Although both genetic and situational factors are implicated in criminality, the thesis here is that the latter may well be more important and more frequently encountered than many criminologists have acknowledged to date. (JB)

The results of this study indicated that a basic encounter group experience had no effect as measured by the Personality Orientation Inventory either on the participant supervisory teachers or on the teacher trainees with whom they subsequently worked in small groups. (Author)

Results of experiment showed that the use of an FM wireless microphone and an FM radio were effective in modifying the behavior of student interns within the context of the classroom itself. (Author)

Authors hypothesized that many teachers have classroom behavior management skills in their repertoires but lack techniques for using them as systematically as possible; conventional postgraduate courses are a vehicle for introducing experienced teachers to these skills. (Editor)

The behavior of people in abusing the environment and practices of sanitarians in dealing with these people are reviewed. The need for developing new mechanisms for changing environmental behavior is assessed based on the concept that environmental deficiences are symptoms of behavioral problems. (BL)

Misbehavior rate in classes of institutionalized retarded adolescents dropped when consequences were administered to the entire class for individual misbehaviors. (KW)

Using an interview format, an expert in behavior research discusses behavior problems in the classroom and methods by which the teacher can change the undesired behavior patterns. (CB)

Reinforcement with tokens and time-out procedures was used to control the disruptive or negative behavior of nine retarded children in a nursery school setting. (Author)

The article reported on a program based on behavioral principles to develop verbal behavior in severely handicapped young children and designed to be conducted by college students. (Author)

Preliminary version presented at the meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (New York, March, 1967). Describes procedures for teaching retarded adolescents to use behavior modification techniques with younger patients. (RJ)

It was found that the going-together couples held traditional orientations toward each other with commitment to marriage forming a strong part of this orientation. The effects on marriage rates for living-together couples were seen to depend upon which of the partner's positions prevailed. (Author)