Examined in this review are personal ethics, changes in actual sexual behavior, social and personal factors influencing behavior, impact of sexual relations, and research theory and design. (CJ)

Divergent expectations between Chinese American boys and girls may be related to: (1) influence of American racial stereotyping; (2) Chinese American interpersonal relationships in American society; (3) sex linked socialization practices; and (4) the closed nature of the Chinese community. Presented at American Anthropological Association,…

The hypothesis of cross-cultural generality was explored via the semantic differential ratings of American Caucasian and Negro, German, Danish, Chinese, and Indian college students. Hypothesis was supported by general agreement in the rank-order placement of 10 color names along the Evaluation, Potency, and Activity dimensions. (DB)

Forces in industrial societies have caused modern humans to lose their sense of place in the natural order. A cultural conscience is necessary if people hope to survive. Changes in public attitudes toward work, agriculture, science and technology, self-sufficiency, global interdependence, and education are needed. (AM)

A group of higher educators is beginning to assume their intellect grants them moral superiority in political controversies. At Franklin and Marshall College, these educators attempted to prevent Ambassador Jeane Kirpatrick from receiving an honorary degree. (AM)

Suggests capitalizing on the relevance of George Orwell's "1984" as a way to stimulate student interest in the book. (JL)

Recent contact with harmonic and popular music has radically changed traditional forms of Indian music. The impact of Western music on classical styles, the social role of folk and popular music, and aspects of the social structure of music are discussed. (AM)

The management of the symbolic life of academic organizations is discussed. Academic institutions may be best understood as value-rational organizations grounded in strong cultures described as ideologies and belief systems. Management of academic culture is outlined in terms of three elements: symbol systems, identification with the academic…

Outlines social psychological approach to language and ethnicity which allows understanding processes underlying group members' desires to create distinctive ethnolinguistic varieties. Evaluates Gardner's and Clement's social psychological models of second language acquisition in interethnic contexts; proposes specific social psychological…

Presents comparative study of patterns of language use related to books in three literate communities in southeastern United States, focusing on bedtime story reading. Results show inadequacy of prevalent dichotomy between oral and literate traditions and of unilinear models of child language development and dichotomies between types of cognitive…

Examined age and sociodemographic differentials in food intake and eating patterns in households in a midwestern metropolitan county. Meat was the only food consumed with recommended frequency by all ages. Food intake and eating pattern differences by age remained when effects of income, education, household composition, and gender were…

Examines data from California from the 1850 opening of the prison system to 1970. Finds no evidence to support the hypothesis that, for a given society over time and in the absence of major societal upheaval, the proportion of people subjected to punishment by the state closely approximates a constant. (Author/GC)

Presents the first part of a glossary of new social and political terms. Each entry is followed by a paragraph defining its meaning and origin, and by one or more quotations, where the word appears in unusually extensive contexts. Quotations are taken mostly from the news media. (MES)

Challenges the assumption that high level, educational research is appropriate in developing countries. Using Zaire as an example, the author argues that international funding agencies' institutional needs tend to make them set up western-style research organizations which are incompatible with the needs of the recipient country. (AM)