Two experiments investigated whether adolescents who are considered persistently anti-social by their teachers are generally inferior in acquiring avoidance behavior. (DP)

Behavior is guided by its consequences. Paper explores the events which occur when people attempt to control other people's behavior using this principle. (Author)

A random sample of university students was interviewed concerning illicit psychotropic drug use and administered the Personality Research Form. Univariate and multivariate analyses strongly supported the hypothesis that nonusers, moderate users, and heavy users of illicit drugs differ in personality characteristics. (Author)

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of competition on the level of schizophrenic thought disorder by having groups of schizophrenics perform a task under competitive and noncompetitive conditions. (Author)

Children of ages 8-14 at the borderline of mental retardation (IQ of 60-85) who present serious behavior problems have been variously described as impulsive, lacking facility with concepts of time, overinvolved in fantasy, depressed, and hyperactive. This study sought to test the appropriateness of such descriptive terms. (Author)

The purpose of the present study was to investigate how two language variables--affective content and contextual constraint--might contribute to language disturbance in schizophrenia. (Author)

Two major forms of contemporary student alienation are identified: a retreatist passive form termed psychological alienation,'' and an active radical form termed active political alienation.'' (Author)

The voices of school are the voices of people experiencing that special balance between autonomy and conformity. Author considers the need for autonomy and privacy in education. (Author/RK)

This study attempted to demonstrate behavioral correlates of two related Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory code types (4-9,9-4) with inpatients from state psychiatric facilities. The findings are discussed in terms of the discriptors available, the role of base rates, and similarity-dissimilarity of 4-9 profiles. A suggestion is offered…

College students completed anonymous questionnaires on personal drug use, place of residence, academic division, college class, and sex. Place of residence was the strongest predictor, with students who live in private off campus housing using the most drugs with the greatest frequency. (Author)

It was concluded that, at best, self-presentation effects are weak and unobserved by the current investigators (Beta error), or at worst the result of extraneous sources of variation. (Author)

Rehabilitation counselors, aides, and supervisory personnel rated statements on a 36-item inventory as behaviors characteristic either of poor or middle class clients. The results showed consistent ratings that provided evidence that meaningful cross-cultural differences exist. Special considerations for cross-cultural counseling are discussed…

Role playing as a tool for counselors is discussed in terms of rationale and technical use. (BY)