Subjects used significantly more adjectives, on an adjective checklist (ACL), in giving their impressions of an object-person; based on written and audiovisual presentations, more than audio presentations. (SD)

A replication of a previous longitudinal study of American children -- this time with Guatamalan children. (RY)

Study investigated the effects of a response-produced intense-noise stimulus (punishment) on the extinction of children's hitting behavior. (Author)

Chronologically surveys the research on various aspects of nonverbal communication and provides some ideas for future lines of research. (AN)

The role of community developers as contributers to a behavioral science is analyzed. The author discusses the importance of this new science and suggests that more research and discipline in this field of action research is necessary. (RR)

Data from the Research Dogmatism Scale..(was)..significantly and positively correlated with results from a modified version of the Janis and Field test of general persuasibility, and data from both of the latter significantly and positively correlated with general attitude instability." (Author/SP)

A study supporting the contention that opinionation in a persuasive message functions conjointly with the personality variable approval-dependence, to produce differential effects on recipient attitude change. (Author)

This study was conducted to provide additional insight into the functioning of authority-based assertion by controlling to a large extent other relevant variables. This control made possible a test of the interaction of authority-based assertion with critical thinking ability. (Author)

Performance in cognitive tasks involves two distinct processes; acquisition of knowledge and cognitive control over knowledge already acquired. A conceptual and analytic framework is presented which allows for the disentanglement of knowledge and control, and for the quantification of each. (Author)

Results indicate that there is no simple relationship between type of observer present and children's aggressive responding following exposure to an aggressive model. (Authors)

A study to determine if the socioeconomic status of community leaders influences their ability to recognize poverty revealed that the average leader does not seek out controversial problems but rather is passive" and merely encourages people to work together. (JB)

Important and fulfilling experiences in one's education about, and appreciation of, life are discussed. (CK)