Pupil control behavior is conceptualized as a continuum ranging from custodialism, which views students as irresponsible and undisciplined and needing strictness and punishment, to humanism, which emphasizes a democratic atmosphere in which students are capable of self-discipline and are treated accordingly. The theoretical framework for this study relates dogmatism, pupil control ideology, and pupil control behavior. The hypothesis is that close-mindedness will be positively related to custodialism in pupil control ideology, which in turn manifests itself in pupil control behavior. The data of the study, collected via the Pupil Control Behavior and the Pupil Control Ideology forms, support the hypothesis. Pupil control ideology was found to be an intervening variable which traces the process by which dogmatism and pupil control behavior are related. (Author/HMD)