The effects of instructional variations during a role playing assessment on the assertive behavior of untrained, low assertive college students were investigated. Based on the responses of 1,392 students, 80 students who indicated a moderate to severe problem in refusing requests, and expressed interest in an assertion training workshop, were…

IN APRIL 1961, QUESTIONNAIRES WERE MAILED TO MEMBERS OF MANY ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS TO DISCOVER RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF INTERGROUP RELATIONS. APPROXIMATELY 200 PERSONS WROTE OF RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN. ABSTRACTS OF THE REPORTED RESEARCH ARE PRESENTED UNDER ONE OF THREE HEADINGS--COMPLETED, CURRENT, AND PLANNED. COMPLETED AND CURRENT…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO ASSESS STUDENT ACQUISITION OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT VOCATIONS AFTER PARTICIPATION IN A CAREER SIMULATION GAME AND TO DETERMINE ATTITUDINAL CHANGE TOWARD VOCATIONAL CONCEPTS. DATA WAS COLLECTED THROUGH A PRE-TEST AND A POST-TEST. A SAMPLE OF SIXTH- AND EIGHT-GRADE STUDENTS WAS DRAWN FOR THE TREATMENT AND THE CONTROL…

MAJOR EMPHASIS, DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF OPERATION, WAS ON--(1) ACTING AS LIAISON WITH STATE AGENCIES, LABOR GROUPS, AND OTHERS INTERESTED IN RESEARCH IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, (2) WORKING WITH INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN INITIATING AND CONDUCTING RESEARCH RELATED TO VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, (3) ENCOURAGING SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO DESIGN AND…

A DIAGRAMATIC OVERVIEW IS PRESENTED OF A PROJECT WHOSE GOAL IS A SYSTEMATIC AND COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF AN ATTITUDE UPON A VARIETY OF RESPONSES. DEPENDING UPON THE OUTCOME OF THIS WORK, CERTAIN RESPONSES WILL BE CHOSEN AS INDICATORS OF ATTITUDE, AND WILL BE UTILIZED AS BASES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF ATTITUDE MEASURES. THE SET OF…

TRAINING RESOURCES FOR YOUTH, INC. (PROJECT TRY) WAS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH 600 17-21 YEAR OLD MALES IN THE BEDFORD-STUYVESANT AREA OF BROOKLYN COULD LEARN VOCATIONAL, PERSONAL, AND SOCIAL SKILLS. SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH TECHNIQUES WERE USED TO PRODUCE POSITIVE CHANGES IN ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIORS OF…

SHORT ANSWERS ARE GIVEN TO QUESTIONS ASKED ABOUT GENERAL FINDINGS IN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, BASED ON EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE COLLECTED IN RESEARCH THESES AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY. EIGHT QUESTION AREAS DEAL WITH STUDENTS IN GRADES 4-6. READING, BOTH ORAL AND SILENT, WORD ANALYSIS AND SPELLING, CHILDREN'S INTEREST AND PREFERENCES, VOCABULARY, MENTAL IMAGERY,…

MANY OF THE 150 ITEMS FORMING THE PACE COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY ENVIRONMENT SCALES (CUES), AN INSTRUMENT FOR ASSESSING COLLEGE STUDENT PERCEPTIONS OF THEIR ENVIRONMENT, FALL WITHIN THE CATEGORY OF HIGH RESPONSE VARIABILITY (50 PERCENT TRUE AND 50 PERCENT FALSE RESPONSES). THE AUTHOR HYPOTHESIZED THAT THIS VARIABILITY IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO CERTAIN…

EMPIRICAL FINDINGS CONCERNING TRENDS IN ENTERING COLLEGE STUDENTS' CHARACTERISTICS BETWEEN 1961 AND 1965 ARE BASED UPON TWO STUDIES OF 45 INSTITUTIONS. DATA FROM THE STUDIES USED TO FORMULATE THE TRENDS INCLUDE SEX, FATHER'S EDUCATIONAL LEVEL, HIGH SCHOOL GRADE AVERAGE, PROBABLE MAJOR FIELD IN COLLEGE, HIGHEST DEGREE PLANNED, AND EXTRACURRICULAR…

THE NEED AND FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A NUMBER OF "REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL MEDIA RESEARCH CENTERS WITH A PROGRAMMATIC ORIENTATION" WERE INVESTIGATED. A PLANNING GROUP WAS ESTABLISHED TO SERVE AS A STEERING COMMITTEE. CONFERENCES IN WHICH GROUPS IN RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN WIDELY DISTRIBUTED REGIONS OF THE COUNTRY PARTICIPATED WERE HELD…

Information transfer measures hold the promise of being more useful than conventional, poorly identified, cost-benefit measures for evaluating scientific research programs. First, information transfer is one of the most significant activities engaged in by scientific research. Second, focusing on information transfer can provide substantial…

The present study focuses on multiple dimensions of face-to-face marriage interaction as the basis for identifying patterns or "types" of couple relating. The research assumes that it is possible to classify marriage relationships by criteria which are objective enough to allow replication and concensus. Particular emphasis is placed on the…

This research was a direct test of the hypothesis that value change as a result of self-confrontation is unidirectional--that is, possible only in a direction that serves to maintain and enhance self-esteem, and thus is consistent with self-conceptions. The effectiveness of a self-confrontation treatment designed to increase the importance of the…

The relative effects of imagerial covert rehearsal with attentional shifts and the use of an independent reinforcing agent in a covert reinforcement therapy were compared. A 17-year-old female student, requesting treatment for a snake phobia, served as the subject. The phobia was measured along four dimensions: behavioral approaches to a live…

Previous research indicates that social beliefs can act in a self-fulfilling manner, affecting responses to individuals and thereby constraining these individuals to behave in ways that spuriously confirm attitudes about them. The possible role of self-perception, i.e., whether targets of such self-fulfilling prophecies not only alter their…