Article reviews evidence on the effects of contrast and matching, that these effects are related, and that both effects are reactions to the same independent variable. (Author/RK)

Explores question of whether values operate in some way to guide behavior. Reviews classic studies of moral behavior and concludes that discrepancies between word and action often occur. Consistency between moral behavior is contingent upon developmental level of reasoning and other factors. (LK)

Study designed to measure effects of relative ability of the peer, his familiarity to the subject, and whatever other peer characteristics might be associated with socioeconomic status.'' (Author)

The time-series process postulated is a more general form of the integrated moving average model than for which estimation and testing procedures were formerly available. (Author)

Changing attitudes of man toward many animal species are viewed as one aspect in stabilizing ecosystems. This research study attempts to indicate a hierarchy among attitudes toward animals, particularly for the purpose of developing positive attitudes toward rare and endangered species. (BL)

Neutral individuals and apathetic individuals shifted attitudes significantly in this study. (Editor)

There is strong presumptive evidence that action design is one way to apply in organizations the forces often observed in the development of the miniature societies that are T Groups. (Author)

A classificatory model of collective behavior based upon perceptual dimensions was proposed. The four major dimensions found to underlie a domain of collective phenomena were identified as: (a) Violence, (b) Amorphous-Focused, (c) Anomie, and (d) Ideology. Potentially predictive aspects of the system were examined briefly. (Author)

The theory of social comparison postulates that the tendency to compare one's performance to others' will decrease as a function of the discrepancy between the quality of one's own performance and that of the comparison person. (Author/MB)