This study conducted on policy committee meetings demonstrated a relationship between committee members' seating distance from the chairman and their participation rates in meetings. As a member's participation increased, he began to sit nearer the chairman. A model is proposed interrelating participation, interpersonal spacing, communication…

Studies the ways in which information disclosed early in a relationship is used to form predictions about probable attitudes of the other person, and subsequent communication behavior as the relationship progresses. (MH)

Using interaction analysis, studied the classroom verbal interactions of three types of elementary science classes: not using a process-promoting curriculum; using a process-promoting curriculum, with or without a consultant. Among the findings was that teachers who interacted with a consultant were more indirect in their teaching. (MLH)

The study examines emotional and cognitive processes associated with a response to provocation, using the "stream of consciousness" technique, as well as mood and attitude questionnaires. Physiological processes (heart rate, electrodermal responses, and blood pressure) and sex differences in a display of aggressive behavior are also…

The author attempts to determine whether or not dispositional variables involving feelings and attitudes concerning others are related to altruistic behavior and, if so, to examine their relationship to positive and negative affective arousal. (Author/RK)

The frequency and types of physical touching that occurred between preschool teachers and children were observed in four classrooms, each of which contained a male and a female teacher. (JMB)

Authorities indicate people need to feel loved and to believe they are performing a worthwhile task before they can feel successful in today's society. Applying this dictum to teachers, discussion centers on interaction belonging, building self-worth, the real life of and staff member involvement with the lonely teacher, and solutions. (JC)

In this paper four situations illustrative of the problem of ethical content of the client/therapist relationship are presented: (1) providing clients with information to make informed decisions about therapy; (2) using contracts in therapy; (3) responding to clients' challenges to therapists' competence; and (4) handling clients' complaints.…

This paper summarizes the existing literature on the importance of the family meal in analyzing family interaction, presents the results of a naturalistic observational study of a normal (nonpathological) family, and identifies the implications of the study for research and therapy. (Author)

Describes the two-way interactive cable television experiment underway in Rockford (Illinois) providing in-service teacher training in the elementary schools in metric education and four areas of language arts--creative writing, listening skills, use of children's language experience in teaching, and creative dramatics. (JMF)

An examination of inclusion, control, and affection behaviors in the interrelationships of coaches and athletes revealed that inclusion was the predominant factor contributing to incompatibility in the dyads. (MJB)

Research into the police function, suggests that the emphasis on crime-related activities has failed to achieve crime reduction goals and may have exacerbated problems of police-citizen alienation and citizen fear of crime. In the future, police must abandon strategies which prevent extensive contact with citizens. (Author)