Research supported in part by funds from the Department of Special Education, University of Minnesota, and the U.S. Office of Education. (DS)

Paper read at Conference on New Approaches to Behavioral Research on Smoking sponsored by the American Cancer Society in Tucson, Arizona, on March 30 and 31, 1972. (DS)

Modeling was shown to be a more rapid modification procedure than was shaping, and the interaction levels produced through modeling, with or without the addition of shaping, were more stable over time. (Authors)

The variables of age, father's education, rural upbringing, religion and region in which one was raised are related to the complexity of the child-rearing environment. Data suggests an increase in modern man's intellectual flexibility is a reflection of the complex conditions characterizing the modern world. (JB)

Members of the chronically unemployed population generally reflect low motivation and lack of goal orientation because of their inability to interact in society and meet its demands. (JB)

The extent to which urban adolescents identify themselves as students is examined utilizing content analysis of Who Am I?" responses. Variations according to race, social status level, and school racial composition are studied. The majority of students, both black and white, do identify themselves as students. (Author/DB)

The study reveals important commonalities, such as high expectations from school attendance, and differences, such as faith in mankind and optimism regarding the future. (Author/DB)

Description of the Susquehanna River Basin Comprehensive Planning Study, which focused on means of achieving more effective two-way communication between governmental agency planners and the public. Emphasizes importance of the role of public environmental education. (LK)

Significantly greater imitation of the teacher model's incidental behaviors was observed among advantaged children, among girls, and in response to the positive reinforcing teacher. (Authors)

Executive competence is defined as the child's ability to initiate and sustain locomotor, manipulative, and visually regarding activities at a given level of complexity and intensity, and with a given degree of self-sufficiency. (Author)