Special issue devoted to the topic of standard spoken usage. (VM)

Earlier draft of this paper prepared with the fellowship support of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences and a grant from the National Science Foundation, and distributed as Working Paper No. 39, Language-Behavior Research Laboratory (March 1971). (VM)

Clash of cultures produces the defeatism erroneously called shyness in the Spanish-speaking child. (Author/ML)

The authors conclude that Daniel Bell's thesis (AA 511 929) does not, as he claims, prove the independence of culture from socioeconomic systems. They then conduct their own exploration of American culture and values. (Authors/JB)

Under present pluralistic conditions, the more practical direction of aesthetic education lies in recognizing and legitimation of levels of taste which, though not the highest, offer congenial, significant expression and satisfaction to the individual. (Author/JB)

This article compares the occupational prestige hierarchies obtained by two different methods in a study carried out in Zambia in 1967. The results indicated that no difference in level of occupational choice can be assumed to exist between urban and rural pupils. (Author)

This essay's main purpose is to assess black colleges in light of the new black awareness. It makes the assessment based upon the degree to which this kind of college assists black students in their adjustment to the demands of the social-cultural environment. (Author/SD)

Members of the Movement discuss the needs of women to discuss, with other women, their painful feelings concerning children, sexual relationships, social and economic resentments, and general needs. It is felt that their feelings can often be explored in consciousness-raising" groups, leaving the trained professional for the special few. (CJ)

Presents a rationale for conceptualizing the black personality with a focus on the black male. (DM)

Results of comparison study, using Reiss items subjected to Guttman analysis for measurement of dependent variable, indicate replication of other studies where degree of affection was major factor in acceptance of advanced sexual activity. No overall Negro-white predisposition existed regarding promiscuity. Several racial-cultural factors which…

Illustrates the thesis that "the training of teachers of the social studies must be structured so that a continuing analysis of the subculture of students themselves becomes a central element. (JS)

Data from the 1957 Current Popualtion Survey of Religion and from the NORC study of June 1961 college graduates indicate that denominational homogeneity in marriage exists for at least three-quarters of the major religious denominations, including the various groups within Protestantism." (Author/SE)