Demonstrates that a more direct cause of verbal slips is occasional noise or interference in the phonological encoding processes, with the associations provided by cognitive states (and verbal context) serving merely as reference information for the semantic phase of prearticulatory editing. Relates this to "Freudian slips." (JMF)

The author argues for two theses: (1) If one assumes the existence of an aesthetic attitude, one must accept a new conception of the word "education" in the term "aesthetic education"; and (2) the school as an institution militates against achieving this new sense of aesthetic education. (Author/SJL)

Thirty-three white, upper-class adolescents and their mothers completed questionnaires containing modified forms of several Bronfenbrenner and Schaefer parental behavior scales. Results indicated several areas of agreement between mother and child; however, in a few areas of maternal behavior, there was low to moderate agreement. (Author/SJL)

Examined correlates of role (discloser vs facilitator) and personality characteristics of sensitivity to rejection and affiliative tendency in self-disclosing behaviors and partner evaluations following self-disclosure. Results indicated that facilitators were less open and more authoritative than disclosers. Persons scoring higher on sensitivity…

Administering a semantic differential to 53 early childhood, elementary, and middle school majors at the University of Georgia, this study analyzed the affective regard of preservice teachers when they perceived having one vs several exceptional children in their regular classrooms. (JC)

Discusses the importance of student motivation in the foreign language classroom. Suggests that although most foreign language teachers are well trained in methods and materials, the psychological principles related to motivation and reinforcement are more elusive than those related to learning activities. (NCR)

Interviews based on the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression and the Research Diagnostic Criteria for Affective Disorders indicated that although depression was transitory for half of the students, many had diagnosable depressive disorders. (Author)

Analyzes defensiveness in communication as caused by an unwillingness to acknowledge and tolerate differences in others, a fear of change in ourselves, and a desire to avoid mental imbalance. It causes a deteriorating cycle between communicators but can be reduced by empathy, treatment of fellow communicators as equals, and genuineness. (JMF)

Eighty-five children between 7 and 12 years of age were asked to discuss happy, sad, or affectively neutral incidents that had been experienced either by themselves or by another child. Each child received prize chips for participating in the study. Then the children were given the opportunity to share their experimental earnings with some less…

Generic competencies in physical education have been drawn up in Michigan based on student-oriented competencies rather than activity-oriented statements. The competencies are classified as psychomotor, affective, or cognitive. (JMF)

Two studies assessed the positive affective correlates of secure attachment in infancy and the relation between secure attachment in infancy and competence in the peer group at 3 1/2 years of age. (JMB)

The purpose of this study was to test the effects of subjects reading passages from the novel, "Under the Ribs of Death," by John Marlyn, and then being asked role exchange questions. Subjects were pre-tested with a dogmatism scale and post-tested with a measure of empathy. No significant treatment or interaction effects were found.…

Presented are five arguments for implementing the affective objective of "develop a good attitude toward learning and teaching science" for preservice science teachers. (SL)

Noting that students in health professions education, irrespective of the specific discipline, often experience difficulty with interpersonal encounters in the clinical setting, the author contends that in addition to academic requirements, curricula should include experiential opportunities for students to develop their competencies in affective…

Evaluates the extent to which mutual regulation occurs in mother-infant interactions by assessing the relationship of their affective and attentional involvement. (MH)