Results of this study demonstrate that a multiple-problem-focused workshop can be successful in dealing with a wide range of social assertion problems. (MM)

Positive social initiations by an age-peer were evaluated as an intervention for three isolate preschool children in training and generalization sessions. (Author)

The paper argues the position that, given different sensory equipment, and therefore a different data base, the congenitally blind child necessarily develops and organizes his perceptions of the world in an intrinsically different way from the sighted. (Author)

A prescriptive teaching approach, Structured Learning Training, which utilizes modeling, role playing, and social reinforcement in a group modality, was used to teach social skills to 10 mentally retarded young adults. (Author)

Summarizes different types of social motivation that have interested social psychologists within a developmental paradigm. Currently, cognition is a central aspect of motivational psychology. Individuals' motive patterns are seen to change over the life cycle. (Author/AV)

Socialization research over the past 25 years has been affected by changes in social practices and in scientists' conceptualizations of the nature of children. Socialization is presently viewed as a function of the family and of social institutions and public policies. It also considers the importance of biological functions in development and the…

A suggested approach to curing our massive social ills is a curriculum division of social problems into: (1) a study of the most significant of these problems (from subject matter and basic democratic principles' approaches); and (2) a problem-solving approach toward controversial issues about which both the public and experts disagree. (MJB)

Examines some of the conditions associated with dissolution of the friendship tie. Subjects were 232 boys and girls between the ages of eight and 15 at a summer camp. The hypothesis that reduction in social interaction would be associated with increased probability of dissolution was not conclusively supported. (Author/HMV)

Investigates whether interpersonal skills training raises the level of facilitativeness of the trainers. Results are positive. (Author)

A review is given of (1) the history of education as providing stability within populations, (2) the role of the university in an industrial society, (3) the need for education and society to interact fruitfully, and (4) the need for secondary education to prepare individuals for continued learning as adults. (AV)

A description is given of the role of literacy training in integrating education into the movement of national and social liberation in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. Training of instructors, programs to incorporate basic literacy into life activities, and teaching of minorities are discussed. (AV)

This study focused on the kinds of cognitive behaviors preschool and kindergarten children engage in while playing in a solitary, parallel, associative or cooperative manner. The effects of socio-economic status, developmental level, and the use of specific materials on social and cognitive levels of play are discussed. (BD)