Paper presents a model of the processes involved in listener response to deductive arguments. (Editor)

Differences in the rate of successive acquisition of four concepts as a result of two presentation conditions and their interaction with the learner's preferred strategy was investigated. (Authors)

Neither content of instructions nor personality characteristics are effective independently, but rather they combine to produce a rather clear-cut joint effect, with the dominant rather than the warm person's instruction being followed. (Author)

Comparison of control and experiment groups using analysis of variance and "t tests, show no significant differences on either client-initiated to client-response talk ratio, or indirect to direct counselor-influence ratio. Trend toward indirect counselor influence and more client-initiated talk observed in experimental groups. (Author/CJ)

This experiment investigates the relation between differences in strategy and performance in a variety of interaction situations. Accommodative and exploitative behavior tended to be alike in males and females. Situational variables studied included intragroup vs. integroup negotiation, three different games, and three sets of contrasting…

Experiment studied the effectiveness of social reinforcement by a model who demonstrated varying degrees of commitment to the norm of giving or social responsibility. (Authors)

Only when one can describe teaching behavior in concrete terms, and can prove objectively whether a given type of behavior did or did not occur, can he hope to modify teaching methods with any efficiency. (Author)

A study was made of small workgroups, each of which was assigned to complete an empirical investigation. These workgroups were observed by students. The framework for the observations was Tuckman's (1965) proposed model of group development. The goal was to test the fit of Tuckman's model to the actual development of the workgroups observed in the…

How to change a negative training lesson into a positive lesson through the use of student behavior, student ability, and student attitudes, by redesigning the lesson to emphasize and capitalize on recognition of positive attributes of the students. (RB)

A research study that attempts to investigate the use of interaction analysis as a means of self analysis by student teachers themselves, or by supervisors in a teacher education program who have had little previous experience with interaction analysis as part of their supervisory functions. Charts, Graphs. (RB)

A summary of symposium articles published in this issue. The salient topics are: basic concepts, measurement of relationships between law and social change, law as an independent and dependent variable, and reciprocal relationships as shown in Marxian theory. (SE)