Theory and research on the processes of early social learning in children has indicated that television and television commercials play an important role in children's internalization of cultural meanings, interpretations, and values, whether or not the commercials children see are intended for or directed at them. Between the ages of 2 and 18,…

A case study is presented of a secondary student teacher, focusing on her adaptation to the role of a teacher, and factors that influenced the adaptation process. The student teacher described is one of a growing number of women who are making the decision to become professionals later in life, after having experienced roles such as marriage,…

The paper reviews literature relating to the developing of work socialization or employment skills in young mentally retarded children. The following areas are covered: work socialization for normal children in school settings, the concerns raised by critics regarding work socialization, the extent to which work socialization for young retarded…

To examine relationships between parents' ratings of children's temperament or behavior style and behavior of mothers and fathers toward individual children, 47 mothers and 47 fathers with a preschool child independently completed the Parent Temperament Questionnaire and the Iowa Parent Behavior Inventory. Dimensions of temperament measured…

A cross cultural study of 16-year-olds in Spain and the United States assesses the extent to which open or closed societies effect performance on the Dogmatism Scale, and the Acceptance of Self and Others Attitude Scale. (JH)

A questionnaire, created to help one identify and define sexist attitudes is followed by a selected partially annotated, bibliography on sex roles and non-sexist education and educational materials. (JC)

Written in Spanish, the article explains that expanding an adult basic education program, the Brazilian Literacy Movement (MOBRAL), necessitates considering the social orientation of MOBRAL in the context of Brazil and of Latin America as a whole. (AG)

Student political activism appears to be, at least in part, a function of socialization experiences and political alienation. One indicator of socialization experiences was perception of independence from parents. Another indicator, sex, proved to be significantly associated with all protest activities. Societal grievances were significantly…

This article discusses some of the problems in social development for suburban youth due to insufficient interpersonal learning experiences in the suburban environment. (HMD)

This paper compares the social learning theories expressed by Bandura and Gewirtz, argues for a synthesis of the two, and examines the importance of this synthesis for the field of educational technology and mass communication research. (Author)

Examines the nature of the child and the impact of socialization experiences on his capacity to act nonviolently in a changing social order. Presents a socialization model that draws on different disciplinary frameworks and research areas (animal and human ethnology, social learning theories, altruism studies, and reviews of protest movements).…

This paper offers a social learning explanation for age-related changes in children's cognitive functioning. Three hypotheses have been derived from the assumption of Piaget that structures play the preeminent role in cognitive development: (1) a child can not profit from or even appreciate experiences which are meaningful at a higher stage of…

The measurement of career commitment involved use of an instrument which assessed the value to a woman of a career in terms of her desire to remain at work (1) despite objections of her husband (marriage context career commitment) and (2) despite problems her working might pose for her children (children context career commitment). Marriage…

Communication scholars traditionally have assumed that children have only limited exposure to politically relevant information. This study attempts to assess the validity of this assumption by comparing the content of two sources generally available to United States school children: The "Weekly Reader" and television news. For two…