Research on the new group approaches indicates that alienation can be combatted through the teaching of empathy. The author suggests a framework for adapting the new techniques to group work. (Author)

Third of three articles in a Review, titled "Senstivity Training: Can It Work for the Schools? .

In this study of race relations, undertaken for the United States Navy, three attribution theories of racism are examined: racism of the individual; racism related to institutional procedures; and racism related to poor management training. Each of these theories corresponds to a specific intervention program which the Navy implemented to reduce…

This report describes a Title I summer program which sought to develop a success-oriented self-concept in disadvantaged students with academic deficiencies. Drama was used to encourage freedom of expression, sensitivity, and creativity. The bulk of the report is a weekly outline of the program; the students were taught such acting techniques as…

The Canadian Commission on Human Relations Training sponsored a conference in Toronto in April 1968 to focus on six major concerns of Canadian trainers--trainer development, communication, research, theory and design (of training), public acceptance, and participant satisfaction. In preparation for this conference, it was found that collected…

Internal-External Locus of Control refers to the extent to which persons perceive contingency relationships between their actions and subsequent outcomes. Those who believe they have some control over payoffs in their lives are called "Internals.""Externals," on the other hand, believe consequences are directed by agents outside of themselves.…

In an effort to determine the effectiveness of group counseling with student nurses, 76 students enrolled in their first professional nursing course were randomly placed either in a counseling group or in a control group. As hypothesized, those students participating in the group counseling sessions received significantly higher grades in the…

The research described was designed to compare the effects of a basic encounter group experience upon undergraduate advisors to freshmen women with a traditional task training group experience and with no group experience. The subjects were randomly placed into the following groups: (1) the basic encounter group in which members were encouraged to…

The purpose of this research study was to determine some of the effects of Basic Encounter Group Counseling on senior students in college who are training to become elementary school teachers. The hypothesis was that those receiving this counseling would be more competent and effective than the control group of students who received no such…

A model is proposed for utilizing some of the techniques of the laboratory method (sensitivity training and training group procedures) in a college reading and study skills course. A structure of traditional lecture sessions on study skills combined with modified training-group sessions is the suggested approach. A reading course utilizing some…

Studies of interpersonal helping processes have identified accurate empathic understanding as a skill significantly associated with effective helping. In recent years empathy training has become something of a fad, often involving expensive, time consuming marathon weekends. In reaction to this trend a self-instructional package was designed to…

This report reviews recent innovations in the application of group processes in educational settings. The innovations deal with the use of group dynamics in the teacher learning process and in the improvement of interpersonal relations with students, teachers, and administrators. The report surveys relevant U.S. literature since 1965,…

From a practical point of view, this study, drawing on the works of several writers, has attempted to present the existential point of view with respect to both therapy and educational change. Specifically, it centered on some of the factors of psychological dysfunction as conceived by Bugental in contrast to more traditional approaches.…