In the first issue of Social Work--January 1956--the author and a colleague, Charles McCann, clarified the concept of representativeness as it was then used in social work. This paper restates and amplifies the clarifications of representativeness and examines current uses and misuses of the concept. (Author)

Responds to articles by McCann, Sakheim, and Abrahamson and by Downing concerning victimization. Agrees that issues of victimization and its aftermath fall directly in the purview of counseling psychology and stresses the importance of developing a psychology of victimization. Calls for further research in the area of victimization. (NB)

In a culturally complex world, librarians can best work toward the equalization of library services if they understand their institutions in the light of cultural history. The six essays in this book highlight problems that affect unempowered populations, and address a variety of cultural problems and biases--problems that contribute to the…

For the whole of the last half-century, most theoretical syntacticians have assumed that knowledge of language is different from the tasks of speaking and understanding. There have been some dissenters, but, by and large, this view still holds sway. This book takes a different view: it continues the task set in hand by Kempson et al (2001) of…

Responds to articles by McCann, Sakheim, and Abrahamson and by Downing concerning victimization. Discusses usefulness of both articles and identifies some oversights in the articles. Notes that the expansion of programs and move toward more comprehensive services has already resulted in action on several recommendations of authors. Describes some…

Responds to articles by McCann, Sakheim, and Abrahamson and by Downing concerning victimization, noting that the plight of victims is easily overlooked by human service professionals and commending this journal issue devoted to issues of victimization. Identifies four other areas worthy of attention: massive victimization, secondary victimization,…

With degree in hand, and ink nearly dry on their first contract, new teachers enter the educational field ready to change students' lives. Filled with hopes, ideas, and excitement, they file into classrooms and begin classroom preparations for their first year. More often than not, novice educators appear to be easily and quickly overwhelmed by…

The attractive features of various strategies for resolving a simulated commons dilemma (a paradox in which a long-term benefit requires the individual to forego immediate gain) were determined in conditions where 40 groups of college age participants (total number = 136) were acting as a world policy making body or local advisory group when there…

Presented before the Section on Mental Health, American College Health Association, Forty-sixth Annual Meeting, Mineapolis, Minnesota, May 3, 1968.

Sex and ethnic differences in the use of social power were investigated using role theoretical and attributional perspectives. Performance and self-attribution processes of power usage were related to ascribed versus achieved role characteristics. One hundred and sixty subjects, equal numbers of Chicano and Anglo males and females, participated as…

Reports an experiment in which 80 male and female six and eight year olds were presented with pictures consistent or inconsistent with sex stereotypes and pictures of neutral activities. Later, subjects performed a picture-recognition task. Among the variables investigated were subjects' labeling of pictures and sex-stereotype consistency. (CB)

Female and male children, 67 to 114 months of age, rated perceived relative competence of male and female stimulus persons who were depicted as engaging in sex-stereotyped professions. Results suggest that sex-role stereotypes are transmitted to children quite early in life and with remarkable efficiency and significant impact. (Author/KH)

This demonstration of release from proactive interference with young children confirms the suggestion that the technique is appropriate for the study of developmental changes in the encoding of information. (Authors/CB)

Children were asked to choose either a male or female doll in response to a question as to which would be better at an occupation. Results showed that children of all ages have clear sex-typed expectations concerning occupational competence, but that with increasing age there is an increasing adherence to these stereotypes. (AOS)

Reports that children between the ages of two and a half and eight made a significant distinction between "male" and "female" occupations, with the extent of the distinction increasing with age level. Discusses the implications of this for career decisions and aspirations. (Author/ST)