To facilitate conflict resolution, couples must develop instrumental rather than terminal hypotheses which encourage problem solving and positive behavior change. (CJ)

Author states that the old problem of the gap between ivory tower and reality is meaningless. (Editor)

Reports a continuing longitudinal study begun in 1967 of attitudinal and behavioral change among recruits in the Philadelphia Police Department. Behavioral components are secrecy and mandatory mutual assistance. Comparisons are made with attitudes of detectives and experienced Patrolmen. (DB)

Article describes how a group of individuals changed their behavioral style while attending U.S. Army Engineering Officer Candidate School. (Author/JB)

Since survival on spaceship earth" depends upon cooperation, schools, too, must teach cooperation rather than the competitive nature of society. (MB)

Case studies illustrate use of positive reinforcement to improve academic achievement of a low achieving 9-year-old boy, and use of group contingency procedures to modify deviant behavior of a fourth-grade boy. (KW)

Arguments are given for replacing school psychologists with psychological clinics which are administratively independent of the schools." (Author/SP)

Behavioral change is accomplished by the use of questionnaires that permit the participants to rate each other and management. (EK)

The results indicate that a procedure of desensitization can be implemented successfully in a typical public-school setting and that it would reduce significantly anxiety related to giving talks in front of class. Also revealed is that an informal and relaxed procedure that involved practice with the anxiety-related activity is equally effective.…

A researcher in psychopharmacology foresees a flood of new drugs that will make man feel happy, cause him to forget his past, and arouse his sexual desires. Man may actually have the possibility of attaining sustained happiness, or something like it, through drugs, and so must ask the question, Is happiness what I most want?" (Author)

The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether instructional behavior learned during a series of simulated teaching experiences using peers as students would transfer to a setting in which real" pupils were students. (Author)

Discusses problems of professional identity, Competence, and involvement in campus activities, all with view toward effecting changes necessary to move ahead with the times. (CJ)