Examines possible intended and unintended effects on adolescents of two dominant socialization strategies for preventing premarital pregnancy: (1) the moral absolutes strategy, represented by perceived sexual permissiveness of parents/friends, religiosity, and sex-guilt; and (2) the relative consequences strategy which emphasizes pregnancy…

Power dependence theory and anticompetitive theory/sex strategy research were used to study a power v a socialization perspective. Results indicate that neither theory adequately explains perceptions or behavior in mixed sex groups. A sex stratification perspective can illuminate societal reasons for sex differences. (Author/GC)

Freire reflects on his role as consultant to the Adult Literacy Program in Sao Tome and Principe. Emphasizing the political aspects of pedagogy, he describes how adults learn to read and write, as well as to think critically and participate in national development. (SK)

Depressed clients were assigned to an immediate (IT) or delayed (DT) treatment group. Results did not support the effectiveness of IT. However, after receiving treatment, DT clients successfully increased activities and decreased depression relative to IT. Effects were maintained through the follow-up. Factors accounting for these results are…

Analysis of responses to Shure and Meeker Personality/Attitude Schedule showed sexes differed in elevation on six factors. Subsamples participated in coalition game. Four of six factors were related to prenegotiation stage indices of coalition formation. Sex differences in coalition behavior may be mediated by sex role socialization differences.…

Reexamines "An American Dilemma," by Gunnar Myrdal, et al., with the object of clarifying the background which shaped the polemical portion of the book examining the pathological and derivative aspects of the Black community. Indicates that ways of conceptualizing culture have greatly changed since 1944, the year the book was published.…

A model of professional socialization is elaborated on and applied to the education of lawyers. Its basic components are the organization, the persons occupying the position of student-professional, the socializing process, and the long-term outcome of socialization. A method to influence the development of professional identity is described. (MSE)

Delinquents' patterns of play may be used as the context for teaching youths to adapt to societal demands. Games are uniquely self-reinforcing. The game preferences and behavior of delinquents are seen to differ from those of nondelinquents and may be used as the focus of a planned program of treatment. (Author)

Reviews recent experimental studies of social learning therapies for drug abuse and examines the relationship between attention to generalization or maintenance issues and other factors. The behavior modification-behavior therapy literature exhibits consistent deficiencies in its clinical procedures for and methodological approach to…

Examined stimulus-seeking behavior in delinquent personality types drawn from populations (juvenile delinquents and young adult offenders). Results from a kinesthetic aftereffect task and sensation seeking scale indicate only limited evidence of pathological stimulus seeking by psychopathic delinquent personality type. This may result from…

Argues that if one follows through the principles of a rational procedural morality one is necessarily committed to a democratic form of society. This in turn means that political education is an essential part of moral education and supplies a necessary content and context to moral education. (Author)

Treatment subjects spent more time thinking about their career planning and reported investigative, social, and enterprising careers as being more appropriate career choices than control group subjects. The workshop expanded women's masculine sex role self-concepts and changed their attitudes about the appropriateness of career areas. (Author)

The author argues that, in "Emile," Rousseau does not present an educational system which glorifies the individual, but one which actively suppresses individuality in order to create perfect citizens for Rousseau's perfect society. He compares and contrasts Rousseau's educational design to that of B. F. Skinner. (SJL)

Our culture discourages male friendships by taboos against intimacy and vulnerability, homophobia and competition. Men need to learn to communicate more honestly, become more involved with their home and children and be more open to changing sex roles. (JAC)

Results indicate that there is an implicit theory of leadership that encourages individuals to choose to remain committed to a dubious course of action because the opportunity to receive a positive evaluation is greater with consistency than with experimentation. (Author/IRT)