Reviews the results of a longitudinal study on socialization and child aggression. Proposes that boys be exposed to the same training that girls have traditionally received, and that they be encouraged to develop similar socially positive, nurturant, and sensitive qualities that are antithetical to aggressive behavior. (Author/GC)

Television programs were analyzed for frequencies of positive reinforcement and punishment exchanged among performers varying in age and sex. Females were found to more often exhibit and receive reinforcement, whereas males more often exhibited and received punishment. These findings have implications for children's learning of positive and…

Examines some of the different representational practices of acting in the context of a theory of signs. Focuses on the intrinsic characteristics of signs and the representational practices of acting. Discusses the contributions of Stanislavsky and Brecht to this area. (JMF)

A study of the impact of "All in the Family" on children concentrates on why they watch, how well they understand the plot, most and least admired characters, and information conveyed about standards of adult and family behavior. (LS)

The deeper level of paradox is that public money supports education to advance the public interest, but how much and what kind of education are safe? How much education supports evolution and how much supports revolution? (Author/IRT)

Appalachian students don't learn to read because reading lacks pragmatic social consequences for them. (DD)

Applicants for telemarketing jobs were assigned to 4 groups (32 each): (1) standard interview (control group); (2) job-specific realistic job preview; (3) nonspecific expectation-lowering procedure; and (4) both treatments 2 and 3. All three treatment groups had significantly lower expectations but not higher retention. Combined treatment resulted…

Considers the role and aim of education in the thinking of J. Rousseau. To Rousseau, education serves as a medium between nature and society, with the task of education being that of turning man into a social being. Discusses Rousseau's philosophy in light of his novel "Emile." (SLD)

Examined relations among quality of sibling relationships, maternal socialization techniques regarding infant emotions and skills, firstborns' perspective-taking skills, and firstborns' caretaking behavior in 32 sibling pairs (14 months; 3-5 years) and their mothers. (RH)

Examines patterns of religious behavior and participation of older adults in five areas: social profile of religious participation; profile of patterns of religious behavior of elderly; effects of age, period, and cohort on socialization to religious practice; meaning and role of organized religion for older adults; and implications for future…

Commitment is a major component in career development. This article discusses some influential views and societal conditions reflecting both the need for and phenomenon of commitment and synthesizes these to reveal the comprehensive meaning of commitment. Factors involved in the commitment resolution process are described. (LKS)

Suggests that the socialization of children works against their creativity. Argues that increasing children's exploratory opportunities results in raising the likelihood of new discoveries. Concludes that the establishment of a structure for fostering creativity is a key factor in promoting child development. (SG)

Several studies indicate that adolescents in the United States think about political issues that have relevance to their lives in ways that differ from their thinking about issues that do not have such relevance. Proposes (1) a model of moral or social reasoning; and (2) two categories of reasoning: instrumental and symbolic. (BC)

An analysis of views of early socialization and sociogenetic theorists will provide a foundation for regarding internalization as a process involving transformations of semiotic material imported from the social world into personally constructed subjective experience. Argues that researchers embracing the sociogenetic tradition should make…

Agrees with the distinction, made by Lawrence and Valsiner in the previous article, between theoretical approaches concerning internalization that view internalization as cultural transmission and internalization as constructive transformation. Concurs with criticisms of these approaches, and questions the need for the notion of internalization in…