Personal happiness and social cohesion depend on individuals' committing themselves to something larger than themselves--a cause, or the ideal of helping others. (JH)

Discusses the value of elementary science in promoting both cognitive and affective growth in children. (JR)

This study attempted to provide some initial normative data to help professionals and researchers to distinguish between playful and stimulating suicidal fantasies as opposed to serious and compulsive thoughts and behaviours characterized by negative affects. It is argued that the former is a natural consequence of cognitive development, the entry…

Urges that college educators strive to provide college students with both pragmatic experiences and training in abstract, intellectual thinking. (MLH)

Cites research indicating competence is necessary condition of mental health. Defines cognitive competence as crucial form of mastery, attempts to show how it develops and illustrates how mental health depends on this capacity. Sketches out four conditions which psychological education curriculums can provide for facilitating students' acquisition…

A promising avenue for characterizing individuals lies in an examination of the antecedents of recorded behaviors. Autobiographical information from college students was used as an alternative to traditional personality methodology to demonstrate the scientific utility of biodata. The traits selected for investigation were positive and negative…

This paper provides a broad perspective on theories of emotional development and evaluates the implications of different theories for the practicing teacher. Not only psychoanalytic theories but also many theories of emotion contribute to the understanding of children. For example, behaviorist, experimental, ethological, humanist, developmental,…

The relationships between noncognitive factors and reading readiness in elementary school child were studied. One hundred and ninety-two entering first graders (half Negro, half white; half boys, half girls) were selected in two rural Southern counties at the initial stages of a desegregation program. The socioeconomic level of the groups was…

This paper notes a devaluation of children in American society and urges that more attention be paid to the emotional growth of children, who are subject to the same forces that create in adults feelings of powerlessness, attitudes of superficiality and nonreflection, intolerance for delayed gratification, and confusion about self and…

The activities in the publication were developed for use in the exemplary project entitled Models for Career Education in Iowa. Included in the document are an overview of the project's concepts, a diagram of the model for career development being implemented in the project, and an explanation of the model and the self-awareness classroom…

This paper addresses itself to the question, "What does feeling have to do with knowing?" Two movements in affective education are discussed which have come into focus in recent years and which attempt to define the relationship between knowing and feeling. The first, a conscious application of the role of arousal in learning, emphasizes arousal…

The author of this booklet discusses reasons for anger and ways of coping with it. When anger erupts in a classroom, it may be the result of cultural conditions that produce frustration and tension or adult-caused frustrations that could be avoided, such as rigid rules or lack of respect for the child. In discussing the characteristics of anger,…

In an attempt to exorcise cliched, hollow, "voiceless prose," 11 diverse novelists, poets, playwrights, essayists, and critics who are serious teachers of writing share their insights and feelings about their roles as teachers and about writing. Some of the goals expressed in these essays about the relationship between processes of writing and the…

This study was designed to enhance self understanding in counselor trainees. Research focused on the effect of Self Understanding Groups on practicum enrollees. Two groups, one with 18 practicum students, and another group enrolled in practicum and also involved in Self Understanding Groups, were formed. The criterion measure for the effect of the…