Examines the intervening and/or conditioning roles of integration into peer groups (a traditional socializing agent) and access to new video technology via home cable viewing (a new socializing agent) in the relationship between television viewing and adolescents' sex-role images. (Author/CMG)

The paradox inherent in a situation in which the need for political unification requires submersion of authentic local or subregional differences is illustrated by the case of Occitania (southern France), where a community is culturally and linguistically removed from the center of a movement intending to represent it. (MSE)

Reviews elements of the respondent, operant, and modeling theories and various principles of the exchange theory that can be combined to facilitate changes in client behavior. Proposes the behavioral exchange model as a framework to help social workers conceptualize clinical phenomena and thus gain power to influence them. (Author/JAC)

Guidelines for competitive physical education and recreational therapy programs for multihandicapped children are discussed. Program developers should consider psychological factors, such as conceptualization of competition, anxiety management, and students' motivation and sense of locus of control. Teachers and parents should be trained to act…

A two-week course was offered to first-year medical students in physician lifestyle management: practice management, health maintenance, marriage and the family, and physician disability. The course exposes students to actual practices and nonprofessional aspects of the physician's life. The course was rated highly and may be helpful in student…

Reviews evolutionary, psychoanalytic, social learning, and cognitive developmental approaches to the development of altruism and proposes a framework that integrates the approaches. The four approaches are compared in terms of three general issues: the origin of altruism, the conception of altruism as a state or a trait, and individual differences…

Using participant observation and in-depth interviewing, two vocational evaluation facilities, five professionals, and eight clients were studied. A variety of professional and organizational factors were found to be integral and contradictory parts of the assessment, affecting its character and outcome. (Author/SEW)

The author presents major criticisms to Paulo Freire's work and offers some useful insights into the nature and limitations of the political aspects of his thought. (Falmer Press, Falmer House, Barcombe, Nr Lewes, East Sussex BN8 5DL, UK) (SSH)

Data from a sample of 57 female preservice teachers indicated that the experience of some preservice teachers can be characterized by the passive image of the traditional, functionalist perspective, while the experience of other preservice teachers fits the active image of the phenomenological perspective. (Author/RC)

Unlike in England, no overt culture clash was found in Ontario, Canada, secondary schools between "school" music and "student's" music. However, in both countries the form and content of school music convey a dominant ideology. (Author/RM)

Jamaican society is in crisis in the political, economic, cultural, social, intellectual, and emotional spheres. The teacher has a role in providing objectives and valid social interpretation which will unify the society as it responds to the various crises. It is the duty of teacher education to prepare teachers for this task. (Author/MJL)

Examined the concepts of legitimacy and deviance. Investigated the hypothesis that U.S. media support centrist political groups by delegitimizing deviant political groups. Found some supporting evidence that media coverage of deviant political groups makes them seem ridiculous and eccentric. Discussed implications for journalists and journalism…

Correspondence theories imply that there are specific characteristics, behavioral traits, and skills that an economy requires of its workers. These economic needs determine what goes on in all other sectors of society, particularly in the school. The hidden curriculum is then differentiated by economic class and economic potential. (JN)

Preschool children were observed in a natural setting in order to examine the continuity of their play styles over a period of one year. Changes in play styles appeared to be affected by peer or teacher intervention. In particular, male peer groups effectively shaped male sex-typed behavior even when they engaged in play activities not…

Found that parents' social class was the best predictor of adolescents' perceptions of the importance of the debates. The best predictor of students' ability to attribute victory to one of the candidates was interpersonal communication prior to and immediately following the telecast. (PD)