A workshop model specifically designed to help people decide whether to become parents or remain childfree is presented. A variety of tools, procedures, and skills, such as a scale to assess one's level of commitment to remaining childfree, are discussed. Desirable characteristics of the workshop facilitator, and the need for evaluation of the…

Motivational aspects of the content of first-grade reading textbooks used in the United States and in several foreign countries, as well as textbooks formerly used in the United States, were explored, using both sociocultural and personality development dimensions in the analyses. Exploration of the nature of reading textbook content and its…

Intended as a survey of the use of "weasel words" (a term coined by Theodore Roosevelt to mean an equivocal word intended to deprive a statement of its force), this book discusses these words both as a part of the historical process of language change and as a misleading and confusing element in current media. Humorous in tone, the book presents…

This is a study of beliefs, attitudes, and behavior with regard to a wide range of legal and illegal drugs. Included are data about coffee, tea, tobacco, and illicit drugs such as marihuana and heroin. The report covers the current situation and highlights trends from two prior studies on drug abuse conducted for the National Commission on…

This paper is intended as an outline synthesis of what is presently known about the processes of pidginization and creolization. Section 1 deals with the linguistic processes of pidginization under the following headings: (1) the learned expectancies of how to behave in a contact situation, (2) necessity and heightened attention, (3) redundancy,…

The purpose of this essay is to examine philosophy, history, sociology, and rhetoric with an eye toward demonstrating that the rhetorician is at least as well equipped to deal with the concept "movement" as other writers with different training. Rhetoricians have been preoccupied with moving men and not societies. A…

A general survey of the aboriginal American Indian cultures of Idaho is given in this book. Most of the anthropological and historical writing on the native peoples of this region are summarized. It does not deal with contemporary Indian cultures, which will be described in a second volume along with their history of contact with Euro-Americans.…

The purpose of this study was to assess whether ecological or occupational rural-urban differences imply sociocultural differences as measured by public values. Data were gathered during 1970 in a random state-wide survey of Washington residents, N = 3101, response rate = 75%. Two indicators were selected to measure the ecological aspect of…

This thesaurus is a bilingual list of descriptors developed to facilitate sharing of information relevant to cultural development. Three listings are included. The first is grouped in generic categories with subheadings of more specific descriptors. Entries in this list are written in English and French. The second and third lists are alphabetic;…

Since black literature is an exciting medium through which both instructors and students can explore the vitality, uniqueness and diversity of the black family experience in American society, its use is advocated as a teaching technique. (Author/BP)

Data is presented in support of the thesis that the sounds of Bangkok Thai can only be accurately described with a variation model. Consonant clusters were chosen to support this contention. It is asserted that Standard Thai cannot be equated with the actual speech of any specific group. (Author/RM)

Three kinds of vacations are discussed here. The first involves taking what is familiar and transporting it to a new environment; the second has us experience the adventure of a new life in another land; and the third involves natural settings and getting away from it all. (DS)

Through a survey and in-depth interviews, three major cliques were identified at a middle income suburban high school near Boston. "Jocks,""motorheads," and "fleabags" were groupings based, respectively, on common interests in sports, cars, and drugs. Each clique is described in terms of appearance, general…

The meaning and history of amateurism is explored, and the hypocrisy of its use in modern-day athletics, especially the Olympic Games, is emphasized. By strict definition, it is pointed out, there are few true amateurs in sports today. (DS)

This paper is a contribution to a recent trend in the study of Afro-American behavior and social organization in which the emphasis is on adaptive strategies rather than social pathology. The paper explores the applicability of an adaptive model to an industrializing Jamaican town. (Author)