This study describes the responses of four chronic schizophrenic veterans who participated in a program of intensive reorientation. (Author)

Their special role and the unusual demands placed on them isolate coaches from the rest of the academic bureaucracy. Athletes entering the field of coaching are so thoroughly socialized that they bring with them certain personality traits characteristic of athletes, distinct from other members of the faculty. (Editor)

Investigated the discrimination of sibling age and sex roles by second born children (age 5-13), with the focus on changes in discrimination as a function of the child's age and sex, sibling status, sex of sibling, and age spacing between siblings. (DP)

Faculty orientation usually provides only information on the college's programs; even this modest goal is rarely met. The author looks at orientation as a process of socialization--acquiring attitudes, values, skills, and appropriate social behavior. Besides department and course objectives, college and instructional goals, student…

This paper, prepared for a faculty seminar in conjunction with an NDEA International Affairs Institute, examines data collected in numerous studies on the political attitudes of children and adolescents. Four widely used models derived to deal with political socialization (the accumulation model, the identification model, the role transfer model,…

Preschool children tended to give better performers a higher reward rather than dividing equally. This tendency was stronger in boys, unless the children believed a female adult would judge the appropriateness of the distribution of reward. (ST)

Author gives his answer to the dilemma posed by the question If freedom is our goal, how can we sanction restrictions?" (Editor/MB)

Education's bias toward the printed word as the medium of instruction has sociological consequences. All the new forms of media should be used in instruction to break away from our print dominated society. (18 references) (SJ)

A book related to psychological development in children is reviewed. (DB)

Taken from the writings of Jawaharlal Nehru, this article revolves around his reactions to prison and the effect of imprisonment upon his political and social philosophies. Nehru discusses his political self realization and the need for unification of cultures. (RR)

Blind teachers can function effectively if there is a feeling of mutual respect between them and their students. (CK)