The reactions of observers (N=168 college students) to an actor's embarrassment were examined by manipulating the perceived link between actor and observer (cooperative, competitive, or independent) and the observational set of the observer (empathic or nonempathic). The observers' self-ratings of embarrassment and measures of their skin potential…

Part of a 10 booklet series on talented and gifted education, the booklet discusses the parenting of gifted and talented children. Some myths and realities about giftedness are examined, along with differences and similarities between gifted and other children. The nurturance and broadening of children who are gifted intellectually, in the visual…

THE DEVELOPMENT OF AUTONOMY IN COLLEGE STUDENTS IS AN OUTGROWTH OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF EMOTIONAL AND INSTRUMENTAL INDEPENDENCE AND THE RECOGNITION OF INTERDEPENDENCE. THE DEVELOPMENT OF EMOTIONAL INDEPENDENCE INVOLVES DISENGAGEMENT FROM, AND REBELLIOUS FEELINGS TOWARD AUTHORITY FIGURES AND LEADS TO MATURITY WITH RECIPROCAL RESPECT FOR ADULTS AND…

This paper argues that infants' affect patterns are innate and are meaningful indicators of individual differences in internal state. Videotapes of seven infants' faces were coded using an ethogram; the movement of the eyebrow, eye direction, eye openness, mouth shape, mouth position, lip position, and tongue protrusion were assessed…

Examined was the association between affective and cognitive development in 14 Down's Syndrome infants (4- to 8-months-old). Mothers administered a series of 30 laughter items each month, and experimenters gave the Uzgiris-Hunt scales of cognitive development at 13 and 16 months, and the Bayley scales and Infant Behavior Record at 16 months.…

The proceedings include an appeal to teachers of the deaf by David Denton and a discussion of communication, psycholinguistics, and deafness by Donald Moores. Also, McCay Vernon considers mental health, deafness, and communication; and Hilda Williams describes Project LIFE's role in developing programed language lessons. Frederick Schreiber…

The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not sensitivity training increased perceptivity in recognizing the emotional meaning of others, and thus, increase accuracy in responding to an audio tape (Davitz Tape) on which nine different emotions are expressed within the content of an emotionally neutral or content free sentence. Two…

Previous researchers have presented conflicting data about the effects of nurturance and nurturance withdrawal on resistance to temptation among young girls. Age differences between the samples may have produced the conflicting experimental findings. In order to test this assertion, four-, six-, and eight-year-old female children were randomly…

A planning conference, held in Chicago in 1968, sought to consider purposes and goals of a proposed research review in the area of personality, emotion, and motivation, and to provide guidelines for a conceptualization of the domain. The present outline accepts as a frame of reference the conceptualization of behavior as a function of inherited…

This pamphlet discusses changes in adolescence and is intended for junior high school use. The changes in adolescence are just presented in general. Each chapter goes into detail on separate issues. Chapter Two is a general description of growth, the awkward body stages that adolescents reach. Chapters Three and Four discuss steps toward womanhood…

This pamphlet describes the process of human growth from conception to adolescence and is designed for use in grades four through six. Chapter One discusses growth and Chapter Two discusses the beginning of life. Chapter Three is concerned with growth from conception on to birth. The birth of the babies, both human and other mammals, and helping…

The goals and activities of the Agency for Instructional Television in developing a series of television programs on "life-coping skills" for early adolescents are described in this report. The background of the project as well as the intended audience is discussed, and the "life-coping skills" are specified. The project is…

This paper discusses the development of suicidal impulses in children who have lost their mothers due to abandonment or death. The paper is based on two psychoanalytic case studies, in which the children were in therapy when the first suicidal impulses emerged. A pattern is described in which bereaved children's intense wishes to have their…

The absence of systematic analyses and syntheses of data from hundreds of documents relating to compensatory education constitutes justification for a study unifying and evaluating already available information. Section One of this document introduces the need for such a study and discusses problems and procedures used in conducting and…