The study describes a training program in which young children with severe and moderate handicaps were taught to generalize play responses to multiple sets of toys. A multiple probe design, replicated with four children, was used to assess the effects of generalization training within four sets of toys on generalization to untrained toys from four…

Described is an independent toy play curriculum for young handicapped children. It is explained that toys were analyzed according to functions in three classifications: functional toy skills (toys designed to elicit simple motor actions of short duration); physical toy skills (toys designed to elicit gross motor action); and constructive toy…

Through linguistic analysis (ethogenics), an attempt is made to reveal the foundations of social competence. The major area of a child's social development is the playground and through the use of nicknames. (JR)

Presented before the cobined session of the Section on Athletic Medicine and the Section on Mental Health, American College Health Association, Forty-sixth Annual Meeting, Minneapolis Minnesota, May 2, 1968.

A PARTIAL THEORY OF MOTIVATION WAS CONSTRUCTED WITH A FOCUS ON THE INDIVIDUAL-IN-SITUATION AND SOCIETAL PHENOMENA. THIS WAS AN INITIAL STEP TOWARD RESOLUTION OF LARGER PROBLEMS--(1) RESEARCH-ORIENTED THEORIES EMPLOYED BY PSYCHOLOGISTS AND SOCIOLOGISTS ARE OFTEN DIFFICULT TO INTERRELATE WITH ACTION-ORIENTED EDUCATIONAL THEORIES AND (2) SPECIAL…

THE PURPOSES OF THIS STUDY WERE TO DETERMINE (1) WHAT PROBLEMS THE ADVICE COLUMNS AND ARTICLES IN THE TEEN MAGAZINES PRESENT, (2) THE NATURE OF THE ADVICE GIVEN, (3) WHETHER THEY WERE DIRECTED PRIMARILY TOWARD GIRLS, BOYS, OR BOTH, AND (4) WHO THE AUTHORS ARE. OVER A 10-MONTH PERIOD, 84 ISSUES OF DIFFERENT TEEN MAGAZINES WERE EXAMINED BY USING A…

The author, a deaf physicist, describes the effects of social attitudes on his development, education, and career. (CL)

This research study investigated the hypothesis that noncontingent social stimulation can elicit infant vocal sounds. The investigation involved an examination of both the course of social elicitation and the nature of the social releasing stimulus. Three experimental conditions were designed to measure: (1) the changes in vocalization rate during…

This report was prepared as a study of the situation of developing countries with regard to: (1) The results already obtained and the needs and prospects for the use of electronic computers in accelerating the process of economic and social development; (2) The various forms which international action may take to intensify co-operation in the…

GRADES OR AGES: Grade 5. SUBJECT MATTER: Social studies; social development of the United States and Canada. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The major portion of the guide, which develops the unit, is laid out in three columns, one each for topics, activities, and materials. Other sections are in list form. The guide is mimeographed and…

GRADES OR AGES: Grade 6. SUBJECT MATTER: Social studies; social development of Latin America and Africa. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The first half of the guide, which develops the unit, is laid out in three columns, one each for topics, activities, and materials. Other sections, in the second half, are lists, charts, or maps. The guide…

Some observations on the nature of altruistic behavior and the consequences of these observations for a theoretical and experimental psychology of altruism are discussed. Altruistic behaviors are very pervasive since they satisfy a wide array of egotistical motivations in addition to having an autonomy of their own. Because of their ability to…

The education and training provided by the Canadian Armed Forces is analyzed in consideration of its contribution to both the economic and social aspects of national development. From this analysis it appears that the Armed Forces' extensive formally organized education and training program has an important impact on economic development when…

This study concerns the types of influence exerted by staff individuals and units and nonstaff individuals and units in the activities of regional economic and social development organizations. Four different social units, each involving different theoretical considerations, are involved in the analysis. These four social units are: social action…

A considerable amount of evidence shows that college has an impact on the personality characteristics of students in ways that could be interpreted as giving competence to college graduates to function successfully in leadership roles within our society. College graduates are more autonomous, independent, flexible, and socially involved, for…