Four diverse groups of women (members of the university women's caucus, a sample of undergraduates, a group of secretarial and clerical women, and a nonworking group) agreed on the prestige accorded to different occupations. The same groups showed clear differences when asked whether the occupations were appropriate for women. (Author/EAK)

Parents on welfare as well as middle class parents took part in a training project designed to help them modify problem behaviors in their children. The guidelines developed in this project for group training and for the evaluation of outcome can be applied in various types of agencies. (Author)

Four socialization environments, all of which included some modeling of altruism by an adult, were differentially effective in altering children's responsiveness to others in circumstances of distress. (Authors)

Purpose of this inquiry is to find out if a child's choice of vocation is conditioned by the class culture in which he is reared. (Author)

Contends that American schools have evolved not as a part of pursuit of equality but rather to meet the needs of capitalist employers and to provide a mechanism for social control in the interests of political stability; the school system is pervaded by class inequalities which have shown little sign of diminishing over the last half-century. (RJ)

From a symposium on Cross-Cultural Studies of Mother-Infant Interaction at the Biennial Meeting for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, Minn., April 2, 1971. (MB)

Amount of parent-child interaction was related to social class, although variation within classes was found. Home activities were not significantly correlated with reading readiness or achievement. Research was taken from a doctoral dissertation done by Wilma H. Miller under the direction of Dr. Ruth Strang at the University of Arizona, 1967. (DR)

Describes research study comparing expressed interests of upper middle and upper lower class fourth grade children and the implications of results for school program planning. (DR)

Explores the Mechanics' Institutes of nineteenth-century Britain as a voluntary movement beset by problems of social class, conflicts over the perception of educational needs, and failure to meet those needs. Draws implications for professionalism and volunteerism as part of adult education today. (SK)

Comparisons revealed that working class youth were more likely than middle class youth to be in either an identity achievement or diffusion status, and less likely to be in a state of crisis or to have accepted the values of parents without question. Findings suggest identity development differs between social classes. (Author/DB)

A sample of 201 high school students was given a battery of 27 ability tests strategically chosen to provide composite measures of 12 primary mental abilities selected to indicate second-order abilities known as fluid intelligence (Gf), crystallized intelligence (Gc), and short-term acquisition retrieval (SAR). (Author/GK)