The nature of societal differentiation and the meaning and measurement of educational differentiation are studied. (Editor)

This paper reports a secondary analysis of a direct measure of popular taste and contrasts it with professional evaluations of the same cultural product. The data are 5,644 motion pictures rated over a twenty-two-year period by members of a consumer organization and a group of professional movie reviewers. Ratings ofthe two groups are compared,…

Endeavors to broaden sociology instructors' knowledge of the labeling or societal reaction perspective. Outlines the general nature and scope of labeling, its development, and its relative contributions to explanations of deviant behavior. Records and refutes criticisms of labeling. Predicts significant future modifications resulting from a…

Tested hypothesis that task performance of Black children would be positively influenced by increased format variability. Results indicated that (1) the Black children had home environments higher in stimulation affordance than the White children, and (2) performance levels increased with variability in task presentation format only in the Black…

Analyzes historical changes in the odds of persons progressing within the Hungarian educational system. Changes appear to demonstrate the effectiveness of (1) elimination of a class-based, dual structure of primary education, and (2) administrative control over the process of social inequalities in access to schooling. (Author/GC)

Adults (N=309) aged 18 to 90 completed a survey exploring various aspects of reminiscence. Used analysis of variance and chi-square to assess differences in reminiscent behavior across age, sex, education, and social class. On several dimensions sex emerged as a more important variable than age. (Author)

Challenges Robert Michels' argument that both oligarchy and goal displacement are inevitable in protest organizations. Shows that in the Southern Farmers' Alliance, the leadership's pursuit of its own interest in organizational permanence contributed to both the rejection of a potentially successful reform program and the demise of the…

Investigated possible score bias on the MMPI among Blacks and Mexican-Americans who were receiving aid to families with dependent children. (Author)

Sixty middle-class and 60 lower-class children between the ages of three and five were asked to respond to six types of "wh-questions." Social class significantly affected the overall frequency of correct responses within each age group of children tested. (Author/DB)

Family configuration correlates of fluid intelligence and crystallized intelligence constructs are examined. (SS)