Reveals that individuals personally cope with spoiled relationships and socially manage relationship dissolution principally through verbal accounts. Indicates that the structural and affective enmeshment of marital couples lend to their disengagement accounts a characteristic complexity not paralleled in the accounts of unmarried couples. (JD)

Discusses results of a study of computer programers which assessed the emotional and social needs met by their interaction with computers, programers, and nonprogrammers. Since a significant portion of respondents expressed preference for computer interaction, an examination of needs fulfilled by computer interaction is presented, and societal…

A new major at Marylhurst College for Lifelong Learning called human studies is described. It is a phenomenologically based curriculum in quality of life and intentional change. The major is individualized and problem-centered. (Author/MLW)

This study investigated objections to Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) items by black and white males and females classified as high or low trust by Rotter's Interpersonal Trust Scale. Low-trust subjects objected to more items than high-trust subjects. Race and sex did not influence number of items objected to. (Author)

In recognition of the growing importance of the impact of interdependence, a study is discussed which focuses on recognizing the need for and establishing training programs to equip Federal government officers and employees with the skills and abilities to be cross-culturally effective in discharging their international responsibilities. (WL)

School systems anticipating their first year of bussing should marshal their resources for service programs such as desegregation workshops and therapy groups for teachers. (Author/IRT)

Social development stresses the importance of working together with others in life. The home setting can emphasize social development and its objectives of instruction. How should parents assist the child in quality social development in which good human relations exist? First and foremost, parents should serve as models to children for good human…

Author presented an attitudinal guide for consideration in the hope of assisting people to become more flexible in their opinions and beliefs, so that they might take a step toward a more realistic assessment of various available alternatives. (Author/RK)

Describes the purpose and operation of the Illinois State University Urban Education Program, an innovative, community-based program designed for teacher trainees planning to teach in urban secondary schools. Some student reactions are included. (Author/SF)

The authors developed, over a one-year period of time, a Human Interaction Laboratory designed to allow participants to deal with several interpersonal issues: the intrapersonal self, the interpersonal self, communication skill development, trust formation, conflict management, confrontation techniques, developing feedback systems, working…

Describes the development and history of an ethnic studies program for grades kindergarten through eight in the Cupertino School District in California, focusing on the politics of the school board proceedings. (JM)

The liberation of oppressed people involves a kind of subjective or psychological liberation as well as an objective (political, economic, and social) one. It is time to define what such subjective liberation involves, how it can be achieved, and its relationship to objective liberation and other objective social conditions. (RJ)

Teacher competency takes precedence over frequently stated solutions. A short unit taught within an American History course is presented which emphasizes values, value clarification, societal values and attitudes toward ethnic groups. Also emphasized is a need for teacher competency in presenting materials. (JB)

Discusses an NEA task force study of the use of corporal punishment in schools. Study results indicate that physical punishment as a disciplinary measure causes great harm, such as student behavioral problems and potential lasting psychological damage. Sixteen reasons for abandoning corporal punishment are presented along with task force…

Discusses the relations that administrators and school consultants have among themselves and with their student and community clienteles. (JM)