Although there were social class and race differences in achievement and intelligence test scores, no relationship was found between attending and these variables. There was a significant correlation between the intelligence and achievement test scores, but no evidence that the relationship was different for the different groups. (Author/MV)

This study compared the smiling behavior of 76 infants during a regular day to their smiling during a brief elicitation by the mother and investigated the extent to which a mother is able to intentionally elicit smiling or vocalization. (Author/JMB)

This study examined the role of communicative explicitness, sex, and social class upon children's utilization of a wide variety of hesitation phenomena. Speech samples were analyzed for 20 children 5 years of age. (JMB)

During the period of slavery in the West Indies some slaves became literate. This enhanced their social status and allowed them to move into occupations such as artisan or overseer. They were well informed about the politics of the West Indies, and after emancipation they took advantage of post-slavery society. (VM)

Describes parameters of cultural differences among mainstream teachers and students, grounded in attitudes and behavior as well as ethnicity. Determinants of subgroups include social class, age, life experiences, and activity patterns. (SA)

Found general and area specific self-esteem scores of high school students (N=195) to be inversely related to indices of maladaptive behavior. The specific maladaptive behaviors associated with self-esteem varied as a function of gender and social class. (Author/BH)

Analysis of data on the occupational prestige of women workers in Cuba or Mexico who immigrated to the United States showed that immigrant women do not fare so well as immigrant men in converting their resources into occupational prestige. Differences between Mexican and Cuban women, however, are larger than gender differences. (KH)

This investigation attempted to have parents express what they wanted children to get out of school and what they perceived to be the purpose of education as part of a study of low-income parents perceptions of the impact of social class on schooling. Thirty-five subjects from 30 households were interviewed. (MT)

Suggests that the Association for Childhood Education International Study Conference will provide American teachers with ideas for promoting global understanding through an awareness of differences between the United States and Canada. Some of these differences include regionalism in Canada, constitutional variation, and multiculturalism. (BJD)

Several hypotheses are developed regarding fans and their behavior based upon a review of the literature. An exploratory study is then described, in which participant observers at a university sports arena observed cases of aggressive behavior among the spectators. Based upon the literature review and the findings of the study, four…

Straus has argued that joint households and extended kinship ties might be a factor which could help urbanization because the extended family could ease urban adjustment among its members. Evidence in support of the Straus hypothesis is presented. (Author)

In order to determine the influence of race and socioeconomic status on the self concept of five-year-old children, a sample of 93 children randomly chosen from a heterogeneous total kindergarten population of 417 children attending a central school district in a New York City suburb were tested. (JM)

Sixth grade pupils from a junior high school in Southeastern Ohio were given the OWVI. No significant differences among social classes were found in work values. Significant differences were found between boys and girls in three work values--Altruism, Object Orientation, and Solitude. However, similarities outweighed differences between the value…

From ten studies made in the last 50 years, it is shown that the figure for serious maladjustment is 6 to 7 percent. Analyzes four longitudinal studies to exhibit the incidence of maladjustment, qualitative differences by sex and social class, and the relation between learning failure and emotional disturbance. (RJ)

While the occupational aspirations of Malay and Chinese male students in the secondary schools reveal fairly similar configurations, the socio-economic expectations of Malays are higher and largely independent of social class origins. (Authors)