Drawing upon self-categorization theory, we predicted that the content of children's stereotypes concerning the gender in-group would be contextually variable. Two studies are reported, each looking at five-, seven-, and 10-year-old children's stereotypes of the gender in-group in two different contexts. Study 1 examined judgements of the…

Group status was examined as a moderator of peer group socialization of deviant, aggressive, and prosocial behavior. In the fall and 3 months later, preadolescents and early adolescents provided self-reported scores for deviant behavior and group membership, and peer nominations for overt and relational aggression, prosocial behavior, and social…

The present investigation is the first of a series intended to study the process of vocational development among Indian boys and girls while they are in school. (Author)

This paper develops a theoretical model of sucide, based on the theory of "external restraints" proposed by previous researchers, A.F. Henry and J.F. Short, Jr., and applies the model to a study of black suicides in Orleans Parish, Louisiana. The focus of the study is on the complexity of relationships between dimensions of black suicide…

OCCUPATIONAL TITLES USABLE IN ASSESSING OCCUPATIONAL GOALS OFSENIOR HIGH SCHOOL FEMALES WERE SELECTED AS THE FIRST STEP IN ESTABLISHING AN OCCUPATIONAL ASPIRATION SCALE FOR FEMALES. A LIST OF 117 OCCUPATIONAL TITLES, COMPILED FROM THREE PREVIOUS STUDIES AND "THE DICTIONARY OF OCCUPATIONAL TITLES," WAS RATED ON A SIX-LEVEL SCALE AS TO ITS GENERAL…

This work focuses on the variations in societal responses perceived by male homosexuals in various group settings of interaction and on the relationship of these responses to their social status and related behavioral characteristics. Conclusions were based on the analysis of data collected from a sampling of 148 male homosexuals in and around a…

Discussed in this article is the extent to which the meaning and the practice of full equality for Jewish people have been clarified and achieved, respectively, in relation to the modern developments of the Enlightenment and Socialism. (EB)

Data from six national surveys are combined and analyzed to determine how strongly occupational attainments affect the status perceptions of working wives. The results indicate that the effects are limited to women married to men with middle-class jobs. (Author)

This paper focuses on emerging Black leadership at the community level, and on the organizational and class context in which change is occurring. Although the focus is on changes in participation of the Black population, the whole population in the communities concerned is described whenever necessary for comparative purposes. (Author/EB)

Examines the independent and joint effects of variations in eye contact and social status on the way in which job applicants tend to be perceived in employment interviewing situations. The key dependent variable is the interviewer's perception of how well the applicant is suited for a job requiring self-confidence. (Author)

The writer's role in making motion pictures was evaluated from the days of silent movies to present cinema. (RK)

Discusses the change in the use of the address form "Frau" in German caused by the change in the social roles of women. (TL)

A total of 221 boys, ages 10-17, were assigned to leadership roles which were either consistent or inconsistent with their social status. The effects of the leadership experience on subjects' Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) stories, self-perceptions and performance were examined. (BRT)