This study reveals significant differences in the organization of play between the sexes. The primary difference concerns the complexity of the social setting in which play occurs. (Author/AM)

Summarizes the views presented at a public inquiry conducted by the Australian Broadcasting Tribunal. (SB)

In response to the previous article, Whitehurst defends his article on imitation; it is different from Beilin's structural terms, and significant because much is known about imitation. Zimmerman challenges Beilin's interpretation of Piaget's structural assumptions. Brody maintains that children's qualitative changes in moral reasoning are best…

This paper characterizes sex as a status characteristic, presents data supportive of the characterization, and offers suggestions for remedying the noted imbalance. (Author/AM)

Reports the initial results of a longitudinal study of the organizational socialization of educational administrators. Part I claims that socialization through the life-cycle may be conceived as a series of learned interpersonal relationships through which individuals build up a repertoire of interpersonal responses that condition new…

Describes and evaluates an introductory course in American government at the college level which encourages students to perceive political processes as instruments of personal choice. Findings indicate that dramatic increases in students' political involvement result from course participation. (Author/DB)

Argues that the generation gap is the collision of two distinct cultures--a youth culture and an adult culture. Each culture is expressed through verbal and nonverbal norms that enhance a feeling of group kinship but hamper communication with members of the other culture. (JG)

The schools are the agency that American society has set up to teach its youth knowledge and skills. The time has come for schools to take a more active role in the development of values and judgment standards, at least by providing a forum for discussing and examining such standards. (Author/JG)

Findings indicate that advanced moral judgment and potentially radical political beliefs came together in mid-adolescence. (Author/AM)

The author examines the development of theories and practices of intelligence testing during the early years of the twentieth century. (MB)

The effects of rewards and expectations of future rewards on sharing were examined with 180 Israeli boys at three age levels (ages 6-7, 9-10, and 12-13). A relation between moral judgment and behavior was found. (BRT)

The language spoken to young children is described and shown to constitute a special speech style. (GO)

An examination of some interpersonal factors related to adolescents' television viewing is presented, with particular emphasis on dimensions of communication in the family and with peers. (Author)

This article is part of a series of studies that the author and his Israeli students are conducting into the roots of loneliness and the sources of positive life styles. It includes a discussion of the Japanese pattern of "amae" or healthy dependency. (Editor/RK)

It is argued that through the collegiate experience, the future college professor is socialized to a conventional teaching role, which is grounded in a traditional instructional model, and that efforts to increase instructional productivity must be cognizant of and consistent with this role and model. Empirical data support the hypothesis.…