The author reports on a study that assesses a model curriculum designed to promote psychological growth in women. (RP)

Suggests that while the availability of television in a community affects the dissemination of political information, it is family politicization that is at the root of the causal chain to political interest, media use, and political information. (TO)

From socialization theory a relationship is hypothesized between sex-saliency of family and peer group context and level of sexual activity. The hypothesis is confirmed in the case of family context, but the relationship is shown to be curvilinear in the case of the peer group. (Author)

A look at children's play in India and its curious mixture of generosity and hostility. The universality of play is discussed. (ST)

This paper examines the extent to which psychology, especially learning theory and research deriving from it, can contribute to a better understanding of the role of cultural values in relation to school achievement. (Author)

Home, neighborhood, and community are critically examined from the perspective of a young child, and some hard questions are posed as to the value structures that various environments implicitly reinforce. (CS)

This paper is a review of the existing sytem of self-management and its development in Yugoslav universities. The Belgrade University serves as an example of this self-management which is an expression of the social and political aims of the country. (JH)

Social learning theory assertions of a relationship between self-esteem status and rates of self-reinforcement were examined under differing conditions of task ambiguity in a sample of seventh-grade males and females (N=90). (Editor)

An analysis of theory and research in social psychology reveals that while methods of research are scientific in character, theories of social behavior are primarily reflections of contemporary history. (Author)

Considers the government's use of the schools in North Korea and its instructional programs as a means of political indoctrination that aims at shaping and remolding North Korean youth into communists. (Author/RK)

Article investigates research studies on the relationships between different child rearing factors and the child's ability to adjust to social norms. (Author/RK)

Economics has a paramount and overriding role in achieving the aims and objectives of high quality black studies programs. (DM)

Inner-city teenagers experienced a structured camp program for a week. It was predicted and found that this experience led to a change toward internality, in the locus of control orientation of these youngsters. (Authors)

Delinquent and non-delinquent male adolescents were asked to give memories from their early childhoods under treatment conditions of verbal praise, attitude agreement, or objective correctness. (Author)

Four-and seven-year-old children observed an adult, filmed model perform novel behaviors following social interaction with that adult. Other children viewed the film without social interaction. Children were then asked to demonstrate behavior. Seven-year-olds did better than four-year-olds, and a positive social interaction facilitated modeling.…