Fifteen college students participated in a 24-hour marathon group and responded to the Internal-External Scale immediately before and after the experience. The results disclosed significant positive change at the .001 level in perceived locus of internal-external control of reinforcement expectancies in the direction of increased internality.…

This study investigated the relationship between reflectivity-impulsivity and performance on Piagetian tasks with primary-grade children. Findings indicate that performance was best among the more reflective students but that performance of the normally more impulsive students would increase if they were restrained from answering too quickly. (LS)

The study investigated effects of self-reinforcement and group therapy intervention techniques in modifying fear of failure motivation and classroom behavior. Results indicated such techniques were successful. (ST)

Treats various state's laws on corporal punishment in schools as it affects students and teachers. Recommends that corporal punishment be used only as self-defense measure. (DS)

Paper presented at Conference on New Approaches to Behavioral Research on Smoking held in Tucson, Arizona, on March 30 and 31, 1972, by American Cancer Society. (DS)

This article seeks to present a viable resolution of one of the perennial ideological issues in counseling: determinism versus human freedom. The dilemma has bearing on the related professional issue of client and counselor responsibility. (Author)

Describes a range of behavior therapy techniques for treating sleep disturbances, including physical activity, relaxation training, biofeedback, autogenic training, and cognitive techniques. The importance of understanding the client's background is emphasized. Restoring the client's self-control and positive psychological growth are stressed.…

Describes autogenic feedback training, which provides the basis whereby an individual is able to improve on well being through use of a technique described as "body fortran," implying that you program self as one programs a computer. Necessary requisites are described including relaxation training and the management of stress. (JAC)

This paper evaluates the experimental evidence regarding the relationship between parental supervision and offspring delinquency with the view of suggesting that greater emphasis be placed on the role of parental supervision as a means of reducing delinquent behavior in potentially delinquent families; high supervision is associated with low…