Concludes that the public's rising level of educational attainment significantly affects long-term trends in American political ideology. (RL)

Validates the "College Self-Expression Scale." Shows that females are significantly more assertive, and that in one of the criterion situations each sex was significantly more assertive toward members of the same sex than members of the opposite sex. (RL)

Interviews with student teachers indicated that--from the viewpoint of the trainees--meaningful inputs to the socialization process are not limited to those made by the cooperating teachers, but also include non-involved teachers, pupils, and spouses, as well as a wide range of other individuals. (MJB)

This paper argues that embedded in the theoretical roots of career education is a conception of socialization as the adjustment of the individual to the existing social and economic order. (MM)

Suggests that old sex stereotypes need to be replaced by role models which encourage free expression of the natural self, and of aggressive and humane impulses by all persons. (Author)

Examines the role of adult-oriented campaign news and campaign advertising in the political socialization of children. (Author/GW)

The effect of four social learning conditions on early language acquisition was explored, along with comparisons between learning whole words and learning the component sounds of the words. Subjects were 20 infants aged 9 to 15 months. (MS)

Over time, the role definitions of novice school board members do not converge toward those of the administrators sampled, but rather toward those of experienced members. New board members are socialized in the preincumbency period rather than after they take office. (Author/IRT)

Tested the California Psychological Inventory Socialization scale's dimensionality on three groups of male and female, criminal or noncriminal subjects. The fit of a one-factor model for all three groups was tested in a simultaneous factor analysis for several populations, and good fit was obtained. (Author)

Popular culture is deeply involved in the spread of knowledge. Commercial productions such as music videos act as socializing agents by depicting issues of politics, sexuality and romance. Some ideas are portrayed with ambiguity and instability, but this is no different than the portrayals in serious literature and artistic culture. (VM)

A classroom exercise in the importance of mimicry or imitation and individual characteristics (age, status, profession, etc.) in face-to-face communication uses photographs to which the students must ascribe characteristics, statements, attitudes, and situations. (MSE)

Reports on a research study which examines the extent to which early-life sex-role socialization leads women to pursue sex-typical careers. (RKM)

This paper evaluates Hatton's critique of Grant and Sleeter's (1985) view of teacher work. Teachers have power, it is argued, and choose how willing they are to respond to students of particular racial and social backgrounds. (MT)