This article explores the purposes, methods, and future directions of social-skill training research from the perspective of a cognitive-social learning explanation of behavior change. Research findings are reviewed with respect to important or promising variables, their hypothesized function in behavior change, and their effects on children's…

Explores the relationship between adolescent lifestyle and the development of autonomy. Suggests that the expansion of the high school system with its emphasis on continued dependence, and the rise of the market economy emphasizing economic independence, create potential discontinuity in adolescent socialization. (JAC)

A study that continues research by other investigators into the effect of pharmaceutical education on student perceptions of occupational roles is discussed. The focus was on whether experiential training was related to the disillusionment of pharmacy students with their chosen occupation as originally identified by Knapp in the 1960s. (MLW)

Epileptic children may have physical and emotional needs which can interfere with learning and socialization. Current prevalence estimates, definitions, and classifications of epilepsy are surveyed. Factors affecting the epileptic child's school performance and specific learning problems are addressed. Specific roles are presented for school…

Explored origins of individual differences in infant shyness by studying its relationship to parental shyness, sociability, and introversion-extraversion. Full adoption design examined role of both genetic and family environmental influences as possible etiological factors in development of infant shyness. Results indicate genetic influences and…

The nature of distance education is to shift the locus of curriculum control toward the institution and its staff and away from the students. This imposes a responsibility on the institution to examine and evaluate the values and assumptions underlying the decision-making and the implications of the patterns of control that emerge. (Author/MSE)

The possible effects of mothers' beliefs about sex-typed behavior on children were investigated. The results suggest that mothers' sex-typed beliefs particularly affect daughters. Low sex-typed mothers may socialize their daughters to be more active, to play more, and to be more responsive and comfort-seeking. (KH)

This 1955 paper, using data from former Soviet citizens, investigated the role a parent plays, through both conscious and unconscious adjustments in his child-rearing practices, in mediating for his children the influence of social change and, consequently, in preparing them for changed social conditions they may meet as adults. (CMG)

The verbal interactions of adult males and females with trained girl and boy confederates were compared in two situations, structured and unstructured. Women did not respond differently to the child's gender in either situation, but males spoke more and at greater length with boys than with girls in the unstructured situations. (Author/KH)

Two-year-olds and four-year-olds were placed with male and female adults in a play situation where the children were forced to control the choice of toys and mode of interaction. The four-year-olds elicited different types of play behaviors from male and female adults; the younger children did not. (Author/KH)

This paper applies Joseph Scandura's structural learning model to the problem of teaching children social skills, reviews the recent developments in the social skills training literature, and provides a brief guide to the selection and implementation of skills training programs. (Author/EGS)

Aggressive and prosocial peer interactions were observed in 38 preschool-age children. Attractive girls received more prosocial and fewer aggressive advances than unattractive girls. There was no differential treatment of boys related to attractiveness. Results are discussed in relationship to possible developmental implications and their parallel…

Concludes that the social reality effects of television viewing are strongest for elementary school children who are least able to make inferences. (FL)

A study initiated to observe begining teachers and mentor-protege relationships found that college professors/supervisors and school principals were listed most often as significant influences. The development and benefits of these relationships are explored. (DF)

Considers the relationship of industry to schooling through an analysis of curricular materials made available to schools by industry. Argues that such materials offer the possibility for a critical pedagogy by encouraging students to see them as socially and politically situated texts open to interpretation and critique. (CMG)