This paper uses a script theory framework to suggest why there are important attitude-behavior discrepancies concerning extramarital behavior, and how these differences affect therapy. Extramarital behavior emerges as a complex phenomenon which requires a high degree of knowledge, sensitivity, and recognition of individual differences on the part…

This article discusses the effects of the male sex role upon male behavior in psychotherapy, showing research results for both therapist and client behavior. The research suggested that male clients tended not to disclose as freely, and that male therapists were perceived as less expressive than females. (LPG)

This article examines leadership from the perspective of administrators of homes for the aging. The article points out that most educational institutions have become enamored of linear thinking, quantification, and scientism. On the other hand, intuition, feelings and sesitivity -- the essence of human relations training -- have tended to become…

A plan for matching the attitudes of student teachers and their cooperating teachers by a mutual selection process is described. (JD)

Paradoxical double binds are discussed relative to their efficacy in helping systematic human-relations trainees integrate the skills more quickly and with less pain and frustration. An explanation and examples of paradoxical double binds used in human-relations training are presented. (Author)

The article describes an adaptation for nine deaf 14-year-old students of "The Magic Circle", an approach to affective education which focuses on personal maturity, competency and constructive social interactions. (CL)

Sexual behavior tends to vary in typical ways in major types of societies. The level of technological development and the state of accumulated knowledge were the standards against which such behavior was measured. (Author/RK)

The author presents evidence that supports the argument for the validity of right brain-left brain theories. Discusses the brain's "sense of the future," what the brain does with new information, and altering the brain's ability to process change. A bibliography of further readings is included. (CT)

Provides annotated bibliography of elementary-level trade books which emphasize human relations and social themes. The 108 books were reviewed by social studies teachers, and are divided into six categories: United States history, culture, and life; world history and culture; biographies; folktales, myths, legends, and storytelling; contemporary…

The equivocal relationship between contact with and perceptions of the elderly obtained in previous research is attributed to limitations in the way contact has been assessed. Multiple regression analyses identified several aspects of quality of contact with the elderly that reliably predicted attitudes toward and perceptions of them. (Author/ABB)

The news that television, newspapers, and other media bring us has a largely negative bias and leads us to fear people whom we do not know or who are from different cultures. At the same time ours is a world in which we must depend on these strangers daily. (IS)

The author, an Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Education, and Planner in Studies in Gerontology, expresses his opinion about the state of our country, the condition of our social interaction, and the alienation we constantly experience as a result of our technological advances. (RK)

Discusses the importance of teaching young people, using both the affective and cognitive areas of experience, to become well-rounded, humane members of society. (RB)

The preventive maintenance of human relations is often giving an employee a chance to air his grievance. (Author/MLF)

Describes a physical education program that focuses on the human relations aspect of cooperative living. (GB)