A review of research findings examines how children up to age 12 use media, especially television, and presents theoretical accounts of the functions media serve during childhood. (Author/KC)

Observes that the norm for the onset of embarrassment and blushing is five years, although some children may show these signs of a social self one or two years earlier. (RL)

Two additional hypotheses were tested in a replication of a previous study that found two factors from the "Children's Personality Questionnaire" that discriminated between disabled and non-disabled readers. Notes the differences between this study's results and the original study's results. (RL)

Defines emblems or symbolic gestures, distinguishes them from illustrators and discusses a recently developed procedure for surveying the emblem repertoire in various cultures. (MH)

Studies patterns of dress, play, behavior and gestures of male prisoners and contends that these nonverbal cues constitute a vital prison communication channel. (MH)

Examines the relative effectiveness of either partial or total success training as a preventive agent against the debilitating effect of noncontingent reinforcement. (Author/RK)

Examines how the convention of females interpreting "male" material and males interpreting "female" material affects an audiences evaluation and comprehension of performance. (MH)

A nonpsychotic experimental psychologist presents a self-report of several highly organized visual, auditory, and kinesthetic hallucinations that occurred during a 3-day period prior to spinal disc surgery. Probable factors related to the production of the phenomena are described and the relation between hallucination and diagnosis is briefly…

If correctional evaluation research is to contribute to the accumulation of practical knowledge, it should be designed to test abstract behavioral science principles that explain why a particular type of program should change the future conduct of a specific category of clientele. (Author)

Focuses on lawyer-nonlawyer patterns of response to incongruity and suggests that communicators be aware of the necessity for adopting different message strategies for lawyer and nonlawyer recipients. (MH)

How a cluster analysis is conducted, validated, and interpreted is illustrated using a 14-scale behavioral assessment instrument and a national sample of 1,228 elementary school students. Method, cluster typology, validity, cluster structure, and prediction of cluster membership are discussed. (Author/SLD)

Women with MS (Multiple Sclerosis), classified by the Miller Behavioral Style Scale as actively seeking information (monitors) or rejecting information (blunters), assessed pamphlets pertaining to the disease. More monitors than blunters rated the pamphlet relevant, regardless of the nature of the information. (PEN)

Studies related to the productivity of student affairs administrators are limited. The authors investigated one element of productivity, time, by analyzing the activities in which these administrators engage. Results reveal common activities among student affairs administrators, but different patterns of time use among participants by…

Examines the effects of distancing tactics on self-esteem and emotions following a win or loss of one's favorite basketball team. Measures the self-esteem and emotional responses of basketball fans as they exited the sport arena after their team won or lost an official game. (CMK)