL)

Historically, psychologists and sociologists have paid little attention to the social psychologies developed by one another; however, the theories are often mutually relevant. This paper reviews a selected set of recent developments and seeks to draw from these a picture of general trends. (Author/MV)

Available from: Behavioral Disorders, Council for Exceptional Children, 1920 Association Drive, Reston, Virginia 22091. The whole behavioral ecology of a high juvenile crime community in East Los Angeles (California) is being studied so that preventative strategies can be implemented to encourage the learning of incompatible, nondelinquent…

Results of exploratory research on relationships between personality characteristics (measured by Jackson's Personality Research Form), choice of recreation activities engaged in actively, frequency of participation in those activities, and the desired consequences expected from that participation are reported. (Editors/BT)

Reports on three studies designed (1) to determine whether the relationship between age and exploratory behavior varies as a function of the measure used, and (2) to examine any sex differences in exploratory behavior. (SB)

Discusses study results indicating that self-esteem and communication apprehension are negatively related. (MH)

Analysis of reader response to fictional characters defined four factors: evaluation, dynamism, sex appeal, and temperament. (KS)

Reporters with little bias--"low participants"--produced the fairest and most accurate, objective, and comprehensive stories about John Dean. (KS)

A total of 153 children in first to fifth grades were given a mood induction followed by measures of generosity and incidental attention. (JMB)

Suggests that group members' apprehension about communicating in groups can potentially mediate the effects of group versus individual brainstorming upon performance. (MH)