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Malfetti, James L.; Winter, Darlene J. – 1987
This document describes a study that used the "critical incident technique" to define and produce a descriptive classification of safe and unsafe driving behavior exhibited by adults and to organize these descriptions for use in older driver improvement courses and other educational activities. An introduction describes the study's…
Descriptors: Critical Incidents Method, Driver Education, Motor Vehicles, Observation
Malfetti, James L.; Winter, Darlene J. – 1986
This booklet contains a 15-question rating form that provides some guidance to older drivers in beginning to assess their driving skills. The pages following the self-rating form discuss the various questions on the form. After a general introduction, the discussion is divided into five areas that traffic safety authorities have judged critical to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Driver Education, Middle Aged Adults, Older Adults
Embry, Dennis D.; Malfetti, James L. – 1980
A reduction of children's play in the street was the goal of this study, the first in a series of studies designed to reveal possible solutions to pedestrian and motor vehicle accidents. The effects of of specially designed storybooks (read to children at preschool) on the frequency and duration of children's on the street behavior when playing…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Imitation, Inhibition, Observational Learning
Embry, Dennis D.; Malfetti, James L. – 1980
A traffic safety program consisting of a workshop for parents and the use of special storybooks with their children was effective in reducing 13 preschool children's entries into the street to a rate approximately 10% of that previously observed. The program also increased parents' use of praise and reward for safe play and children's correct…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Modeling (Psychology), National Programs, Observation