Article describes the benefits of minidrama as an ancillary vehicle and compares it with its parent, the psychodrama. (Editor)

Since available research tends to support a positive relationship between self-concept and achievement, an important concern in education should be the social-emotional growth of the student, as well as his intellectual progress. (DM)

This article presents a rationale for centering formal academic training in the affective domain. (Editors)

Darwin's views on various psychological behaviors were significant. Basing his conclusions on empirical research, he wrote extensively on the phylogeny of behavior, emotional expression, sexual selection, instincts, evolution of morals, ontogeny of behavior, and genetics of behavior. (PS)

A project at the University of California at Berkeley, directed by Nadine Lambert, has been investigating stress in schools in an attempt to develop techniques for alerting teachers to stressful situations and to provide them with appropriate intervention techniques. (Author)

Author describes practical guidelines for teachers in handling the subject of death with young children. (Editor)

Describes a program that succeeded in involving sixth grade children with residents of two nursing homes. (RB)

The fact of death must not be hidden from children. Its treatment in literature must be done skillfully so that a healthy and honest impression is left on the child. (MF)

Using the MMPI Scale as a measure of emotional stability, drug users and nonusers were analyzed to indicate and predict the extent of emotional problems within the college population. Drug use was shown to be merely symptomatic of emotional problems. Presented at the First International Conference on Student Drug Surveys, Newark, N.J., 1971.…

While certain forms of sex behavior may serve as a clue to the existence of mental illness, care must be taken not to view such behavior outside the overall context of a person's particular life situation, since sex behavior is a reflection of the totality of human existence. (Author)

The results of this study indicated that externally controlled subjects rated physical disabilities as more debilitating while internally controlled subjects rated emotional disorders as being more debilitating. Data was interpreted as adding to the construct validity of "internal-external locus of control" and the implications were discussed.…

Comparison of culturally disadvantaged youngsters with and without behavior problems indicates that differences exist between the groups in behavior, personality adjustment, and possession of irrational beliefs, but not in self concept. This finding suggests need for more research of self concept in this subject group. (CJ)

Uses Rousseau's "Emile" to explicate Kohlberg's characterization of moral development and to illuminate several theoretical problems in Kohlberg's cognitive-developmental account. Analysis supports contentions that Kohlberg's concept of morality is unduly narrow and suggests that his one-sidedly rationalistic approach exaggerates the…