This paper presents the views of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) on higher education in Latin America and the Caribbean and offers a strategy for how it can promote improvement. The paper attempts to produce an accurate assessment and useful policy implications. The first chapter, "A Mixed Performance," contains a general…

Article describes the theory, function, and effects of the artists' workshop with a therapeutic purpose at the Institute for Emotional Education, Inc. (Author/GB)

A study of 287 kindergartners, who were retested in second grade, indicated that two major factor dimensions jointly account for much of the social-emotional behavior of children and are relatively stable personality dimensions. (ST)

The hypothesized positive correlation between maternal physical affection and closeness to other persons was confirmed. The more maternal affection the students received, the closer they permitted stimulus persons to approach. (ST)

A child patient may play one of several fixed roles in the family. As scapegoat, his shortcomings are emphasized; as baby, his dependence, weakness, and immaturity are rewarded; as pet, love and praise, some undeserved, are won; and, as peacemaker, he must promote peace at the cost of suppressing his own feelings. (ST)

The author discusses the scope of psychological problems which confront teenagers and describes methods employed within this therapeutic community to foster self-understanding and ease the transition from childhood to adulthood. (Editor)

Children who are given many opportunities to love and feel loved when they are young will have an excellent foundation for continuing that growth process as adults. (Author)

The concept of death must not be avoided in the elementary school but must be included in a meaningful way. (Author)

Article discussed the problem of sex education and the proper perspective necessary for evaluating human sexuality. (RK)

Contrary to the hypothesis, obese Ss were significantly higher in feminity scores. Analysis of subtests revealed that the major contributing factor was greater emotional reactivity of the obese. The author concluded that the interaction of obese characteristics make it difficult to test the hypothesis on standard M-F scales. (Author)

Author discusses the merits of affective education but warns it is a potentially dangerous innovation that may accentuate unhealthy development." (Editor/Author)

The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of the interaction of leader empathy, participant motivation to change, and leader-participant relationship. When a multiple regression analysis was used to observe the relationship between changes in effective sensitivity and the three variables, a significant positive relationship was found.…

This paper suggests guidelines for working with the current social pathology of both adolescents and adults. The author suggests that today's adolescents often have not experienced the mutuality of interpersonal relationships that require not only a capacity to seek love, but equally to love. (Author/AJ)

The author contends that to treat the cause of bad behavior we must supply the love experiences that have been missed. (Author)

Teachers can be more effective if they develop an understanding of the causes of anxiety and the inner conflicts it may represent. (NH)