This study investigated the effects of repression-sensitization communication network change, task change, and situation change on leadership continuity. Twenty-four 5-man groups, homogeneously composed of either repressers or sensitizers, participated in a wheel network, a completely-connected network, and a leaderless group discussion (LGD)…

This paper reports findings from an ongoing program of research aimed at the discovery of signals and the formation of rules relevant to the organization of two-person, face-to-face conversations. (Author)

Analysis of moral discussion between mother and son reveal significant differences between delinquent and nondelinquent families on a variety of interaction dimensions. The relationship of these dimensions to moral judgment and to delinquent behavior is explored. (Author)

Reports a study in which 38 significant correlations were found between teacher characteristics and children's classroom behavior. (TO)

The purpose of this report is to document the development of an index of behavioral consistency, time to completion, for use as a predictor of trainability. Also, a brief discussion is devoted to the use of the time to completion measure in the management of a training program. (Author/RK)

Article gives the results of a multiple-probe recognition memory investigation examining the importance of relationships between items in a memorized series (positive set). (Editor)

A study of human personal space and flight distance in terms of the responses of college students to intrusions upon their presumed personal space. Investigates the elicitation of aggressive or defensive behavior. (LK)

The Own Categories card sort was used as a measure of ethnic identification of third-generation college students of Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Irish, Jewish, French-Canadian, and Yankee ancestry. A significant correlation was found between the ethnic involvement of group members and degree of rejection of each group by the members of the other…

Discusses problems and issues related to the achievement of objectives in four output categories: organizational effectiveness, professional staff effectiveness, continuing education specialist development, and institutional linkage of continuing education. (Editor)

Studies reviewed in this report suggest that an instructional approach -- namely, direct reinforcement, contingency contracting, and social modeling -- has great promise for rehabilitating juvenile delinquents. (Author/SM)

Study sought to identify those attitudinal and cognitive factors which prompt an individual to participate in protests designed to change government policy (DM)

This article describes some of the progress of a research program stressing the need for the development of reinforcement principles in education, the need for behavior analysis, and the need for wider utilization of learning principles. (Author/RK)

Article provides a definition for diagnosing children as autistic and describes the positive effect behavior modification has had on the education of the autistic child. (Author/RK)

Article attempts to reduce some of the misunderstanding about contemporary humanism and behaviorism and intensively analyzes the psychology of the individual. (Author/RK)