A study of the relationship of communality and political efficacy revealed that the communality factors measured were not directly related to efficacy but some conditioned the relationship between status and efficacy. An interaction model suggests the two-fold effect, both directly and mediated by communality, of status on efficacy. (Author/SB)

Presents a descriptive analysis of infant-adult face-to-face interaction, as well as the data for analyses of the relations between the two partners and the contribution of each one during the interaction. Subjects were five infants (aged 80-92 days) and their mothers. (MP)

Explores the nature, illustrations, guidelines, and importance of autobiographical sociology as a research approach. States sociologists may probe past personal experiences to identify and analyze sociologically relevant material. Notes such sociology may be related to author-ethnography, and experiential analysis. Observes the advantage of…

Discusses training success and describes the inquiry process that provides an opportunity for developing problem-solving skills by learning to structure problems through effective questioning. Considers beneficial outcomes, including gathering and organizing information as part of an active social process; and provides an example of the inquiry…

A study was made primarily to investigate attitudes of preschool children toward older and younger people. In addition, the age discrimination ability of preschool children was assessed, and the possible relationship of this ability to performance on a seriation task was explored. Quantity and quality of each child's contact with adults over 60…

This article considered conversations between an investigator and some 16 and 17-year-old students on the verge of leaving school. These students differentiated 12 social situations, which were conjured up in speech remarkably different from the reality conjured up in the speech of teachers and parents. (Author/RK)

A STUDY WAS PRESENTED THAT HELPED STUDENTS ACQUIRE SOCIAL AMENITIES, LEARN TO CONVERSE WELL, AND BECOME MORE RESPONSIBLE AND COOPERATIVE IN ACHIEVING GOALS FOR THE GROUP. UPON REVIEW OF THE SITUATION AT THE DAYTONA BEACH ENRICHMENT CENTER, IT WAS DECIDED THAT THE PERIOD THAT WOULD MOST BENEFIT FROM ATTENTION TO THESE SKILLS WAS THE LUNCH PERIOD.…

In the spring of 1973 Macalester College seniors were sent a questionnaire asking them to assess their college experiences and their plans for the future. Among the questions included in the instrument was an open-ended item asking them: "What are the most important concerns that you see yourself having to face in the next few years?" Three…

Day care has a significant effect on children's conceptions of social rules that is not related to egocentrism or a lack of stimulus familiarity. Moral transgressions were regarded as equally serious by veterans and newly enrolled, while the distinction between morality and convention was unclear for the newly enrolled. (RH))

A study of the determinants of women marrying early average and late. Charts. Bibliography. (AF)

The article addresses itself to parents of deaf adolescents concerning involvement in social situations. (CD)

Article examined the complaints, resentments and discontentments of the aged and found that upon being analyzed many are not so dark as they are painted. (Author/RK)

Focuses primarily upon the applications of the tools of humanistic psychology with Viet Nam era veterans. The Flower of the Dragon, a self-help project seeking to facilitate the growth of Viet Nam era veterans, is one example of a means by which humanistic psychology can build a stronger foundation for itself and for society at large. (Author)